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Berlin Festival

Robe for Berlin Festival

BERLIN – Robe moving lights – including 30 MMX Spots and 44 ColorWash 700E ATs – were in action on the Main Stage at the 2012 Berlin Festival, taking place over two days at the former US military base, Tempelhof Airfield. Tilman Schumacher, production lighting designer for the main stage, specified the Robe fixtures, although the rig was based heavily on Steven Douglas’s festival design for headlining act The Killers.

concert in Colombia

Robe Follows Technical Demo with Concert in Colombia

MEDELLIN, Colombia – Robe’s new Colombian distributor, Codiscos SA, staged a hands-on technical demo of Robe products recently, then provided a glimpse of the gear in action when it was used to support a rock concert by Matute at the 400-seat Teatro de Barro in Medellín.

Paris Motor Show

Robe at the Paris Motor Show

PARIS – More than 200 Robe LEDWash 600 RGBW LED moving lights were central to Peter Heilig’s lighting design concept for the BMW and Mini booths and press launches at the Paris Motor show. Germany’s Rock Service supplied the fixtures for the event at the Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles. LD Heilig specified the Robe fixtures after having used them at the Geneva Motor show earlier in the year.

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Robe Rocks in Nigeria

LAGOS, Nigeria – Solution Media and InfoTech Ltd recently staged an evening of live entertainment to demonstrate Robe technology along with other brands in their inventory. Five hundred guests enjoyed the “Memoirs and Wine” event, including  visual and show designers, event planners, brand managers and ambassadors, media managers of telecommunication and oil companies together with film and TV stars, and of course, the press.

Vegas Dance Club

Switzerland’s Vegas Dance Club Equipped with Robe Gear

LUCERNE, Switzerland – For the 1,000-capacity Vegas Dance Club, based here, LD Frank Alofs from Audiotech KST AG opted for a moving light rig centered on Robe LED fixtures including 12 ROBIN LEDBeam 100s, eight DLX Spots and four LEDWash 300s.

Studio 54 Sportpaleis

Robe Lights Studio 54 Sportpaleis Disco Inferno

ANTWERP, Belgium – About 12,000 disco divas stepped out to the 2012 Studio 54 Sportpaleis event in Antwerp, Belgium to strut their best dancefloor moves and grooves to the sounds of the 1970s. The event featured Robe moving lights along with other gear supplied by Total Event Support. LD Peter Vervloesem designed the event; the centerpiece of the arena design was a massive chandelier in the roof made up from 400 x 40 cm mirror balls flown above the stage.

Brutal Assault Festival

Robe in Rig for Czech Metalfest

JAROMER, Czech Republic – Robe moving lights made their presence felt at the Czech Metalfest, the 2012 Brutal Assault Festival, staged at an old army fortress in Jaromer, Czech Republic. The two Jägermeister and Metal Shop main stages were identical and were erected side by side in the main arena, operated in ‘flip-flop’ style, with one band setting up while the previous act was playing for short changeovers and a near uninterrupted sonic assault for the fans. The Robes along with other lighting were supplied by Prague rental company TD Promo SRO.

Jubilee Event

Robe Lights Tupperware Jubilee Event in Sun City

SUN CITY, South Africa – Rental company Multi-Media supplied full production including their newest Robe moving lights for Tupperware South Africa’s 2012 Jubilee event, staged over three days at Sun City Superbowl. LD Gustav Stander had to cater to many different performance and presentation scenarios, including entertainment sections with dancers, conference sessions, incentive presentations, motivational speeches and awards.

Red Bull Beat

Robe LEDBeam 100s for Red Bull Beat Battle

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Rental company AV Unlimited supplied full technical production to show producers VWV for the finale of the recent Red Bull Beat Battle competition at the downtown live music venue Bassline. AV Unlimited’s technical production manager and LD Victor Vermaak explains that initially the venue would not let them fly any lights off of their roof beams, but with the low weight (4.4 kgs) of the Robe LEDBeam 100, they gave the go-ahead for the fixtures to be installed.

Miss Mississippi

Robe Beautifies Rig of Miss Mississippi Pageant

VICKSBURG, MS – LD Andre Huff specified Robe moving lights as core elements of his rig for the 2012 Miss Mississippi Scholarship Pageant at the Vicksburg Convention Center. Lighting equipment was supplied by Knoxville, TN-based TERI Productions. There were many technical challenges involved in transforming a conference center hall into a vibrant setting for the beauty pageant. A complicated system of air conditioning and ducting in the roof added to this in terms of being able to get everything positioned in the correct places.

Robe Auctions Olympic Torch for Light Relief

LONDON – Robe CEO Josef Valchar is donating an Olympic torch –  used on one of the torch relay legs for the London Games – for auction at PLASA 2012. Funds raised will benefit industry charity Light Relief.

Red Summer Dance Party

Robe Sees Red at Slovenia Summer Party

LJUBLIJANA, Slovenia – Event Lighting provided Robe moving lights to fill most of the rig for the Red Summer Dance Party with Tiesto and other DJs at the Arena Stozice. Event Lighting’s LD Jernej Gustin, who designs for many top Slovenian bands, specified more than 75 Robe fixtures including ROBIN 600 LEDWashes, ColorSpot 1200E ATs, ColorSpot 700E ATs and ColorSpot 575E ATs.