There’s a good reason why “immersion” is commonly cited as a principal goal of lighting design. The word, which comes to us from immergere, Latin… Read More »Kino Flo, CHAUVET Professional, and ChamSys Bring Immersion into Focus at IBC Show
“The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet,” wrote Andy Warhol. Had he been around today, the groundbreaking pop artist would likely have appreciated the genius of Mumford & Sons. After 14 million albums sold, including two No. 1 hits, and a fistful of awards from Grammys to Brits, the band that got their start at Bosun’s Locker in London, continues to surprise fans by pulling out widely varied (some might say opposite) musical influences, from ancient folk to highly polished modern rock. Read More »Ed Warren Creates Unique Looks for Mumford & Sons with CHAUVET Professional
Maxi Gilbert says that he draws inspiration for his designs from opera sets. At first that may seem a bit surprising, since the Madrid-based designer has created lightshows for stars like multi-Grammy winner Alejandro Sanz, and chart-topping Manuel Carrasco. But anyone who sees his work on Carrasco’s current Corazón y Flecha tour will readily appreciate the connection.Read More »Maxi Gilbert and ChamSys Soar for Manuel Carrasco
You can’t always get what you want, as Mick Jagger once famously noted, but if you’re a gifted lighting designer, you won’t be deterred by… Read More »Simon Horn Calls on ChamSys for Anastacia Tour’s Bold Background without Video Wall
NAB visitors will see things through a different perspective when they enter booth C6339, as CHAUVET Professional and its sister brand Kino Flo showcase products that create full immersion through the frame of a camera’s eye, all while operating in silence.Read More »CHAUVET Professional Showcases Camera’s Eye Immersion at NAB
Chart-topping German rapper Kontra K avoids the “tough guy” persona that many other artists in this genre adopt, but, as the old saying goes, “looks can be deceiving.” Emerging from the mean streets of some of Berlin’s roughest neighborhoods, the popular artist is busy being a bona fide martial arts expert and a boxing coach when he isn’t performing on stage.Read More »Kontra K Tour Powered by ChamSys
Ed Warren has experienced many special times in his career as a Lighting Designer and Programmer, including winning the 2023 TPi Lighting Designer of the Year Award… but this, he says, was “the best lighting moment of my life.”Read More »Ed Warren Powers Four Tet, Fred Again, and Skrillex’s Seminal Madison Square Garden Show with ChamSys
He’s had six albums chart in the Top 10 and sold out Germany’s leading concert venues. Last year, in September, he became the first German rapper to reach over seven million Spotify listeners. But through it all, musical phenom Luciano hasn’t lost touch with the creative forces rising from the streets of the Schöneberg district of Berlin; they continue to drive his music today, just as they did when he burst upon the scene in 2012.Read More »ChamSys Powers Luciano’s Majestic Tour
The line between the stage and audience quickly becomes blurred to the point of obliteration on IDLES’ current world tour. Rocking out the crowd with their relentlessly intense vocals, jagged guitar riffs, explosive drumming, and animated physical presence, the award-winning band from Bristol jumps right into things, quite literally, as the guitarists invariably leave the stage at some points in the show to crowd surf the giant mosh pits that gather before them.Read More »Ed Warren Connects IDLES to the Crowds with Help from ChamSys MagicQ MQ500M
Crowned a fan favorite and ‘the band’s best show yet’, KoRn performs behind a transparent wall of video images and lighting effects on their Summer 2022 Tour. PLSN catches up with Production Manager Robert “Bobby” Schneider and Production/Lighting Designer Thomas “Church” Christmann to learn how it all calmly came together.
Great talent often defies easy categorizations, especially when it is driven by an equally-great drive to expand its reach and push boundaries to explore new… Read More »Bogdan Gradisteanu Busks Through Flowers For The Soul With ChamSys
The Industrial Revolution was just kicking into high gear in the mid-19th century, and a group of Belgian factory owners were concerned about the… Read More »Chauvet Professional Shines Throughout Belgium’s Gentse Feesten