Stellar Sound Performance by L-Acoustics During ‘Fiestas de Octubre’ Live by Thomas Richard - February 16, 2020 Arguably one of the most anticipated festivals in Mexico, Fiestas de Octubre, is a cultural and recreational celebration held in the state of Jalisco with its headquarters in the capital, Guadalajara. Bringing together more than one million people, the 32-day festival is filled with a bountiful display of popular culture and
DOUBLE OR NOTHING WITH ALLEN & HEATH Live by Thomas Richard - February 14, 2020 Tom Deimbacher with dLive, photo by Le Luca Bei. For more than 20 years, Allen & Heath has provided audio support to Viennese rockers, Wiener Wahnsinn, who perform around 120 gigs each year from local shows to some of the biggest open-air festivals across Europe. Freshly equipped with a dLive C3500 and
d&b audiotechnik Appoints New Territory Manager, APAC and President News by Thomas Richard - February 11, 2020 d&b audiotechnik has appointed Anand Narayanan to serve as Territory Manager APAC and President, d&b audiotechnik Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. effective January 1, 2020. Narayanan will be responsible for d&b’s business in Asia Pacific, which includes strategic business development, sales & services, expansion of d&b’s brand positioning, and general management. Narayanan succeeds
TONY SAWYER JOINS GENERATION AV ADDING APAC SUPPORT News by Thomas Richard - February 9, 2020 Singapore-based Generation AV – which represents Martin Audio in the APAC countries – has recruited Tony Sawyer as Senior APAC Applications Manager. A significant addition to the team, he had previously worked with Vue, managing their technical support for Asia Pacific. Audio veteran David McKinney, who set up Generation AV in
NEXO Moves into New Decade with New Sales and Marketing Director News by Thomas Richard - February 6, 2020 NEXO has announced the appointment of a new Sales and Marketing Director. Gareth Collyer steps up to this international role, after nearly 11 years as NEXO’s UK Sales Manager. Collyer has worked with some of the best-known loudspeaker brands in the industry, including Bose and JBL, in a long career which
Yamaha Brings Cool Surround Sound To Ice Camp 2020 Install by Thomas Richard - February 6, 2020 Between January and April every year, the Kitzsteinhorn ski resort in the Austrian alps creates Ice Camp, which celebrates the life cycle of nature by transforming the winter’s snowfall into an art and entertainment installation before it melts again in the spring. Ice Camp 2020 features a unique sound installation, aided
Powersoft Drives Les Dunes Electroniques Live by Thomas Richard - February 1, 2020 Famed for serving as Luke Skywalker's hometown of Mos Espa in the original Star Wars trilogy, Ong Jmal in Nefta, Tunisia, is a festival location like no other. Once a year, for the last three years, the area’s sand dunes and traditional domed houses become the temporary backdrop for a
More Funk in the Trunk with Allen & Heath Live by Thomas Richard - February 1, 2020 Bill (left) and Charles Mester of StageTech standing at the Allen & Heath dLive S7000 control surface used for Rennie Harris Funkedified in Austin, TX Rennie Harris Funkedified is an evening-long multimedia presentation that navigates pathways linking funk music and street dance of the ‘70s to the hip-hop culture of today. Choreographed
Sting sails with d&b for The Last Ships LA opening Live by Thomas Richard - January 25, 2020January 25, 2020 This week at Los Angeles’ Ahmanson Theatre, Sting will take centre stage to bring his powerful musical, The Last Ship, to the West Coast deploying a d&b Soundscape immersive sound system. The show (watch) tells the story of two childhood sweethearts set to the backdrop of the collapse of the shipbuilding
Yamaha RIVAGE PM7 Is The Progressive Solution For Haken Live by Thomas Richard - January 16, 2020 Photo credit: Stephen Schmidt Far from being an ‘uncool relic from the 1970s’, nowadays progressive rock has a sizeable following and is becoming more popular. There are a number of artists following the likes of Muse and Dream Theater into the mainstream, none more so than Haken - a multinational six-piece