When Allen Branton and the rest of the production team saw their design concept for the 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction in place at the Microsoft Theater, their first reaction was something along the lines of “wow, this feels really modern!”Read More »Allen Branton’s Design for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Show Includes CHAUVET Professional Gear
Nine Inch Nails played a limited number of make-up headlining dates on their spring and fall 2022 tour. PLSN caught up with Toss Film & Design’s Paul “Arlo” Guthrie about his work as designer, director, and programmer for the NIN tour. We also checked in with Lighting Technician Matthew “Matt” Schiller for some fixture details in the design, with lighting supplied by tour vendor Upstaging.
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LIT Lighting
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Various (Tour)
For Burna Boy’s supercharged performance at the Curaçao Festival Center in late October, Massive Productions’ Ramon Ramiz stepped in as LD for the artist, lighting the Grammy-winning singer and his fans with the power of 90 Chauvet Professional fixtures from Massive Productions and its partner, Aruba Elite Productions.
Lighting design is an art. It’s also a wonderfully lyrical and creative form of reflecting music visually. Nate Haber of Extraterrestrial Visuals knows all that,… Read More »Nate Haber Balances Light and Dark for Lorna Shore’s Tour with Squeek Lights and Chauvet Professional
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.
We hear all about the massive circular structure rig on Swedish House Mafia’s Paradise Again world tour from Ben Dalgleish and the Human Person design team, the architects of this rave arena experience. We also talk to All Access about the build and with ER Productions about the laser design by Derek Abbott.
There are many ways to measure the success of a lighting design. At the top of the list is how well it supports the spirit and flavor of the music being performed on stage. At Kennedy House, an iconic nightspot in Tokyo’s Ginza area, this means reflecting the classic hits popular in Japan from the 1960s through the 1980s. The Hibino Lighting team kept this goal firmly in mind when redesigning the lighting rig at the club, which opened its Ginza branch in 1985. “Songs from the classic era make up most of the music at this venue,” said Hiroshi Adachi of Hibino Lighting. “Most of the clientele grew up in that era. They come here to enjoy a meal, listen to music, and have fun. So, we wanted to create lighting that contributed to this atmosphere without interfering with the artists on stage.”Read More »Hibino Lighting and CHAUVET Professional Create Camera-Friendly Retro Looks at Kennedy House
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4Wall Entertainment
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Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, PA
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Music Matters Productions
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Oceanfront Beach
Asbury Park, NJ
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LIT Lighting
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Various (Tour)
“A sunset is a beautiful color explosion!” This is the type of observation an inspired lighting designer could readily make at the close of the day. In this case, however, the words were uttered by Eefje de Visser in an interview when discussing the sensory and emotional forces that drive her music.Read More »Chauvet Professional Helps Randall Diagre Create Transformative Effects for Eefje de Visser