Joshua Schultz admits it; at first, he wasn’t overly enthused about lighting a show against a large, deeply rippled curtain background for his client, Turnpike Troubadours when they performed at the historic Beacon Theatre. That quickly changed, however, when he saw how this billowy background played off against light.
Stagepro Veranstaltungstechnik from Pieterlen, Switzerland were seeking a new audio system for large sports events. A versatile configuration was needed to allow for both live event commentaries and for music reproduction.
When Cologne's iconic dialectal rock band, Brings, teamed up with the prestigious Beethoven Orchestra to deliver a Rock-meets-Classic show, they needed an audio system befitting the grandeur of their performance and the venue: Cologne Cathedral.
Norwegian band, Postgirobygget (named after Norway’s main post office in Oslo!), which began life in 1994 under the name The Pissed Off Sons, quickly gained traction with their debut album Melis, which sold nearly 200,000 copies and spent a total of 70 weeks in the VG Chart.
Big Blue Technology Co. Ltd is a subsidiary of Blue Focus Group, one of China's Top 500 Fortune enterprises and a prominent marketing technology group. In early September, Big Blue Technology proudly welcomed over 400 guests to the grand re-opening of its second virtual production studio in China, BLUE BOX xR Studio.
The inaugural edition of Deviate Festival took place on Saturday 26th August at Abbey Hotel Rolduc in Kerkrade, the Netherlands. With a number of techno heavyweights on the bill, the sound and lighting had to be spot on.
Production and rental company For Live supplied lighting for multiple stages across five halls of Amsterdam’s RAI for the 2023 World Gymnaestrada – a quadrennial global non-competitive gymnastics extravaganza – organised by TIG Sports, with all-Robe moving lighting rigs installed in Halls 11 and 12 which were also utilised for special shows.
Lighting designer Johnny Thinggaard was asked to create a production design for popular Danish pop/soul artist Lukas Graham’s The Pink tour, for which Johnny presented a modern and stylish concept, with three striking perspective related scenic walls covered in fabric and with integral LED pixels along the tops, enhancing the depth and dimensions of the performance space.
The name Cartier is synonymous with quality and perfection, and the launch of a new collection is always a highly anticipated event, with locations carefully chosen to honor the ancient skill and craftsmanship of the designers who produce the jewelry.
As part of a multi-year contract, and new to the Norwegian market, DMC Production is the technical service provider offering the infrastructure and production capacity for Norwegian broadcaster TV 2. DMC commissioned Broadcast Solutions to plan and install the new DMC remote production hub, which found its new home in the heart of Oslo.
The Ravenna Festival, renowned for its vibrant array of opera, classical music, dance, jazz, and more, stands as a cultural pinnacle each June and July in Ravenna, Italy. With performances spanning indoor venues and outdoor stages, the quest for impeccable audio quality, both for live audiences and recordings, is paramount.
In order to strengthen its position as a solutions provider for audio transmissions, K-array, a manufacturer of professional audio technology, is pushing forward with its latest developments and innovations aimed at this market vertical.
Rockers Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard had one of the highest-grossing tours in 2022, and this momentum continued in 2023 with the summer culminating in a series of stadium shows in the USA lit by Elation's Proteus series devices, including Brutus and Rayzor 1960 fixtures. The bands were supported by the legendary rocker Alice Cooper.
With the National Football League’s 2023-24 season underway, San Francisco 49ers fans have already enjoyed access to live Spanish language game broadcasts thanks in part to Audio over IP technology from Barix.
Istanbul’s famous Maiden’s Tower, which stands on a tiny islet at the southern entrance of the Bosphorus strait, 200 metres from the coast of Üsküdar in Istanbul, Turkey, has recently re-opened after restoration, complete with a fabulous new permanent lighting scheme designed by Martin Kuhn and featuring over 75 Anolis LED luminaires.
When it comes to 90s bands, few are as iconic as Pulp. Yorkshire-twanged frontman, Jarvis Cocker, and fellow indie stars - keyboardist Candida Doyle, drummer Nick Banks and guitarist Mark Webber - are leading audiences on an engaging and cleverly arranged orchestral audio journey set to a backdrop of cinematic-esque visuals.
In Bucheon, twenty-five kilometers southwest of Seoul, stands the newly- built Bucheon Arts Centre (BAC). The government-led project, which broke ground in 2020 on a city-owned site across from South Korea’s Central Park, was inaugurated in May of this year.
