International News

GRONINGEN, The Netherlands – Mertens AVR, which has long been an important player in the Dutch live sound rental and production services market, has purchased an SSL Live. L500 console to serve as the premier mixing solution for its clients. Currently in use for a four-month-long national comedy tour, Mertens’ Live console has also been reserved for an extensive project list of classical music concerts that takes them well into the spring. The console was supplied to Mertens by SSL Live Distributor for the Netherlands, Audio Electronics Mattijsen.

TOKYO — Tokyo’s Blue Note Club recently played host to Danish Jazz producer and pianist Niels Lan Doky, who took his own DPA d:facto Vocal Microphone to Japan, along with his DPA 3521 Cardiod Compact stereo kit to mic Blue Note’s grand piano. Lan Doky performed with Swedish singer and actress Edda Magnason. Also on stage were the other two thirds of Niels’ jazz trio – drummer Niclas Bardeleben and bass player Ira Coleman.

HIGH WYCOMBE, U.K. – Martin Audio has announced support for installers and sound designers with the provision of specific GLL files for designs using MLA, MLA Compact or MLA Mini in an EASE model.

LONDON – British pop/rock band Level 42 recently introduced a selection of DPA microphones into its live sound arsenal, including the company’s d:facto Vocal Microphones, d:vote 4099 Instrument Microphones for brass and toms and a d:dicate 4011 Cardioid Recording Microphone for the ride cymbal.

CAIRO, Egypt – TIU opened its doors in November 2014, unveiling a new nightlife concept from three of Egypt’s best-known operators and promoters. The new venue, which resides where Tamarai once stood, has brought a new direction to one of Cairo’s most famous nighttime locations. With an emphasis on quality and with a desire to create the city’s best clubbing experience, TIU’s owners opted for a Funktion-One sound system.

DÜSSELDORF, Germany – When the owners of Nachtresidenz decided to upgrade their 15-year-old sound system, they turned to Thöne & Partner for an assist. Nachtresidenz’s main room is now home to a new five-point speaker system from Funktion-One.

WARSAW, Poland – Among the many high-profile New Year’s Eve events staged throughout Europe to see in 2015, one of the largest must surely have been that which took place in Warsaw. Staged in the grounds of The National Stadium by Stołeczna Estrada with production support by Gigant Sound-Letus, a gathering of 120,000 people took part in a colossal open-air party to welcome the New Year.