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Our House offers moving experience in Amsterdam
Powersoft’s Mover transducer is at the heart of a new four-dimensional nightlife experience in Amsterdam, where visitors dive the history of electronic dance music from roots to the present.
Located in Amsterdam’s Rembrandt district, Our House has been part of the electronic music scene since the 1980s, and recently became a digital storytelling museum, offering a 75-minute journey into the genre via interactive exhibits, shows and performances. ‘When we came here about two years ago, the place was very analogue,’ recalls General Manager, Jeroen Jansen. ‘There was a sound system, strobes, smoke machine and some LEDS – that was about it.
EM Acoustics delivers Fantastically Great sound
The new musical Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World opened in Liverpool in April, and is currently in on a nationwide UK tour with West End aspirations. Described as an ‘inspirational and empowering celebration of our strong sisters from history’, the show is based on the award-winning picture book by suffragette descendent Kate Pankhurst.
Dramatist Chris Bush and Number 1 hit songwriter Miranda Cooper (Girls Aloud, Kylie Minogue) have adapted it into a bright, exciting musical for young people that celebrates female icons in a contemporary, pop context. Sound designer, Rob Bettle, designed a front-to-back EM Acoustics audio system based on EM’s Reference Series loudspeakers.
DaVinci and the Genius Immersive Experience
Berlin’s Genius Immersive Experience is an extraordinary exhibition dedicated to Leonardo DaVinci, offering visitors an interpretation of how he might see and interact with our world today. The exhibition is designed as an immersive, interactive art experience with its sound element provided by a d&b Soundscape system.
Genius Immersive Experience transports visitors into DaVinci’s world of thought; both the images and the soundtrack move with the exhibit. Sound and projection merge to create a multimedia exhibition in which visitors can immerse themselves completely.
Berklee leads US take-up of new PMC loudspeakers
A donation from the parents of a former student at the Berklee College of Music has enabled it to become the first teaching establishment in the US to install a pair of PMC8-2 monitors. The monitors are installed in Berklee’s main Dolby Atmos-certified Dub Stage where students have the opportunity to mix projects in stereo using the type of high-end equipment that they will encounter in the real working world.
‘This is the first time we have had a pair of PMC speakers on campus, and I am delighted that we can now broaden our student’s awareness of the top tier of monitoring manufacturers,’ says Berklee’s Chair of Music Production and Engineering, Rob Jaczko.
Allen & Heath on a high at Everest Grand Theatre
Sitting 3,900m above sea level among the mountains of Shigatse in Tibet, the new Everest Grand Theatre is the highest altitude theatre in the world, and has been dubbed ‘the artistic pearl of the world’s third pole’.
When Chinese A/V specialist EZPro International took on take of supplying the theatre’s sound reinforcement, reliability and versatility were high on the list of criteria to maintain peak performance throughout the year. ‘To meet the needs of the varied performances and activities, flexibility is absolutely critical,’ says EZPro Senior Technical Manager, Zhu Liuwei.