Lighting

Blackmotion rebrands with Robe

Kagiso ‘Daystar' Moima, owner of Blackmotion

Details: 14 March 2016

South Africa - Johannesburg rental company, Blackmotion, is rebranding itself to become a full lighting service and audio visual company focusing on stage, concerts, architectural and system integration.

Over the last few months they have purchased 16 Robin 600 fixtures comprising of four Robin 600 Washes, four Robin 600 Spots, four Robin 600 LEDs and four Robin 600 Beams.

"The purchasing of new sound equipment has been put on hold while we focus all our energy and resources on lighting and audio visual," commented Kagiso 'Daystar' Moima, owner of Blackmotion. "Over the years we split our resources way to thin and growth was limited. Now we will head towards modular screens and mapping integrated with lighting."

Blackmotion provides all the necessary servic

Peter Kirkup joins LumenRadio

Details: 14 March 2016

UK / Sweden - LumenRadio has appointed Peter Kirkup as VP of Entertainment; he will be joining the LumenRadio team on their stand at the LDI show in Las Vegas.

Kirkup, working until recently for Zero 88 and Cooper Controls, brings with him extensive experience and has been a particularly strong supporter of the PLASA RDM technologies and initiatives. He is the designer and administrator of the recently revamped rdmprotocol.org website; the leading industry resource and forum for RDM related matters.

"Having worked with LumenRadio as a customer for several years, I can attest to

Entertainment included Lindiwe Bungane of Dream Girls, among other vocalists plus a full dance troupe

Robe shines on latest Discovery show

Details: 14 March 2016

South Africa - Randburg, Johannesburg- based technical solutions agency TechRig supplied technical production - including nearly 200 Robe lighting fixtures - to the 2012 annual DFC Conference & Gala Dinner for medical aid and insurance giants, Discovery.

The event was staged at Sandton Convention Centre (SCC) in Johannesburg over two days, and included two evenings of entertainment spectacular and Award presentations starring Lindiwe Bungane of Dream Girls, among other vocalists plus a full dance troupe.

Lighting was designed by TechRig's Robert Grobler, and the very stylish

The Flexistrip enhances the beautiful interior architecture of the building, whilst creating a warm welcoming ambience.

Cunard Building enhanced by Tryka Flexistrip

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - The Cunard Building is one of the landmark buildings in Liverpool, being sited on the waterfront of the River Mersey right next to that classic symbol of Liverpool heritage, the Liver Building.

Originally the headquarters of the Cunard Steamship Company, the architecturally dramatic building was completed in 1917, and also served as the main passenger terminal for both Cunard and White Star Line liners.

Now the classic interior has been sympathetically enhanced and reconfigured to become one of the most upmarket office buildings in Liverpool.

LED lighting manufacturer Tryka L

Frank Turner plays London's Wembley Arena

Avolites Pearl Expert for Frank Turner

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Avolites' popular Pearl Expert lighting control console had provided a powerful, easy to use solution for a one off, career-defining Frank Turner gig at London's Wembley Arena.

Lighting designer Shaun Moore adapted his smaller music hall inspired lighting design for the Wembley Arena show. However this one-off gig presented a number of challenges as Moore explains, "The show was a one off, so it was load in at 5am and doors at 6pm. Programming was done over two days at Terminal Studios via the Avolites console using WYSIWYG. We also had a couple hours tweaking over night in

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