One of Maria Mallaband Care Group’s homes, Birch Heath Lodge, is having an open afternoon today and Basic Monkey are providing canvas cover for the occasion. Following concerns of inclement weather, we were asked to provide a marquee to fit within the confines of the care home car park. This was achieved using ‘Chinese hat’ pagodas which were lined ...

During the summer, Sky (with the cooperation of local councils of course) have been closing off parts of city centres on Sundays to allow residents to cycle the streets without fear of collision with other road users. As part of this event, they have been touring their ‘Rainforest Dome’ which is a white structure, internally projected with a rainforest ...

So, we still can’t give too much away at this stage, but for the past 2 days James has been in York again to build part 2 of the Eikon launch. This will be a feat of engineering on Stage One’s part and a tidy bit of video work from XL Video! Basic Monkey are providing the Catalyst system and control gear for this pre build. Promise to give you more when ...

For the past two days James has been in York at Stage One to build one part of the exciting launch for Thompson Reuters’ new ‘Eikon’ product. We’d love to show you some cool photos and tell you all about it, but you’re just going to have to ...

This week saw James at Deeside College in Flintshire for their annual student awards show, produced as always by CSP Audio Visual. All equipment was provided by CSP, apart from our own Catalyst media server and Jands Vista lighting console. The lighting rig was designed by Steve from CSP and operated by James. The set backdrop was 11m x 4m of ...

This weekend saw James back with Lightech, this time at a wedding reception in Lancashire. James was there to help with the finishing effort and to operate the lighting in the disco area, which was hidden from view until a grand reveal. Fireworks also provided by Lightech added an extra ‘bang’ to the night, followed by band and DJ ...

Tonight was the Fashion Kicks event in Lancashire County Cricket Club’s semi-permanent marquee, lit by Lightech Sound and Light. James was there to help with the build in the fashion show tent, sponsored by Selfridges, and later the conversion of this area to a nightclub for the guests after their dinner. Entertainment in the dinner marquee ...

This week James has been at the NEC in Birmingham for the Gadget Show Live with our own Catalyst and Jands Vista combination. XL Video are providing two Chromatek 6mm screens which are integrated into the wings of the set, into which will be fed a combination of live video, directed by Kevin Watts, and VT playback originating from Catalyst. In ...

Lightech Sound and Light, one of Basic Monkey’s longest standing clients, have asked us to provide projectors, screens and control equipment for Jamie Tyrer’s 21st Birthday Party at Craxton Wood Hotel. The remit was simply that above, but we also provided our Catalyst system and Vista console to make best use of the lighting installed ...

Jonathan Bond of Vision Mill has invited James through XL Video to act as projectionist for an event at The King Abdullah University of Science & Technology in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The event involves large format projection using Barco FLM HD-20s onto a building, driven by Barco Encore. New territory again for Basic ...