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LED Project Makes a Point with Robe

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The rich and vibrant Latin music scene generates a lot of ‘crossover’ between artists and the production side of the industry in the Mexican rental world. Most people involved in companies started their industry careers playing in bands and many are still active musicians or are involved in artist management. Sergio Serrano – also a big fan of Robe - is one of those charismatic and multi-skilled … [Read more...]

Penn Elcom Invests Nearly £2 million in its Global Manufacturing Facilities

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Flight case and speaker component manufacturer Penn Elcom has invested close to two million pounds in new manufacturing plant and technology across the group’s international operations in China, Mexico and the UK. Over a million dollars alone has been ploughed into upgrading the powder coating lines at all sites, part of a planned reinvestment strategy in Swiss made Gema spraying equipment … [Read more...]

alt-J Tour U.S. with Custom LED Solution from XL Video

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Following on from the custom video solution they supplied for alt-J’s headline show at London’s O2 Arena and subsequent worldwide festival runs, XL Video has supplied a similar LED set-up for the band’s current U.S. tour. The tour, in support of alt-J’s second album, ‘This Is All Yours’, visited a variety of indoor and outdoor venues around the US including a show at Colorado’s Red Rocks … [Read more...]

Dave Matthews Band Gets Away From the World with BMFLs

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Lighting and visuals designer Fenton Williams and co-LD / programmer Aaron Stinebrink again collaborated to produce a stunning production design – incorporating lighting, set and video - for the current Dave Matthews Band (DMB) U.S. summer tour. For the first time, they specified Robe’s BMFL Spot fixtures, 22 of which are being supplied by the tour’s lighting vendor, Theatrical Media Services … [Read more...]

AniMotion Show Shines at Edinburgh Fringe Festival

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The latest AniMotion live painting, digital art and music show was presented by Aurora Nova at George Herriot’s School as part of the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.  The power of original painting created in real-time and projected onto stunning architecture accompanied by live music was a special collaboration between projection artist Ross Ashton, virtuoso percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie … [Read more...]