Rental company MGG has invested in an additional six FreeSpeak II Digital Wireless Beltpacks from DWR Distribution to cater for the technical communication at last years’ incredibly successful Afrikaans is Groot, a large-scale music production hosted at Time Square’s Sun Arena in Pretoria. MGG also upgraded their Clear-Com licence and are now able to run 25 comms on a single base station. Mark Gaylard, owner of MGG, recalls buying his first comms system some fifteen years ago: “We bought six Prosound Commpac belt packs and they are still working and doing gigs.” He still has the original box they came…
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DWR Distribution is hosting Robe Roadshow South Africa, along with Josef Valchar, CEO of Robe Lighting, and Harry von den Stemmen, International Sales Director, who will be introducing the new Esprite and Tetra this December. The Robe Roadshow is kicking off in Cape Town at the Roxy Revue Bar at the Grand West Casino on 2 December. Those living in Durban can pop in at the Grace Family Church in Umhlanga on 4 December. The last stop will be at DWR Distribution Johannesburg on 6 December. Demonstrations will be held on the hour from 10am to 4pm each day. The…
The rental company MagiCo, based in Vereeniging in the Vaal, took confident strides to invest in professional gear, the latest being a PL3.9W Absen LED panel indoor/outdoor screen purchased from DWR Distribution. “When we recently purchased a Bose sound system and DiGiCo consoles to take our events to the next level, we realised that we would be able to offer our clients a full package if we acquired screens,” said Ruan Vermaak, owner of MagiCo. Schalk Botha of DWR expanded: “Ruan and I had been discussing LED panels for a while and the need for MagiCo to have a rental…
Aardklop Festival in Potchefstroom was held from 22 to 27 September and attended by 10,000 visitors where the technical crew worked on seventy productions, fifteen of which were debuts. Pieter-Jan Kapp (Kappie) stepped into the role of technical manager for the entire event. Blond Productions was appointed the full technical supplier. Company owner, Christiaan Ballot, had a mission to keep Aardklop alive and works around any budget allocated to him, throwing in as much gear as possible to ensure the success of the event. DWR Distribution’s involvement was primarily as tech support on the MA Lighting platform, where Jannie de…
Following the success of last year’s GITEX technology event, which saw numerous Absen LED solutions being deployed at the show – including a highly innovative 3D robotic video walls on the Etisalat stand (see story) – Absen was once again selected to play a starring role at this year’s event. The event, which took place on 6-9 October at the Dubai World Trade Centre in UAE, is one of the world’s biggest tech events, attracting some 100,000 visitors and 4,500 exhibitors from over 140 countries. The week-long show saw some breakthrough technologies being revealed in the areas of artificial intelligence,…
Bose Professional organised The Installed Sound Expansion event in Dubai, UAE this October. The event saw a turn out of more than 300 professionals from the industry. The product range was initially introduced at ISE & later InfoComm USA this year and now demonstrated live at Dubai for the first time. The event was attended by the Distributors, Consultants, System Integrators and End Users at Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Jumeriah Beach Road, Dubai. With the Installed Sound Expansion, Bose Professional offers a wide range of installed sound product portfolio so the system designers and installers can deliver Bose Professional sound systems…
Area Four Industries is getting ready for an exciting show at the Prolight + Sound Middle East exhibition in Dubai from 15 – 17 October. You can find them in Hall 4, Stand F22, where their eight brands, MILOS, LITEC, JTE, TOMCAT, EXE Technology, Mobiltechlifts, Xstage and Xtruss, will be present and have selected products on display. MILOS will display examples of its new Steel Truss Range, which is proving itself to be the best choice for today’s biggest and most demanding shows, as well as its new Armor Cart for transporting and storing your hoist stock. LITEC will present…
Pretoria based rental company AJR have decided on the L-Acoustics colinear Syva system to offer high-end quality audio to their corporate events. In doing so, they have become the first in South Africa to purchase Syva. Altus van Rensburg is both the owner of AJR as well as a Financial Broker and Adviser at Sanlam, an insurance and financial service provider in the country. He has already seen the benefits of an L-Acoustics ARCS WiFo (Wide and Focus system) investment made back in 2014 and was one of the first in the country to buy into the L-Acoustics X Series…
Stage Audio Works’ Cape Town office has helped to enhance the services at Die Bron Church and Theatre with new audio, video and lighting solutions throughout its campus. The project called for a campus-wide integrated solution and saw Stage Audio Works partner with Gearworx for the installation. “Die Bron Church required a complete solution, covering AV, audio and lighting,” recalled Jerome Gideon from Stage Audio Works’ Cape Town office. “The client wanted the best solution for their budget and to make operation as easy as possible. They also wanted to make sure that no matter where you were seated within…
Marking two decades since the band’s formation, Westlife descended to Dubai’s Coca-Cola Arena to perform their Twenty Tour with the audiovisual support of eclipse. Capable of designing and implementing a full event technical package at the largest indoor venue of its kind in the region, eclipse was appointed to provide the audio, video, lighting supply as well as the rigging support for the event presented by Live Nation Middle East. The concert saw eclipse bringing a full technical production into the Coca-Cola Arena for the first time after having worked at the venue before for Russell Peters’ Deported World Tour…
Packed with movie-grade special effects, pyrotechnics and working waterfalls, the blockbuster style performance took place in a 60m x 350m custom stage set built over a car park overlooked by a grandstand in Abu Dhabi. https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/tpmea18_digitallr/36 Photos: Protec www.productiontec.com
Starting as a freelance producer for Dutch entertainment and medium enterprise, ID&T, a young Joris Joosen had the foresight and vision to create a fresh venture. The goal? To provide a service that translated creative plans into feasible productions across the globe. https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/tpmea18_digitallr/42 Photos: Backbone International www.backbone-international.com
