After enjoying a long and successful trading relationship with Tech Ease Systems across the East African countries, Martin Audio has formalised the partnership by upgrading the reseller to full distributor status. Founded by systems consultant Vincent Kasule, the company had been promoting the brand on an informal basis throughout Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, DR Congo, Rwanda and Burundi from as far back as 2018. “Since then, we have seen opportunities mature and been able to make the brand more visible in our region and at the same time eradicate ‘fake’ products,” he said. Against this background, Martin Audio EMEA Account Manager,…
Author: James Robertson
Nestled in Finland’s northernmost region, Lapland has become the cultural capital of all things Christmas. Located 180 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle near the Levi ski resort lies the Tonttula Elves Village, where the magic of the festive season is brought to life. At the heart of the village, guests are welcomed into an immersive tour of Santa’s home and workshop — found within Santa’s Visitor Centre — where a Genelec Smart IP sound system surrounds guests with the yuletide spirit of the North Pole. Finnish entrepreneur, Päivikki Palosaari, has a long-standing history with Genelec, having utilised its loudspeakers…
One of Berlin’s iconic venues, the Friedrichstadt-Palast (Palast Berlin), a revue theatre in the city’s Mitte district, has made a substantial investment in Robe moving lights to help facilitate its newly launched Grand Show production, BLINDED by DELIGHT, created by Oliver Hoppmann, complete with a vibrant new lighting design by Chris Moylan of Sunrise Studios. The venue now has almost 300 Robe fixtures in the house lighting rig, including 54 FORTES, 22 PAINTES, 80 Pointes, 17 MegaPointes, 75 TetraXs, 36 Tetra2s and six ColorStrobes, confirms technical director Thomas Herda, who oversees a technical department of 85 full-time staff helping to…
The historic Warsaw Theatre in Brooklyn, New York, completed an upgrade to a new Adamson loudspeaker system in the summer of 2025, bringing touring-grade performance to one of the city’s most distinctive live music venues. Located in Greenpoint, the 1,000-capacity venue has been a staple of Brooklyn’s live scene for more than two decades, hosting a wide range of artists spanning punk, rock, hip-hop, and electronic music. The update ensures visiting engineers and performers experience the same clarity, headroom, and coverage expected from a modern touring system. The main loudspeaker system comprises a stereo array of six CS10n, Adamson’s dual-10″…
With the release of the new QUESTRA update to version 1.3.28, LD Systems is expanding the capabilities of its design and management platform for use in fixed installations. The focus is on the newly integrated connection to the TuneButler music and signage software, which, when combined with the LD Systems MSMP (Message Scheduler-Streamer Music Player), provides a unified hardware and software solution for planning, controlling and managing music in commercial applications – from restaurants and hotels to retail, corporate environments and public areas. TuneButler is a Denmark-based company specialising in developing software solutions for combining music for business and digital…
NEXO’s ID Series has been installed ar high end restaurants worldwide including Estiatorio Milos in Athens, AMANO East Side in Berlin, Osteria in Caracas and GU Bistronomy in Hanoi. The ID Series delivers clarity and consistent coverage, while remaining almost invisible in the space. In France, Dushow has completed successful ID Series Installations at the highly prestigious Amazónico Monte-Carlo and at the new Amazónico opening in Miami. And alongside its work in restaurants, the Nice-based live event technology and system integration company has also found the ID Series is a perfect fit in France’s traditional food markets, which are increasingly…
On November 19 2025, Modulo Pi celebrated its 15th anniversary at Atelier des Lumières in Paris. Clients, distributors, collaborators, operators, and creative studios gathered to mark this milestone and revisit the story of the company founded in 2010 by engineer Yannick Kohn. Yannick Kohn recalled in his speech to the audience: “The early days of Modulo Pi were all about passion, heads bursting with ideas, and countless hours of development — with no investors, simply driven by the desire to create a tool truly tailored to real-world field needs.” This vision led to the launch of Modulo Player in 2012…
In a statement, the Prolight + Sound team have announced the discontinuation of the trade show in Frankfurt. The team recently announced that due to insufficient demand, they would be moving Prolight + Sound to take part within Light + Building 2026. They have now announced that Prolight + Sound will no longer take place in Frankfurt. Read the full Statement below: “Over the past few weeks, we have held many conversations and conducted an in-depth review of how we can shape the future of Prolight + Sound in Frankfurt. Unfortunately, it has become clear that there is insufficient demand…
Spot is an umbrella organisation set up to run music productions staged at two busy and vibrant venues in the city of Groningen, The Netherlands – De Oosterpoort and the municipality’s main theatre, Stadsschouwburg. De Oosterpoort is the home of the Noord Nederlands Orkest and the 4-day Eurosonic Noorderslag (ESNS) festival, plus numerous other shows, productions and business events. Last year, Oosterpoort’s first Robe moving lights arrived as part of an upgrade to start replacing their old halogen stock with LED luminaires, with more recently delivered, so all their moving lights are now LED-based. The venue has three halls. The…
The 4000-seat Manna Methodist Church in Bundang New City, South Korea, offers five services a week and has expanded its output to include performances, attracting thousands of congregation members to the church and large audiences online. To maximise flexibility and accommodate their expanding channel count, the Manna Church team made the decision to replace their existing SD7 with two DiGiCo Quantum 852, one in the church for live performances and another in their broadcast suite to manage online audio. Overseeing the purchase and installation was DiGiCo’s South Korean distributor, Soundus Corporation. Soundus also commissioned and completed the original installation in…
