It’s the first time in Dubai for James and Basic Monkey, accompanying Leftfield for their set at the Sandance Festival, Palm Jumeirah. There aren’t many festivals in such unique locations as this one; at the tip of the man-made peninsula, shaped like a palm tree. The stage is set on the beach with the main hotel in the background and the Dubai skyline in ...

Proctor & Gamble brought The Wella International Trend Vision Award to Madrid this year and again drawn on the expertise of Jack Morton Worldwide to make the event the worldwide spectacle that it has become. The theme was ‘Sound of Colour’ and is based around the sounds we associate with the colours that we see. Guests and competitors were all asked ...

Following on from a successful show at Sziget festival, Leftfield asked Basic Monkey to supply video playback for their set at Freeform Festival in Warsaw. The show was in a warehouse building with windows that were close to shattering with the incredible bass produced by the sound system. Using our laptop Catalyst system, James fed the festival provided screens, ...

Marks and Spencer are launching a new personal bank account service and as part of this launch they held an internal event at their offices in Chester. To make the event stand out in the company’s bright atrium, CSP offered a large LED screen, built into a set. Basic Monkey supplied a 2.7m x 6m 11mm LED screen, driven by our dual Catalyst media server rack. The ...

James has been at Creamfields near Warrington this weekend, providing media server support for XL Video. XL provide LED screens for the many dance tents on site, and also provide PPU, cameras and LED screens for the two main stages. This year, to add flexibility, each of the main stages had a Catalyst media server for advertisements. These were fed in to Barco ...

Dallas, the hit US drama is coming to Channel 5. To give this big signing the launch it deserves, Chris Pleydell created a true Texan party; complete with cow boys & girls, bulls (real and inflatable bucking), hay and hoedowns. XL Video supplied projection, LED and cameras for the event and brought in Basic Monkey to supply our Catalyst media servers and produce ...

Basic Monkey is very proud to supply Leftfield with our laptop Catalyst system for their set at Sziget festival in Budapest. The band has previously used Hippotiser media servers which were taking up valuable vehicle space and rather costly. Tom Woodcraft introduced Basic Monkey to the band’s management and we offered our lightweight and cost effective ...

For a few invited guests, the 2012 Olympic experience was made extra special when they were treated to a culinary and visual feast at the Grosvenor Hotel. The guests walked into the small ballroom at the Grosvenor, to be greeted by a large banquet table, adorned with gold chargers and stunning flower displays. The walls of the room were projected with lifelike images ...

Basic Monkey are back with Seal to kick off his North American tour, covering dates across Canada and the US. This time round the moving LED panels will constructed from BasicTech’s 11mm product and moved using FTSI Navigator and drum winches as opposed to the Kinesys chain motors used Australia. This allows faster speeds and smoother motion. Navigator can send ...

Basic Monkey is proud to be managing Seal’s video requirements for his tour of Australia this April. The tour will visit Melbourne (2 dates), Adelaide, Gold Coast and Sydney over two weeks. After a successful European tour in 2011, Theo Cox created a new visual and stage design for the show which includes 7x vertically moving LED ‘pods’ with a ...