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Lighting&Sound America reports about Black Box Music at the Cher “Dressed to Kill” Tour: „For his PA, Bracey relies on L-Acoustics, provided by Black Box Music, of Berlin, Germany. He is generally a fan of L-Acoustics, but admits, “We considered other systems as well. We were very open-minded about what we were going to take.” Bracey used the L-Acoustics K1 box on the Pink tour; this time around, however, he had another option to consider: the brand-new K2 cabinet.“ (Lighting&Sound America “Cher gets dressed to kill” June 2014 issue)

Event Rookie reports about Black Box Music at the Max Herre Tour: „For both, we and the audience, enjoyed a two and a half hour concert, the acoustic presence really impressed with respect to its dynamics and clarity and caused goose bumps.“ (Event Rookie “hundrets inputs (un)plugged” 8/2014 issue)

Cher´s album “Closer to the truth”, her first solo album since 2001 was released in October 2013. Her last tour, named „Farewell“ in 2002 took three years and included 325 shows worldwide. The tour back then was actually supposed to be her farewell tour. With her latest and already 25th album shes going on tour again. This time, as she said herself, it is going to be her „farewell, farewell“ tour. She is one of the commercially most successful musicians in the 20th century, having sold more than 200 million records and another 80 million together with her ex-husband Sonny Bono. Cher, winner of the Academy Award, the Emmy, the Grammy and the Golden-Globe (three times!), began her tour on 22 of March at the US Airways Center in Phoenix, Arizona. The first part of the tour included 49 tour dates in North America and Cher was singing some new hits, but also classics like „Believe“ and „Strong Enough“. After the great success of the first part, the second part of the North American tour started (more…)

We are looking for a project manager /dispatcher in the field of event technology (lighting, sound or video) to strengthen our Black-Box team. You are familiar with international concert productions and events? You have relevant experience as a project manager /dispatcher in other production companies? You are not afraid to assume responsibilities within a team that is technically enthusiastic and has passion for music? You have specific know- how in the field of lighting or sound? In that case, you are the one we are looking for! You can expect a flexible and efficient team, modern equipment and giving the 120% (more…)

The journal of Berlin “Berliner Zeitung” reports about Thilo Goos, the director of Black Box Music: “(…) We are service providers. The biggest battles were actually the ones no one put it past to us: “Berliner Philharmoniker”. Or look at the “Seefestspiele Berlin” with Katharina Thalbach´s restaging of Mozart´s „The Magic Flute“. (more…)

The Berlin Kobra Ladies are the figurehead of German female football. The team was founded in 2005 as a successor of the Berlin Adler Girls under the umbrella of the Berlin Kobras in the ProSport24 e.V. (ProSport24 registered association) in Berlin-Wilmersdorf and was able to achieve the titel „German Champion“ seven times since then (2007-2013). The 40 ladies aged between 17 and 35 are training with their seven trainers up to three times a week for their self-defined goal (more…)

Event Rookie reports about Black Box Music at the Adel Tawil Tour: „With seven trailers full of material Adel Tawil toured through eighteen cities to play on arenas with a volume capacity of 5,000 up to 15,000. Finally, the audience should are offered an elaborate stage set, including sophisticated 3D video mapping, wrapped in a very precise sound design.“ (Event Rookie “Light, video and sound in love triangle” 4/2014 issue)

Event Rookie reports about Black Box Music at the Frida Gold Tour: „They can almost completely recourse the equipment on stage from the Tour setup that is a resurgence of Black Box Music. (…) I am glad that Black Box Music still has FM 115 from L-Acoustics in stock and we can use this monitor speakers.“ (Event Rookie “Tour with interruption” 5/2014 issue)

As of now, Black Box Music is able to offer 200m² of the EKTA FrameLED series 9mm. Of course, we´re still offering the EKTA FrameLED series LVM 12C-vpG with 200m², as well as the product series LVM 8C-vp, LVM 6C-Q and iLVM 4C. In addition, we are renting out the LED video floor. The installation of the FrameLED modules is fast and simple and they can be integrated very easily. The new FrameLED-series by EKTA has been especially developed to accomplish challenging tasks in the rental business sector: concerts, exhibition appearances, TV shows, TV live broadcasts, sales presentations, sport events or public viewings. There are no limits in the scope for design: round, oval, convex, concave and even characters – no other provider in the business is able to offer such a (more…)

FOH Online reports about Black Box Music at the “Dressed to Kill Tour” of Cher: “Keeping with the international theme, the sound company handling the North American tour is Black Box Music of Berlin, Germany.” (FOH Online, “Cher “Dressed to Kill” Tour”, June 2014 production Profile)