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  • Simon Horn Adapts Anastacia Tour Rig With ChamSys MagicQ MQ500 Stadium Simon Horn Adapts Anastacia Tour Rig With ChamSys MagicQ MQ500 Stadium

    30 Aug , 2018

    LONDON –  Lighting designers draw their inspiration from a variety of sources. Sometimes it may be the artwork on a client’s album. At others, the spark comes from the lyrics of a hit song. Simon Horn’s captivating design for Anastacia’s Evolution Tour grew out of the name of the tour itself, as is evidenced by the DNA-shaped double helix set pieces that run across the back of the stage. Like... LONDON –  Lighting designers draw their inspiration from a variety of sources. Sometimes it may be the artwork on a client’s album. At others, the spark comes from the lyrics of a hit song. Simon Horn’s captivating design for Anastacia’s Evolution Tour grew out of the name of the tour itself, as is evidenced by the DNA-shaped double helix set pieces that run across the back of the stage. Like...

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  • Ben Mansfield’s Oh Wonder Lightshow Flows With ChamSys Ben Mansfield’s Oh Wonder Lightshow Flows With ChamSys

    18 Jul , 2018

    LONDON –   There’s a good reason why words like “dreamy” and “ethereal” pop up often when critics write about Oh Wonder. The tightly woven male-female voices and lofty synths of this alt-pop duo seem to wrap themselves gently around listeners, sweeping them up in a transcendent musical swirl.  On their current tour in support of their album Ultralife, the group’s free-flowing sound is supported by an appropriately imaginative and... LONDON –   There’s a good reason why words like “dreamy” and “ethereal” pop up often when critics write about Oh Wonder. The tightly woven male-female voices and lofty synths of this alt-pop duo seem to wrap themselves gently around listeners, sweeping them up in a transcendent musical swirl.  On their current tour in support of their album Ultralife, the group’s free-flowing sound is supported by an appropriately imaginative and...

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  • Davey Taylor Runs Ultra Festival Rig For Empire Of The Sun With ChamSys Davey Taylor Runs Ultra Festival Rig For Empire Of The Sun With ChamSys

    10 Apr , 2018

    From the fantastical other-worldly stage setting with its psychedelic video images that unfolded like blossoming flowers, to the dancers dressed like plants and pink Valkyries, Empire of the Sun’s March 23 performance at Ultra Music Festival offered all the visual magic that fans crave from this Australian electronic music duo. But for Davey Taylor, the band’s longtime lighting designer, their appearance on the popular Live Stage represented something of a... From the fantastical other-worldly stage setting with its psychedelic video images that unfolded like blossoming flowers, to the dancers dressed like plants and pink Valkyries, Empire of the Sun’s March 23 performance at Ultra Music Festival offered all the visual magic that fans crave from this Australian electronic music duo. But for Davey Taylor, the band’s longtime lighting designer, their appearance on the popular Live Stage represented something of a...

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  • Patrick Sollitt Powers Multi-Look Paul Heaton Show With ChamSys MagicQ MQ500 Stadium Patrick Sollitt Powers Multi-Look Paul Heaton Show With ChamSys MagicQ MQ500 Stadium

    15 Mar , 2018

    The Guardian newspaper has described Paul Heaton as one of Britain’s “finest songwriters.” He is also one of its most prolific. Just ask Patrick Sollitt, the lighting designer on his current UK tour, who has over 70 tunes on his current song page, with new ones being added all the time. “With such a large back catalog going back 20-plus years ago to Paul’s days with the Housemartins, onto Beautiful South and... The Guardian newspaper has described Paul Heaton as one of Britain’s “finest songwriters.” He is also one of its most prolific. Just ask Patrick Sollitt, the lighting designer on his current UK tour, who has over 70 tunes on his current song page, with new ones being added all the time. “With such a large back catalog going back 20-plus years ago to Paul’s days with the Housemartins, onto Beautiful South and...

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  • Matt Jonzey Jones Runs Tanzanite Lightshow with ChamSys MagicQ MQ500 Matt Jonzey Jones Runs Tanzanite Lightshow with ChamSys MagicQ MQ500

    15 Feb , 2018

    TUSCON, AZ  – Among the unique qualities that make Tanzanite a much-sought after gem is its remarkable coloration, which changes from blue to violet to burgundy, depending on its crystal orientation. It is altogether fitting, then, that this stone lent its name to the “Tanzanite Stage” at the recent Gem and Jam Festival, which was held at the Pima County Fairgrounds. Aside from the procession of jam band stars that appeared... TUSCON, AZ  – Among the unique qualities that make Tanzanite a much-sought after gem is its remarkable coloration, which changes from blue to violet to burgundy, depending on its crystal orientation. It is altogether fitting, then, that this stone lent its name to the “Tanzanite Stage” at the recent Gem and Jam Festival, which was held at the Pima County Fairgrounds. Aside from the procession of jam band stars that appeared...

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