At a glitzy ceremony in London last night (Wednesday 16th January), Alan Marshall was announced as the Wedding DJ of the Year 2019 as part of the national Wedding Industry Awards. Beating off stiff competition from the other regional winners in his category, Alan accepted the award in person in front of a large crowd of wedding industry professionals.

Denon DJ has unveiled its latest DJ controller, the Prime 4, a 4-channel standalone DJ system with 10-inch multi-touch display, a built-in SATA hard drive bay and independent zone output. Launched ahead of the NAMM music industry trade show that takes place in LA next week, the Prime 4 is due to land with DJ retailers in March.

Lighting from the Prolight Concepts Group’s LEDJ range was used for a unique temporary installation at the end of last year. The ‘Train of Lights’ was a fully functioning steam train in Devon, filled and decorated with 100s of different types of lighting, including the Spectra exterior fixtures from LEDJ.

Peavey has confirmed the immediate availability of the new UNITY DR16 16 channel digital mixer in the UK. The first entry in the UNITY Series of digital mixer products is a fully expandable and highly adaptable mixing solution that delivers professional-grade audio all controllable via the Peavey UNITY Mix iOS app.

Choose Love is a pioneering charitable movement that provides emergency aid and long term solutions for refugees, where need is greatest. So far, the organisation has supported more than 700,000 people across 75 projects in 12 countries and operates a number of unique strategies to achieve its goals. One of these is the Help Refugees ‘Choose Love’ pop up store, which recently approached Pioneer Pro Audio to donate a sound system for use during its four week opening period leading up to Christmas.