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Situated on Welsh Back, Bibas Lounge Bar & Restaurant has been created in authentic art deco style by owner Costa Kkolos, and incorporates genuine memorabilia from the original Carnaby Street boutique.

Among the chrome and beveled mirrors, which form part of the £550,000 spent in developing the new infrastructure, is the type of Martin Audio sound reinforcement system you might expect to see in any of the world's leading dance venues.

Trevor Brooks, who runs local pro audio specialists CPM, was brought in to carry out a site survey after Kkolos heard the Martin Audio system installed by the contractors at nearby Barcelona Bar. The CPM proprietor and his freelance sound engineer Alan Crane knew immediately how

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The launch was produced by Flux Events for London & Continental Railways (LCR) under the technical direction of John Farquhar-Smith. The executive producer was Jon Teeman, with Mark Fisher providing creative direction.

Arena Seating's key role was to provide a temporary seating grandstand three metres above the level of the platform, with the additional challenge of having to position the structure over an eight metre de

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The design team also includes design architect Barton Myers Associates and acoustical consultant Artec Consultants. Most recently Theatre Projects collaborated with Barton Myers Associates on the Tempe Center for the Arts in Arizona which opened in September 2007.

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The Society is a new venture from James Morgan of the Brittania Property Corporation, which already operates a number of venues, but this is the first of a new breed. According to Morgan, the aim is "to do something different to everything else we do. It will still offer the gastro food and fine wine that we are known for, but it will be the first of the Society Bar/Kitchen Venue brand."

It's also the first venture outside London, appealing to the well-heeled young demographic of Northampton, just 90 minutes north of the capital. Morgan

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At the top station of the Hahnenkamm, the 1,668m mountaintop jumping-off point for the hair-raising downhill ski event, Murdock installed a system including EV Xi-2123 enclosures and Xsubs.

For the traditional mountainside mass in the Hahnenkamm chapel, EV XLD enclosures were installed. At the Ehrenbachsee, a lake at an altitude of 1,802m, Hinterseer gave a concert with his

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AMG has today announced the conclusion of negotiations on the two brand new sites in Leeds and Sheffield.

The Leeds venue is the site of the former Town and Country Club and AMG plans to restore the Grade I listed building to its former glory as one of the City's most historic music venues.

At the same time, AMG has also completed the leasehold acquisition of the former Roxy nightclub on Arundel Gate in Sheffield. A large, purpose built entertainment venue, the Roxy has had various incarnations from the Top Rank Suite in the 1970s and 1980s, famed for gigs from The Police and The Jam, David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust Tour in 1972

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La Biennale alternates between architecture and art/theatre/film and, as the name suggests, is a biannual event held in Venice. First held in 1895, the event has become increasingly international, with representatives from different countries being invited to install national pavilions at the exhibition. This year, 76 countries are represented.

The venue, the Arsenale di Venezia (Venetian Arsenal) is a former shipyard and naval depot which in its heyday in the early 16th century employed some 16,000 people who were able to produce nearly one ship each day. Now, some 250,000 people come from across Italy and around the world between July and November to see the art.

ETC dealer Decima and a lo

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The agreement enables AES to sell or rent the FogScreen projection screen to all areas outside exhibitor booth spaces within convention centres and other facilities that are used for trade shows, conferences and organizer-sponsored events related to tradeshows. The turnkey services offered by AES will enable FogScreen to reach a greater breadth of consumers while providing AES's show managers a truly innovative way to "wow" their audiences, say the companies.

"This relationship with FogScreen allows us to offer trade show organizers a very compelling product that can truly differentiate their shows, while ensuring their messages reach their target audiences," said Bliss Beasley, executive vice president at AES.

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AB chief engineer Tom Janssen ordered a Midas H2000 for front-of-house and an H3000 for monitors. As part of the deal, Midas Consoles Benelux will be handling ongoing service and training for the venue.

(Jim Evans)

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The DCN conferencing system is installed in ISESCO's main conference room, which has a capacity of up to 230 participants. With more than 50 member states - mostly Islamic countries - ISESCO frequently hosts large meetings that require simultaneous interpretation of Arabic, English and other European languages. The DCN system, including a channel selector, was recommenced by IN

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"We love supplying products with individuality and also working with the people who manufacture and use them," comments atlantic audio managing director, Wolfgang Garçon. "As MC2 Audio is a very individual company, we are sure that the team and the brand fit very well with us and our product portfolio. Our customers know that we are always looking for the best solution."

MC2 Audio joins sister company XTA Electronics in the atlantic audio family, other members of which are DiGiCo and Martin Audio. Ian McCarthy, MD at MC2 Audio states: "Wolfgang has a great team at atl

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This is nowhere more so than on the busy and often tumultuous thoroughfare of Islington High Street. The popularity of all things Latino from margaritas to tortilla, is obviously finding local favour as evidenced by the recent opening of Barrio North, a 'neighbourhood' DJ bar on Essex Road, close to Islington Green.

The interior uses reclaimed materials to re-cycle discarded items in unexpected and surprisingly visually pleasing ways including a plywood canopied ceiling, a wall of reversed tiles and La Caravana, a completly customised vintage caravan. The concept is inspired by owner, Ferdie Ahmed's experience of cities, replete with a Latin edge.

The intention to bring the El Barrio experience to

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Says Costi: "My business partner owned the building two doors down and so we converted it from an Italian restaurant and then purchased the building in between, to create an entertainment venue."

The result is that they not only have one giant piece of real estate (with a roof terrace) but can bridge between the restaurant and their vibrant new live and dance venue - via a conservatory area which is used for wedding receptions and private events.

The Bar-Celona MD brought in local installers CPM to specify and design a sound system built around Martin Audio's AQ range. This would not only service the needs of the DJ's, who play out t

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The Benum Group is one of the leading groups serving the pro-audio market in the region, with a notably strong reputation in Scandinavian theatre circles. Combining a portfolio of international brands such as Shure and Renkus-Heinz with system knowledge, system integration and first-class support, Benum provides a pan-Scandinavian service for TTA, covering the Norwegian market from its main location in Oslo, and the Danish and Swedish markets from newly-opened offices in Copenhagen and Stockholm.

Ronald Hernes of Benum says that his pro-audio team "has been monitoring the development of this technology for some years now; indeed one of TTA's most extensive system installations is at Trondheim's Tr°ndelag Theater here in

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The L-acoustics FOH kit consisted of 24 V-DOSC elements completed by 14 SB218 Subwoofers. Four dV-DOSC elements were used as centre-fill for the FOH system, while four V-DOSC additional elements were deployed for the VIP booth.

(Jim Evans)

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"We will look back on this inaugural show as a landmark event in the development of our industry," comments Mike Blackman, managing director, Integrated Systems Events. "We always believed that Russia and the CIS countries deserved their own show dedicated to AV and electronic systems integration, and we're delighted to have had that belief confirmed here in Moscow."

Daria Nedumova, MidExpo project manager, adds: "We are proud to have hosted such a wide range of exhibitors from all over the world, and to have been able to introduce them to the leading players in Russia's systems integration marketplace."

On the eve of the show, a one-day conference entitled 'Professional AudioVi

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Due to open in April 2008, the National Opera House is the biggest cultural project in Norway. Completely replacing the city's current theatre, the main hall of the new building will accommodate nearly 1400 audience members, with seats for 400 in an adjacent smaller theatre. The large auditorium is designed in classical form with a horseshoe-type plan and a high ceiling height, and extraordinary care and attention are being lavished on its acoustics.

TTA's newly-appointed Scandinavian distributor Benum will deliver the order, which is for a complete Stagetracker 16XR system with audio matrix and dual R

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The XL8's at FOH, joined forces with the World's largest Electro-Voice X-Line/XLC touring rig - deployed by Dale Morris Leasing. In addition to over 100 X-Line & XLC line array loudspeaker enclosures, the system design (by Phil Scobee) incorporates Electro-Voice NetMax digital matrices and over 100 RL series remote control amplifiers running IRIS-Net software, offering complete real-time supervision and performance monitoring - right down to individual speaker components. No other touring system combines more minute attention to detail with such massive sonic muscle.

(Jim Evans)

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Owners Dimitris Kantas and Ghalia Collins ran the venue under its original guise before closing for a 10-week major refurbishment, reopening as an authentic continental bar/brasserie, with improved frontage, a canopy and a pavement licence.

CPM proprietor Trevor Brooks opted for a combination of Martin Audio's architectural AQ10 compact two-way loudspeakers, finished in white. A Blackline S15 provides some bass extension, and the rear of this 123-capacity venue is serviced by a further pair of AQ8's, under the cont

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The Student Union is state-of-the-art and includes a large bar and 'The Vault', a venue space large enough for 1,200 people, for club nights and concerts. The venue will also have a cinema screen and surround sound for movie nights.

Sound and Lighting specialists, PV Audio Visual, were contracted to design and install the audio systems for the The Vault

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Adlib Lighting has been involved with Enter Shikari right from the start seeing their popularity and cult status explode onto the UK indie music scene. Adlib's John Hughes says: "Ian Tomlinson and I met the band back in January when they were playing relatively small venues. We have assisted them since in steadily growing the visual side of their performance and our relationship with the band has grown throughout the year. It's great to be involved with one of 2007's most exciting live acts and see the acclaim they're now receiving."

Enter Shikari's original lighting design was created by Adlib's Ian Tomlinson who has also worked with the band since they first started thinking seriously about lighting, visuals and p

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Drawing upon DTS' extensive experience in the cinema and image processing markets, the XD10 also provides highly flexible networking and configuration capabilities, along with the solid, reliable performance that DTS has been famous for delivering to 'the big screen' for over 14 years, says the company. The XD10 delivers video in a variety of formats over a broad range of bit rates. In addition to HD video, the XD10 also offers up to eight channels of audio. This flexible performance makes the XD10 an adaptable solution for A/V applications and leads to ease of installation for system integ

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Project manager Hans Willems of W.I. Creation presented Litestructures with the challenge to design and construct the large and complex structures required, working from an original design concept by set designer, Bart Clement.

The final structure comprises three sections, the dominant feature being a huge central spiral, measuring 25m across, 4.5m deep and more than 150m overall length. The design also called for two outer formations, each fitted with Spot chairs, which were also specially designed and fabricated at Litestructures. The third element, originally en

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This is Lewis' second tour with Cooper and his first visit to the UK, about which he comments: "The continuity between Mike Golden at Bandit Lites Inc and Lester Cobrin at Bandit Lites UK makes touring Europe exceptionally smooth, and ensures that the high production values and 'Bandit Standard' that we expect are maintained. I have been really impressed with the UK operation."

The original production was designed by artistic director Norm Schwab and lighting designer Rob Roth. From there, Roth and Lewis developed and programmed the