Bending Lite Productions’ Erik Mahowald has enjoyed a long tour of duty with American electronic musician and DJ Dillon Francis, noted for popularising the ‘Moombahton’ genre—a fusion of house music combined with reggaeton. Last summer Erik conceived a lighting design for Coachella 2019 based around 60 GLP JDC1 hybrid strobes, but with the intention of bringing it to major headline events...
In March and April 2020, German TV network ProSieben broadcast the second season of the TV show “The Masked Singer” (TMS), in which celebrities compete against one another with vocal performances, clad in imaginative full body costumes. Whoever receives the fewest votes per show must remove the mask and disclose their identity. In the meantime, the jurors, Ruth Moschner and Rea Garvey, along with...
From a base in producing both original music and remixes a decade ago, Canadian electronic music duo Zeds Dead branched out to explore a vast range of genres including UK garage, electro house, hip hop, drum and bass and more. Now a staple on the international touring circuit, such diversity poses many challenges for the lighting team, led by production designer Erik Mahowald (of Bending Lite...
To celebrate Galway’s status as European Capital of Culture, Finnish light artist Kari Kola was commissioned to turn the beautiful Connemara Mountains emerald green and sapphire blue. The result—a massive artwork called Savage Beauty, with Lough Na Fuaiche in the foreground—owed its success to around 900 lighting fixtures, many from the GLP catalog. With the illuminated area spanning 500 hectares...
Australian alternative dance trio, RÜFÜS DU SOL, have been steadily building their reputation over the past decade. Masterminding the lighting on their tours since 2014—respectively in support of the albums Atlas, Bloom, Solace, and now Live From Joshua Tree—has been Matthew Smith from Melbourne based Colourblind. As part of the Solace album tour, the band had appeared at CRSSD Festival in San...
From mid-February to early March 2020, German Canadian singer Alice Merton was on the road to promote her long awaited debut album MINT +4. Merton, who had already caused an international sensation with the song No Roots back in 2016, and is also known in Germany as a jury member of the popular TV show The Voice of Germany. Her MINT +4 tour took the artist to Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria...
MIRRAD lighting designer, Jamie Thompson, has been accompanying Irish rock band, The Script, for most of the 12 years they have been touring. And for much of that time GLP’s unique LED automated lighting solutions have formed a central part of his inventory, dating right back to the original impression 90. By the time the band’s second album was released they were already playing arenas, and now...
This was a birthday party with a difference: Hamburg rapper Samy Deluxe did not choose to celebrate privately but instead filled the Hamburg Barclaycard Arena with around 12,000 fans last December. The mega show, which also marked the end of his successful SaMTV Unplugged tour, was attended by numerous guests. On top of that was the unexpected release of his new album Hochkultur, which was also...
FEDUK, a young Russian hip-hop singer, recently wowed fans at Moscow’s Adrenaline Stadium, presenting his new concert programme, ‘One Love’, (in support of the artist’s new album). FEDUK prepared a number of surprises, including a completely new visual show that was developed and implemented by Alexey Zhuravlev and Anton Orlov, lighting designers from gst.moscow, who took full advantage of the...
The GLP Smokin’ Roadshow Brings the latest product releases from the GLP Brand family to locations all around the US. From Los Angeles CA, to Winston-Salem NC, there is a Smokin’ Roadshow for everyone. The Smokin’ Roadshow events start at 10am and end at 6pm with refreshments and BBQ served from midday. Alongside the award winning fixtures we will also be bringing BBQ with award winning chef and...