GLP has appointed José C. de las Heras as sales manager to launch its new operation in Spain. Bringing a deep knowledge of the Spanish lighting market from his extensive time running Monacor Iberia, he is the perfect candidate to head the newly set up GLP Spain. With wide managerial experience, a proven professional track record, and an extensive network, de las Heras is experienced in leadership...
British indie rockers alt-J recently unveiled their new tour in support of their latest studio album, The Dream. Creative collective FragmentNine, which has been designing their shows since 2014, was again tasked with the show’s scenography – abandoning the ‘volumetric video’ ingenuity of 2017’s Relaxer, which won them a Knight of Illumination award. This time they adopted a completely different...
At the beginning of April, the classic German TV series Verstehen Sie Spaß (which translates as ‘ Do You Understand Fun?’) entered a new season, with the moderator duties transferring from the long-serving Guido Cantz to Barbara Schöneberger, and the entire production moving from its familiar Munich location to the Berlin studio. Lighting designer Thomas Gerdon, who has been responsible for...
GLP will present a real tour de force of new-season blockbusters at this year’s ISE show in Barcelona (10–13 May), celebrating the show’s move to its new location with a real powerhouse display. Its new portfolio will address every conceivable application. For large-scale sports and event venues, the dynamic ArenaLED promises to create an unforgettable visitor experience. The centerpiece is the...
With the brand-new impression X5 series, GLP sets a new standard for LED wash moving lights. This new development is the prelude to a whole series of innovative luminaires and will be on show at Prolight + Sound alongside the X5 IP Bar and XDC1 IP Hybrid, an exciting fusion of X5 Wash and untamed JDC1 strobe power, at Stand C30 in Hall 12.1. The impression X5 is a “next-generation LED wash light”...
Multiple award-winning lighting designer Ed Warren called on a range of GLP’s ground-breaking products when it came to lighting Idles’ tour – despite the fact that this Bristol-based noise-rock band have historically kept their stage lighting to a minimum. Warren has worked with the band since their first album, Brutalism, back in 2017, through to a landmark gig at Ally Pally and the Glastonbury...
Lighting designer Marc Janowitz has added GLP’s innovative KNV Dot to his toolbox after first seeing the effect through sunglasses as part of a mesmerising array at one of the manufacturer’s New York demos, and later at both the LDI and Prolight + Sound expos. “I had always leant heavily towards small fixtures I could … Continue reading "Black Pumas Logo Projected with Bright GLP KNV Circular Dots...
Production designer Owen Pritchard-Smith used multiples of GLP’s impression X4 Bar 20 battens and JDC1 hybrid strobes for several rescheduled UK shows on Dermot Kennedy’s recent Better Days tour. These included dates at Alexandra Palace in London before the Irish singer headed off to the States. “Two of the Ally Pally shows were rescheduled from last year, and then a third date was added,” he...
The global launch of GLP’s highly anticipated impression X5 washlight is occupying one of the most unique stages in American TV history this spring, with the launch of the eight-part American Song Contest ( ASC), airing on NBC. Based on the EBU-organized Eurovision Song Contest ( ESC), which has been running for 65 years, and is the longest-running annual international televised music competition...
The highly sensitive and lyrically complex songs of Laura Marling, performing solo on a plaintive acoustic guitar, brings with it demands for a special kind of lighting. Showcasing her latest album, the Grammy- and Mercury-nominated Song for Our Daughter, her recent three-week sold-out club and theatre tour – her first in four and a half years – was highlighted by two nights at London’s Roundhouse...