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GLP XDC1 IP Hybrid Allows SEEED to Shine on an Open-Air Stage


Berlin band SEEED was busy playing open-air and festival dates in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (including eight concerts in their home town alone) between May and September. LD Timo Martens has been with the 14-piece band for 22 years, and both musicians and crew are like family to him. On the other hand, 16 GLP XDC1 IP Hybrid, the new IP65 rated strobe wash hybrids, with the much-praised RGBL color mixture of the X5 Series, were traveling for the first time.Read More »GLP XDC1 IP Hybrid Allows SEEED to Shine on an Open-Air Stage

LED Video Solutions for Coheed and Cambria Tour

American progressive rock band Coheed and Cambria traveled across the U.S. over the summer on A Window of The Waking Mind Tour. The 25-stop trek, which took in a mixture of outdoor amphitheaters and indoor arenas, featured an impressive production that was anchored by a giant inflatable set piece flanked by a pair of large video walls constructed from ADJ’s Vision Series VS3 modular LED panels. The screens played a central role within the show, displaying custom animated content that depicted scenes from the fantasy world by which the band’s music is inspired.Read More »LED Video Solutions for Coheed and Cambria Tour

4Wall Entertainment Adds Thousands of New CHAUVET Professional Fixtures to Rental Inventory

4Wall Entertainment, a global provider of entertainment equipment rentals and services, recently added thousands of CHAUVET Professional products to its rental inventory including moving lights, battens, LED PARs, and TV soft light panels with majority of the gear being IP65 rated for outdoor use.Read More »4Wall Entertainment Adds Thousands of New CHAUVET Professional Fixtures to Rental Inventory

ADJ Lights Up Iggy Azalea & Natalia Jiménez at Long Beach Pride 2022

This summer’s Pride Parade in Long Beach, CA was accompanied by a two-day, two-stage festival featuring Iggy Azalea, Natalia Jiménez and more. Islay Events lit the performances with an array of fixtures including ADJ Hydro Beam X2 and Focus Spot 4Z moving heads, Jolt 300 washes, and IP65-rated 18P HEX IP LED par fixtures.

GLP Rides with Die Ärzte on ‘Buffalo Bill in Rome’ Tour

The German band Die Ärzte followed up the release of their 2020 album, “Hell” (“Bright” in German) with “Dunkel” (“Dark”) in 2021. This year, after pandemic restrictions eased, the band supported both albums with their 2022 tour. Production designer Bertil Mark’s honeycomb-patterned design incorporates impression X5 and X4 Bar 20 fixtures along with JDC Line 500 and JDC1 units from GLP.

Squeek Lights Adds Jolt Bar FX LED Fixtures to Expanding Inventory of ADJ Products

Victor Zeiser (with Ruby the dog, the Squeek Lights’ mascot), Steven Kosiba and Ben Kelly. Photo by Brian Dowdle

Concert tour lighting specialist Squeek Lights has expanded its rental inventory with the purchase of 36 ADJ Jolt Bar FX multifunctional strobe / blinder / wash / effect fixtures. The company, which specializes in delivering impactful lighting that complements the music and enhances the crowd’s energy, made the investment following positive experiences with other ADJ lighting fixtures and LED video products. The units are now set to go out on various tours this fall, providing lighting designers with a wide palette of effects to enhance their shows.Read More »Squeek Lights Adds Jolt Bar FX LED Fixtures to Expanding Inventory of ADJ Products

GLP Lights the Way to Another ‘311 Day’ Party Success in Las Vegas

Photo by Josh Spodick

Every two years, veteran American rock band 311 celebrates 11 March (3/11) with a massive party-style celebration concert for fans over two nights at the Park Theater’s Park MGM in Las Vegas.  The pressure is on LD Bobby Grey, of Notan Creative (and the entire production team), to exceed the excitement of the previous event in this biennial calendar. “We went into this wondering how we could top what we did last time… but ended up taking the whole production to a new level,” recalls Grey. Helping him along the way once again were a slew of GLP’s impression X4 Bar 20 and JDC1, which have frequently been his go-to products in the past.Read More »GLP Lights the Way to Another ‘311 Day’ Party Success in Las Vegas

Prolights: EclNanoPanel TWC Compact-Sized, Battery-Operated Soft Light

Prolights has debuted the EclNanoPanel TWC, the smallest member of the EclPanel range, containing all the features of the larger format soft lights in a compact-sized, battery-operated luminaire. The new fixture has a 30W RGB+WW source, producing a surprisingly powerful 1,800-lumen output. Its color technology is the same as the other ECL soft lights, producing rich colors, high-quality white tones, color gel matching, and onboard pixel cinema effects. The EclNanoPanel TWC is also Spektra™ calibrated, matching in color and whites as the other fixtures in the soft light range.

The EclNanoPanel TWC has three precision encoders, with multiple stand-alone control modes: CCT with +/- green shift, CCT presets, HSI, saturation and intensity, RAW RGBW mode, XY and cinema effects mode.Read More »Prolights: EclNanoPanel TWC Compact-Sized, Battery-Operated Soft Light

Antari’s Z-1520 RGB uses 22 RGB LEDs to enhance the fog output.

Antari Z-1520 RGB Fog Machine

Antari’s Z-1520 RGB uses 22 RGB LEDs to enhance the fog output. The fog machine is the company’s update on its popular Z-1020 fog machine. Users can specify the four-color blend they are looking for via W-2 remote. Colors can also be assigned via DMX mode. Bottom line, one machine can meet a production’s needs for both fog and lighting effects. The Z-1520 RGB runs with water-based fluid only.