The ULTRA LB18 is ADJ’s latest addition to its range of LED-powered wash fixtures utilizing enhanced lime-infused color mixing. This versatile linear lighting device incorporates powerful 5-in-1 RGBAL LEDs to deliver enhanced color mixing, including tunable white, and a high CRI. Offering a variety of useful features and customizable operating parameters, including zone control, it is designed both for permanent installation and temporary event use at indoor locations.

Expanding ADJ’s groundbreaking Hydro Series of powerful, reliable, and affordable IP65-rated moving heads, the new Hydro Beam X12 is a nimble fixture that outputs an intense, razor-sharp beam. Ideal for generating aerial effects at concerts, tours, festivals, and dance events, it combines the punchy Philips® Platinum 12R LL MSD 6000-hour discharge lamp technology with a carefully curated selection of beam-shaping tools that include motorized focus and a dynamic 24-facet prism.

As part of our commitment to product development and customer service, ADJ is pleased to announce that fog guru Joey Olaerts has joined the team as Atmospheric FX Specialist. With an unbridled passion for atmospherics and 10+ years of industry experience, Joey is ideally placed to manage the growth of ADJ’s catalog of fog, haze, faze, snow, and bubble machines. He will work together with ADJ’s Sales and Product Design teams to develop new products that perfectly meet customers requirements while ensuring the high standards of reliability and usability that ADJ is known for.

A collaboration between production companies LaserFrame and Creative Sounds Veranstaltungstechnik recently supplied the lighting system for the second ‘Raw’ stage at the Into The Madness festival in Germany. The rig comprised almost exclusively ADJ fixtures, including moving head beam and wash luminaires, LED blinders, and the new multifunctional Jolt Bar FX LED units which are designed to serve interchangeably as washes, strobes, or eye candy fixtures.

Concert tour lighting specialist Squeek Lights has expanded its rental inventory with the purchase of 36 ADJ Jolt Bar FX multifunctional strobe / blinder / wash / effect fixtures. The company, which specializes in delivering impactful lighting that complements the music and enhances the crowd’s energy, made the investment following positive experiences with other ADJ lighting fixtures and LED video products. The units are now set to go out on various tours this fall, providing lighting designers with a wide palette of effects to enhance their shows.

The Pride Parade in Long Beach, CA, last month was followed by a two-day festival featuring a variety of performance spaces and interactive activations. Lighting for the whole event, including the two main stages headlined by hip hop star Iggy Azalea and Spanish singer-songwriter Natalia Jiménez, was supplied by Islay Events. The company has an extensive stock of ADJ fixtures and deployed a variety of models across the festival site, including Hydro Beam X2 and Focus Spot 4Z moving heads, multifunctional Jolt 300 washes, and almost 100 of the IP65-rated 18P HEX IP LED par fixtures.

A variety of ADJ moving head, static wash, LED video panel, and atmospheric effect fixtures have been installed at 230 FIFTH, the chic bar, nightclub, and event space located on iconic 5th Avenue in New York City. Supplied, maintained, and operated by Manhattan-based audio-visual specialists Canal Sound and Light, the versatile lighting rig adapts seamlessly to the wide variety of events hosted by the venue. These range from weekend club nights to midweek comedy shows, and performances by live acts to private parties hosted by corporate clients.

A variety of ADJ fixtures were used recently to provide production lighting and atmospheric effects for an ambitious film project undertaken by charity fundraising and cosplay group the Alberta Ghostbusters. To promote their society and its fundraising endeavors, members of the group filmed a cinematic promotional video at the iconic Calgary Stampede using ADJ’s Jolt 300 LED wash fixtures and an Entour Chill low fog machine, alongside other ADJ lighting. The wash lights illuminated both performers and vehicles in a variety of bold colors while the fog machine was used to create ghostly effects.

Opened earlier this year, Mainro – the latest addition to Hollywood’s nightlife scene – offers a unique fusion of restaurant and supper club. Each evening the elegant venue shifts its focus from fine dining to high octane partying, using AVL technology to make the transition completely seamless. Lighting plays a significant part in this, with 20 of ADJ’s extremely popular Vizi Beam RXONE compact moving head beam luminaires used to fill the high-ceilinged venue with energetic aerial effects to complete the transition from sophisticated restaurant to full-on nightclub.