UK – British metalcore band Architects recently played their biggest show to date at London’s 10,400 capacity Alexandra Palace as part of their current European and North American tour. Long-term lighting and show designer, Paul McAdams, designed the production’s high-energy ‘lunar’ lighting and set, selecting the Claypaky Mythos and Claypaky A.leda B-EYE K10 fixtures as key tools in his lighting...
ZAC-EYE ** WORLD PREMIERE ** The first follow spot to use artificial intelligence What would the ultimate follow spot be like? A fixture that sees like a human eye, is aware of the stage, knows where the actors are, and follows their movements seamlessly without us having to lift a finger; a light which magically does what seems so obvious: always illuminate the actor. Zac-Eye is the first stand...
Claypaky’s new K-EYE HCR range of lighting fixtures takes LED light quality to its highest peak of performance yet, giving lighting designers and directors access to CRI (Color Rendering Index) values never before achieved by an LED fixture. With Claypaky’s High Color Rendering (HCR) algorithm, colors and textures of costumes and props retain richness and scenic finishes show off a depth and...
Claypaky and ADB took part together at Integrated Systems Europe (ISE), the largest event devoted to integrated audio-video systems in the world. The four-day annual event took place at RAI Amsterdam in the Netherlands from 6 to 9 February. The two companies are part of the international Osram group and are pursuing a common design programme for the development of stage lighting products featuring...
Professional entertainment lighting manufacturers Claypaky and ADB have appointed Tokyo based Technical Supply Japan, founded in 1986 as a supplier/installer of specialty lighting equipment to the touring, theater, theme park, TV, film and architectural markets, as their exclusive distributor for Japan. Japan is a country well known for its high industry standards and top quality infrastructure –...
Czech Republic – 2018 signalled the end of the record-breaking nineteen-date ice arena tour across Slovakia and Czech Republic by rock music legends, Kabat. The multi-platinum selling Czech band stunned audiences with an in-the-round show design, complete with 360° stage, wrap-around video screens and a high-impact light show powered by the cutting-edge technology of Italian lighting manufacturer...
Launched at the LDI exhibition in Las Vegas in November 2017, the brand new Axcor 300 LED fixtures from Claypaky bring the Italian manufacturer’s renowned, no-compromise engineering and performance quality to a wider spectrum of shows and budgets than ever before. Together, the three cost-effective, yet powerful and compact moving head LED fixtures in the range - the Axcor Spot 300, the Axcor Beam...
The Claypaky Axcor Profile 900 is the most advanced LED profile spot on the market. It utilises the very finest components throughout, from its color system to its pin-sharp optics and the high precision micro-mechanics of its beam-shaping system. Its powerful and highly efficient 880W white LED light engine achieves 46,000 lumen (24,000 lumen output) with a 6,500 K color temperature, while an...
When electronic music producer Flume returned to Red Rocks in July, a large complement of Claypaky Sharpys and Sharpy Washes helped the Grammy winner light up the iconic Colorado amphitheater. Brown Note Productions provided the equipment. Flume, the professional name of Harley Edward Streten, enjoyed a successful Red Rocks debut in 2016. This year he added the date to an already impressive...
The Claypaky Sharbar, a versatile, multi-beam baton lighting effects fixture, is being used to deliver an important element of the retro-style stage lighting package for the current ‘Global Spirit’ world tour by record-breaking British rock-band, Depeche Mode. Responsible for the tour’s bold, asymmetrical lighting design are Sooner Routhier and Robert Long, co-founders of production design company...