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In keeping with Insomniac's dedication to providing the best possible experience to its audiences, Matt Chromatic, creative and technical director of set and lighting design firm Chromatic, was bought on board to deliver a unique custom look for the show, wowing the crowd and enhancing the beats. At the heart of Matt's design were High End Systems Shapeshifters, and the flagship Hog 4 lighting console.

Eight Shapeshifter C1s, which feature 126 RGB LEDs putting out 24,000 lumens arrayed across seven independently con

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In addition to being nominated every year since the awards inception in 2001, this year's win marks the sixth time Bandit has been awarded the Parnelli and the 25th overall Lighting Company of the Year award for the company.

Bandit chair and founder Michael T. Strickland accepted the award at this year's event, where the touring industry's best and brightest were recognized, both on an individual and company scale.

"The team at Bandit Lites is humbled to again be recognized by our peers," said Strickland. "We strive every day to be the best that we can be and deliver the w

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With her new recording, Cross is rebranding herself to go even further from the country genre. Austin Jansen of Digital Dynamite Productions is reflecting the 21-year-old artist's freewheeling musical style in lights with a rig anchored by Rogue R2 Spot fixtures from Chauvet Professional. Positioning 20 of the 240-watt LED fixtures on horizontal upstage truss, Jansen has created a lightshow that, like his client's music, is direct and

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Academy member Per Wastberg told Swedish television, "He is who he is," adding that there was little surprise Dylan had ignored the news. We were aware that he can be difficult and that he does not like appearances when he stands alone on the stage," he told Sweden's Dagens Nyheter newspaper in a separate interview. A reference to the prize was removed from Dylan's website last week. It is still not known if he will travel to Stockholm to receive the prize on 10 December. If he does not, a ceremony marking his career will g

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14 December 2016

Densham has been awarded the David E. Mitchell Award of Distinction, the second highest achievement of the Ernest C. Manning Innovation Awards, and a sum of $25,000 in recognition for BlackTrax real-time motion tracking system that offers production professionals with six degrees of freedom, including 3D and rotation.

To date, BlackTrax has been used in many of the world's most dynamic and exciting projects ranging from Cirque du Soleil productions, Marvel Universe LIVE! and Disney on Ice. It is also currently part of the Harry Potter production in London's West End.

Densham established CAST Group 22 years ago and the current portfolio includes BlackTrax realtime motion tracking system, wysiwyg lighting design and previsualisati

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The first generation of the LED light source, Aura UltiLED Long Life, was launched in 2012, leading the way for modular and energy efficient, high quality LED light sources. Recent testing indicates that this particular high quality LED tube has a very low lumen depreciation, exceeding the guaranteed lifetime by 150 percent.

"This strengthens the conviction that our modular high quality approach is at the forefront of LED development

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As an Augmented Reality technology, SpaceView transforms the way commercial construction and renovation design teams collaborate and visualize their creations by providing near-instantaneous and accurate product installation renderings. Operating across all Apple, Android and Microsoft OS platforms, PixelFLEX customers will now be able to virtually experience their LED video creation in true-scale with the simple drag-and-drop of a photo.

"Our goal at SpaceView is to help our customers communicate a realistic vision of what they can do for their clients as easily and quickly as possible," began SpaceView co-founder and VP of customer success Cody White. "Since our clients

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"We created a separate demo booth so visitors could appreciate the flat even light field, colour rendering and other extraordinary capabilities of our theatrical fixtures without being distracted by other light," said Berenice Chauvet, vice president of Chauvet. "The response from everyone who saw our Ovation and COLORado fixtures in action was overwhelmingly positive."

Among the highlights at the demo booth was the new Ovation E-260WW IP, the first IP65 rated LED ellipso

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"We needed a wash light with versatility, something that had beams, and brightness was also a factor," said Richard Gild, founder of Hirezone. "The Spiiders are well priced, lightweight and I think they will be a big industry standard in the next six months to a year. That's where we want to be, allowing us to cross rental in the future."

Hirezone purchased the Spiiders from DWR Distribution. "I get so much support from Robe and DWR," added Richard. "I felt happy to give back to them and make this purchase."

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While this 13-week repertory season is the latest production from the renowned Donmar Warehouse, the plays are actually being performed in a custom-built theatre located near Kings Cross Station. White Light was approached to provide the lighting equipment for this production, which includes the revolutionary Spotrack system.

The lighting designer for the Trilogy is James Farncombe, who has worked with WL on several projects. He comments, "My brief for The Shakespeare Trilogy was to create a design that would give each play a separate identity yet have the aesthetic through-line that roots the trilogy in a recognisable environment. The productions are all presented in-the-round and on the s

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David is the first placement student that Enlightened has taken on for a whole year and will hopefully be the first of many, as part of the company's new investment in young talent. Over the course of the year, David will work in all departments at Enlightened and will gain experience in production, installation, sales, hire, and repairs. He comments: "I approached Enlightened as the company had been spoken of highly by industry professionals that I had encountered during my first and second year at university. Meeting the team at En

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14 December 2016

The Christmas lasers are designed as waterproof devices (IP67), so they can be used outdoor as well. Some models come with radio remote control, which allows for the control of colours, rotation and pattern change speed, as well as for selecting additional strobe effects.

The Christmas themed projection effect is generated with glass gobos in combination with an optical diffraction grating, so the effect does not flicker, like it would do with normal scanners. Due to the diffraction grating it has a wide projection angle, too.

The Laserworld Christmas laser light effects are rated

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Bandit Lites has provided the lighting package for the stellar scrimmage for the last five years, striving each year to match the energy and excitement of Kentucky's fans. Lighting designer Aaron Swetland configured a rig that did the all-important task of illuminating the court, but also filled the arena with beams of light.

One aspect of the event comes from the fact that the only colours used throughout the whole occasion are blue and white, ca

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Gunn, a pioneer of New Age (or World Music), whose recordings like Thirty-One Nights have become classics in the genre, arranged for Hinton to capture his performance on the flute, as well as interpretive dance numbers, with an improvisational lighting display. To achieve this visionary goal, the LD surrounded the small stage with circular truss and mounted 12 Intimidator Spot 255 IRC moving fixtures from Chauvet DJ on the structure.

"Nick got a hold of me, wanting to try and do something different. He was

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Comtech has been a lighting, staging, video and rigging supplier to the popular Live Nation event which has grown year on year since its inception in 2010.

Staged in the charismatic old B&W Shipyard (Burmeister & Wain) in Refshale°en, the former industrial heart of the city, the huge piles of rusting steel and other nautical relics are awakened noisily each year by the very best of heavy, hard and death metal music.

The three-day event is enjoyed by an audience of 18-20,000, who this year were treated to industrial strength performances by main stage headliners Black Sabbath, the Scorpions and King Diamond along with many others across four performance spaces including the Hades and Pandemonium stages.

Comtech - one of Den

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The original ChromaPanels have clocked 13 years, 10 months of continuous activity - surpassing 115,000 hours. "This real-world industry first is proof of the LEDs' amazing longevity and of Pulsar's dedication to making the highest quality LED lighting fixtures on the market," the company says.

In the May of 2005 an additional 21 metres of ChromaStrip2 were installed on Pulsar's Fa

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Chris, who has over 12 years of experience working in the AVL production and install industry, owns Cascade Technical Sales, based in Sacramento. He most recently ran his own sound production and installation company and still does broadcast production for the NBA's Sacramento Kings. Chris brings with him valuable experience working for a rep firm, representing lighting and audio companies, and also has years of experience working as a freelance engineer. Chris worked for the renowned music store Skips Music in Sacramento for years as an install manager

Chris will be representing Elation Professional's entire line of lighting and video products and star

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Recognized for 'advancing IP weather protection in a quality automated fixture,' the Best Debuting Product accolade was presented at an awards ceremony on Saturday, 24 October on the LDI show floor. On hand to receive the award were Elation Professional sales director Eric Loader and ADJ Group president Toby Velazquez. "It was a great show for us, our new products were very well received, and we were thrilled for the recognition that Proteus received at the awards ceremony," Eric Loader stated.

"To win a product award right out of the gate combined with the positive response and feedback we received from customers over

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The spectacle, produced by Stardust Circus International, which combines the drama and theatrical gruesomeness of Gothic horror with quick-witted illusion art, was launched at the Royal Theatre Carré in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where it enjoyed a successful seven-week run before going on the road.

The action includes mind-boggling special effects that help transport audiences into a strange world where nothing is as it seems, as Hans Klok's House of Horror tests and exceeds the limits of the genre of 'illusion.' The epic-scale family horror show offers a cast of freakish and fantastical characters together with the Master of Magic!

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Andrew Ellis has been designing for the Academy for the last decade; this year's lighting included a significant number of Clay Paky fixtures, namely Sharpy Washes and Mythos.

"The brief from the artistic director for this show has always been to bring something new to the design each year. My own goal is to treat it not as a student showcase but as a professional show to West E

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History is on the verge of repeating itself with the latest Roland Session, which features the indie rock duo Moon performing I Got A Fever, a raw hard-driving love song that is rapidly capturing the attention of critics and fans throughout the US. Doing justice to the group's big sound and gritty beats is a compact, but hard-punching lighting rig featuring Nexus 4x4 panels from Chauvet Professional.

Justin Preston of Three-Phase Productions used five of the COB LED panels mounted on stands and the floor to form a semi-circle around band members: singer/drummer Chelsea Davis and guitarist/keyboardist Dan Silver. "Moon is made up of two people, so

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Produced by Insomniac Events, headed by CEO Pasquale Rotella, thousands gathered to celebrate three days of electronic music while dancing the three-day weekend away amidst magical environments created by production design specialists SJ Lighting.

SJ Lighting handled production design on four of the five stages at this year's Nocturnal, creating something extraordinary on each stage with the help of a bevy of Elation lighting gear supplied by Visions Lighting, AG Light & Sound and Felix Lighting.

"The design philosophy is always to create something new, to give visitors a unique experience," said Steve Lieberman of SJ Lighting about the design goal for this year's

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The event will again offer live product demonstrations, the latest technological innovations from a wealth of manufacturers and distributors, alongside a packed two-day programme of informative, relevant and educational seminars.

The events and festivals sector is a major contributor to the Scottish economy - both locally and internationally and this year Scotland has taken steps to invest in the future of the industry with the unveiling last month of a 10-year collaborative strategy to significantly grow this £3.5 billion industry.

The result of an 18-month consultation process involving the Scottish Government, VisitScotland, Scottish