UK - Hampshire-based LED screen specialists LED Screen Hire supplied large LED screens to the 2005 Nokia Urban Music Festival with the Princes Trust, via the event's production company, Nine Yards Productions. The two Barco D-Lite 7 screens - measuring 35 and 25 square metres respectively - were both onstage, upstage of the performance area, making a large asymmetric impact. Other video and broadcast hardware was supplied by CTV, and the event was broadcast on Channel 4.
LED Screen Hire also supplied 12 42 inch plasma screens around the arena , used for broadcast monitors. The project was handled for them by Nick Pask. Sound was supplied by SSE Hire and lighting by Siyan.
Princes Trust Event organiser Matt Donegan said: "It was a pleasure working with the professional team at LED Screen Hire - their ability to adapt with the minimum amount of fuss was much appreciated. They are great team players and we would definitely enjoy working with them in the future."
The capacity 16,000 crowd enjoyed an action-packed evening's entertainment hosted by power rapper and MTV presenter Xzibit. The show included memorable performances from Will Smith and DJ/producer Jazzy Jeff, hip hop originators De La Soul, US soulstress Faith Evans, poetic rapper Common, beatboxing pioneers Killa Kela and many more.
(Sarah Rushton-Read)
UK - Hawthorn was appointed as technical production contractors for the 2005 RSVP party at Olympia, supplying lighting, sound, AV, rigging and drapes.
With a low ceiling height and no provision for rigging Hawthorn decided to make a bold feature of the truss and created a ground support structure with lots of long spokes covering both the stage and the rest of the room. As UK dealers, Hawthorn used Prolyte's X30V truss due to its lightweight but superior strength, allowing large spans of truss with the minimum number of truss legs.
With only a 3m clearance, Hawthorn specified Mac 250's and Mac 300's - due to their small size, uplit with Thomas PIXELline battens. Working in conjunction with Mask Event Design and Production, Hawthorn sponsored the Event Talks area. Hawthorn draped the room in its white Expo Cloth, a fabric it imports for its light reflective abilities. These drapes were supported by Hawthorn's free standing pipe and base support system, another product the company specifically import for use in venues with no rigging points, and back lit in a colour changing pastel wash to compliment Mask's overall look.
Managing Director, Martin Hawthorn, said: " We were more than happy to increase our involvement in the RSVP Exhibition this year by supplying the Party and the Event Talks, in addition to exhibiting at the event, which we have done every year since RSVP was launched."
(Sarah Rushton-Read)
Italy - Now in its 55th year, the Festival di Sanremo is Italy's own, and longer running, version of Eurovision. As usual, it took place in the Teatro Ariston di Sanremo from 1-5 March. It is always a visually spectacular affair and this year was no exception.
This year saw a whole new format to the show, which was broadcast across Italy on national TV station RAI. Hosts were Paolo Bonolis, director of the show, and popular TV personality, Antonella Clerici. Guest Stars included Mike Tyson, Vasco Rossi, Gwen Stefani, Michael Buble, Wil Smith and Argentinian singer Lola Ponce. The competition resembled Pop Idol, with two members of each group voted out and the remaining artists merged into one group, this continued until the winner was decided.
AV rental company Eurovideo developed a new concept in set design by placing Lighthouse LED modules in the risers of stairs at the rear of the stage.
Eurovideo's Mario Prataviera explained: "The stairs were an integral part of the stage and we were looking at ways of making them both visually attractive and a useful part of the video concept. We came up with the idea of putting video into them, so we custom built aluminium boxes to contain modules of Lighthouse 10mm LED screen, along with all the necessary cabling and support mechanisms."
The stairs could be retracted to form one large screen as well as being separate elements. Additionally, Eurovideo flew four sets of 14x2 modules of Lighthouse 10mm screen at the side of the stage, as well as a central screen which comprised two sets of 16x2 modules (right an
UK - The Spinal Research Top to Tail Dinner took guests into the world of James Bond and attracted the support of some leading celebrities in raising £80,000 at the Savoy this April.
Lorraine Kelly and Jim Rosenthal hosted 300 guests through a light hearted evening with a serious fund-raising purpose. A fast moving fashion show entertained guests with models including ex bond girls Maryam D'Abo and Caroline Bliss, joined by D'Arcy Bussel, Jilly Johnson and sporting icons David James, Richard Dunwoody, David Ginola and (hotly tipped as the next James Bond) actor Colin Salmon.
Sound engineer Richard Ryan skilfully mixed James Bond tracks to create a dynamic feature of the evening, he commented: "The fashion show was quite complicated due to the number of different tracks behind the catwalk parade. I introduced the stings behind each of the couples whilst keeping the background tune going and making sure Jim Scott, the compere, could be heard clearly. The great thing working with Canegreen Commercial is that they have the experience and equipment to make sure the systems they provide are perfectly suited to each specific event."
Canegreen Commercial director Andrew Frengley designed the sound system that utilized 16 x Meyer UPM1 speakers flown in the truss above the audience, with three MEYER UPA1-P speakers and three Meyer USW 1-P speakers integrated into the set.
The shows organisers EON Productions brought in production management team Mark Ward and Kahren Williams. Ward oversaw the transformation of the Savoy's Lancaster Room with an impressive st
UAE - PALME - the Middle East's premier professional sound, light, music, audio visual and systems integration exhibition, which runs from 24-26 April 2005 in Dubai, will feature a series of master classes and industry seminars specifically designed to help those involved in AV installation and event management keep up to speed with the latest products, services and solutions available, say the organizers, IIR. Held over the three days of the event, the sessions will be hosted by leading experts including leading architectural lighting designers Jonathan Speirs and Paul Gregory, renowned for international lighting design projects that include the Burj Al Arab and Golden Gate Bridge.
Jonathan Speirs' masterclasses at PALME 2005 will focus on three RIBA Stirling Prize (the UK Building of the Year award) projects, profiling the Swiss Re Tower by Foster and Partners, London, The Gateshead Millennium Bridge by Wilkinson Eyre Architects and The Magna Science Adventure Centre, Rotherham, also by Wilkinson Eyre Architects. Speirs and Major Associates were the Lighting Architects for these highly prestigious, important UK projects. Spiers' presentation will give a unique insight into the creative thinking behind the projects, featuring excerpts from the client presentations along with details, and of course images, of the final projects.
Spiers has worked internationally on projects including the Millennium Dome and Bluewater Retail Park in the UK, and the Jumeirah Beach Resort (interior and exterior), the exterior of the Burj Al Arab tower and the Bur Juman Centre - all
UK - The ABTT Theatre Show 2005 (15-16 June, Royal Horticultural Halls, London) will present a variety of advanced products designed to enable safe working at heights, say the organizers. The new Work at Height Regulations apply the same restrictions to working at heights below two metres as have long been required at greater heights. Over two thirds of all injuries from falls are from heights below two metres, and to ignore the risks of falling, no matter the distance, potentially puts theatre technicians in serious breach of health and safety regulations.
The ABTT (the Association of British Theatre Technicians) has embraced the issue and will launch its draft for consultation of its Code of Safe Practice when Working at Height at the ABTT Theatre Show in June. Chairman of the ABTT's Safety Committee, David Adams explains: "Whilst designers can achieve much to reduce the need to work at height by careful planning, nevertheless there remain occasions, such as focussing luminaires, when it is essential in our industry to work at height and this cannot be avoided. Therefore our code of practice is designed to outline ways of achieving safe practice. Assessing the risks of the task and selecting the most appropriate method of access can assure maximum safety. Training is essential. Access equipment must be maintained and serviced in line with the manufacturer's instructions and the frequency of its use. The ABTT welcomes the new Regulations which are long overdue and which should cause no significant problems for the well-run venue."
If the need to work a
UK - The Association of British Theatre Technicians will launch its annual Summer School 2005 at the A.C. Lighting North Trade Show being held at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds on 26 and 27 April.
ABTT Summer School 2005 will be held at Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry. Four Awards are being offered this summer. In addition to its Bronze for Stage Technicians, this year sees the launch of a Silver Award for Stage Technicians, a Silver Award for Sound Technicians and a Silver Award for Stage Electricians. For the first time, these Awards will have full accreditation from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, making the ABTT Awards the first accredited courses for technical and production practitioners in theatre.
The Bronze Award is five intensive days taking the following subjects: Electrical Fundamentals, Portable Appliance Testing, Knots & Splicing, Manual handling and Introduction to Health and Safety and Counterweight Flying. This Award offers technicians sound foundations for safe working on a theatre stage.
The accredited Silver Award is designed for experienced technicians and offers courses in three specialist areas: Stage: including rigging, inspection and testing and covers LOLER requirements for the stage); Electrical: to include insulation inspection and testing for theatres, and covers IEE Regulations and Electricity at Work Act 1989 and Sound: communications and theatre sound engineering, use of sound equipment, playback devices, microphones, radio mics, processing etc.
For the final two days of the week all candi
Germany - For a form of entertainment so steeped in tradition, many theatrical productions nowadays employ a vast array of cutting-edge technology. But should theatre stick with 'traditional' production values or are moving lights, moving sets and moving sound becoming a necessity? These are questions that will be considered by lighting designer Ken Billington in his keynote address at Showlight 2005.
Lighting technology is also at the heart of Were you right?, a session where David Taylor will ask Richard Pilbrow (both of Theatre Projects Consultants) about some of his early prophesies for the future of stage lighting. Although Pilbrow is renowned as a theatre designer and producer, the chairman of Theatre Projects was a pioneer of modern stage lighting. His 1970 book Stage Lighting became a standard reference work.
These two papers are part of a wider programme of seminars, product displays, events and backstage tours which are an integral part of Showlight 2005.
The event is sponsored by Prinzregententheater School, part of the Bayerische Theaterakademie, together with ETC and ARRI, and takes place at the Prinzregententheater, Munich, from Sunday May 22 to Tuesday May 24
Ukraine April 4 marked the start of the pre-programming period of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 to be staged in Kiev. The show is produced by National Television of Ukraine, NTU, together with EBU, the European Broadcasting Union. NTU says it will sell a total of 50 000 tickets for the rehearsals, the semi-final and the final on May 21. A total of 300 million live television show viewers are expected.
For the fifth consecutive year, Sweden's Spectra Plus will be providing all lighting, video and rigging for the event. For the fourth year in a row, the lighting will be designed by Per Sundin, who once again has chosen Pontus 'Bullen' Lagerbielke as his assistant lighting designer.
The four lighting operators will be working on four ETC Avab Congo consoles, sixteen HES Catalyst systems, more than 300 Robe moving heads, a number of conventionals and four Capture visualisation workstations.
Capture Sweden is providing the team with lighting simulation software for the event, which features a complex stage design with a many varied lighting options.
"It's a great opportunity for us to be able to work so closely together with a team of this magnitude. It's a very intense preproduction where things change rapidly, so they clearly need a flexible design software and solid support," saysLars Wernlund, development manager of Capture Sweden. "In addition, we get a chance to test a series of new features and technology and push our borders of visualisation technology forward!"
(Jim Evans)
Germany - DiGiCo unveiled its integrated remote digital tube mic preamp module, the D-TuBe, at this week's Pro Light + Sound in Frankfurt.
"I would not say tubes sound better but they do colour the sound of a vocal or a particular instrument and make it sound different," says DiGiCo's James Gordon. "This is something that sound engineers like to experiment with, so they insert them into their systems to provide characteristics they can't otherwise get from either analogue or digital mixing consoles. The D-TuBe offers an alternative to this traditional technology by making it part of a digital console. "
The D-TuBe was developed in conjunction with TL Audio and supplies eight channels of tube pre amp. It has been designed to fit neatly into existing DiGiCo systems by simply replacing the last input module on a stage rack and moving the output module along one. This keeps the full compliment of 56 inputs to the stage rack, with the last eight inputs now being TuBes.
"We've found that when engineers use our consoles they tend to use little or no outboard, as there is so much integrated and recalled within our system," says Gordon. "However, the common denominator that was always cropping up was the desire for the inclusion of a few channels of valve/tube technology to enhance and colour specific instruments or vocals. We're always keen to react to what the market wants, so the D-TuBe is a logical addition to our product line adding just the right amount of colour to the mix."
(Jim Evans)
Germany - Smart Consoles are on display at three locations at this week's Frankfurt Musik Messe. For-Tune, Smart AV's distributor for Germany and Austria, is demonstrating the top-of-the-range, 96-channel Elite E96 console which is driving Merging Technologies' Pyramix digital audio workstation software, while Apple is showing the 48-channel Elite E48 interfaced to the Logic Pro 7 engine.
On the Atlantic Audio stand, another E48 console is configured for the first time to control a MediaMatrix NION system from Peavey. Torsten Haack at Atlantic Audio explains the rationale behind the tie-up: "The combination of the Smart Console and the Peavey MediaMatrix NION is ideal for any kind of multi-purpose hall or convention centre. Now control of the matrix can be fully integrated with the mixing console functions, which makes the sound engineer's job much easier."
In addition to the Logic, Pyramix, and MediaMatrix engines, the Smart Console can also interface to the Vadis System from Klotz Digital. Further engine solutions are in the pipeline, including the DME64N and DME24N from Yamaha, Series 5 engines from SADiE including the PCM-H64, Steinberg's Nuendo, and Mackie's HUI. All the interfaces are based on an open protocol over Ethernet. Smart AV says it is currently finalising a software development kit for third-party use.
(Jim Evans)
UK - The Association of British Theatre Technicians (ABTT) will launch its annual Summer School 2005 at the A.C. Lighting North Trade Show being held at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds on April 26 & 27.
ABTT Summer School 2005 is being held at Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry. Four Awards are being offered: In addition to its successful Bronze for Stage Technicians, this year sees the launch of a Silver Award for Stage Technicians, a Silver Award for Sound Technicians and a Silver Award for Stage Electricians. For the first time, these Awards will have full accreditation from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama, making the ABTT Awards the first accredited courses for technical and production practitioners in theatre.
The Bronze Award is five intensive days taking the following subjects: Electrical Fundamentals, Portable Appliance Testing, Knots & Splicing, Manual handling and Introduction to Health and Safety and Counterweight Flying. This Award offers technicians sound foundations for safe working on a theatre stage.
The accredited Silver Award is designed for experienced technicians and offers courses in three specialist areas - Stage (includes rigging, inspection and testing and covers LOLER requirements for the stage); Electrical: (includes insulation inspection and testing for theatres, and covers IEE Regulations and Electricity at Work Act 1989); Sound (communications and theatre sound engineering, use of sound equipment, playback devices, microphones, radio mics, processing).
For the final two days of the week all c
Germany - Outline will be holding a Press launch during this week's ProLight + Sound in Frankfurt to announce its latest products for 2005. These include a new monitor designed using the HARD principle, and Globe Sub - a universal self powered sub bass.
The Italian manufacturer will also We shall also be announcing its Compass (compact polar adjustable sound system). "This 'line source loudspeaker' takes the line array technology quantum leaps forward," says Outline. Compass has a fully adjustable horn flare which is manoeuvred via servos contained within the cabinet and controlled via software. Dispersion can be calculated and adjusted between 60 and 180 degrees in the horizontal and between 0 and 15 degrees in the vertical. Flying hardware will also be mechanically adjustable via computer controlled servos. Compass will see its physical launch at PLASA 2005 in London.
(Jim Evans)
UK - XL Video is again supplying full video production to the Chemical Brothers current Push The Button tour. Live vision mixer is Ricardo Lorenzini and LD is Andy Liddell. XL's project manager is Des Fallen, who has worked with the Chemicals Brothers for eight years.
This year, XL is supplying a large 12 x 6 metre (2:1 ratio) upstage soft-screen, two side screens at 12 x 9 ft and four onstage LED screens constructed from 50 panels of Lighthouse 10 mm. The screen configurations are adaptable to suite the different venues.
The Chemicals. visuals have always been cutting edge, and worked seamlessly into their thumping dance rhythms and the essence of their live show. The band members are very much ephemeral shadows and silhouettes onstage, ensconced behind racks of knobs, digits and codes.
The original source material is created and compiled by Adam Smith, and includes "insects, animals, plants, coloured robots, politics, history, colour, shapes, abstractions - asking, questioning, provoking ".
The 250 sources featured in the two-hour show are stored on five Doremi hard drives and one laptop. These are sent to the different destinations via a Leitch 16 x 16 matrix operated by XL's Tim Brennan. He also sends the feeds to Lorenzini who cuts the screen mix using a Panasonic MX70. On selected songs Brennan also cuts the side screen and LED screen mix.
The fifth hard drive utilises a WinAmp plug-in, which takes a feed off the sound desk to produce specific effects, like the oscilloscope style green wavelength modulations that bounce across
UK/Spain - After its first full year of operation, the London branch of Seville-based touring and events company Apogee S.A.reports excellent business levels. "We are absolutely fully booked," says managing director, Oscar Fragio. "We have met all our targets. Things could hardly be better."
The decision to expand into Northern Europe, says Fragio, was prompted by "a desire for closer contact with our customers and for the company to grow. We had noticed that many of our customers frequently worked in London, so London was the logical location for our first foreign branch."
Further expansion is also likely "We want to expand," says Fragio, "and extend our services to all Europe - our ultimate goal being at least one branch in every European country."
To meet its ambitious targets, Apogee S.A. has started to expand its workforce. Presently, the staff comprises just under 50 full-time employees, 12 part-timers and over 180 freelancers. Systems used regularly by Apogee include those based around EV and Midas. "We believe in using state of the art gear," states Fragio.
(Jim Evans)
UK - PLASA 2005, Europe's definitive exhibition for professionals and decision-makers within the entertainment, event, corporate, architectural and installation industries, takes place at London's Earls Court from Sunday September 11 to Wednesday September 14 2005.
This annual event attracts visitors from all over the world and is run by people from within the industry - and the 2005 show promises to deliver precisely what the market requires - information, ideas and a strong forum for doing real business.
Over 300 companies are committed to making PLASA 2005 a solutions-led event: between them they will roll out over 1,000 new products and services designed to push existing technical and creative possibilities a stage further.
Both show floors will be packed with new ideas in audio, lighting, AV, rigging, system integration, engineering and effects: visitors will get to see these products being professionally demonstrated, learn how they can be used and talk to the people behind them.
The Innovation Gallery will feature the best in new designs, and products nominated for the 2005 Awards for Innovation will be shown. Here, visitors will be able to see products that represent genuine advances for the industry or improve safety and technical practices.
An exchange of ideas has always been central to PLASA: developments from its core club, theatre, touring and events markets now regularly cross over into new areas, particularly the developing building and installation sectors. As a direct consequence, there is now a growing architectural AV area which p
Canada - Cast Software announced the first release of Vivien - a new software application for event and meeting professionals servicing corporate and special functions, incentive meetings, tradeshows, expositions, weddings, and parties alike.
"Vivien is the easy-to-use design solution that event professionals have been asking for," comments Bob Mani, VP sales and business development. "We are merely addressing the needs of event professionals worldwide who are looking for a way to create more captivating events and ultimately, win more contracts. Vivien will become an indispensable member of their team."
Simple and intuitive, event professionals can browse through and select from a 3D library of diverse items, including tables, chairs, décor, AV, architectural, banquet, and staging items. By placing them into a chosen venue they can create a virtual representation of their event. Complete customization is easily achieved by applying textures, colours and lighting to the design. Inventory is tracked by Vivien's extensive database that produces detailed floor plans and layouts as desired. Seating arrangements of any magnitude are automatically calculated and rendered. And when the design is complete, it can be viewed in 2D or 3D, seen as picture-perfect reality from every imaginable angle.
(Sarah Rushton-Read)
UK - Serious Stages was brought in to design and build the bespoke structure that's housing the high profile 'London 2012 Bid Experience' in Trafalgar Square, and also designed and fabricated the adjacent 9m high statue of an athlete. The structure is part of a public awareness raising initiative for the City's bid to stage the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
The walk-through project, wholly funded by Ballymore Properties, was conceived and led by PR agency Fleishman-Hillard on behalf of Ballymore. Serious was asked onboard by production company Vibe, which is working with RPMC on staging the event. It remains at the high profile Trafalgar Square location for two weeks before moving on to Canary Wharf for a further two weeks. Serious's project manager is Steven Corfield.
The 15m wide, 22m long and 8m high custom-designed building provides 300sq.m of exhibition space and is based on one of Serious's standard one-bay 'Orbit' roofs. It incorporates several bespoke features, including an extension housing a 'Pepper's Ghost' hologram effect of GB's quad Olympic gold medallist, Sir Matthew Pinsent.The structure weighs 23,750kg, including 1,800kg of toughened glass around the perimeter of the base, which allows people to look through into the experience. Constructing the Orbit's bottom panels from glass was one of the most challenging aspects of the project, explains Corfield: "Working with glass was a new direction for us. We received fantastic support from Paul Moores of Glazing Services in dealing with the safety issues using such large sheets of glass
UK - Amazingly, Arc 05 held at the Design Centre in Islington last month, was the UK's first lighting show entirely dedicated to the Architectural market. The event's debut on the circuit was by all accounts more successful than predicted, with 2,295 attendee's, 88% of which were from the UK.
Paul James, editor of Mondo Arc, told me: "We've had very positive feedback with everyone appreciating what we're trying to do. We realize that, for some people, there were a lot of LED companies as a proportion of the overall exhibitors, but for the inaugural year we are absolutely delighted with the visitor figures, which were above our target. With the feedback we are getting from current exhibitors and companies who are eager to come on board, we are confident that Arc '06 will grow as we forecast."
So what was interesting and different about this show? Of note were those companies that have developed focused applications for their technology - particularly in the LED domain. Of course there was the familiar gamut of white walls washed with saturated colours; however, there was also a sprinkling of applications that were truly inspiring.
Companies such as Workplace Art displayed some fascinating LED light boxes, created by light artist Jeremy Lord, which used shadow and colour to create mesmerizing, constantly morphing pieces of art.
Co- founder and marketing director, Chris Barlow explained: "We felt that this was an ideal opportunity to show the work of amongst others, Jeremy Lord whose beautiful lightboxes are a major feature of our stand. We have b
UK - It has been announced that if you register for this year's PLASA show before Friday 8 April you will automatically be entered into the draw to win a pair of tickets to see Kylie at Earls Court on Saturday 30 April. Please note: only the winner will be notified by email. Terms and Conditions apply.
Australia - The Entech 2006 seminar and conference planning is now underway with a comprehensive program in the making. InfoComm Academy has confirmed support of the show and will be hosting 'InfoComm Academy at Entech'. For the broadcast market the Entech Broadcast Conference presented by Broadcastpapers Content + Technology will be held to cover topical issues, technology and trends.
The well-attended OH&S course will again return to the show taking place on Sunday 12 February. Juliusmedia College will present this one-day industry OH&S certificate course.Other conferences planned for Entech 2006 include a full day Pro Audio program, half-day business laws and half day lighting conference. Conference details, speakers and more information will be available closer to the show.
(Lee Baldock)
UK - Once again it was standing room only at some of the five seminars during this year's ISCEx 2005 event in Watford Tuesday 22 February, according to the event's organizers, the Institute of Sound and Communication Engieneers (ISCE). The 23 specialist companies exhibiting their latest products and services reported good business from around 200 visitors, say the organizers, who also reveal that ISCEx 2006 is already planned for 28 February 2006.
(Lee Baldock)
UK - TPA 05 - the Graduate Exhibition and Trade Show of the Technical and Production Arts department of the RSAMD (Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama) will take place on 22 and 23 March 2005. Once again, Graduating students from the BA Technical and Production Arts Course will be showing their work over the past three years in the Academy's Chandler Studio Theatre. Supporting this in the New Athenaeum, the RSAMD's main house, the industry supporters of the course will be showing a large range of production equipment.
Triple E and Black Light have joined the list of course sponsors this year and will exhibiting alongside PRG Europe, Le Mark, Rosco, Rope Assemblies, White Light, Zero88, Autograph Sales and Hall Stage. Also new to the show will be Lift Turn Move and Learn 2B Safe, as well as several industry organizations such as the ABTT, SMA, PSA, PLASA and the ALD, many of whom are arranging membership meetings during their visit.
The exhibition will run alongside various seminars from a wide range of suppliers and organizations. Chris Martin from Martin Architectural and Philip Norfolk from PRG Europe/Vari-Lite will lead talks on moving light and the associated technology, whilst Hall Stage will be talking about the new DGS system, which will be on display at the show. Lift Turn Move's John Jones will host a seminar on the use and abuse of Lodestar Chain Hoists.
Design interests are well represented by talks and demonstrations of VectorWorks (Francis Gallop, Queen Margarets University College), AutoCAD (David Ripley, RSAMD) and SketchUp (Sanjay Patel
UK - International dance music magazine iDJ has announced what it calls "the biggest interactive DJ show to ever take place in the UK". Aimed at producers, VJs, promoters, and DJs of the bedroom or professional varieties, iDJ Live 05 will fill two halls at the Wembley Complex into the "ultimate DJ and dance music paradise" on 3-4 June, say the organizers.
The event will combine music from dance music's superstar DJs, industry workshops, a record fair and a main exhibition showcasing the latest DJ equipment from the market's leading brands. Visitors will be able to try out the latest DJ technology and sound and light systems.
(Lee Baldock)