Summerburst is the biggest EDM festival in Sweden. The inaugural event was held in Stockholm back in 2011, and by the following year had also opened its doors in Gothenburg. Since then it has remained a two-city festival, both with a capacity of around 25,000. Daniel Hellsten has worked closely with Summerburst since its inception, as production manager and designer. At the recent event at...
Last autumn, production designer Owen Pritchard-Smith (of Spirit Design) joined up with fast-emerging Irish singer-songwriter Dermot Kennedy for a European tour, having previously worked with the artist’s management on other projects. Though he was largely playing through house rigs on that initial tour, a UK stint quickly followed, enabling him to carry a basic floor package comprising four GLP...
Eros Ramazzotti embarked on his Vita ce n'è World Tour 2019 in February this year. Included in the lighting design were 63 of GLP’s JDC1hybrid strobes and 54 impression X4 Bar 20s, supplied by rental company Agorà. The lighting concept was realised by Jamie Thompson of UK company, Mirrad. He explained: “The JDC1 helped us create a back wall that would be an extension of the video screen. It is...
Australian psychedelic band Tame Impala’s incredible year reached its zenith at the Coachella Festival recently. held annually at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. Headlining on the Saturday night, at the annual extravaganza, the big occasion gave innovative lighting designer Rob Sinclair and his technical team full rein to unleash over 300 fixtures from GLP, supplied by Christie Lites on...
As so often happens in the industry it was a coincidence that the paths of Papa Roach and lighting designer Mathias Kuhn should cross. “About two months ago a lighting man was looking for a few shows in Russia and a festival gig in Germany,“ recalls Mathias Kuhn. “Three months later it became Papa Roach’s […] The post Papa Roach On Tour With GLP Impression And JDC1 Strobes appeared first on German...
Electronic wizard and Mercury Prize winner James Blake has been touring the States prior to returning to his native UK for theatre dates, and appearances at European festivals, starting with All Points East. On the road with him is Blake’s long serving, and highly experienced LD, Chris Bushell, accompanied by an inventory of GLP fixtures, […] The post GLP JDC1s And X4 Bar 20s Assume Form For James...
One of the most successful, if at times controversial rap/rock stars, Post Malone has shown on his current world tour his total command of arena stages as a solo performer. But the multi-platinum artist has been assisted in no small part by his lighting designer Ben Dalgleish. The LD showed his creative skill six months […] The post GLP Bars And Hybrid Strobes Post High Impact On World Tour...
Despite having worked with two members of the legendary Swedish House Mafia, Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso, in a one-off show in San Francisco, largely seen as a precursor for a full band reunion, when the time came, Vision Factory production designer, Sam Tozer nevertheless had to pitch for the gig. At the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium gig he had gone heavy on GLP’s hugely popular impression X4 20...
Singer-songwriter Max Giesinger has been a regular in the German-speaking world of music for several years. Following the 2016 album The Boy Who Runs, Giesinger released the studio album The Journey in the Autumn of 2018. From mid-February to mid-March 2019, he embarked on the first leg of his eponymous tour, which led him through German arenas via four stops in Austria and Switzerland. Lighting...
Hayden Borgars has covered a broad spectrum of shows during his career as a lighting designer, including various music genres, corporate, dance and theatre. Most recently he joined forces with American rap artist, Hoodie Allen (real name Steven Markowitz) for a British and European tour, at venues ranging from the 700-capacity Garage Glasgow to 2,000 […] The post Hayden Lets JDC1 Loose On Hoodie...