DENMARK: At Denmark’s Roskilde Festival — the largest music festival in northern Europe — the new Leopard linear sound reinforcement system led a line-up of more than 200 Meyer Sound loudspeakers to deliver pristine sonic detail and immersion to crowds at four different stages. The smallest and most versatile member of the Meyer Sound LEO Family of loudspeakers, the patent-pending Leopard system was launched this spring to great acclaim. “Leopard was amazing — I could hear every instrument clearly and distinctly more than 50 meters from the stage,” said Lars Liliengren, production manager for Roskilde. “We strive for perfection here…
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FINLAND: Based outside Turku, Finnish loudspeaker manufacturer Aura Audio Oy is using the magic of Powersoft’s M-Force’s electromagnetic conversion principle to power its XD30 subwoofer, pressed into action at the recent high profile Colors dance festival at Kaapelitehdas, the former cable factory in Helsinki. Aura Audio’s Managing Director, Mika Isotalo, explained that they worked closely with rental company AMJ Turku Audio Oy, who equipped both the main and second stages with Aura’s premier sound reinforcement systems. M-Force first captured AA’s imagination at its launch during Prolight+Sound 2013 in Frankfurt. “We started working with it immediately, so that by Frankfurt this…
SWITZERLAND: This year’s edition of the International Radio Festival – set to take place from August 14 – 30 in Zurich – will comprise over 40 radio stations and more than 60 key industry professionals converging to celebrate all things radio. This year’s event will also see the launch of the world’s first photographic collection of International Radio Faces. Being the only event of its kind, the IRF will once again showcase some of the best music programmes and formats, offering those tuned-in the rare opportunity to ‘listen to how the world sounds’. Broadcasting from its exclusive radio studio at…
UK: The UK Festival Award-winning Festival No.6 has announced that this year’s attendees will have the chance to join its famous long table banquets along the White Horses promenade on the banks of the River Dwyryd estuary. An intimate, bespoke banquet of music, arts and culture, Festival No.6 takes place from September 4 – 6 in the Italianate village of Portmeirion, Wales. Billed as ‘Dinner at Clough’s’, a tribute to Clough Williams-Ellis, the inspirational architect who created Portmeirion, the banquets will cost £65 per head (plus booking fee) and will include a three-course meal cooked by one of the festival’s…
USA: Bandit Lites continued its summer of festivals with the Forecastle Music Festival, an event produced by Hadden Hipsley of Lambda Productions that drew 60,000 music and arts fans to Louisville’s waterfront from July 17 – 19. Artists on the line-up included Sam Smith, My Morning Jacket, Widespread Panic, Modest Mouse, Cage the Elephant and The War on Drugs. Utilising the gear around the needs of the headliners, Bandit Lites’ Dizzy Gosnell created a design that would provide striking looks both during the day and in the evening. “Sam and Widespread bought a couple of things with them to hang,…
Manty Stanley is the Managing Director of TEAL Patents – the leading manufacturer of mobile and portable hand wash units in the UK. A family business, TEAL began in 1959 and since then it has fully established itself within the medical, catering, education and commercial vehicle industry by designing and manufacturing units specifically developed for these sectors. The festival season is upon us and many mobile and street food caterers are creating wonderful delicious dishes for visitors. Although large festivals such as Glastonbury do offer advice on how important hand washing is prior to eating to prevent illness, many visitors…
Ricardo Bramão is the founder of APORFEST – the Portuguese Music Festivals Association and also the Director of Talkfest, the only forum about the future of music festivals in Portugal. Ricardo is a part of the organisational team for the Iberian Festival Awards, whose inaugural edition will launch in 2016. The Awards aim to celebrate the successes of the booming Spanish and Portuguese festival industries. In this article, Ricardo examines the increasing role Portugal is playing in the international festival sector. The festival industry is in evident growth. In 2014, Portugal added more than 160 events (a number for certain…
SWITZERLAND: Martin Audio’s premier PA systems were utilised across three stages at Openair Frauenfeld – Europe’s self-proclaimed biggest hip-hop festival that took place from July 9 – 11. Crowds of up to 130,000 attending the Swiss festival were treated to performances from hip-hop luminaries such as Kendrick Lamar, Danny Brown and Freddie Gibbs. Each of the three stages came equipped exclusively with Martin Audio components by Stagelight AG Showtechnik Switzerland, a long time user of Martin Audio systems, as part of a complete technical infrastructure that included lighting, video, audio and power. All Martin Audio components were sourced from their…
UK: Over 35,000 revellers flocked to Milton Keynes National Bowl on Saturday July 11 to be a part of the Electric Daisy Carnival, the British edition of the phenomenally successful dance music event brand that has been taking America by storm since the late ‘90s. Hosted in the UK for the third time, this year’s bill featured sets from EDM stars Tiësto, Paul van Dyk, Hardwell, Ferry Corsten and Steve Aoki. Towering over Milton Keynes at around 28 metres tall and nearly 100 metres wide, the sheer expanse of the kineticCATHEDRAL main stage was complemented by its ostentatious aesthetics. The…
UK: Through one collective operation, Showsec ensured that two consecutive but contrasting festivals ran smoothly for the events’ combined 100,000 revellers in London’s Victoria Park over the weekend of June 16 – 19. The successful staging of Lovebox and Citadel Festivals in a 72-hour period was due largely to the collaborative planning, preparation and execution of those engaged to provide vital services under the direction of event organisers MAMA. Showsec have received recognition for their significant contribution to that success story, not only in terms of the effect that their input had upon the festivities themselves inside Victoria Park, but…