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 Recently, the congregation sought to improve the sanctuary's acoustics and replace its outdated, inadequate sound system.
Stagetec Asia, the Malaysian subsidiary of Berlin-based manufacturer Stage Tec, has completed a project for the TV station Bernama News Channel (BNC). Two AURATUS platinum and a NEXUS network with two Base Devices were installed at the BNC headquarters in Kuala Lumpur.
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.
Former Baywatch and Knight Rider star David Hasselhoff is big in Germany and Austria. The reasons are many but generally stems from a famous 1989 New Year’s Eve performance at Brandenburg Gate just after the Berlin Wall came down.
QolorPoint Wireless LED Uplighters by City Theatrical were recently used to illuminate The Spheres on Amazon’s campus in Seattle, Washington with a purple lighting display to celebrate 100 days until Seattle hosts the 2018 Special Olympics USA Games.
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.
There’s nothing funny about the comedy business: when everything is riding on the setup and the punch line, the sound has to be absolutely perfect. That’s why the top-earning comics on tour today—names like Amy Schumer and Kevin Hart—have looked to Frederick, Maryland based Showtime Sound LLC and its president/CEO, Scott Tydings, to make sure that their audiences “get it.”
Saint Panteleimon Monastery is a Russian Orthodox monastery built on the southwest side of the peninsula of Mount Athos in Macedonia, Northern Greece. Currently home to around 70 resident monks and many pilgrims every year, a Yamaha audio system has recently been installed to help scripture reading be clearly heard.
Lighting designer Nathan Wan created a high impact design for the Live Action Arena at the 2018 Autosports International show, staged at the NEC, Birmingham, UK, where a one hour special presentation showcased some of the fastest and craziest performance cars on the planet!
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.
Automation specialist and manufacturer Kinesys enjoyed one of its busiest and most successful Prolight+Sound exhibitions in Frankfurt to date. The UK based company highlighted its new Apex chain hoist system, launched at Prolight 2017, which incorporates Kinesys’ extensive knowledge, practical experience and history as a pioneer in the world of variable speed chain hoist control technology.
LITEC wishes to thank all of the customers and visitors who came to see them at this year’s Music Inside Rimini (MiR) exhibition. Reactions to their new heavy-duty MyT Virtue truss, the newest member of the MyT family, and EXE Technology’s DST-66 (dynamic stack tracks) system were extremely positive and confirmed that they have hit the target with both products.
Top One Design Engineering in Hong Kong and Macau has invested in Robe MegaPointes and LEDBeam 150s. It’s the first Robe purchase for the company founded in 2012 by Kurt So to further the cause of bringing world class lighting and event design —with an emphasis on creativity and innovation— to a diversity of sectors in the region including live and corporate events.
In October 2017, former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher released his debut solo album, As You Were. The record went straight in at number one in the UK, and went gold in its first week, outselling the rest of the top 10 of the UK Albums Chart combined. It has since been certified platinum.
It’s always exciting to be at the forefront of the game when it comes to new technologies, and MGG, one of South Africa’s leading rental and production specialists, is the first to invest in Robe’s new MegaPointe moving light bringing high quality spot, wash, beam and effects capabilities, all in one unit!
150 years after his death, the most prestigious Opera House in the world celebrates the great artist, with a selection of customs de scène displayed on Bonaveri's tailor-made mannequins.
Luc Peumans and the team from Painting with Light redefined the iconic boombox, presenting this historic music making device in a fresh, new, digital dimension as the set centrepiece for Belgium’s 2018 Schlagerfestival, staged in the 14,000 capacity Ethias Arena in Hasselt.
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.
Nearly 400 Robe ParFect S1s LED luminaires are in action lighting the newly opened Royal Tank Museum in Amman, Jordan, illuminating 110 x battle-worn tanks from a century of wars in the Middle East and other more distant conflicts.
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.
For producing the international football match between Germany and Brazil, German public broadcaster ZDF as a first timer in football used new possibilities for image composition leveraging the Robycam cable camera system and augmented reality elements.
MILOS recently designed and delivered Xtruss components for the Posco Energy booth at the Korea Energy Show. Xtruss is a series of truss accessories that allow for the quick and easy attachment of various elements to truss structures.
