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UK - It's been a busy summer season of corporate lighting projects for White Light, with the Corporate Lighting team led by Steve Bartlett dealing with events ranging from the Labour Party's pre-election tour to the 30th anniversary screening of Jaws on Brighton beach in front of more than 15,000 people.

Labour's pre-election tour saw White Light working with production company Potcakes on the campaign which covered a wide variety of venues. Since the election, White Light has been involved with the Quincentenary of Christ's College Cambridge and the V Fest lit by lighting designer Chris Biddolph; two events for Barclays at the Excel Centre with lighting designer Tim Ball, and the summer season at the Honorary Artillery Company, lit by Jason Larcombe and Simon Jones.

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UK - Sound Division has completed the installation of a JBL background music system into the prestigious china and glassware retailer, Waterford Wedgewood, in London's Piccadilly Arcade off Jermyn Street, Mayfair. The brief was for a high quality background music system zoned into two areas with remote level control for each zone. Sound Division supplied and installed a total of eight white JBL Control 23 loudspeakers on a 100V-line system complete with a Cloud 3650 dual-zone mixer/amplifier and a Pioneer multi-CD player.

"We were working to a very tight schedule," explained Sound Division's David Graham. "We had to be in and out in just one working day in order to cause minimum disruption to the establishment and its customers. It meant a pretty early start, but we got the entire system installed, wired, tested and handed over within the given time-frame. Waterfo

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USA - Martin Professional's International stage, studio and event segment manager, Mark Ravenhill, has relocated to Martin's US headquarters office in Florida from the Martin Danish headquarters. Ravenhill remains Martin's International segment manager for the SSE market, and retains overall global responsibility for the segment.

In other news, Peter Skytte has been named Martin's SSE chief product manager. He has been with the company for over ten years and has headed up Martin's service department for a number of years. Mark Ravenhill commented: "Peter's extensive knowledge of both our customers and our products represents an invaluable addition to the global SSE team for Martin. I am very pleased to welcome him to the department."

(Jim Evans)

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China - Britain's leading induction loop design and manufacturing company Ampetronic has scored a double first in China: the first 'first' was to appoint Shenzhen-based Amtor Ltd as its first Chinese distributor. The next, following on from the deal, is that Amtor is designing what it claims to be the very first induction loop system ever to be installed in China - using Ampetronic equipment.

The system is being designed for the Chengdu Handicapped Healing Centre, an eight-floor facility that will offer education, healthcare, healing and entertainments services. 10 induction loops will be installed, using Ampetronic ILD20, ILD60, ILD122, ILD252 loop amplifiers.

Unlike in the Western world, China currently has no legislation that requires induction loops to be installed, as Amtor's Tony Xu explains: "Induction loops are both a new idea and new technology for China. Governm

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UK - Bristol-based Utopium undertook design and installation of the stage and production lighting in the 2000 capacity main room and 400 capacity Carling Academy 2 Newcastle. The stage and dancefloor lighting rigs were designed by Angus Chinn, his fifth Academy project for the Group after Bristol, Liverpool, Islington and Glasgow. Avolites consoles are also used for lighting control in all these other Academy venues.

"We have worked with Utopium on a number of installations at AMG venues and as a group we invest heavily in both our PA and lighting equipment. We set high production values so that all AMG sites can offer the same high quality, in-house production as standard to not only international touring acts, but also talent on the way up," says Group property & development manager, Archie McIntosh.

It was integral that the lighting for Newcastle was designed to c

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World - Being named 'One of the Most 100 Influential People in the World' by Time Magazine is an accolade not usually bestowed on musicians. Yet, Latin musical sensation Juanes takes it all in his stride. With five recent nominations for the Video Music Awards together with three Latin Grammy nominations for his multi-platinum album, 'Mi Sangre', the Colombian rock-superstar is causing a real stir. Juanes is now wowing his fans on his extensive World Tour.

Veteran FOH engineer, Rob Colby has mixed for the likes of Ricky Martin, Shakira and Luis Miguel over the past three years. He has now been mixing Juanes since January 2005, racking up 90 shows so far with 17 sold out in Spain.

The sound system for the tour is being supplied by Showco - a company Colby has worked with for 28 years: "The guys are just great and have always been such a great support network, not only for

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Australia - Australian lighting control manufacturer, LSC Lighting Systems, has appointed Martin Professional (H.K.) Ltd as the Hong Kong and China distributor for its full range of products.

Martin Professional will be responsible for the importation, distribution and technical support of LSC's lighting control desks, DMX network products and the complete range of portable and installation dimming systems.

LSC's managing director Gary Pritchard commented: "Everyone is aware of the large potential of the China market and we have been searching for a suitable partner that can support our broad range of professional control desks and dimming equipment. We are very happy to have found a strong partner in Martin Professional. As a subsidiary of the Danish parent company, Martin Hong Kong and the Martin brand name are both already well known in the industry and we are happy to

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India - Popular Bangalore DJ, DJ Ivan, has taken delivery of India's first Soundcraft Urei 1620 LE, DJ mixer, supplied by Harman Pro Group distributor, Cinetekk. DJ Ivan praised the mixer's sound and tonal quality, saying: "Never before have I felt such warmth, and such a clean sound from a DJ mixer."

As one of India's leading DJs, Ivan's career began 10 years ago at the Time & Again nightclub in Bangalore, where he played for three years. He then went on to become the official DJ for Star Television Network's music channel, Channel V in India, representing them as their official DJ all over the country. In 1998, he finished runner-up at the DMC World Championships in India, while Channel V also nominated him as the best Indian Club DJ for the 1998 Channel V awards.

DJ Ivan became the first (and only) Indian DJ to play alongside DJs Paulette and Spencer on the Minist

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UK - The RNID and the TUC are warning that changes in the Licensing Act, allowing 24 hour opening, will lead to an increased likelihood of workers in bars, clubs and pubs being exposed to dangerously loud noise for longer. They fear extended opening hours will mean the 568,000 people already working in this growing industry will be subjected to music so loud they could lose or permanently damage their hearing.

Noise at Work is the theme of this year's European Week for Safety and Health at Work (24-30 October 2005). Noise is one of the most underestimated workplace risks and RNID, the largest charity representing the nine million deaf and hard of hearing people in the UK, and the TUC is urging employers to do more to protect workers' hearing. Excessive noise in the workplace has caused half a million people in Great Britain to suffer deafness or other ear conditions, they say, a

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UK - Peavey recently installed a full front-of-house PA system at North London's legendary biker hangout, the Ace Café. Timed to coincide with the Ace Café's annual reunion, this year's event attracted over 3,000 dedicated bikers from around London, the rest of the UK and Europe. Having been restored to its former glory years of the 50s and 60s, the Ace Café now benefits from a Peavey PA rig comprising two QW2 enclosures, two QW118 subwoofers, Peavey GPS power amps, PV14 compact mixer, PV EQ231 graphic EQ, Audio Link and two Peavey Feedback Ferret effects processors.

(Lee Baldock)

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UK - Renowned touring theatre company, Kneehigh, recently purchased a 24-channel Allen & Heath GL4800 multi-purpose live sound mixer for use on the national tour of their play, Tristan & Yseult.

"The GL4800 was purchased specifically for the Tristan & Yseult production but it is a long term investment for future shows," says sound designer Greg Clarke. "We needed to upgrade our old desk in both quality and capacity, especially as the company relies heavily on live music in performance. We are really happy with the sonic quality of the GL, plus it's a versatile board with all the bells and whistles. It is simply a tremendous desk for the price point, and it's British!"

The play was staged at the National Theatre in London during the spring, and the Company recently embarked on a UK tour including dates at the Bristol Old Vic, Nottingham Playhou

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UK - The recent opening of Carling Academy Newcastle, extends Showsec's long standing partnership with the Academy Music Group (AMG), with the UK's leading event security supplier being confirmed to develop and manage the venue's crowd management plan.

Showsec has worked closely with AMG in venues across the country for many years, delivering tailored crowd management plans. With Showsec's Northern regional manager Mark Logan continuing the healthy relationship with AMG, Showsec developed the crowd management strategies implemented in the Liverpool and Birmingham Academy venues and have now adapted these to suit Carling Academy Newcastle.

Showsec has employed a team that combines experienced managers and newly recruited local staff who have been trained to work as in-house security stewards, with newly attained SIA licences. Logan commented: "There was clearly a lot of ex

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UK - Rees Sound UK, the major Carmarthen based AV hire company, has purchased eight channels of Audio-Technica Artist Elite 5000 Series UHF, true-diversity wireless microphone systems. The systems were purchased, initially, for use on this year's Cancer Research UK's Race For Life sponsored by Tesco.

Taking place in 10 locations across the UK, Rees Sound UK deployed the 5000 Series systems with its 30kW EAW PA system at the charity's events. The systems purchased comprised eight AEW-R5200 true diversity, frequency-agile dual channel receivers, eight AEW-T6100 hypercardioid, dynamic microphone handheld transmitters, eight AEW-T1000 UniPak beltpack transmitters, eight AT899 subminiature, omnidirectional, condenser clip-mics, and eight ATM73A cardioid, condenser headband mics.

Managing director Roger Rees was responsible for the purchase of the A-T systems. He said: "We use

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USA - City Theatrical's new PDS-50 is a power/data supply designed for Color Kinetics ColorBlast, ColorBurst, and iColorCove LED lighting fixtures. Its breakthrough technology combines both WDS wireless DMX data and either battery or mains operation, giving it the ability to be a totally wireless DMX controlled LED lighting fixture.

The low power consumption of LEDs and the reliability of City Theatrical's WDS Wireless Data System give designers and users the ability for the first time to light with: No AC power or generators; No power distribution to hook up; No power cables to run; No dimmers; No data cables to run; A setup time of minutes; Built in colour mixing; Low heat; No dimmer noise; 20 hours of battery life on a rolling fade or seven hours of battery life at full output (mixing white light) when using a City Theatrical Battery Base.

The PDS-375TR is a six circuit ver

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UK - Oxford-based Beat Audio has designed, supplied and installed a fully integrated Funktion One audio system throughout the newly refurbished Lemon Grove venue at Exeter University Student's Guild with support from Dave Cole of Blue Box London Ltd. The 800 capacity venue has just undergone a £100,000 technical refit as part of an overall £1 million facelift to the entire student complex.

Beat Audio's Mark Kelly conducted several site visits, designed a system and liaised with Funktion One. At the Guild's request he also helped arrange lighting for the venue, so he introduced Neil Marsh of Hayden Cruickshank's Colour Sound Experiment to advise, design and supply this element of the project.

The main gig is geared towards DJ performance with some live acts. Kelly started at the bass of the matter, with two Funktion One 218 bass bins per side, added to which are two

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Czech Republic - The biggest annual hip-hop festival in Central and Eastern Europe took place for the fourth time in the abandoned section of a former military airport, close to the City of Hradec Kralove in the Czech Republic recently.

With more than 16,000 hip-hop fans attending Hip Hop Kemp 2005, the event became the most successful to date. Although the weather was far from perfect, and heavy rains complicated the preparation for the event, the summer miraculously returned on the first morning and temperatures exceeding 27°C persisted throughout the entire three days. This, coupled with big name line-ups and nine stages serving up non-stop music, resulted in a fantastic overall atmosphere.

Urei took control of the second largest stage - situated in a giant steel concrete military hanger - which saw performances from many of the world's top DJs, MCs and hip-hop bands. Furt

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Japan - The recently opened Hyogo Performing Arts Centre features a 2,000 seat Grand Hall for classical, opera and ballet; a Theatre that accommodates 800, a small chamber style Recital Hall seating 400, as well as rehearsal facilities. Motoo Komada of Nagata Acoustics was commissioned to provide the acoustic design and consultation services. The Grand Hall is installed with a d&b audiotechnik C4 system, the Theatre Hall with L'Acoustics, and the Recital Hall again with d&b as a mobile system.

The permanent installed system is powered by ninety-three E-PAC amplifiers, which are all remotely controlled by the d&b Remote network using ROPE C. For special requirements there is also a mobile Q-Series system available to meet the specific requirements of various stage performances that can be used in either a stacked or flown arrangement.

Boris Rehders from d&b's central applicatio

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UK - Speakers at The Event Show which takes place at Olympia in London on 25-26 January 2006, will include the producers of Live 8. John Probyn, production director for Clear Channel Entertainment (UK) Music, will chair the presentation and field a question and answer session with the audience. He said: "I am looking forward to sharing with my colleagues the question I have been asking myself since Live 8 . . . just how did we manage to pull that off so successfully?"

The show will host nine seminars over two days, ranging from Reacting to the Elements, chaired by Roger Barrett, to a Spotlight on Local Authorities by the National Outdoor Events Association (NOEA). The Spotlight on Local Authorities seminar will include the implications of the new Licensing Act.

The White Book 2006 will be launched at the Show. With 40,000 listings and 470 categor

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Europe - An array of new products and technologies is being launched by Bose this autumn during a roadshow that will take place in eight European countries and showcase the new lines to more than 1,000 of the company's ProPartners, authorised dealers, consultants and press from 22 countries. The road show, titled 'Performance by Design' underlines the ability of Bose and its partners to offer totally integrated solutions for engineered sound systems and multi-zone background applications.

Each show will act as the launch pad for a number of new products which either complement existing product ranges such as the Panaray LT loudspeaker family, or are a completely new addition to the Bose range, such as the ControlSpace systems. The latest version of MODELER sound system software and the patented Auditioner playback system will raise the bar in terms of sound system simulation cap

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UK - Lighting rental house HSL Productions has invested in 150sq.m of Main Light Industry's Soft-LED LED drape. This is going straight out on Fremantle Media's new X-Factor series, being recorded at Fountain Studios and broadcast on ITV, say the company.

"There's no other product like it out there right now," enthuses HSL's Mike Oates. "It's a drape that doubles as a video wall and can be rigged by lampies - surely that's every production and lighting company's dream!"

SoftLED is a flexible high-resolution surface that is billed as being suitable for full colour graphics, text and high resolution video effects of all types. The modules can be used in all types of venues and situations from hotel rooms to concert venues and arenas.

In addition to the 6 Soft-LED cloths, HSL has also purchased 180+ I-Colour tiles made by Color Kinetics. These tiles ar

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UK - ETC now offers its comprehensive product catalogue in Russian. Addressing the growing market demand in entertainment and architectural lighting technologies in Eurasia and other Russian-speaking regions, ETC has responded with this new catalogue version, available on CD-Rom.

ETC catalogues are also available in hard-copy print versions in American English, British English, French, German, and Spanish, with an additional CD-Rom version in Italian.

(Jim Evans)

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