Judgement Day - Led Zeppelin did not copy the opening chords of Stairway to Heaven from the US band Spirit, a US jury has found. It said the riff Led Zeppelin was accused of taking from Spirit's 1967 song Taurus "was not intrinsically similar" to Stairway's opening. Jimmy Page and Robert Plant said they were grateful to "put to rest questions about
Titan v10 is the result of a year of research and development by a dedicated team of Avolites developers, enhancing the best loved features of Titan v9 and introducing a wealth of new ones. Many of the new features have been created in response to user and industry feedback.
"We're thrilled that Titan v10 is now available for our users - we believe the new software will have a hugely positive impact on the lives of lighting designers, improving workflow and facilitating even more creativity and amazing results," says Avolites' sales director, Koy Neminathan. "Titan v10 will make our range of industry leading consoles even
Celebrating its 150th year anniversary, expectations for The First and Third Trinity Boat Club May Ball were high, with attendees not being left disappointed. Hawthorn provided lighting, sound, staging, rigging and power distribution for the all-night event which saw revellers partying until dawn.
A big change for the Trinity Ball this year involved moving the main stage onto the South Paddock and puttin
Viewers and listeners voted on the Internet for the best Italian and international leading artists who performed in major concerts, tours and festivals held in Italy during the year. Their votes were combined with the decision of a jury of experts.
The spectacular live event was illuminated with Clay Paky lights on a rig set up by lighting designer Giovanni Pinna. The rig featured 62 Mythos units, 32 Sharpys and eight Alpha Beam 700s.
"The Mythos units are really very versatile. I used them as the main fixtures on the lighting rig to illuminate both the audience and the stage. They were the most used lights:
A key attraction at the festival was the main concert stage, which featured 29 different bands performing under the light of an Erich Meitzner-designed rig that featured a collection of Rogue fixtures from Chauvet Professional, supplied by Parr Sound and Lighting of Great Bend, KS.
Meitzner positioned four Rogue R2 Beams on mid stage truss and four additional units on upstage truss. He also flew ei
Running from 3 June - 17 July, this year's season includes Eugene Onegin, L'Italiana In Algeri, Idomeneo and The Creation. The senior production electrician on the show is Sam Floyd on behalf of Floyd Technical Services.
"My role on the season is to work alongside the lighting designer and make their vision a reality," says Floyd. "This year was slightly different in the respect that we had three designers: Malcolm Rippeth, Giuseppe d
Covering a number of broadcast areas throughout the festival, the Aurora team were on site taking care of the BBC live studio and link interviews, so flexibility and portability have been high on the lighting list.
In the main studio area, LD Oli Richards chose Mole Richardson Mole Fay's to add some tungsten warmth along with an array of tungsten festoon that helped complete the festival friendly look. For a little more power, colour and versatility Martin Rush PARs were also included in the installation. Aurora also supplied LED ribbon which was been woven into the set design for a bit of extra magic.
To meet the need for portability and ease of use, Bi-Colour Lite
The course is part of the innovative Young Programmers scheme at the heart of Lighthouse's learning and participation strategy that over the next four years aims to develop the next generation of talented arts practitioners.
The first intake recently completed a six-month pilot, making use of the existing workforce at Lighthouse to gain creative, hands-on learning experiences.
"It was a unique and fulfilling experience that you don't get in many other places," said one Young Technician. Another added: "The best part was the freedom and opportunity to put what we had been learning into practice, it allowed us to test ourselves and
Renaat brings considerable experience to the role, and will be responsible for driving business growth and enhancing customer experience through marketing and sales activity across Australia and New Zealand including the Lexair regional dealer network.
Alex Mair, managing director of Lexair Entertainment, said, "We are extremely happy that Renaat has joined Lexair. I have worked closely with Renaat previously during his time at High End Systems, and I know his knowledge, skills and passion for the industry, people, brands and products will be invaluable and allow us to meet the increasing demands of our growing business."
Renaat has recently moved to Australia from Texas where he was most recently the VP of sale
Filmed for Mzansi Channel on DSTV, the competition saw seven celebrity choirmasters assemble amateur singers who went head to head at the Clash of the Choirs. The competition kicked off at the end of 2015, with the finales held in April 2016. This meant the entire rig - the set designed and created by Dream Sets - had to come down and be put up again.
"Dream Sets cleverly created an arena type set which really enhanced the visibility of the choir," said Neethling. "The competition had used the same
Laloo of JYM Sound Lighting & Staging created his design for a Hanuman Chalisa celebration at the Hindu temple in Laudium, a centre of South Africa's large Indian population. "The Hanuman Chalisa is very important to the people at the temple," he said. "We wanted lighting that would support the ceremony and look good on video."
Using six Rogue R2 Wash moving RGBW LED fixtures and an equal number of Rogue R2 Spo
Visiting venues ranging from 5,000 to 12,000 capacity, the focal point of the stage and set design were five raked pods, loaded with lights and flown above the stage to form a scalable roof - and featuring many of the 65 GLP impression X4 L's (supplied as part of the overall lighting inventory by PRG Hamburg).
Each pod contained eight of the X4 L among the lighting in each of the pods, with another 14 on the front truss to fire into the audience.
The two lighting specialists have worked together frequently, and explaining the choice of fixtures, Marc Brunkhardt said, "As Scooter is a techno act which requires a powerful lighting set we were seeking a high output
Faulkes joins the Chauvet Professional sales team with a robust foundation & knowledge in the entertainment lighting sector. Having worked in the industry for nearly 25 years, with companies such as Martin Professional and Miltec.
Simon Cox, previously UK south territory manager, has moved across to a new position covering UK key accounts with a greater focus on the television and theatre marketplace.
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Following its Live Design Award in New York earlier in the month the product picked up a similar 'Lighting Product of the Year' gong at the Association of British Theatre Technicians Awards 2016, which took place just over a week later during the ABTT Theatre Show at Alexandra Palace, London.
It was voted after an experienced jury of working practitioners and industry peers had considered entries for this year's ABTT Awards which were carefully reviewed on the day.
The GLP impression X4 Bar 20 LED Batten stood out to the judges, who remarked that "GLP's new Batten, with its innovative zoom feature and impressive light output, reinvents the light curtain."
GLP Inc president, Mark Ravenhill, commented, "We are deli
"The day the Scenius fixtures came in were the day they went out for four weeks with Lauryn Hill," says Hayes Twisdale, Alpha Production Group's owner and production manager. "Scenius replaced Viper profile fixtures on the tour. Scenius is an incredible, cutting-edge fixture and we believe having it will set us apart from the competition, which has a lot of older technology in their inventories."
Alpha Production Group provides audio, video, lighting and staging services for entertainment and corporate events. It purchased 16 Clay Paky Sharpys from A.C.T Lighting about 18 months ago and has a pair of grandMA2 Light consoles, which A.C.T Lighting a
Five years ago, the foyer - a large, airy glass-fronted space that's also used for art and other exhibitions, public displays and meetings - was architecturally lit with an Anolis ArcSource 48 MC LED installation, supplied via the ULA Group, Robe and Anolis distributor for Australia. This transformed the atmosphere and increased the flexibility of the space.
It was followed by an investment in 16 x Robe DLX Spots, a bright LED spot luminaire that outputs similar to a 1200W discharge light-sourc
This aggressive music calls for a hard-hitting lightshow, which is precisely what designers Ethan Kairer, Jim Feeney and Corey Mattonen delivered on the artist's recent tour with help from a collection of Nexus 4x4 LED panels and MVP Ta8 Curve video panels from Chauvet Professional.
The designers used 10 of the Nexus panels and a 12' x 12' wall of MVP Ta 8 panels, all supplied by Zeo Brothers, on the sold-out Brillz Twonk Di Nation Tour to create a visual impression that was as punchy as the artist's 808 kick drums and sub base lines.
"Intensity, brightness and colour were all out in front on this tour," said Mattonen. "We wanted a rig that matched the energy level of the music, so the Chauvet Nexus and video panels fit right our plans. Ethan Kairer
Staged at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, it was EDC Las Vegas' 20th anniversary, and nearly 350 Robe fixtures - 212 Pointes, 83 x BMFL Spots and 38 x BMFL WashBeams - graced Steve Lieberman's epic design for the circuitGROUNDS stage.
As the main production stage of the event, the star-studded line up included Armin van Buuren, Martin Garrix, Afrojack, Eric Prydz, Kaskade and numerous others.
Steve and the team from SJ Lighting presented a completely new visual concept that incorporated lighting, video and set / structural design. The architecture was based on an enigmatic 360 degree coliseum look - classical lines with industrial attitude - a provocative,
One of the largest churches in Durban, the 5,500 seat auditorium known as the Jesus Dome, was a house of prayer for all nations and a place where miracles happened.
Having regularly lit events in this venue, lighting designer Michael Broderick along with his friend in the industry, Brandon Bunyan of Black Coffee, came up with an idea to use the Mythos fixtures in an act of compassion for the church's loss.
"When we told DWR's Duncan Riley about our idea, he insisted that the globes in the Mythos be 100% new and that the lights be freshly serviced," said
Recently, though, members of the fourth estate visited the elegant hotel on the banks of the Charles River to make news, rather than cover it, by participating in the 39th annual Boston/New England Emmy Awards. The high-profile event, which has helped propel many careers to national stardom stature, draws journalists from six states. Setting an appropriately elegant tone for the evening ceremonies was a glitzy video wall and lighting display created by Darren Lussier of Image Production Services, using an array of Chauvet Professional fixtures and video panels.
"This is the big night f
"Our growth over the last few years has meant more customer requests for flexible color-changing lighting so we looked at the SixBar 1000 and decided to add them to our inventory," stated Kristina Kuchem, CEO of Kuchem Konferenz Technik.
"Our technicians compared the product to other manufacturers and the SixBar fulfilled our needs completely. We can use them in many different applications and in a great number of the projects that we normally equip. We chose it for the six-colou
The Ghoema Awards recognises exceptional achievement in the SA Afrikaans Music Industry. Chris was appointed by Joshua Cutts of Visual Frontier to light and programme the 2016 awards for their client, creative production company, Idea Candy.
The show was recorded for Afrikaans TV channel KykNET so Chris also worked closely with stage director Barry Pretorius and camera director Eugene Naidoo.
The Robe count included eight BMFL Blades, 24 x Pointes, 12 x LEDWash 800s, 12 x LEDWash 600s, 12 x LEDBeam 1000s, 21 x LEDBeam 100s, 22 x MMX Spots and 70 x LEDForce 18 RGBW PARs.
The BMFL has become one of Chris's go-to fixtures for major shows. "Both Josh and I sp
It's Not Me, It's You sees Holmes joined by team captains, model and actress Kelly Brook, and the reigning Queen of the Jungle Vicky Pattison as they set out to prove who's the top dog when it comes to dating.
With a seductive and contemporary feel to the set, Roger has employed an old favourite, the MAC Aura, using over 30 to compliment the look.
"It's a striking new set from designer Alex Craig, the original idea was for it to be against a white cyc," says Roger. "After discussions it was decided to set it against blacks and, as I'm desperately trying to avoid using smoke and beams where I can, Auras were the perfect choice to fill in l
MagicPanel-FX's front face comprises a 5 x 5 array of new squared lenses with perfectly isolated, high-powered RGBW LED emitters. Together these offer new possibilities for creating 2D graphical effects. Each of the 25 squared 65mm output lenses have an optical surface equivalent to that of an 80mm round lens, which means MagicPanel-FX also produces a powerful beam capable of creating "extraordinarily new 3D volumetric effects".
A new optical zoom s
