Uniting superlative sounds, underground cool, popular acclaim and some amazing musicianship - horns, a guitarist plus breathtaking 6-person synchronized drumline - Seattle based duo ODESZA (Harrison Mills, Clayton Knight) take the whole concept of ‘electronic’ and ‘live’ to new levels. Naturally they also wanted to make an outstanding visual impact with their current A Moment Apart Tour - … [Read more...]
BMFLs for New Zealand Fashion Week
Simon Garret from Auckland based Oceania Productions designed lighting and visuals for the main showspace for New Zealand Fashion Week 2016, which was staged at The ANZ Viaduct Events Centre, a funky venue at the heart of Wynard Quarter, New Zealand’s largest urban regeneration project, right on the Auckland waterfront. Simon, known for his own style in lighting, has been involved with the NZFW … [Read more...]
Robe Gets Emotional with Twenty One Pilots
Twenty One Pilots (TØP) are among the most exciting and original bands right now, and while they cross and defy genres and pigeonholes with glee and their reputation grows for delivering an emotive high energy live show … these are crafted with love by many talented individuals into a ‘must see’ phenomena and real-world social experience. Production designers Daniel Slezinger and Justin … [Read more...]
Robe BMFLs Rock Roskilde Arena
Customer service is a core value for any lighting designer visiting the 17,000 capacity Arena Stage at Roskilde Festival, one of Europe’s leading music events, and this year production lighting designer Sune Verdier used 40 x Robe BMFL Spots at the heart of the rig, which he co-ordinated for the fifth year. These were supplied - together with other lighting including 24 x Robe Pointes - by … [Read more...]
500 BMFLs for Singapore National Day Parade
LD Mac Chan was part of the team led by creative director Beatrice Chia who made every Singaporean burst with pride on their 2016 National Day Parade (NDP) and this year, for the first time, the event was staged at the new National Stadium. With a live audience of 50,000, a TV audience of around 5 million plus a few more million tuning in to the live internet stream … there was plenty of pressure … [Read more...]