WUPPERTAL, Germany — Riedel Communications celebrated its 25th anniversary at its headquarters here with a party for 1,400 and entertainment that ranged from Klezmer and jazz performances to high-wire acts, a robot band (playing heavy metal, of course) outdoor whirlpools and a fire show.
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LONDON — GHB Hire provided a Void Arcline 12 system for Boy Better Now, one of the contenders in the Red Bull Culture Clash, which was recently held on four stages within Wembley Arena. Boy Better Now took top honors in the competition, generating the loudest reaction from the crowd.
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BASEL, Switzerland — Monitor Sound engineer Mark Portlock specified a Midas PRO1 console for Afro beat and Blufunk artist Keziah Jones’s recent central European tour, noting its good fit with the needs of the tour, with performances in Brussels, Geneva and Basel.
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BRISTOL, U.K. — Creative Youth Network hired Stage Electrics to update the audio system at The Station, a former fire station that had been previously converted for use as a café bar and nightclub. The new audio system includes speakers from RCF’s Acustica line of gear.
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LONDON — Cirque du Soleil’s Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour recently crossed the Atlantic for a series of shows in the U.K. and Europe. Engineers Renato Petruzziello (with 140 channels at monitors) and Martin Paré (with 166 inputs at FOH) are both using DiGiCo SD7s to mix the show.
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VOLENDAM, The Netherlands — Triple Show Technology provided Midas consoles for a concert featuring The Votown Allstars. Funds raised from the event supported a local soccer team. The gear included a Midas PRO2 and PRO6 at FOH and a Midas XL8 at monitors.
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AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands — Riedel Communications donated an Artist Digital Matrix intercom system to Emma TV. Emma is a Dutch TV station for the Emma Kinder Ziekenhuis, a children’s hospital in Amsterdam.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Along with casually elegant options on their wine and dining menus, the five Alexis Group bistros/wine bars here serve up live jazz music on a regular basis. To further enhance the experience for their guests, the company has installed Alcons audio gear, including VR8 pro-ribbon full-range loudspeakers and BF181 long-excursion 18” subs along with ALC2 amplified loudspeaker controllers and SDP speaker drive processing modules.
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POTTERS BAR, U.K. — FOH engineer and production manager Byrony October supported performances earlier this year of British singer songwriter (and Chase & Status collaborator) Delilah with a Soundcraft Si Performer digital console. She credited the console’s compact size and for its FaderGlow and color backlit name displays on every channel.
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MONTERREY, Mexico — Audio Systems Del Norte, based in Guadalupe, near here, added to their inventory of Adamson Systems’ Y-Axis, SpekTrix, T21 Subs, and M Series with a 32-box E15 rig. The company has already put the new gear to use in support of a tour featuring Dos Pájaros Contraatacan (Two Counter Attacking Birds), which began in Puebla Oct. 15 and ended in Aguascalientes on Nov. 1, 2012.
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ESBJERG, Denmark — The Musikhuset Esbjerg (Esbjerg Performing Arts Center) recently upgraded from an L-Acoustics ARCS system to the company’s KARAi and KIVA gear. L-Acoustics distributor Moto Audio Sales ApS supplied the systems and All Stage ApS handled the installation.
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LONDON — FOH engineer Chris Marsh is supporting Ed Sheeran on tour with a DiGiCo SD11i. Marsh had previously used DiGiCo’s SD7 on tour with Diana Ross, but found the compact SD11i to be a better fit with Sheeran’s solo shows.
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