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UK - A Kinesys Elevation 1+ control system and its fully programmable proprietary Vector software is being used as a major dramatic effect on The Darkness's current UK arena tour. This was specified by lighting designer Rod Clay, it's supplied by lighting contractor Neg Earth, and is being operated on the road by Barry Branford.

Clay wanted some large moving elements to his rig, both for general dynamics and for those big 'rock statement' moments. Four moving pods -previously incarnated as a back wall effect for the show earlier in the year - have now evolved into the overhead rig. Once the precision, speed and flexibility of the Kinesys system was demonstrated to Clay at Neg Earth - Clay describes it as, "The most reliable and accurate I have ever used" - he had no hes

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UAE - tsg, the Chesterfield-based media programming and installation company has completed its most demanding music profiling assignment to date, after candyrock, the media programming arm of tsg, was tasked with providing themed background music to 40 separate locations within the Madinat Jumeirah Hotel in Dubai.

Set in the shadows of the world-renowned Burj Al Arab, on the Jumeirah beachfront, the Madinat Jumeirah is a development of grand scale, even by Dubai standards, and on completion will be a self-contained city covering a 40-hectare site with two grand boutique hotels - each comprising 300 guest rooms and suites, 340 guest rooms in stand-alone courtyard villas, a souk-style retail complex and the region's largest conference and banqueting facilities - together with a 500-seat theatre, a spa and a nightclub.

With nearly 100 audio zones and eight processor locations t

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UK - Richard Martin Lighting has announced the purchase of 50 James Thomas Engineering PixelPar 90s and 12 IP PixelLine 1044s. They have also added 20 Pulsar Chroma Set kits and six Moving High Ground fixtures from Italian manufacturer Novalight. RML's Steve Wells says: "The use of LED technology on TV is becoming more and more popular on many shows and to maintain the high level of service and choice of product available to our customers, RML will continue to embellish their stock with the latest technology products."

The PixelPar 90 is a high output solid state lighting projector designed to deliver a symmetrical beam angle and the new IP PixelLine 1044 is a weather proof version of the now industry standard PixelLine 1044. The Chroma Set Kit is a custom made package for RML, consisting of 12 Pulsar ChromaHearts, one ChromaZone Controller, 12 x 10m extensions, 12 x

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It's a bird! It's a plane! It's - 40 thousand LED pixels on a ceiling!!! Indochine's whirlwind tour transports fans to another level of the live experience - immersing them from floor to ceiling with PixMob's X4 wristbands, and an LED ceiling made entirely of its NOVA Minis! With the vision of Indochine's creative team, PixMob used its LED fan-technology to turn attendees and venues into an ocean of effects, and a starry sky of LED magic. Très très cool!

Read more about the Indochine tour in the latest issue of LSi

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UK - Turbosound reports that London-based Audio-Tek International has completed a variety of bar, club and corporate installations using Turbosound's TXD, QLight and Impact systems. Audio-Tek International's recent projects have included Birmingham club venue Air - home of Godskitchen; the Hard Rock Café in Manchester; and the brand's Hard Rock Bar in Bristol, plus the Anam Bar in north London.

At Air in Birmingham, Audio-Tek has installed six Qlight TQ-440 units, along with four THL-828 bass enclosures and TXD-151 systems, while Bristol's Hard Rock Bar features TXD-121 and TSB-110 loudspeakers. As part of a new mezzanine-level development, Manchester's Hard Rock Caférequired a new audio system to provide a medium-level wash throughout the area, with Audio-Tek installing 12 diminutive Impact 50 loudspeakers for the purpose. The company's installation at the very stylish Anam

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UK - ECT, a manufacturer of custom projection screens for the staging and events market, was recently contracted to build an 88ft screen for the National Television awards at The Royal Albert Hall. The screen filled the complete backdrop of the awards set. ECT were asked to make the screen after their success with another large screen, measuring 87ft by 49ft, made for The Prince's Trust Fashion Rocks event earlier this year. ECT, based in Pangbourne, Berkshire, specializes in projection screens for the television industry, corporate, public information and shop window displays. The company's screens are can also be seen on the BBC 10 O'clock News and regional news programmes where the screens provide large-format interactive communication.

(Lee Baldock)

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Europe - Clay Paky's Alpha moving head fixtures of Garou's winter tour of 31 concerts in eight countries, which will be filmed on TV and recorded on a DVD. The show's LD, Nicolas Labbé, fresh from the nomination as "Lighting designer of the year" at the 26th ADISQ Gala, says: "I was lucky to see these new projectors in action in Montreal early this year, thanks to Clay Paky's dealer for Canada, DCD, led by Sylvain Pelletier. I was most impressed and decided to use only Clay Paky material for Garou's winter tour. I chose the Alphas because they are incredibly innovative, reliable and complete with an extraordinary luminous output. Alpha Spot HPE has many different gobos, plus an animation wheel, a wide zoom and the CMY. Not to mention the Alpha Wash, with its extraordinary linear zoom ranging from 4° to 80° . . . Both projectors feature a very soft dimmer and inno

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Italy - From 11-14 November 2004, the beautiful setting of the Verdi Theatre and the exclusive Caffè Pedrocchi hosted the seventh edition of the Padua Porsche Jazz Festival, one of the most prestigious Jazz festivals in Italy. The event attracted top artists on the Italian and international jazz scenes.

Outline sound reinforcement systems were chosen for the entire festival. The floor-stacked Butterfly Vertical Line Array at the Verdi Theatre consisted of 10 high-packs and two low-packs, processed by two Lake Contours, controlled via wireless tablet PC; amplification was from Outline's Series T amps. Two Stage 15 Plus and two Victor Live subwoofers covered the front rows of the audience, and eight H.A.R.D. 212 monitor wedges were used on stage. In this case, digital control was courtesy of Genius 6 processors, and amplification was once again Series T.

At the Caffè Pedro

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UK - Bandit Lites UK is supplying all lighting production requirements to the current Status Quo UK tour, as Bandit's project manager Lester Cobrin renews his acquaintance with Patrick Marks, the band's LD since 1989. Marks also designs Quo's set, which has evolved over the last few tours. This year, the arena show set contains five upright onstage truss towers filled with scenic Marshall cabinets - symbolic of the power and volume of Quo's own specific brand of rock 'n' roll.

A major challenge on this was the contrast in venues, which range from Wembley one night to Folkestone's Leas Cliff Hall the next. Marks explains how he had had to plan to loose 75% of the equipment at certain gigs, but for it to still look like 'their show'. Before the start of the tour, he spent a week in Bandit UK's visualization suite at their HQ in Bedford, mapping and programming the show using Mart

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USA - Since 1988, the Robin Hood foundation has held an annual fund-raising dinner to help fight poverty in New York. About 3,000 guests are invited to the gala, including cocktail reception, dinner, auction and show programme. With guest star Rod Stewart performing a live show, and Jon Stewart, host of the 'Daily Show', as the celebrity auctioneer, the event successfully raised around $13m. The technical input for the event, which took place at the Jacob Javitts Convention Center recently, was considerable: this year, six MA Lighting network signal processors were used for channel expansion.

Programming more than 400 moving lights required 24 DMX lines, two grandMA consoles, grandMA onPC and a grandMA remote, as well as six MA network signal processors. As in recent years, Abigail Rosen-Holmes was responsible for the lighting of the remarkable event, which Patrick Dierson, Da

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Denmark - Martin's Wireless DMX devices are proving to be extremely popular, say the company. Martin architectural distributor Lux Lumen of Belgium has used the wireless system to great effect on a number of projects and found the system not only easy to use but also stable.

In the town of Charleroi, Lux Lumen has used Martin Exterior 600 washlights to add colour to the castle's belfry, the Beffroi de Thuin. The tower is illuminated using two Exterior 600s working with a Martin Wireless DMX-512 Pro Diversity transmitter with two receivers. The signal is transmitted over the castle's ditch and about 100 meters further. For the client to get DMX lines where they needed them would have cost five times as much as the Martin wireless DMX solution. Lux Lumen's installer for this project commented: "The distance involved was quite extensive. Experience showed that the transmitter

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UK - London's Regent Street celebrated its 50th year of hosting innovative displays of Christmas lights. The mile of style was the first street in London to display Christmas lights back in 1954. The city has continued to invest in the tradition by transforming the street into an entertaining outdoor event each year.

Brit Award winners Busted launched this year's lights with a performance of three of their number one hit singles. SSE Hire was there to provide audio coverage for the event with an arrangement of Nexo Alpha and GeoT. Production manager, Neil Cranston, on behalf of Andrew Cheeseman Productions, commented on how he had 'never seen Geo T ground stacked before but it really fulfilled the criteria of the job'.

With 45,000 people gathering during the day to see the live reindeer, 50 Father Christmases, street entertainers and music through the decades it was imp

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USA - LOUD Technologies introduced the addition of Carolyn Hommer as director of customer fulfilment and Paul Roberts as domestic sales administration manager. Hommer brings ten plus years of management experience from Trendwest Resorts in a variety of departments including Financial Services and IT. During her time at Trendwest, she was recognized for her contribution as recipient of Manager of the Year for three successive years and IT Employee of the Year. In her new role, Hommer will manage the sales administration department, with a primary focus on processing new sales orders and working closely with the sales, finance and operations departments.

Paul Roberts was inside sales coordinator at Symetrix for the past seven years and worked in all aspects of international and domestic sales administration. At LOUD Roberts will focus solely on domestic sales administration, and l

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UK - A.C. Lighting and Production Services Ireland has worked in partnership to supply the lighting rig and PA sound system - which includes the UK's first Turbosound Aspect installed-sound system - to Queen's University in Belfast.

Queen's, which is ranked as one of the Top 20 UK universities, required a new multi-purpose entertainment system including, PA trussing, lighting, dimming, and control equipment for the refurbishment of the main campus's Mandela Hall and Bunatee Bar/Games Room student union facilities.

The Turbosound Aspect permanent install series consists of six TA-880H mid-high units, eight TA-880L bass units, six TA-880HM downfills, four TSW-124 sub bass units and two TA-890H tri-amp units. The speakers are powered by MC2 E25 and E45 power amplifiers with XTA processing.

The Aspect system was specified by Queen's consultant Mick Williams of Symonds Group in c

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UK - Edwin Shirley Staging, the international staging and structure specialist, unveiled its latest installation at The Eden Project. In just eight weeks the company designed, manufactured and installed the structure which is multi- functional for use throughout the year. The canopy will house an ice rink in winter and the Projects Summer Sessions later in the year.

The ice pad is supported by a 1,600sqm of decking built in the lake. This provides a flat surface for the ice pad and public areas around the ice. The size of the structure is 54m x 41m and it is 13m high. The structure is made from galvanized steel truss and a tensile membrane. 350m of truss was designed and manufactured especially for the project.

Tim Norman commented: "ESS had to coordinate the work of two designers, three engineers and eight major sub-contractors to design, fabricate, deliver and install t

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UK - The diverse cultural backgrounds and interests of today's university students pose an ongoing problem for campus bar managers: how to entertain more than one group of people at a time in a given space.

At Warwick University, the Rootes Building is the home of Warwick Hospitality, the largest company of its kind in the UK. Wholly owned by the university, Warwick Hospitality markets the university's facilities for use outside term time, attracting conferences, exhibitions and training sessions from commercial and industrial sectors as well as other parts of acadaemia. For Lawrence Walters, bars manager for Warwick Hospitality, the problem is multiplied. How can he best use the 1200sqm Rootes Bar to entertain a diverse group of students during term-time, and still provide value and functionality for the non-student users?

Walters and Warwick Hospitality turned to CGA, the Be

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UK - Community distributor HSL has just completed two one-day product seminars at its extensive new showroom and demonstration facilities in Blackburn. Following HSL's engagement of Alan Lochhead and Steve Coxon to handle Community sales the number of appointed dealers and installers has grown substantially and Simon Stuart, MD of HSL, decided on in-house seminars to provide comprehensive product and application training. As he explained: "The Community range is now very comprehensive following the introduction of many new products this year. To cover such a massive range in detail required dedicated seminars in a large demonstration facility."

Stuart Thomson, EMEA regional manager for Community, assisted HSL with the presentations, which were attended by around 40 dealers and installers from across the UK. Lochhead was very pleased with the attendance commenting: &quo

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USA - Color Kinetics Incorporated today demonstrated continued support for the accelerating adoption of intelligent solid-state lighting with the expansion of its Digital Light Engine (DLE) line. The integrated OEM assemblies extend Color Kinetics' proven technologies to manufacturers seeking to cost-effectively develop and deliver intelligent solid-state lighting systems that meet diverse application demands.

Color Kinetics has an open, active approach to forming OEM and licensing partnerships with manufacturers who recognize the value and increasingly prevalent role of intelligent solid-state lighting - both within and beyond the traditional lighting market. The DLE offering comprises Color Kinetics' core knowledge, experience, technologies, intellectual property and services to speed partners' time to market with complete lighting systems.

DLEs are available in various shap

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UK - Pictured right is a lighting installation on the wall of Bargehouse at Oxo Tower Wharf in London, created by lighting designer Simon Corder. Based on a brief from Coin Street Community Builders, 'Bough 1' is inspired by the tradition of bringing evergreens into the home during midwinter, says Corder.

The project was completed in time for the Lord mayor's Parade firework display which took place on 13 November, attracting thousands of visitors to the South Bank. Louise King of CSCB said: "The brief was to create a dramatic, contemporary installation that reflected the ethos of Oxo Tower Wharf with its restaurants, design shops and gallery spaces. The installation had to be visible from the riverside walkway, Waterloo Bridge and beyond. Simon's Bough 1 satisfied the brief completely and we are delighted with it."

Corder employed fluorescent fittings made and supplied by

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UK - Avolites has supplied a new Diamond 4 Elite console and an eDMX radio DMX system to the National Theatre's LX department. These went into immediate use on the NT's new exterior architectural lighting scheme, and will also be utilized for its busy events schedule and other lighting projects happening in and around the building.

The console and the eDMX was specified by the National's Chief LX Huw Llewellyn and is an integral part of the National's architectural installation, phase one of which is currently underway.

"Avolites eDMX is brilliant! It's given us the flexibility we needed to place lighting fixtures anywhere" says Llewellyn, adding that the National's vast complex yields a plethora of roofs, balconies, walkways and other vantage points on which to place lights. Using eDMX also means they can position the desk wherever they like.

Additionally, it save

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UK - White Light is supplying equipment to pantomimes of all scales, from complete lighting rigs going in to West End theatres to additional effects or moving lights for smaller venues expanding their house rigs to provide the extra sparkle and magic that these shows demand. The list includes twelve different versions of Snow White!

Among the shows using equipment from White Light in London are a number productions by Qdos Entertainment, one of the leading national pantomime producers: these include Beauty and the Beast in Hayes, Dick Whittington in Richmond, Peter Pan in Southampton and Southend, Aladdin in Tunbridge Wells and Wimbledon, Snow White in Woking, Cinderella in Wolverhampton as well as the West End pantomime Snow White at the Victoria Palace Theatre. White Light's equipment will also be found lighting Mother

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Finland - Summit Steel has supplied a Kinesys automation system to the Finnish National Opera in Helsinki, for its current production of Der Rosenkavalier. Summit was approached by FNO's production manager, Timo Tuovila, to help fly and automate three large mirrors for the show, as part of the Opera House's busy winter 2004/05 season.

These are suspended over the stage and used to reflect the onstage action and the floor itself using 12 model LL Lodestar hoists, controlled by Kinesys flexible Vector software, running via 12 Kinesys Elevation 1+ variable-speed hoist controllers. The floor consists of a set of printed scenes, specifically designed to be read in themirrors, providing either an atmospheric 'set' backdrop or a more stylistic, abstract effect. One mirror is used per act. Each is moved throughout the act to highlight and convey particular elements of the print or parts of th

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