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USA - A complement of Clay Paky Stage Zoom 1200 and Alpha Spot HPE 700 fixtures were selected for the CD and DVD recording of Christian singer Israel Houghton's latest album, Jesus at the Center which hits stores 14 August. The multi Grammy Award-winning Houghton, whose cross-cultural style of Christian music fuses elements from gospel, jazz and rock, performed at Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church in Houston, where the singer is also a worship leader.

Matt Moreland of Wave Productions was lighting designer and director for the project, which reflected the diversity of Houghton's musical style. "The look of the show was sometimes very rock 'n roll, sometimes dramatic and moody, sometimes very high energy. It really ran the gamut as did the music from Latin to rap to a more

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South Africa - Midas South African distributor, Johannesburg based Prosound (PTY), has seen an unprecedented number of South Africa's leading performance venues purchase Midas PRO consoles.

"MIDAS Consoles are selling like hot cakes here in South Africa", explains Prosound's Mark Malherbe. "We've sold five PRO9 consoles within the last three months, around 15 Pro2's and a couple of Pro3's."

This huge growth in sales saw Midas technical sales manager, Jason Kelly, along with Malherbe take to the road to share the Midas training experience. "We visited all of the major cities of South Africa to deliver what we called the 'Prosound Live', training and advice event," continues Malherbe. "The PRO3, PRO6, and PRO9 digital consoles are all hugely successful in South Africa and with the recent additions of the PRO2, PRO2C - and even more recently the

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Norway - Rental company d'light has recently purchased a stable of new Martin Professional gear that includes the award-winning fixtures the MAC Viper Profile, MAC Aura and MAC 350 Entour with the popular MAC 101 also included in the purchase.

In late August, d'light completed technical production of a student festival on the University of Agder campus in Kristiansand. The event, a celebration to mark the beginning of the school year, featured live entertainment with lighting design by Ronnie Tungland who incorporated the newly purchased MAC 350 Entours and 101 LED wash lights along with Martin MAC III Profiles.

Using an 8 x 10 ground support, the MAC 350 Entours were mounted on the back wall on four arm trusses. d'light chose to stock the LED profile because their 8000 lumens of brightness allow them to punch through without looking weak compared to bigger fixtures like MAC I

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UK - Entec Sound and Light provided lighting and audio systems for the two music stages - Musion and Marshall - at the Best of Britannia (BOB), a new high-profile brand statement event concept exclusively for new and established British designers and manufacturers.

Showcasing the most innovative, creative original and funky elements on offer in multiple sectors from handbags to marmalade vodka, the first three day BOB event took place at The Farmiloe Building on London's Clerkenwell Road. The former warehouse is a fine example of Victorian architecture, completed in 1868 by Browne & Robinson.

Entec's equally fine crew was project managed by Adam Stevenson.

Entec was asked on-board by production manager Charlie Canavan, with whom they have worked on several previous live music projects. The turnaround was exceptionally tight - even by production industry standards - so Entec

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Belgium - Along with the glitz, big hair, outrageous flares and dizzyingly high platform heels 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 the1970s.

The equally flamboyant lighting design for the event - in its 11th glorious year - by Peter Vervloesem - featured all Robe moving lights, which together with other lighting fixtures and equipment and trussing - were supplied by Total-E (Total Event Support) from Paal-Beringen.

Vervloesem also designed the set. His starting point for the show was to create a fabulous, sizzling, mega-kitsch environment full of colour, movement and lusciousness to help emulate the parting spirit of the era and produce a great atmosphere.

No celebration of the seventies would be complete without that classic component of stage déco

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UK - South London-based technical production specialist Presentational Rentals (PR) supplied all technical elements for the recent London launch of rock legends' Led Zeppelin's Celebration Day movie - featuring their one-off 2007 reunion concert at London's O2 Arena.

PR supplied lighting, audio and staging for the high profile press event staged in the Ballroom of the Northumberland Hotel, just off Trafalgar Square. It was attended by the three surviving members of the band and the world's media.

PR's Ian Coull designed the set and lighting scheme after taking a brief from the client.

It featured an eye-catching three tiered stage with seven metre high backdrop covered in the album / DVD cover artwork, featuring a large Zeppelin airship hovering above a London cityscape pastiche in a bright orange and red sky.

Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and Paul Jones sat below this a

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UK - Wet Wet Wet, recently reformed for a one-off show in Glasgow to mark their 25th anniversary, appearing on Glasgow Green to a crowd of 12,000. FOH engineer, Steve Pattison, selected an Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing system, comprising an iDR-64 MixRack and iLive-112 Control Surface with Waves networking.

"With a brass section and the world of keyboards we hit 56 inputs but the 112 surface allowed me to see a lot of what was happening and the flexible layout ensured I never lost sight, keeping lead vocal, FX, etc. available at all times," explains Pattison.

Pattison also connected a Waves networking card to record the gig and conduct a virtual sound check.

"I was able to use a laptop to record all 56 inputs directly from the Waves card over a single Ethernet cable, and manage virtual soundcheck without the need for an additional soundcard or interface,&

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Spain - Renowned DJ and electronic music experimentalist Richie Hawtin's first solo residency on Ibiza saw his successful ENTER. concept take over Thursday nights at the award-winning 7000 capacity Space venue in Playa d'en Bossa, and run for a super-hot 12 week season.

Integral to the whole ENTER. phenomena - four rooms fusing the principals of music, sake, technology and experience all curated by Hawtin - was a visual and lighting design by Matthias 'Lumpy' Vollrath from biglooks.net, who has worked with the artist (aka Plastikman) since 2008 in cooperation with Rebeca Sanchez from LEDsControl.

Lumpy included four Robe MMX Spots in the lighting rig which were used specifically to throw patterns and effects onto two prominent dance podiums flanking the stage in the main area. They were the main focus on the side of the stage and a substitute for any video projection.

This r

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USA / Italy - Outline S.r.l. and US subsidiary, Outline North America, LLC, have entered into an agreement with Production Resource Group (PRG).

The centre of activities for this new relationship will be at PRG's expansive Las Vegas facility, the hub of PRG's touring sound business, where a fully complemented turn-key system of Outline GTO, GTO-SUBS, Butterfly, MANTAS, DBS18-2 Subs and recently introduced LipFill-0182, will be inventoried and staged for immediate deployment for PRG's most demanding production and touring requirements.

A joint launch of the GTO and Outline partnership is planned to coincide with the upcoming LDI Show and Parnelli Awards in Las Vegas. A Stageline Mobile Stage, with a full Outline GTO rig, will be set up on the grounds of the PRG complex. Transportation to and from the PRG compound from the Las Vegas Convention Center will be provided as a courte

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UK - Following the appointment of Alex Leinster as managing director, Chaos Visual Productions has announced that Mick Jones will be joining the company as project director in the UK.

Jones joins the Chaos team on 1 November directly from PRG where he has been instrumental in the project management and delivery of their new video offering in the UK for the last two years. He brings with him over 25 years' experience across the whole live event industry with specific skills and focus in project management, video displays, switching systems, networking and complete system drawings.

"I look forward to joining and being part of the team at Chaos UK with such a great group of people; people who understand the value of client -supplier relationships," remarks Jones. "Chaos is one of the leaders in its field of specialist Video services and, along with the outstanding

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UK - In a move to further broaden its scope in the rental and installation sector, POLARaudio has appointed top all-rounder Dave Ball to the position of business development manager.

Ball brings a skill-set suited to the needs of this field. Having plotted a career path from running Bullet Sound a PA company, through positions with LMC, Kv2 and Midwich Home he has acquired formidable expertise. His specific experience within the custom-install market adds further value to an already impressive CV.

MD John Midgley comments: "Being able to draw on Dave's wide experience and thorough understanding of this market he can only help further drive our operations in this area. We are excited to have secured someone of his calibre and look forward with confidence to his playing a key role in our excellent team."

(Jim Evans)

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USA - The Le Mark Group will launch the Dirty Rigger SRT glove at LDI 2012. On show for the first time at an LDI Show, the new SRT Glove has achieved remarkable success in the UK and Europe and is already gaining interest from dealers across America. Offering exceptional grip and outstanding protection the SRT rigger glove boasts silicone embossing on key areas for a confidant performance in all-weather working conditions, ssays the company.

High density knuckle padding and finger guards to protect against impact, combined with micro-perforated inner fingers help to keep fingers cool even in the toughest of environments.

(Jim Evans)

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USA - Intelix's new SkyPlay-HD wireless HDMI distribution system is designed "for just about any professional AV application seeking the advantages of cord-free performance". Capable of seamlessly distributing high-definition HDMI audio and video up to 100ft in both point-to-point and point-to-many configurations, each SkyPlay-HD transmitter is compatible with up to 20 receivers.

Fully HDCP compliant and operable in the 5 GHz spectrum, the device's rugged black plastic enclosure houses five antennas to bring strong signals and coverage to all destinations. In addition, proprietary Intelix technology delivers low AV latency, low power consumption, and real-time processing with less than three milliseconds of delay. Utilizing WHDI and AES 128-bit encryption to insure the integrity of every transmission, the SKYPLAY-HD system transmits in open spaces or through light cons

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The stakes are always high when a band of Coldplay's stature hits the road and creating something visually new and exciting is a constant challenge, but it is one that production designer Paul Normandale is more than equal to. With the band's 2012 tour taking in both arenas and stadiums, Normandale has once again chosen an array of Martin Professional fixtures, including the new 1000 W MAC Viper Profile, to add to his lighting arsenal, which enables him to create a fresh, dynamic look and feel that is a real crowd pleaser.

Normandalehas been working with Coldplay for the past five years, first on the Viva La Vida tour and now on that promoting Mylo Xyloto. Lighting vendor for the European leg is Lite Alternative, while Upstaging handles the North American leg. On the arena tour, the Martin inventory included 46 MAC 101, 32 MAC 700 Profile and 13 MAC 2000 XB Wash. For the

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USA -The Wildcats' Basketball season kicked off with a sensational start as Kentucky's Big Blue Madness united the past and present in one phenomenal light show provided by Bandit Lites.

The scrimmage took place on 12 October 2012 and marked the start of the University of Kentucky's basketball season. Tickets for Big Blue Madness sold out in 35 minutes, and crowds poured into the 23,500 seat Rupp Arena hours before the 7:30 p.m. show.

In an unparalleled opening, the packed arena watched as the entire basketball court itself transformed into a 94 feet by 50 feet screen.

Aaron Swetland of Bandit designed the lighting programme which highlighted a projection of the University of Kentucky logo exploding into light particles while banners expounding the university's eight championships filled the court. Sport commentaries reverberated to the crowd's deafening screams as they watc

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UK - Laurence Connor's contemporary depiction of Jesus Christ Superstar brings Andrew Lloyd-Webber's show to some of the UK and Ireland's biggest stages: this touring production, which kicked off on 21 September and runs until the end of October, features former Spice Girl, Mel C, comic singer Tim Minchin, and former Radio One breakfast show host, Chris Moyles, and plays host to a number of sizeable venues including Liverpool's Echo Arena, Wembley Arena, and Dublin and London's respective O2 Arenas. With full touring arena audio supplied by SSE/Canegreen, right in control at monitor position every night is a DiGiCo SD7.

"My reason for using a [DiGiCo] SD7 is simple, really: it is literally the only console that can handle a show like this," states monitor engineer, Seamus Fenton, who runs 110 channels from the desk. "Being a theatre production, there are so

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UK - Castle Rent, which is owned by Castle Group Ltd, has launched its all-new on-line equipment hire service (www.castlerent.com). Dedicated to test and measurement instrumentation, this new website offers a wide range of products from numerous manufacturers and covering subjects from airflow to weighing scales and anemometers to vibration meters.

Simon Bull, managing director of Castle Group said, "Rental is more and more of a desired option these days with capital budgets being squeezed from all directions in the face of work that still needs to be done! We are delighted with the response to our new site and are pleased that we can offer such an extended range of equipment. People who hire equipment from us tend to come back time and time again, so there must be something in it!"

Renting equipment for a short duration has clear advantages in cost saving, flexibili

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USA - Entertainment lighting specialist White Light will be introducing American lighting practitioners to some of the latest LED lighting fixtures at this year's LDI show, which takes place in Las Vegas later this week.

White Light's team will be showing products from Core Lighting, i-Pix and Galaxia on booth #248; each product family uses LEDs in different ways to provide lighting solutions optimised for particular applications.

Core Lighting's specialty is battery-powered, wirelessly controlled LED lighting fixtures designed for instant illumination anywhere - events, parties and any other type of show where lighting fixtures need to be distributed over a wide area, and unsightly power and data cabling must be kept to an absolute minimum. On show will the Point30 and Point20 fixtures, both RGB-W battery-powered and wirelessly controlled. Also on display will be the high-out

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UK - Less than a month after its release, WYSIWYG R29, the new, upgraded version of CAST Software's industry standard pre-visualisation suite, is already being used to stunning effect on high-profile shows around the world. Among them is the BBC Radio One Teen Awards, which took place at Wembley Arena this month, featuring a visual design by award-winning LD Tim Routledge.

Broadcast live on BBC Red Button, with highlights shown the following evening on BBC Three, the Radio One Teen Awards included a live music bill that read like a who's who of up-to-the-minute pop music. Headliners One Direction were supported by the likes of Little Mix, Ne-Yo, Conor Maynard and Taylor Swift, drawing a crowd of 10,000 screaming teenage fans.

Routledge, who has used WYSIWYG extensively in recent months, having been lead lighting programmer for the opening and closing ceremonies o

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UK - Michael Grandage CBE, will open this year's TheatreCraft event by giving a welcome speech at 9am on Friday 30 November 2012, at the Royal Opera House.

TheatreCraft, which is now in its seventh year, is the essential free event for anyone aged 17 to 25 looking for a non-performance career in theatre. Participants can explore topics including producing, stage management, wig-making, lighting, marketing, theatre journalism, sound, directing, costume design, playwriting and designing.

The event on Friday 30 November at the Royal Opera House will welcome more than 1,000 young people from across the UK and runs from 9am - 3.30pm. Participants will have the chance to take part in a choice of over 60 workshops delivered by skilled theatre professionals from, meet more than 40 exhibitors in the bustling marketplace and visit the 'Ask the Experts' zone which offers one-to-one advic

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USA - LSC Lighting Systems booth at LDI this year will see the production launch of the new Clarity LX600 lighting and media control consoles. This will be the first USA showing of the production ready LX600 model.

Recently, both the LX300 and LX600 were used as the main consoles to run the media servers and studio lighting for the International Broadcast Centre at Olympic park for London 2012 and were hailed as a major success by Channel 4 TV.

Also on the booth will be the highly successful Clarity software and VX-Wings, the MDR DMX512 Splitter range with optional RDM and the NEXUS product family that offers bi-directional Ethernet /DMX512 conversion.

(Jim Evans)

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