Basic Monkey have supplied our laptop based Catalyst media server and Jands Vista lighting console to Lightech for a rather special private party in West Cheshire. The event, organised by Tent & Garden, demanded the best in lighting creativity for a marquee and so Lightech specified a ColorWeb HiRes backdrop. Behind this were Mac550 moving lights, LED fixtures ...

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Mission, Nokia’s marketing agency, came to ML Studio to create a spectacular launch party for the new Nokia Lumia 920 based on the concept “Don’t be afraid of the dark”. ML’s answer was to take a quiet London street and turn it into an immersive lighting, video and sound experience for the invited guests. Basic Monkey are very proud to ...

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For this year’s Unilever Christmas party, the theme was ’20s Prohibition’ so it wouldn’t be appropriate to use LED screen as the main feature as last year. Instead CSP designed an ornate set, perfectly suited to the theme. James was asked to design and operate the lighting with equipment provided by CSP, including Clay Paky Alpha Spot 300s, ...

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So it’s been a while since I’ve spent any time prepping lighting, but when duty calls and all that! Things are going incredibly well for HSL right now, so much so that everyone in the warehouse is working some serious overtime. I received a call to see if I was available to come in for a couple of days and help out, I had two free days so I said yes. By ...

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Today, James is in Hanover for CSP AV to rig and light an exhibition stand as part of the big commercial vehicle show at the Hanover Messe. Due to the limited availability of rigging points, truss bridles were used to get the grid as wide as possible over the stand area. Since the rig will be in place for 4 weeks, budgets are tight and as such ...

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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 ...

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Today James was at the NEC to install lighting for the recording of the British Association of Mixed Marshal Arts contest for Bravo TV. As part of a crew of 4 under Gavin Tomkins, James rigged the ‘box truss’ over the ring with a multitude of parcans mixed with a few moving lights. Of course these all needed focusing once the rig was in the air so it was ...

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So, here are my first photos of the show, possibly my only as explained… During the shows that Andy Hurst operates, he likes to have someone front of house to spot any problems with the lighting and relay these to whoever is on stage. Tonight, since crew chief Paul Solino is on follow spot duty, that job fell to me. So taking the chance, I ...

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This afternoon James set off to Macedonia for the first leg of the Faithless European tour. For the first leg, the rig will be a festival style, floor based LED system using GLP Impressions, ColorBlock DB4s and Palcos. Moving lights and PA will be provided by local promoters. From the first UK date in Brixton, there will be some video goodies added with full lighting ...

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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 ...

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