International News

JOHANNESBURG — The Gearhouse Group of Companies recently provided comprehensive technical support, in the form of audio, rigging, lighting, trussing, structures and power, for a new electronic dance production, Sensation Innerspace. The event took place at the Coca Cola Dome in Northriding, a Johannesburg suburb, on Sept. 7, 2013.

PARIS – Laurent Delenclos, who joined Harman’s distributor for France, SCV Audio, less than a year ago, has been working to support the growing usage of JBL VTX systems at major events throughout France. Three companies—Pan Pot, Echo Animation and Audio Scène—have made substantial investments in the platform, and the gear has been put to use at a variety of big events.

BRESCIA, Italy — For Mille Miglia, a re-enactment of the classic sports car races that were held from 1927 to 1957 with a circuitous route through the Italian countryside from Brescia, Italy to Rome’s Castel Sant’Angelo and back, rental company Acoustic Light provided Harman’s JBL VerTec line array systems for the start, mid-point and finish of the race.

SACRAMENTO, CA — David L. MacDonald conceived of Sacramento’s first “Best of Broadway” charity show in 1973. Since then, the volunteer troupe has raised money for various causes. Earlier this year, they performed The Cotton Patch Gospel in support of Sacramento Family Promise. Local audio engineer Michael Strange (pictured here), who served as sound designer for the production, relied upon gear from Lectrosonics.

SENIGALLIA, Italy — The Summer Jamboree is a festival of American Rockabilly and Swing music and culture from the 1940s and 1950s. The event, conceived and organized by the Cultural Summer Jamboree Association and promoted by the Municipality of Senigallia in collaboration with Regione Marche and private sponsors, has grown in popularity, and this year included four stages. Top Service, a rental company, provided four K-array KH15’s for the main stage and K-array KH4’s for two of the other stages.

BOLLULLOS DE LA MITACION, Seville, Spain — MFO Producciones, based here, recently took delivery of a Turbosound Flashline PA system including 24 TFS-900H four-way line array modules, 18 TFS-900B double 18-inch subwoofers and six complete amplifier racks. The gear was quickly put to use for a series of arena events during the month of August.

LINZ, Austria –MEB Veranstaltungstechnik, based here, provided Adamson speaker systems for this year’s five-day World Rowing Under 23 Championship held at Reggattastrecke Ottensheim in Linz-Ottensheim, Austria. MEB’s sound reinforcement covered the grandstand and boat prep areas along with the marketplace, on-site restaurant and VIP tents..

CRISPENDORF, Germany – The Wolfszeit open-air festival in Crispendorf near Schleiz in Thuringia is one of the few pagan and darkmetal festivals in Germany. Gear from ProAudio Technology was used for the  monitoring along with the main P.A. for the event, which drew about 3,000 visitors. The setup included 10 HT16 tops, 16 SW18 and eight SW28 subs.

AMSTERDAM – At IBC 2013 here, JoeCo is previewing a future addition to its BlackBox family of multi-channel recorders and players. Designed with the broadcast and location recording customer in mind, the new BlackBox BBR1MP Recorder is a 24-channel, 1U recorder housing 24 new microphone preamps operating at up to 24bit/96k.

SRINAGAR, Kashmir, India – On September 7th, maestro Zubin Mehta and the Bavarian State Orchestra hosted a landmark event known as “Ehsaas-e-Kashmir” (Concert for Kashmir) in the foothills of the Himalayas. India’s Sound and Light Professionals debuted its brand new L-Acoustics K1 rig for this historic event. The town of Srinagar had not witnessed any official form of cultural activity since a cricket match in 1983, making this one of the most eagerly anticipated concerts in recent times. Nearly 2,000 guests attended the event hosted by the German Embassy in the Shalimar Gardens in Srinagar.

IBIZA, SPAIN — Allen & Heath’s Xone DJ mixers were used throughout the Ibiza season at various venues across the island, requested by top DJs including Pete Tong, John Digweed, Chris Liebing, Juanjo Martin and Richie Hawtin.

NUREMBERG, Germany – The Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg (Nuremberg University of Music) is using API’s 1608 as a teaching tool within the venerable school’s Studio 214, pictured here.