How to produce hip-hop – big beats, cool rhymes with RCF at beatcon conference

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by Thomas Richard - June 28, 2019

Hip-hop is booming on a global scale. During the first edition of the hip-hop producers conference “beatcon” in Düsseldorf (Germany) and gathering in workshops, panels and live performances, the pros of the hip-hop producers scene passed on their knowledge about hip-hop. Beatcon took place for the first time this year and

Clearwing Productions and HARMAN Provide Superior Audio and Lighting at Summerfest 2019

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by Thomas Richard - June 28, 2019

Clearwing Productions has been supporting the "world's largest music festival" for over 30 years and once again selected HARMAN Professional Solutions’ JBL Professional loudspeaker, Crown amplifier and Martin lighting products to kick up the excitement at Summerfest 2019. The deployment at Summerfest comes months after Clearwing made a massive upgrade to

Raphael Steps Up To RIVAGE PM7 On RESinphónico Tour

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by Thomas Richard - June 28, 2019

Since his career began in 1962, Raphael’s distinctive voice and performance style have made him an iconic figure amongst Spanish performers. 50 million sales of compilation album Ayer, Hoy y Siempre saw record company Hispavox award him a ‘uranium’ disc for the achievement. Having performed in most of the world’s most iconic

ALLEN & HEATH PERFORM AT COACHELLAWITH BILLIE EILISH AND KANYE WEST

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by Thomas Richard - June 21, 2019

Kanye West’s innovative Sunday Service atop ‘The Mountain’ at Coachella 2019, supported by an Allen & Heath dLive C3500 Digital Mixing System and over 20 ME-1 Personal Monitor Mixers Celebrated as a premier cultural event and arguably the most well-known music festival in the world, Coachella 2019 did not disappoint.

“Outstanding” Vari-Lite VLZ Profile meets every challenge for Evita

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by Thomas Richard - June 21, 2019

Plan B Entertainment’s US touring production of Evita, with lighting design by Chad Bonaker. © Plan B Entertainment - Will Page Photography The VLZ Profile luminaire, from Vari-Lite’s latest generation of LED moving head fixtures, has once again proven its outstanding stage lighting credentials, this time on Plan B Entertainment’s US

Adair Rodriguez Light Up Duo Pimpinela with PR Lighting

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by Thomas Richard - June 13, 2019

PR Lighting fixtures were in action recently at Argentinian duo, Pimpinela’s, concert at the 4,000-capacity Gran Arena Monticello in Chile, which was a completely sold-out. LD Adair Rodriguez has been lighting the artistes for the past six years, not only in Latin America but also in North America and Europe.

DTS Celebrates Eurovision Success

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by Thomas Richard - June 9, 2019

The 64th edition of Eurovision Song Contest ended among the enthusiastic applause of the public and the whole organization. This year the contest took place in Tel Aviv, Israel, following Israel's victory at the 2018 contest; it consisted of two semi-finals on May 14th and 16th, and the final on

ADB and Claypaky enhance “Going Through” on the London Stage

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by Thomas Richard - June 9, 2019

“Going Through,” a timely play about an asylum seeker fleeing conflict in her native land, has finished its run at the Bush Theatre in London where ADB KLEMANTIS asymmetric cyclights and Claypaky Axcor Spot 300s (watch) played key roles in the innovative staging. The play, by Estelle Savasta, was translated from

ELC Lighting and Green-GO rock with Nephew

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by Thomas Richard - June 9, 2019

ELC Lighting, manufacturer of the innovative dmXLAN Ethernet distribution system and the revolutionary Green-GO digital intercom solution, saw both ranges deployed with great success on the recent national tour by Danish rock band, Nephew. Provided by tour supplier Comtech, the ELC dmXLAN system included 3 x 10GBX and 2 x 18GBX

Party at Elrow with Outline

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by Thomas Richard - June 9, 2019

Following last year’s success, in 2019 the RDS Stadium in Genoa (Italy) once again hosted Elrow, an electronic music festival, launched in Barcelona that revolutionized the concept of partying. With its characteristic crazy explosion of colours and masks, Elrow has become one of the most famous events of its type in