VISUALS FOR NOW OR NEVER FROM NOVATECH

Nathan wanted to do both front and rear projection; the front could be doing backgrounds, and then the rear could be doing punchy overlays. And sometimes we could take away the screens completely and just blast the architecture of the room with projection.

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ADELE IN MUNICH

Apart from breaking new and experimental ground on multiple levels, the sheer scale of the stage design and scenography and the integration of all the technical elements to deliver this truly world-class show to so many people was mind-boggling!

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Bay Dreams, Splore, Maunganui festivals taking a hiatus

Bay Dreams, once New Zealand’s largest music festival, will not go ahead in 2025 announced Tauranga-based promoters Mitch Lowe and Toby Burrows. The festival, originally slated for Tauranga and Queenstown, faced challenges due to rising costs, difficulties securing international headliners, shifting festival-goer expectations, and a drop in ticket sales amid the ongoing cost-of-living crisis. Bay…

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MIX ANTI-THEORY

Even if expertly deployed, words are inadequate at elucidating the infinitely complex nature of sound, preferences of taste, musical likes and dislikes and so on.

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ENTECH moves to May

As ENTECH enters its 31st year, the new chosen date of May promises much; with more trade less busy alongside end of year and next year budgets

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