Leading UK lighting and visuals rental company HSL invested in 50 x new Robe BMFL Spots just before the tour went out, 24 of which were used by Steve. While Simple Minds won worldwide fame, recognition and built a resolute fan base with their massive rock anthems and maverick stadium performances of the 1980s and early 1990s, the roots of their music is altogether moodier, darker and more sinister...
The latest ‘Letters from the Labyrinth’ tour by the maverick prog rock band - which saw two TSO troupes simultaneously play the east and west coasts of America, eight shows a week reaching up to 45,000 people per day for two months – featured over 100 Robe moving lights on each rig – 60 x Pointes and 44 LEDBeam 100s. These were part of design number 19 by Bryan for TSO, who are well known for...
This high impact visual effect was part of Olly's first design for Maximo Park, for which he toured a neat and flexible floor package comprising 59 fixtures, 46 of which were Robe, all supplied by rental company R & M Productions from Stokesley, North Yorkshire. The Maximo letters utilised six CycFX 8s for the two Ms and the O, four for the A and the X and two for the L, all of which were...
He is also a regular investor in Robe products. His eponymously named company, "Gil Teichman", purchased their first Robes some years ago, and in fact he’s known of Robe right since the start in the 1990s, when they were an OEM manufacturer. The first ever "Gil Teichman" purchases were of the ColorWash and ColorSpot 1200 series, around 9 years ago, followed by the 700E AT series, all delivered...
Kevin, searching for a new look to the lighting and a change from the moving light brand that had been used in the past, decided Big Week NYC was an ideal chance to give Robe’s BMFL Spots and Pointes a center stage position for all the action. He credits lighting designer Michael Gionfriddo with the high-energy display featuring Robe BMFL Spots and Pointes that accompanied the truly amazing music...
The band officially ended on 28th December 2015, two and a half weeks after that memorable show in Berlin, and part way through the “Bad Magic” tour with the passing of founder, lead singer and rock ‘n’ roll warrior Lemmy (Ian Fraser Kilmister) aged 70. The “Bad Magic” tour was supporting of their 22nd studio album – for which lighting designer Caio Bertti sculpted a classic rock ’n’ roll look...
This design for the current “Volume” tour is diverse, different and practical to stage in different sized venues. It was also one of the first to feature Robe’s new LED ColorStrobe, together with several other Robe fixtures including MMX Spots LEDWash 600s and CycFX8s and 4s. Jordon, one of a new wave of UK LDs designing for a series of rising star artists - has lit the band for two years. The...
Twelve new Pointes were bought especially for the start of the tour and they join 12 of Morkol’s existing stock of MMX Spots right at the essence of the eye-catching lighting scheme designed by Amit Freeman, himself a rising star on the ever-active Israeli live performance scene. Tel Aviv based freelance LD Amit has worked with the artist for the last five years and his tours will typically last 2...
A striking lighting show was programmed by Sven Kučinić who works regularly with Prljavo Kazalište. Tony Cetinski does not currently travel with an LD, so his management asked if Sven could also take care of lighting the show. Robe is always Sven’s first choice of moving light. Sometimes the brand is not available for a gig … but on this occasion, in addition to the house lighting rig which...
Creating an ever interesting, evolving and innovative lightshow … is LD Johnny Thinggaard Lydiksen from CMY, based in Arhuus, who has worked with the band since 2013. He loves Robe’s Pointes and BMFLs – among other fixtures. Both types of fixture have been at the heart of the various versions of the lighting design to stem from Johnny’s central concept, which was created to be flexible and...