He is also a regular investor in Robe products. His eponymously named company, "Gil Teichman", purchased their first Robes some years ago, and in fact he’s known of Robe right since the start in the 1990s, when they were an OEM manufacturer. The first ever "Gil Teichman" purchases were of the ColorWash and ColorSpot 1200 series, around 9 years ago, followed by the 700E AT series, all delivered...
Kevin, searching for a new look to the lighting and a change from the moving light brand that had been used in the past, decided Big Week NYC was an ideal chance to give Robe’s BMFL Spots and Pointes a center stage position for all the action. He credits lighting designer Michael Gionfriddo with the high-energy display featuring Robe BMFL Spots and Pointes that accompanied the truly amazing music...
The band officially ended on 28th December 2015, two and a half weeks after that memorable show in Berlin, and part way through the “Bad Magic” tour with the passing of founder, lead singer and rock ‘n’ roll warrior Lemmy (Ian Fraser Kilmister) aged 70. The “Bad Magic” tour was supporting of their 22nd studio album – for which lighting designer Caio Bertti sculpted a classic rock ’n’ roll look...
This design for the current “Volume” tour is diverse, different and practical to stage in different sized venues. It was also one of the first to feature Robe’s new LED ColorStrobe, together with several other Robe fixtures including MMX Spots LEDWash 600s and CycFX8s and 4s. Jordon, one of a new wave of UK LDs designing for a series of rising star artists - has lit the band for two years. The...
Twelve new Pointes were bought especially for the start of the tour and they join 12 of Morkol’s existing stock of MMX Spots right at the essence of the eye-catching lighting scheme designed by Amit Freeman, himself a rising star on the ever-active Israeli live performance scene. Tel Aviv based freelance LD Amit has worked with the artist for the last five years and his tours will typically last 2...
A striking lighting show was programmed by Sven Kučinić who works regularly with Prljavo Kazalište. Tony Cetinski does not currently travel with an LD, so his management asked if Sven could also take care of lighting the show. Robe is always Sven’s first choice of moving light. Sometimes the brand is not available for a gig … but on this occasion, in addition to the house lighting rig which...
Creating an ever interesting, evolving and innovative lightshow … is LD Johnny Thinggaard Lydiksen from CMY, based in Arhuus, who has worked with the band since 2013. He loves Robe’s Pointes and BMFLs – among other fixtures. Both types of fixture have been at the heart of the various versions of the lighting design to stem from Johnny’s central concept, which was created to be flexible and...
Recently, his #FillUpTheDome concert on October 31st featured over 130 Robe lighting fixtures and played to an ecstatic sold-out audience of 20,000 in the Ticketpro Dome in Johannesburg, making history as the first ‘local’ artist to ever sell out the venue. Nyovest himself approached Cape Town based design agency Formative to provide creative direction and technical production, including video...
String Cheese are known for their intricate compositions, spectacular live shows and great connections with their audience … all parameters giving Andrew plenty of opportunity to focus on lighting for a client that appreciates his vision and gives him the creative freedom to do what he thinks will look best. On the new design for this latest fall tour, he decided to use 18 x Robe BMFL Spots, which...
Twenty-six epic concerts were staged by the superstar at the Taipei Arena in the Songshan District of Taipei and the Kaohsiung Arena in Zuoying District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Ticket sales for the original 16 dates were so over-subscribed that an additional 9 shows were added, enabling over 250,000 people to see her perform live for the final time. Jody Chiang’s regular lighting designer since 2013...