French loudspeaker company APG reports recent sales of a number of its Uniline line array systems to rental companies across France and abroad.

Among them, Lyon-based rental company Audio Technique has been kept busy since joining the Uniline Solution network with the purchase of its system in May 2012. Two of the most prestigious events to use the system this summer were the Fêtes Escales in Venissieux and the Nuits de la Guitare.

The Fêtes Escales was staged in Venissieux near Lyon, a six-day festival offering music ranging from the Opera de Lyon to the urban rap of Zebda. Held over eight days, the Nuits de la Guitare festival in the spectacular setting of Patrimonio in Corsica featured performances from the Alan Parsons Live Project, Roger Hodgson (Supertramp) and Shaka Ponk. An unconventional venue, Audio Technique put together an original sound design that made full use of the modularity of the Uniline system in order to overcome the constraints imposed by the venue.

Meanwhile, Parisien rental company Silence! also got off to a strong start with its system on the M6 Music Live festival in Issy-Les-Moulineaux near Paris. This year the event hosted Charlie Winston, Yannick Noah and Nelly Furtado who performed live on stage in front of 10,000 people.

Plus 4 Audio – the first UK rental company to join the Uniline Solution – debuted system against the backdrop of Waddeson Manor where tenor Russell Watson performed a Jubilee classical crossover concert in the best British tradition of the Last Night of the Proms.

June also saw the fourth annual metal-heads festival, Les Metalurgicales in Denain in northern France. This fast-growing event included Anthrax, who made a stop at the festival before kicking off their north American tour. The rental company, ACS, supplied Uniline systems for both stages, one inside and one outside. ‘It was loud and it rocked,’ was the verdict of ACS Director, Christophe Sireuil.

July was marked by the 15^th annual Fetes de Cognac festival (in Cognac, bien sur) with a great line-up featuring the Ayo and The Stranglers among others, and an extra stage. Sound reinforcement was handled by rental company Alpha Audio who provided an even bigger Uniline system for the main stage than last year. In August, Uniline saw action at the annual Jazz a Vannes festival, where Marcus Miller, Yuri Buenaventura, the Kyle Eastwood Band and Ibrahaim Maalouf performed. The rental company Studio Sextan will be providing both FOH and monitor systems, using Uniline for the main PA and DX12 and DX15s on stage.

September will see the spectacular Nuits de Sologne, the biggest pyrotechnic sound and light show in the central region of France. Due to its immense popularity, audience capacity has been boosted by 4,000 to 16,000 people this year. In order to accommodate this, an additional line array tower has been added by rental company Audio Centre, who were supported by an independent sound design specialist for this event as it will be the largest Uniline configuration since the launch of the system.