UK-based lighting designer Jon Smith has worked for the last seven years with one of the more brash and humorous pop punk bands around, Bowling for Soup. In late November and early December, the band played a string of festive UK gigs dubbed the “Almost Christmas” tour with Jon using an Elation lighting rig to light the shows. This run was a bit different for the LD however, as his own company...
LD Megan Alksninis creates unique looks from LED floor package. JDI Productions supplies California metalcore band Atreyu released their seventh album “In Our Wake” in October then promptly hit the road on a 27-date U.S. winter tour to promote it. Lighting designer on the outing was Megan Alksninis who had a large Elation floor package supplied by JDI Productions at her disposal. “A big part of...
Tirso Lighting has installed an all-LED Elation lighting package for another Wahi Group club opening in northern Manhattan, this time Bar 151, an upscale lounge and performance space in the neighborhood of Inwood, a quieter and more affordable enclave of New York City that has become increasingly popular of late. Tirso Lighting has been around since 2009 and has been using Elation lighting since...
Modern metal/electronic band CueStack recently released their third effort in a series of debut music videos that features a sophisticated industrial stage design packed with 170 high tech lighting units from Elation Professional. “Beyond the Veil” shows a dystopian vision of the new digital age and uses the intricate set-up as both performance lighting and impactful visual accompaniment. "Big...
Squeek Lights supplies new narrow-beam LED beam/spot for 45-date headlining tour Victor Zeiser of Squeek Lights is using Elation Professional’s new DARTZ 360™ LED moving head along with Elation Protron 3K Color™ LED strobes to support the diverse sounds of hardcore rock band Beartooth on their current North American tour. The headlining tour, in support of the band’s new studio album “Disease,”...
All LED Elation rig, including new DARTZ 360™, used to light energetic shows. LD Megan Alksninis comments For post-hardcore music fans the summer of 2018 was something special as two of the genres best, New York-based Quicksand and Glassjaw, teamed up on a 20-date, co-headlining tour across the U.S. JDI Productions, Inc. of Rhode Island served as lighting vendor for Quicksand with an Elation...
DoP/LD Victor Fable meets challenge to customize looks for each artist under strict time constraints One of America’s top lighting designers for television, Victor Fable, knows how to make top acts look good on a tight schedule. For AT&T Audience Network Music Concerts series performances, the designer lights up to 18 different acts over a hectic six-day taping period in Los Angeles. The concert...
New DARTZ 360™, Artiste DaVinci™ part of Elation lighting package for rising R&B star’s performance A definite R&B star on the rise, R.LUM.R, who Rolling Stone recently dubbed "An artist you need to know," played That Tent at this year’s Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee, beneath an Elation lighting rig supplied by Genetic Productions. Most known for his breakout 2016 single...
In order to keep up with increasing demand, Modanso Entertainment of Johannesburg, South Africa, has invested in 42 new lighting fixtures from Elation Professional. The purchase includes 24 DARTZ 360™ beam/spot LED moving heads, as well as 12 Platinum HFX™ hybrid moving heads and 6 Platinum 1200 Wash™ LED moving heads supplied by local distributor The Production Warehouse. "Moving the company...
Countless parties take place on May Day in Germany and this year one of the best took place in Cologne as hometown band Brings rocked Lanxess Arena with a high-energy Polka Party. TSL Production of Cologne supported the event as the full-service technical provider and used a full complement of Elation lighting gear to support the howling rock ‘n’ roll show. Brings has been performing for over 25...