Adam Rhodes has been folk/rock duo Angus and Julia Stone’s Front of House engineer for the past ten years. He is also a long time L‑Acoustics user, favouring the French manufacturer’s K Series systems for his general touring rig.
Studio 3 control room at the Berlin Philharmonie is where concerts given by the Berliner Philharmoniker in the big hall are recorded, mixed and broadcast live by radio stations. Now, Studio 3 has been upgraded to 96 kHz operation and is now able to complete 5.1 productions with a higher channel and microphone count.
A highlight of this year’s Festspiele Zürich was the 150th anniversary concert of the city’s famous Tonhalle Orchestra, performed as a thank you to its faithful concertgoers. Swiss event technology company Hyposound AG chose L‑ISA’s Hyperreal Sound technology to deliver an exceptional experience for this very special occasion which featured guest pianist Yuja Wang.
Adelaide Oval has been described as one of the most picturesque Test cricket grounds in Australia, if not the world. Its importance on the international cricket circuit is undisputed, being headquarters to the South Australian Cricket Association (SACA).
Since its founding in 1960, D’Asign Source has been a ‘one-stop shop’ for personal residences and businesses in the Florida Keys. The second-generation family-owned business has seen tremendous success in large part due to its diversified vertical competencies, focus on outdoor installations and overall obsession with quality.
The Alamodome, the City of San Antonio’s huge 65,000-seat multipurpose facility, is tasked with doing it all: it’s used to host football, basketball, soccer, hockey, baseball and other events.
The 17,368 capacity “Pino Zaccheria” stadium, the home field of Foggia soccer team located in Italyʼs south-eastern Apulia region (nicknamed the “Red and Black Devils of the South”), recently underwent an in-depth upgrade in order to meet the latest specifications for the country’s Serie B (the equivalent of the second division).
Since opening in late-2011, Huntington, New York’s The Paramount has quickly established itself as the premier live venue on Long Island, one of the country’s top-20 media markets. In fact, Pollstar magazine just ranked The Paramount as the #5 top club venue for worldwide ticket sales throughout 2017, and Billboard ranked it as part of their top-30 “Hottest Clubs” list in 2014.
Equaphon, Powersoft’s distributor in Argentina and Uruguay, was called to carry out one more successful sound installation project for a discotheque. The Banana nightclub has been working since April this year and it is located beside the Río de la Plata river in Buenos Aires.
One of the world’s most recognized electronic music events, Miami Music Week, brings hundreds of thousands of people to experience a week-long marathon of festivities that feature almost every major artist in the electronic dance music scene. Last year alone, more than 1,200 artists performed at roughly 300 events hosted at 85 venues.
Common ground for uncommon people. That’s the ethos of MESH, a curated members’ club with a difference. Founded in September 2016 by Jonathon Meyer and his two business partners, MESH is right at home in the stylised Trumpet building on Johannesburg’s ‘Art Mile’ in the Rosebank district – a hub of art and design in the city.
The South African State Theatre’s Opera House has recently opened its doors to new musical genres, in particular jazz, and needed a new audio system that could meet the varied demands now placed on it.
Every few years, a Broadway musical comes along that absolutely sweeps critics and audiences off their feet. This year, that production is Mean Girls, the stage adaptation of Tina Fey’s 2004 film of the same name, which received a stunning 12 nominations for June’s 72nd Annual Tony Awards, including Best Musical.
In December 2017, France’s most revered educational institution, The Sorbonne, prepared to ring in the new year and a new era of highly intelligible audio with the installation of an L-Acoustics Syva system in the university’s Grand Amphitheatre.
As the eyes of the soccer world turn towards Russia for the 2018 World Cup, those fans lucky enough to watch games at one stadium in particular will enjoy state of the art audio reinforcement for such a venue.
Canadian hip hop star, actor and Jordan brand ambassador Drake recently channelled his entrepreneurial skills into the hospitality industry, opening Pick 6ix —his first combined restaurant and club, located at 33 Yonge Street in his hometown of Toronto.
Patterned after Scotland's 12th-century Melrose Abbey, Kirk in the Hills Presbyterian Church's Gothic-style sanctuary was completed in 1965. Recently, the congregation sought to improve the sanctuary's acoustics and replace its outdated, inadequate sound system.
The Bomb Factory, a 4,000-plus-capacity music club in Dallas’ hip downtown Deep Ellum district and site of shows by artists like Hardwell, Don Henley, Ms. Lauryn Hill, and Jack White, has been through a few iterations. Originally built as an automobile assembly plant for Henry Ford over a century ago, it later housed a WWII munitions factory, from which it derives its current name.
On a night filled with so much fun, ceremony, all underscored by an explosion of powerful music, Pepsi unveiled four of Nigeriaʼs foremost DJs as their Ambassadors. The quartet of DJ Obi, DJ Cuppy, DJ Spinall and DJ Xclusive, considered to be A-list DJs rocking the Nigerian entertainment industry, brought their A-games to what may be termed the Lituation experience.
In the heart of Finland, six hours north of Helsinki, is Kuusamo, a major centre for winter sports and one of the country’s most popular year-round tourist destinations. Along with stunning scenery, one of its attractions is Kuusamo Hall, a versatile centre that hosts meetings, exhibitions, concerts and shows.
It is 35 years since Dreamgirls first hit Broadway. It was a sensational success then and the latest production at Londonʼs Savoy Theatre is equally so. Sound designer, Richard Brooker, wanted an analogue sound to the audio, in keeping with the showʼs 1960s/70s setting, but also wanted to benefit from todayʼs digital technology.
Omnia Dayclub and Casa Calavera, two venues within the stunning Vidanta Los Cabos complex, presented a challenge for Dublin-based design and installation company Audiotek: how to provide banging nightclub sound in an open-air venue, whilst making sure that spill to the surrounding parts of the complex was minimised. The answer was a multiple source L‑Acoustics Kiva II system.
The Duisburg Theater am Marientor in Germany has experienced quite a bit in its comparatively short history - it is built in 1995. Originally the home of the popular musical "Les Misérables", it is now home to the Duisburg Philharmonic and today is mainly used for show, tour and TV productions. The main hall has 1,546 seats, which are distributed approximately evenly over parquet and rank.
High-end restaurant brand, The Galliard, has opened a second venue in the north of Istanbul, complete with a Funktion-One sound system. After five successful years operating in the affluent Etiler district of Istanbul, The Galliard restaurant was recently joined by a sister venue, located in the new Vadistanbul development in the northern suburbs of the city.
