LOS ANGELES (December 14, 2006)
Marc Brickman, lighting designer and Marc Janowitz, lighting director for the national tour of Matisyahu, are utilizing MDG’s ATMOSPHERE hazers and a MAX fog generator for the band’s gigs, which range from rock clubs to amphitheaters to New York City’s Hammerstein Ballroom. A.C.T. Lighting is the sole US distributor of MDG fog and haze generators.
“The lighting for the tour runs from sculptural to intimate to very energetic when the band is improvising and jamming,” Janowitz reports. “I’m using one or two ATMOSPHERE hazers for light effects and atmosphere; they give a good canvas for the light beams to read.”
ATMOSPHERE hazers produce the finest haze on the market and are a perfect match for lighting needs. They offer continuous or momentary haze emission, operate extremely quietly and boast the longest hanging times.
The team also employs a MAX fogger for dramatic emphasis. “When the band is performing outside the fogger works in tandem with the hazers: When the haze has cleared out we give a big old blast with the MAX fogger. Sometimes there are high winds but we never lose atmosphere -- it’s pretty unbelievable.” The extremely powerful MAX runs virtually noiselessly and has the finest fog and longest hanging times. This maximum-output generator is designed to take users’ fog needs to the max.
Janowitz is no stranger to MDG gear. “When I was lighting director for BLUE MAN GROUP we used MDG equipment for pretty much every show where atmosphere was required,” he notes.
"Marc Brickman started using the MDG Atmosphere & MAX 3000 on Roger Waters and Marc Janowitz used it on Blue Man Group. They have never looked back. Brickman’s lighting designs are very artistic and require a canvas for him to paint his light on. The MDG generators are the only machines that can provide the quality and consistency of haze for him to use as that canvas," commented Bob Gordon, President and CEO of A.C.T Lighting.
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