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.
Read More »LONDON — Greg Walsh, FOH engineer for Kate Bush, used DPA Microphones’ d:vote 4099, d:dicate 4011, d:screet 4060 and d:vote 4099 to capture the sound of various instruments accompanying Kate Bush’s Before the Dawn series of performances at London’s Hammersmith Apollo.
Read More »AMSTERDAM — Audinate has announced the final agenda and speaker lineup for the Dante AV Networking World at ISE 2015. This free, all-day hands-on educational event will be held Feb. 9 at the Amsterdam Holiday Inn near the RAI Convention Center.
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MELBOURNE, Australia — A Void Acoustics sound system has been installed as part of a renovation at Forester’s Beer and Music Hall. The venue offers patrons daytime background music, evening DJ sets and weekly live bands along with gourmet pizza and craft beer choices. Audio Logistics, Void Acoustics’ Australian distributor, worked with the venue’s owner, Russell Griggs, on the project, which included Void’s Air Motion speakers and Mycro X subs.
Read More »AMSTERDAM — For the fifth consecutive year, Dante’s AV Networking World series of informative presentations and hands-on workshops will be held Monday, Feb. 9 2015 at the Amsterdam Holiday Inn near the RAI Convention Center.
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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.
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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.
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LONDON — Alfie Boe’s Serenata tour included a Dec. 12, 2014 concert at the O2 Arena. There, the British tenor and actor was supported by a five-piece band, a 16-piece orchestra, the New Zealand musical trio Sol3 Mio and a Martin Audio MLA Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array provided by Capital Sound. Mixing the sound at FOH was experienced producer/engineer, Matteo Cifelli (owner of Fastermaster Studio) assisted by system tech, Joseph Pearce.
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AMSTERDAM – At this year’s ISE in Amsterdam, Fohhn Audio will present technologies including Beam Steering, 3D sound and the intelligent active and fully digital audio network AIREA.
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BUDAPEST, Hungary – Erlatech Stage Ltd. provided a new Void Acoustics sound system to help a new 700-capacity nightclub, Tesla, get powered up in December. The nightspot is named for its location, a former electrical transformer house. Erlatech’s sound and lighting engineer Atilla Tompó, together with colleagues Gábor Horváth, Ádám Juhász, and Attila Németh, designed and installed the new sound system. It’s the first time that a white version of the company’s gear has been installed.
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SHANGHAI, China – The Shanghai Concert Hall, equipped last year with K-array gear, features a restaurant and nightclub that also feature K-array components provided by Sennheiser China. The restaurant, Luce della Vita, has been equipped with KP52 and KP102 speakers along with KMT18Ps placed below within the walls. For the club, Sennheiser China provided K-array’s brand-new Firenze series KH8 and KS8 speakers.
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MANCHESTER, U.K. — Sound Image and Wigwam Acoustics supported Pharrell Williams’ Dear GIRL Tour with a full sound reinforcement system from Adamson Systems Engineering. Kyle Hamilton, FOH engineer, opted for Adamson Energia line arrays to support performances at major arenas during the tour, with 24 concerts in the U.K. and Europe last fall.
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