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Belgium - To the ancient Greeks and Romans, the owl was a symbol of the goddess Athena, and as such the nocturnal bird became associated with wisdom. For fans attending the 2018 Fantasia Festival however, the avian sage took on a whole new meaning - one centred around EDM, trance and house music from the likes of DVBBS and Henri PFR.
Commanding instant attention from the main stage of the festival was a 30m tall by 70m wide representation of a spread-winged owl. The distinctive scenic element was made even more impactful by a bold and vivid lighting display designed by Creative R

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The Netherlands - Attracting fans from around the world, the annual North Sea Jazz festival in mid-July inspires a range of surrounding events. Many of the artists stay at The Hague Marriott hotel where, this year for the first time, the Martin Verdonk Master Sessions was hosted in one of the hotel’s large conference rooms, supported by Yamaha.
First taking place three years ago, percussionist Martin Verdonk and sound engineer Lex Amrein organise live performances which are broadcast on the internet. Initially Martin and Lex invited musicians to take part but, as the reputation
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Greece - The inaugural edition of the Athens & Epidaurus Summer Festival (ADD 2018) took place at a warehouse complex and united international acts such as Amelie Lens, Apparat and Red Axes, as well as 22 DJs spread across three stages. The event was hosted at a warehouse complex called Peiraios 260.
RM Audio, Martin Audio’s newly appointed Greek distributor, supported the event by providing a WPC sound system on the main stage, with auxiliary systems on stages two and three.
On the main stage, RM Audio supplied eight aside WPC elements, Martin Audio’s latest optimis

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China - Top Plot International has landed a trio of nightclub audio installations in China, all featuring the Nexo STM Series modular line array system.
The projects use the STM Series modular line array, sets of M46 mains and B112 bass modules together with S118 subs. The STM Series main PA is supplemented by a secondary PS10 and PS15 system, and both are powered by racks of NXAMP4x4 amplifiers.
In Guangzhou, in Guangdong Province, The One Club is a large dance club in a warehouse-style setting that blends the appeal of a high-energy nightclub with a modern lounge. Meeti

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UK - The new Vista 3 by Chroma-Q lighting & media control range is adding a touch of visual magic to Sounds and Sorcery celebrating Disney Fantasia, a new immersive theatre experience at The Vaults.
Visitors put on headphones and then embark on a multi-sensory interactive journey which reveals a fantastical environment using a combination of cutting edge binaural sound, elaborate set designs and dazzling lighting.
Lighting designer Jake Wiltshire selected the Vista by Chroma-Q control system to bring his creative vision to life for the different lighting needs of

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USA - New York’s Stony Brook University upgraded the communication system at the school’s Computer Science’s conference room and has also added a video wall to the department’s main lobby.
John Schappert of Adwar Video turned to ClearOne, opting for a solution based on the company’s Beamforming Microphone Array 2.
Peter Ruland, associate director of operations for Stony Brook’s Department of Computer Science, says: “Academics are not big fans of lapel microphones, as they tend to stand up and move around to talk. One of the challenges in this conference room wa

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Malaysia - Mahajak Trio recently deployed a complete Harman Professional Solutions audio system at the Grand Zenith Hotel in Malaysia.
Grand Zenith decided to update its multi-purpose ballroom with an audio system suitable for a wide range of events and performances. The hotel also used the opportunity to upgrade the audio system in its meeting rooms to allow for more efficient inter-staff communication. To achieve these goals, the hotel hired Mahajak Trio, who suggested a complete Harman Professional audio system.
Mahajak Trio outfitted the Grand Zenith ballroom with JBL A

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UK - Event specialists, Light Fantastic Production Services Limited partnered with L'Atelier Five agency on the recent Hublot FIFA World Cup installation and product launch event at Harrods, Knightsbridge.
L’Atelier Five turned to LFPS to handle rigging and technical installation on their installation for Hublot watches in the store’s Hans Crescent entrance atrium. At its centre, the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia themed project featured three large open frame ‘footballs’ constructed from aluminium with integrated LED lighting and video displays.
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UK - London venue Troxy has completed the first stage in an audio installation which will see the new JBL VTX-A12 line-array system installed for the first time in a UK venue.
The art-deco venue will work with Harman and its UK distribution partner Sound Technology to undertake a major investment in its technical infrastructure to service the production requirements of its increasing number of live music events, awards ceremonies, corporate events and private parties.
The system has been specified in collaboration with integration partner SSE Audio Group. It will operate o

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Europe - BlackTrax real-time motion tracking system was instrumental in bringing the thrills of the Fast & Furious movie to live events in the UK and Switzerland, with further shows planned for the Czech Republic, Denmark, France and Germany.
Fast & Furious Live uses the most advanced technology and fans’ favourite cars from the series to faithfully evoke the most outrageous moments and stunts from the series. Recreating the underground streets of Los Angeles to locations that criss-cross the globe, Fast & Furious Live lets fans relive the most

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USA - One Direction member Niall Horan is in the midst of a major US tour, where live engineers Joe Harling and Daniel Kent are using DiGiCo consoles provided by UK rental company Wigwam Hire.
Harling and Kent both work from DiGiCo SD10s, running at 48kHz, and sharing stage racks.
“I have always favoured front of house mixing,” says FOH engineer Harling. “I don’t have the technical chops, or strength of character, to do monitors. I’d probably end up crying if I did.”
“It was agreed with production that this was an acceptable price point and weight allo

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UK - An AV overhaul has transformed a 400+ seat lecture theatre at the Surrey Business School at the University of Surrey in Guildford.
The audio installation, a collaboration between Shure and systems integrator Snelling Business Systems, created a single AV system suitable for lecture theatre / classroom theatre, live events and cinema theatre without the need for prior training or dedicated IT support.
Shure’s technical team created a system designed for switchover from one user mode to another at the touch of a button. The team provided technical support and streaming

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USA - John Colligan is lighting designer for jam band Gov’t Mule. Punting his way through the band’s two-three hour shows, which are marked by extended improvisational riffs, he “follows every expressive note to accent its emotional force with light”. Helping him in this spontaneous adventure are 12 Chauvet Professional Rogue R1 FX-B fixtures, supplied by BML-Blackbird, which has been supplying the touring system for the last 10 years.
“Songs have a way of expressing emotions and have a powerful effect on the psyche,” says Colligan. “Lighting can bring out emotions

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USA - Last year’s 40th Anniversary Tour was by no means a farewell tour for 70’s/80’s rock band Foreigner. It’s now been 41 years since their debut album and the band behind some of rock’s most classic songs hit the road again in June, kicking off a 30-show Juke Box Heroes U.S. tour that has proved to be one of the hottest outings of the summer.
Lighting designer/director Dan Lastovka has kept the old-school look design from last year’s anniversary tour but with significant updates such as Elation Rayzor 360Z LED beam moving effects replacing Arena Par Zo

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USA - Jeremy Lechterman and Jackson Gallagher of creative visual design firm FragmentNine are the imaginative wizardry behind the production design for Keith Urban’s Graffiti U tour which has just commenced in the US. The album of the same name is enjoying critical and commercial success, and the architecture of the stage design brings a modern visual twist for Urban’s diverse fanbase.
Various Robe products are incorporated into the lighting rig including BMFL Spots, BMFL WashBeams, and Cyc FX 8s.
It is the first time that FragmentNine – known for their flair an

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Estonia - Estonia’s oldest theatre - Vanemuine in Tartu - received new audio, lighting, video, and communication equipment supplied by Amptown System Company (ASC) as part of a major conversion project.
Berlin-based Ingenieur Gesellschaft Wibbeke & Penders was commissioned with planning and implementing the structural conversion work while Dr. Reiner Chemnitius was responsible for working out the fundamentals for media equipment selection and installation.
Working together with ASC project manager Jan Vandrei and his team, theatre planner Dr. Chemnitius developed and

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UK - Pro-audio provider The Warehouse supplied an advanced audio solution for Edinburgh International Festival’s opening event. The Aberdeen Standard Investments Opening Event: Five Telegrams celebrated the start of the 2018 International Festival and was attended by 15,000 people.
This audio and visual event highlighted contemporary responses to the communication infrastructure of the First World War. The work was a joint commission for the BBC Proms, 14-18 NOW and the International Festival, in association with the Royal Albert Hall.
For the event, The Warehouse

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UK - This July saw the return of the Rock & Bike Fest in the historic grounds of Carnfield Hall, South Normanton. This year’s festival welcomed hundreds of campers and show-goers to Derbyshire for a 72-hour celebration of music, bikes and beer.
The live production of the event was provided by HK Audio commercial partners Dezign Audio and Sound Alliance, both of whom super-charged the sound via a fleet of HK Audio speakers and power amps.
Acts including Big Country, Lindisfarne, Fleetwood Bac, Women in Rock, Surreal Panther, Kesia Gill, and Grand Ultra entertaine

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China - McDonald’s latest ‘flagship’ outlets in China feature menu ordering, delivery to the table, a newly-integrated McDonald's App, WeChat applet member points, mobile payment and electronic menus.
Each of the outlets music and public address systems has a Bosch Plena Mixer Amplifier at its heart. This feeds to a LC6-100S-L ceiling mount Compact Sound Speaker System: a complete loudspeaker package. It consists of a high-performance, ceiling-mount, eight-inch subwoofer module with a crossover network to support the four-ceiling mount, two-inch, satellite speakers. Easy co

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USA - Effects Unlimited has recently completed the design and installation of a new sound system based around Community E Series column line source and point source loudspeaker systems for St. Nicholas Church in Wilkes-Barre.
St. Nicholas has been a landmark of the Wyoming Valley since the 1850s and the current neo-gothic church with its high vaulted ceilings and reflective surfaces was completed in 1887.
St. Nicholas turned to audio specialist Effects Unlimited to design a system that would deliver high intelligibility and complete coverage in the acoustically challenging s

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Australia - Jay Productions and Events are lighting, vision, sound, staging, and operations specialists, covering AV for the corporate market, activations, and special events. The company has recently added Green Hippo’s Hippotizer Karst to their inventory.
Jason Ghazal, the owner of Jay Productions, comments: “We are increasingly incorporating complex lighting with mapping to LED screens, and projection mapping. We needed a media server that is versatile and easy to use. We got advice from everybody we knew that does specialised work with media servers, and they all agreed th

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UK - CPL, working as technical partners for event producers Bright, returned to the Mojo Active Almondsbury site near Bristol for the annual OVO Energy summer party, an action-packed day of fun and entertainment for OVO employees, their friends and family, now in its fourth year.
The project included CPL’s delivery of audio, lighting, rigging and crew for two music stages - Main and Bar - featuring live bands and a DJ line-up respectively, and there were also a few ‘specials’ around the site, including flying a 1m diameter glitter ball flown from the apex of one the conjoine

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UK - Over 180 years after its creator’s passing, Georg Büchner’s Woyzeck continues to resonate with theatre audiences. This is very evident in the Birmingham Repertory Theatre’s recent production of the drama, which features intense imagery made more evocative by Lee Curran’s lighting created with Chauvet Professional Ovation, Maverick and COLORado fixtures.
In keeping with the open-ended spirit of Woyzeck, the Birmingham Repertory’s production of the play grew out of a change of plans on the part of the theatrical company. Initially, the company had planned to r

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Denmark - It may be a coincidence, but Denmark’s second-largest music festival Smukfest just happens to be located in the backyard of manufacturer of professional studio monitors, Dynaudio. Now, they have entered into a collaboration to debut Dynaudio’s new pop-up recording studio concept - called Unheard - in August 2018.
“Building a professional recording studio in a huge container might sound crazy to some,” says VP of sales and product manager for Dynaudio’s Pro division, Rune Holst Jacobsen. “To us, music is an expression where every little individual sound
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