International News

LONDON — Audio specialist Encore has installed a new d&b J-Series sound system into the revamped Fridge, a venue in London’s Brixton area once known for a décor including junkyard ice boxes and fake dead cats. The venue is now serving as a laboratory of sorts for students enrolled in the Alchemea College of Audio Engineering’s four-month Live Sound Diploma course.

VIENNA, Austria — A combined Allen & Heath iLive and iLive-T system was used at the recent opening ceremony for the Vienna Festival, held in the city’s Rathausplatz, with two iLives at FOH.

LONDON — No. 5 Cavendish Square, formerly the Spanish Embassy with a more recent history of dining and clubbing, is a membership venue featuring an eight-room boutique hotel, a basement VIP lounge, main dance floor, and bar and lounge in the ground floor drawing room.

AUCKLAND, New Zealand — While the northern hemisphere shivered last winter, College Hill Productions, Ltd. faced the heat of a series of summer concert and music festivals in New Zealand using the country’s first Soundcraft Vi6 digital console.

VALENCIA, Spain — Simes Audio, led by David Ferri, provided D.A.S. Aero line array systems organized by Acció Cultural del Pais Valencià for a four-hour outdoor festival at Valencia’s Polytechnic University featuring bands including Berri Txarrak, Aramateix, Sva-ters, Pirat’s Sound Sistema and Rapsodes.

LONDON and REDDITCH, U.K. — Britannia Row and SSE, both of which have taken delivery of 48 K1 line source cabinets, have joined L-Acoustics’ K1/KUDO Pilot Program. The line source cabinets will be used with K1-SUB and SB28 subwoofers, KUDO line source boxes and LA-RAK touring racks fitted with LA8 amplified controllers.

LONDON — SSE supplied a Midas PRO6 live audio system for Maximo Park’s recent U.K. academy tour. A Klark Teknik DN9696 was used to record all shows, including support bands, which were also mixed on the PRO6.

CHAKAN, India —Volkswagen launched a $766 million factory here, which is expected to employ 2,500 workers by the end of 2010. For the launch, Aman Anand and the events team of G2 Rams contracted Mumbai-based Sound.com to handle all technical audio services.

LONDON — Adlib Audio, which supplied sound for The Fray’s 2007 tour, was back this year, providing FOH control and a stage system for the band’s recent stops in the U.K. and Europe.

KFAR-SABA, Israel — Two Allen & Heath iLive digital systems were used at the recent Noshfim Bakikar festival. Now in its 20th year, the annual event is a celebration of the town’s musical heritage, featuring performances from many of the country’s national youth orchestras, and attracting 40,000 visitors.

DOUGLAS, Isle of Man — For Whitesnake and other bands performing after this year’s Isle of Man TT Motorcycle Races, Innovation Productions will be using line array technology in the form of a new Martin Audio W8LC system and control.