Hippotizer Goes on Tour with Multi-Instrumentalist French Kiwi Juice Live by Thomas Richard - May 17, 2019 Vincent Fenton, working under the name French Kiwi Juice, or FKJ for short, delivered his first long player in 2017. In 2019, the French multi-instrumentalist will tour Europe and North America. Described by the press as ‘one of the flag bearers of the New French House musical genre’, FKJ is also
Hayden Borgars Lets GLP’s JDC1 Loose on Hoodie Allen Live by Thomas Richard - May 9, 2019May 9, 2019 Hayden Borgars has covered a broad spectrum of shows during his career as a lighting designer, including various music genres, corporate, dance and theatre. Most recently he joined forces with American rap artist, Hoodie Allen (real name Steven Markowitz) for a British and European tour, at venues ranging from the 700-capacity
Plovdiv’s Spectacular European Capital of Culture Year Opening with GLP Live by Thomas Richard - May 9, 2019 On 12 January 2019, the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv began its year as one of the two European Capitals of Culture for 2019. The opening ceremony was again under the artistic direction of Sven Sören Beyer of phase7 performing.arts. For the third time, the Berlin artist collective took over the
Over 500 Elation DARTZ “Freshen Up” Paul McCartney Tour Live by Thomas Richard - May 9, 2019May 9, 2019 Beatles legend Paul McCartney released his latest album Egypt Station last September and then promptly launched his “Freshen Up” world tour to support the album. His lighting designer LeRoy Bennett, who has been with the star for over 17 years, dresses the nearly 40-song playlist in complementary visuals using a
DiGiCo Helps Kane Brown “Live Forever” Live by Thomas Richard - May 7, 2019 At only 25 years old, Kane Brown has already accomplished more than most major country stars twice his age. Case in point, in October 2017, he became the first artist to have simultaneous number ones on all five of Billboard's country charts. Now, with three American Music Awards, a CMT
Will Chandler Creates Array Of Looks With CHAUVET Professional Live by Thomas Richard - May 6, 2019 It’s a concept as old as the ancient Greek philosopher Plotinus, who wrote about the balance of symmetry and beauty: mirrored patterns captivate the senses, and create a feeling of harmony. Will Chandler had something like this in mind when he side-hung 10 x CHAUVET Professional Next NXT-1 panels on poles
FOH Mixer Kyle Hamilton Brings Studio Sound to the Stage with JBL by Live by Thomas Richard - May 6, 2019 In order to deliver studio-quality live mixes for some of music’s biggest stars, renowned front-of-house mixer Kyle Hamilton uses JBL 708P monitors in rehearsal to craft a solid foundation that translates to any venue. Kyle Hamilton founded his company NeverSleep Productions in 2004, after working in live sound since 1993. In
MILOS Steel Truss supports “PUR” in Germany Live by Thomas Richard - May 6, 2019 Legendary German pop rock group “PUR’ is known throughout Germany for their string of #1 hits from the 1990’s and 2000’s. They’ve ridden this wave of success for decades and still maintain a strong following with a constant touring schedule throughout the country. For their latest tour, the band wanted to
David Foster Tours with Allen & Heath Live by Thomas Richard - May 6, 2019 Beginning on June 3rd, multiple Grammy award-winning audio engineer Orlando Calzada of OSA International will be mixing front of house with an Allen & Heath dLive S5000 for the Canadian leg of writer/producer David Foster’s The Hitman Tour. A 16-time Grammy winner himself, Foster will be performing songs he has written
Elation Lights for one of World’s Biggest Esports Events Live by Thomas Richard - May 3, 2019 Fans from across the globe turned the Polish city of Katowice into the epicenter of esports in late February for the Intel Extreme Masters tournament. Included in the large lighting and video package used by Warsaw-based technical event production company ARAM were full colour SixBar 1000 and white light DTW Bar