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D.A.S. reinforces New Orleans jazz festival

The Congo Square Stage was the site of the Alejandro Sanz performance

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - Founded by a group of jazz legends-including Mahalia Jackson and Duke Ellington -in 1970, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival has grown and evolved over the years to become a tribute to different musical genres, with a special emphasis on jazz. The varied musical and cultural showcase is held over two consecutive weekends on 12 different stages set up at the New Orleans racetrack grounds.

Widely known as simply the 'Jazz Fest', the festival embodies the culmination of years of effort on the part of local leaders, whose aim was to create an event that would properly highlight the heritage of New Orleans as the birthplace of jazz. This year's line-up, a perfect reflection of the event's cultural significance and popular appeal, included world renowned artists like Tom J

Studiomaster has published details of its new Class AD Polyphase proprietary amplifier development

Studiomaster details power amp technology

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Studiomaster has published details of its new Class AD Polyphase proprietary amplifier development, in a technical reference document on the company's website.

First announced at this year's prolight+sound exhibition in Frankfurt, the technology provides for major improvements in sound quality, efficiency and power density over current Class D designs, says the company. The new topology combines a number of design innovations with a Studiomaster patented 'polyphase' output stage. The effect is to provide the equivalent sonic performance of a pure analogue design and greater effic

- A mainstay of Croydon's High Street, the Black Sheep Bar

Croydon's Black Sheep Bar chooses VQ Live

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - A mainstay of Croydon's High Street, the Black Sheep Bar is a respected and all-encompassing nightspot, with genres from Rock, Indie, Metal, Drum 'n' Bass and more entertaining punters at least six days a week.

When the popular bar recently needed to upgrade its PA system, it opted for the Tannoy VQ Live system.

Black Sheep Bar manager Paul Bossick said, "It's a superb system. We do a mixture of live music and DJing, and we're predominantly into dubstep at the moment, which is the reason we changed sound system - our old one was not really adequate. The Tannoy VQ Live syst

Kylie Aphrodite – Les Folies World Tour at the Nokia Theatre, Dallas(photo: George Masek)

MDG theONE for Kylie Aphrodite tour

Details: 14 March 2016

World - After debuting with Celine Dion (Taking Chances World Tour 2009), Britney Spears (The Circus World Tour 2009), Kylie Minogue (US tour 2010), Microsoft (Kinect CDS launch 2010) and Victoria's Secret (2010), the MDG theONE atmospheric generator has completed another international assignment with Kylie Minogue's Aphrodite - Les Folies World Tour 2011, which draws to a conclusion in South Africa this week.

Four of the TheONE generators have accompanied Miss Minogue across 28 countries, augmented by four MDG Ice Fog QTM Low Lying Fog Generators, to produce the

ETC lighting equipment was used during several of Scenofest's Six Acts and in student workshops (photo: Scenofest Exchange)

ETC donates technology to Scenofest

Details: 14 March 2016

Czech Republic - Every four years, the International Organisation of Scenographers, Theatre Architects and Technicians (OISTAT) collaborates with the Prague Quadrennial, the world's largest festival of Scenography to present Scenofest, an educational project of performances, workshops and special projects for students from across the world.

Part of this year's festival - held in June - was Six Acts, a collection of educational and artistic projects created by international groups of artists that were staged at cultural sites throughout the city. ETC lent a variety of lighting e

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