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AOTO Brings Cutting-Edge New Products and XR/VP Virtual Production to LDI SHOW 2023

AOTO will participate in the LDI SHOW 2023 in Las Vegas from December 3-5, 2023. AOTO will bring its competitive XR/VP Virtual Production and solutions and cutting-edge rental new products to LDI SHOW, and again show the audience AOTO’s scientific and technological achievements and product solutions. AOTO will be in Booth #1563.Read More »AOTO Brings Cutting-Edge New Products and XR/VP Virtual Production to LDI SHOW 2023

Robe LEDBeam 350s Are a Sound Investment for Audio Engineering

(L to R) Caleb Siebritz, Mari Vermeulen, and Marcel Bezuidenhout from Audio Engineering, with some of the new Robe fixtures.

Robe’s LEDBeam 350 moving light continues to be in demand worldwide including in South Africa, where distributor DWR keeps seeing this small, powerful, and highly versatile moving light fly off the shelves as fast as they can get hold of them. Another recent LEDBeam 350 investor in Cape Town is Audio Engineering, a full production specialist founded in 1998 by Marcel Bezuidenhout initially as an audio supplier. The enterprise soon expanded in the early noughties with the addition of lighting and then video departments as Audio Engineering’s clients demanded full technical packages.Read More »Robe LEDBeam 350s Are a Sound Investment for Audio Engineering

Gloshine Brightens the Ultra Music Festival

The Ultra Music Festival, one of the world’s premier electronic music events, attracts top international DJs and performers, drawing thousands of spectators from all corners of the globe. Synonymous with unrivaled soundscapes and scintillating visuals, this festival ensures every element contributes to the grandeur of the experience. And this year, a star emerged not on the stage, but behind it: Gloshine’s Outdoor LED Screen – LE 4.81 LED video product.Read More »Gloshine Brightens the Ultra Music Festival

An Unprecedented Visual Setup with INFiLED for the Marrageddon Hip Hop Festival

Marrageddon is the first Italian hip hop music festival which debuted September 23 in Milan at the Ippodromo La Maura. More than 140,000 fans attended this show organized by the artist Marracash, with a second date in Naples. The visual design, created by Ombra Design, the company managed by the creative Lorenzo De Pascalis, was crucial in this event and Gianpaolo Rizzo, MOD’s Technical Manager, supplied a huge size of INFiLED AR 3,9 outdoor video product installing about 1.000 sq/m of LED video panels.Read More »An Unprecedented Visual Setup with INFiLED for the Marrageddon Hip Hop Festival

Ayrton Cobra Shines at Marrageddon Festival in Italy

Marrageddon, the hugely successful first hip hop festival from King of Rap, Marracash, involved two massive concerts in the two cities that are symbolic of the rapper: Milan and Naples. Lighting Designer Giorgio De Cassan of Ombra Design, who was entrusted by the rapper with the entire creative direction of his Italian tour, lit this revolutionary event. The LD opted for 40 Ayrton Cobra laser-sourced fixtures, supplied by Mister X Service.Read More »Ayrton Cobra Shines at Marrageddon Festival in Italy

CHAUVET and Serpro Producciones Celebrate 40 Years of Hombres G Band

Few people other than dedicate cinema buffs, remember the 1935 James Cagney movie G Men, but the classic gangster film has lived on for the past four decades thanks to the global success of the Spanish quartet Hombres G.  Ever since they made their debut at Madrid’s Rock-Ola in 1983, the band has been wooing fans with their irrepressible pop sound.Read More »CHAUVET and Serpro Producciones Celebrate 40 Years of Hombres G Band

Robe Hopes for Great Things

Popular rapper and producer ИF just finished a massive US leg of his HOPE world tour which featured another impressive lighting and production design created by Chris Denholm (also Production Manager & Musical Director) and Clay Joiner (also Lighting Designer & Programmer, as well as operator on the European leg). The pair have worked together for some time, and extol the advantages of having two brains, imaginations and sets of experience – both contrasting and converging – to boost the creative dynamic they bring to the table.Read More »Robe Hopes for Great Things

CHAUVET Professional Fixtures from Air Light Holland Help PAARD Continue Tradition of Intensity

When it opened in June 1972 it was called Paard van Troje [Dutch for Trojan Horse], perhaps a reference to its underground vibe, its tendency to host counterculture bands that weren’t always welcomed in mainstream circles, and its previous life as a squatter’s house. By 2016, however, this red-hot live music venue in the Prinsegracht had long since become so famous that the clandestine label no longer seemed to fit, so its name was changed simply to PAARD.Read More »CHAUVET Professional Fixtures from Air Light Holland Help PAARD Continue Tradition of Intensity

4Wall Provides Lighting, Rigging, & Video Package for the 2023 DanceMakers Inc. Nationals

This summer, dance convention & competition company DanceMakers Inc. hosted their annual Nationals competition at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center in Myrtle Beach, SC. The six-day event, filled with dance classes, performances, competitions, and more, completely transformed the convention center into a lively hub for dance. PM Austin Brady Henderson utilized a lighting, rigging, and video rental package from 4Wall Entertainment to build a fantastic stage that was the centerpiece of the entire competition.Read More »4Wall Provides Lighting, Rigging, & Video Package for the 2023 DanceMakers Inc. Nationals

IPS Adds First 100 GLP impression X5 IP Bars to Hire Stock

Karl Saunders (IPS Managing Director), Dave Jackson (Head of Department, lighting, sound & video) and Davis Cmoch (Senior Lighting Technician) with the new X5 IP Bars. Photo: © Tom Warden

Impact Production Services (IPS) has bolstered its vast inventory of stage structures and lighting fixtures with the first 100 new impression X5 IP Bars from GLP, available for hire. Large quantities of these were immediately dry hired to two high profile events, the Glastonbury Festival and the Oppenheimer film premiere at the Odeon in Leicester Square, London, as well as making a high-profile appearance with Afrobeats star Wizkid at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (with inventory provided by Entec Live).Read More »IPS Adds First 100 GLP impression X5 IP Bars to Hire Stock

SGPS/ShowRig Names Industry Veteran Ned Collett as President

Ned Collett

SGPS/ShowRig, Inc., have announced the appointment of concert and venue industry veteran Ned Collett to the position of President. In this newly created position, Collett, who will be based at the company’s Las Vegas headquarters, will oversee and direct all activities for the company’s worldwide operations. Read More »SGPS/ShowRig Names Industry Veteran Ned Collett as President