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”Extremely compact dimensions“, “Powerful light performance”, “Great color mixture”, that is what the testers have said about the KLS-800 from Eurolite. For its May issue, the magazine Soundcheck rigorously tested the new compact light system.

The KLS-800 combines the popular features of the KLS series with exceptional light performance – the testers verdict: “Easy to transport and fast to build up, that’s the basic idea of the Eurolite KLS “Kompakt-Licht-Systeme” (Compact Light Systems). The new KLS-800 features another advantage, it is equipped with innovative and powerful diodes.” Meant are the Tricolor LED chips. They guarantee a homogeneous color mixture. Even when looking directly into the spot the testers couldn’t see the original colors but a pure color mixture. Moreover, the KLS-800 persuades with extremely concentrated colors, a mixture of pure white and surprisingly high brightness.

Besides good results in color mixture and light intensity, the Soundcheck team was particularly impressed by the variety of control possibilities. The KLS-800 can be controlled by sound, foot switch or DMX. “It’s brilliant that foot switch and DMX can be combined,” the journal says. The special benefit: “This allows you to turn off the spots with the foot switch at the end of a song, choose the next program on the DMX controller and than reactivate the foot switch”.
Furthermore, the Soundcheck crew recommends using the Eurolite LED Operator 4 controller, as it is pre-programmed for the KLS series and provides quick and easy access.

The KLS series is a mobile lighting system offering space-saving and compact solutions for flexible yet high-quality stage lighting. The KLS-800 combines the popular amenities of the KLS series with outstanding illuminating power – thanks to the sophisticated Tricolor LED chips (TCL).
So it’s not surprising that it passed the rigorous testing of Soundcheck with flying colors.

The Kameha Suite was one of the most photographed scenes during this year’s Luminale in Frankfurt. Every minute, the facade of the historic building was illuminated with colorful compositions. The special feature of the project was that the light design was made by visitors themselves.

The project organizers doitsmart.eventmanagement and Steinigke Showtechnic had called upon visitors to design their own compositions via a web interface on doitsmart.de. Over 900 visitors tried the role of a light designer online – successfully! The participants on the Internet, as well as visitors on-site, were impressed by the idea and its colorful implementation. The Kameha Suite provided the ideal projection screen and had a strong presence during the six event evenings. Compared to other illuminations, “InterAktives Licht” was one of the most interactive projects of this year’s Luminale, because visitors were really involved in the event.

Altogether, Steinigke Showtechnic supported the project with 32 Eurolite T 1000 outdoor spots, 24 Futurelight OCC-36 LED outdoor color changer and DMX controllers.

The airport nightclub in Würzburg, Bavaria, is one of Germany’s leading house and techno clubs. It has been and still is home to many international top acts. Whether it is Sven Väth, Paul van Dyk, DJ Rush, Monika Kruse, Chris Liebing or Westbam; they all have rocked both turntables and entertained the masses.

Now, the airport, which had its own truck at the Love Parade for years, set a new standard and decided to install LSD curtains. “We wanted to try something new, something, that other clubs don’t have,” reckons the owner Rudi Schmidt. As the LED Soft Displays offer great flexibility, a very low own weight and brilliant colors, they are an innovation in the field of lighting technology: they are suitable for a wide range of applications and can show videos, graphic applications as well as backdrops. Only recently, the Eurolite LSD-100 curtain was crowned the winner in the category “Light tool of the year“ by German magazine Soundcheck.

The 14 curtains have been installed by Ape Laps Lichtprodukte from Würzburg. CEO Julius Schrenk assembled in total ten Eurolite LSD-75, four LSD-50 and six LSD AIO Network control systems in the airport and in the adjacent premises of “Soundpark Ost”. The curtains are primarily used as backdrops or ceiling lighting.

The airport opened its doors in 1983 in an old warehouse. Back in those days, the interior design space was the one of an airport terminal, hence the name to the club. The crowd at the time was trendy, ties and champagne were an obligation and many so called “pop icons” of the 80s, like Kool & the Gang, Sister Sledge, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Santana or Def Leppard, had their appearance at the airport after having played a show in the city.

In the following years, the airport turned from an elitist into a favorite student venue. Furthermore, they opened within the site the “Rockpalast” area (today “Soundpark Ost”) offering there an alternative music program. There was another turning point in the club’s history when techno music became popular. The new electronic music dominated the dance floors and the airport soon became Mecca for ravers all over Germany and beyond. After a short renovation phase, the club was reanimated by Rudi Schmidt, who re-opened a completely new designed airport. Techno had become music for the masses and the expanded venue offered plenty of space.

Today the airport offers various party activities such as dance classics or student events, while the Friday nights are dedicated to house music. Highlights of the club are still its highly successful techno events with superstar guests like Westbam, Carl Cox and others.

With the LED Bar RGB 126/10 Eurolite presents a device with small dimensions but great potential. Because the alleged missing size doesn’t prevent it from a powerful performance. It’s available from now on.

Small bar with a big heart!
Its dimensions are manageable, its weight almost not worth mentioning and its brightness more than convincing: The LED Bar RGB from Eurolite. Due to its 126 LEDs, each with a diameter of 10mm, the bar can play a surprisingly dominant role. They diodes operate best when used as audience lighting. By doing so, the strobe effect and the color-fading are the most impressive features. The LEDs are sound controlled via microphone, that way they can adjust to the music easily. The LED bar RGB 252/10 is ideal for bands, stages and for solo entertainers. But it should not be denied, that using the bar as deco element is advisable as well. Especially its size paves the way for many different applications.

Fascinating nightlife can only be experienced in metropolises or major cities – that is not correct. Outside of Berlin, Hamburg or Munich there are spectacular opportunities to celebrate till the break of dawn. Care for an example? No problem. Let us take a trip to the beautiful province Baden-Württemberg. We are passing Stuttgart heading southwards, towards Lake Constance. At the halfway point, near Villingen-Schwenningen, we stop in Rottweil.

Rottweil is the oldest city in the province. It counts 25,000 inhabitants, 220 associations and a very special discotheque. The latter bears the name “fame” and is probably the most modern disco complex in southern Germany. 1500 square meters with four different areas should offer fair possibilities to turn night into day. And that is exactly what more than thousand people are doing every weekend. The “fame’s” popularity originates not only from its size or its lovely hometown. The answer lies in the mixture of good music and an extraordinary illumination.

It has been the Designgroup Professional GmbH from Böhlen near Leipzig who has taken care of the illumination. They are experts in equipping discotheques and stand out due to their modern design as well as the use of cutting-edge technology. Three years ago, the club owner asked Designgroup to help them. As soon as possible the former construction market should be rebuilt. Everybody involved was hard at work to bequeath a very special club to Rottweil. And after only six months they succeeded.

Since then, night owls can chose between four areas: fame lounge, fame disco, fame club and fame outdoor area. Highlights are numerous in this stylish and fashionable amusement park. An illuminated waterfall behind a bar, thousands of LEDs in the dancefloor and several, perfectly coordinated light effects around the DJ booth and the dancefloor. Only high-quality material has been installed. We are very proud that many Steinigke products were taken into consideration.

Designgroup is a longtime partner of Steinigke. For the “fame’s” interior light design, they decided to use many of our LED products. No wonder, as diodes dominate the scenery. The following light products can be found in Rottweil:

Eurolite LED WMS-8 RGB-Spots, dimmable Eurolite LED-Tubes 144, Eurolite LED RGB PAR 38 spots, Eurolite LED-floods RGB IP65 for outdoors and meters of the RL-1 Rubberlight.

But there is more to it than that. To install the lights high above the dancefloor, several truss circles from Alutruss have been mounted. As the club’s dimensions are quite huge circles with a diameter of up to 6 meters were necessary.

The interaction of technology, music and design offers unequaled opportunities. So everybody – along to the club’s slogan – can “experience a world of colors, first-class sound and party”. This might sound very ambitious, but it is definitely not immoderate. Just visit this world and find it out yourself.

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