| | CAMCO joins Monsters of Rock
June 2006 - More than 60,000 heavy metal and rock fans crowded into the National Bowl in Milton Keynes, in the UK, to see legendary performers such as Deep Purple, Alice Cooper and Queensryche, supported by Journey, Thunder and Ted Nugent. Read more...
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| | Football in Germany for fans in Korea
June 2006 - CAMCO Vortex 6 amplifiers helped to relay the all-important first match of the Korean Republic in the World Cup, to a giant crowd of 200,000 fans in Seoul. Read more...
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| | CAMCO Tecton for the Beilrode Ostelbienhalle
June 2006 - The Ostelbienhalle in Beilrode is proving to be a popular venue for sports and cultural events, following the installation of a line array sound reinforcement system which successfully meets the acoustic challenge of the hall's contemporary design. Berger Veranstaltungstechnik of Mehltheuer worked closely with CAMCO's fixed installations division to win the contract with computer simulations of the finished design. Read more...
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| | CAMCO makes inroads to Eastern Europe and in Egypt
May 2006 - German amplifier manufacturer CAMCO has appointed a new agent in Bulgaria, and is already delivering its first orders under the distribution agreement. Read more...
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| | CAMCO on Tour with the Artic Monkeys
May 2006 - They're the hottest band in the UK , with their debut album going triple platinum in a matter of weeks, and their nationwide tour selling out within minutes. And, although they have been changing PA speakers, they have stayed with CAMCO for all their UK dates. Read more...
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| | SEB Bank’s 150th anniversary Party
May 2006 - Nearly 3000 invited guests celebrated the SEB Bank's 150th anniversary at a gala extravaganza at the Festival Hall in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Organisers of this major corporate event were keen to provide a highly efficient, high-quality and yet discreet sound reinforcement system that would do justice to such a splendid occasion. Read more...
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| | CAMCO tours with Morrissey
May 2006 - Once the vocalist of the British rock group The Smiths, Morrissey has had a successful solo career since the late Eighties. His current tour of Europe is carrying a full GEO T arena system provided by SSE Audio Group. Read more...
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| | Berlin celebrates with Nexo Alpha
May 2006 - At the end of every year in Berlin, the Brandenburg Gate draws hundreds of thousands of people from across Germany and much further afield to see in the New Year. For the last 10 years, Europe's biggest Sylvester party has been officially celebrated at the gate, with organised firework displays and live music attracting more than 10,000 spectators to the main stage alone. Read more...
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| | CAMCO rocks 7 Stages in Taiwan
April 2006 - The TK Rock Festival, which takes place every year in the city of Tai Chung in Taiwan, uses 7 performance stages, all powered by CAMCO. Read more...
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| | Theatre installation for CAMCO’s Tecton
April 2006 - De HofnarIn Valkenswaard, in The Netherlands, the theatre De Hofnar has chosen CAMCO's Tecton range to power a NEXO GEO S sound reinforcement system in its main auditorium. Read more...
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| | CAMCO Appoints new distributor for Denmark
April 2006 - Leading amplifier manufacturer CAMCO GmbH has taken the bold step of transferring its distribution business in Denmark to an all-new start-up company. Effective from April, the recently incorporated Pascal A/S will be responsible for the distribution and support of all CAMCO products in the country. Read more...
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| | Germany’s newest talent tours with CAMCO
March 2006 - Annett Louisan is one of the fastest-rising stars in Germany, following up the early success of her second album with a national tour. PA is provided by Sound Linear GmbH, a NEXO GEO S tangent-array system with PS Series monitoring, entirely powered by CAMCO Vortex amps. Read more...
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| | CAMCO Joins Ski Jumpers' Show Down - The 2005/2006 Four Hills Tournament
February 2006 - This year's Four Hills Tournament was an absolute sensation – it is the world's most prestigious World Cup ski-jumping series and as usual attracted great spectator interest. Staged in front of tour president Dietmar Hemerka from Innsbruck, the 8 days of the event saw over 100,000 spectators fill the arenas in Oberstdorf, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Innsbruck and Bischofshofen. Read more...
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| | CAMCO plans seminars in Argentina
February 2006 - Together with Argentinean distributor, Masteraudio, CAMCO is planning seminars for current and new users in Argentina. The sessions will take place in the glamorous surroundings of Masteraudio's new 2,000 capacity theatre, the Palacio Azcuenaga. Read more...
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| | Holiday on Ice uses central SR solution for the first time
February 2006 - One of the great modern entertainment phenomenons is 'Holiday on Ice', the largest live touring production in the world. The latest tour, featuring a new show called 'Romanza', uses for the first time a central sound reinforcement concept delivered by CAMCO. Read more...
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| | Pavarotti and Sandy Lam with CAMCO in Hong Kong
January 2006 - Ticket prices hit record levels as the residents of Hong Kong paid up to $4000 for a last chance to see the great tenor Luciano Pavarotti at the Hong Kong Conference and Exhibition Centre, on his Farewell Tour of the world. Read more...
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| | CAMCO in the ring at the International Circus Festival
January 2006 - In Grenoble, France, the 4th International Circus Festival provided a unique showcase for EtherSound network technology. IZO, the sound rental specialists based in Grenoble, used equipment from CAMCO, NEXO, Auvitran and Yamaha France to provide a sound reinforcement system for the 4-day Festival. Read more...
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| | 'Essn für Ann' - Comedy with CAMCO
January 2006 - Essn für Ann''Essn für ann'': in their great comedy show, comedians Volker Heißmann and Martin Rassau present the Frankenland answer to Germany's favourite English comedy ''Dinner for One'' (shown on TV every New Year's Eve since 1963!). After a successful start, a further 20 tour dates have been added for 2006. Read more...
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| | CAMCO chosen for Oregon Church
January 2006 - USA: System designers and integrators Delta Systems Integration of Portland, OR, have recently completed installation of a CAMCO-powered NEXO sound reinforcement system at Rolling Hills Community Church in Tualatin, Oregon. Read more...
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| | Ashly Audio completes sales infrastructure for CAMCO in US
January 2006 - Ashly Audio, Inc., the recently appointed exclusive North American distributor for CAMCO has fully established its sales infrastructure for the USA, hiring a new National Sales Manager for their CAMCO Division, and appointing an independent sales representative network for the amplification products. Read more...
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| | CAMCO SETS NEW STANDARD FOR AMPLIFIER WARRANTY
December 2005 - Effective from December 2005, CAMCO has announced that it is doubling the warranty period on all the professional amplifier models in its portfolio. The new terms will cover CAMCO products for 6 years from date of purchase. Read more...
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| | MASQUE SOUND ORDERS CAMCO AMPS FOR 'HAIRSPRAY'
December 2005 - Masque Sound has ordered a substantial quantity of top-of-the-range power amplifiers from German manufacturer CAMCO, in readiness for a new Vegas opening of 'Hairspray' at the start of 2006. Read more...
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| | ''ONE NIGHT OF QUEEN'' – CAMCO PLAYS TRIBUTE
November 2005 - Reaching the end of its successful 11 month run in Europe, 'ONE NIGHT OF QUEEN' is the most authentic and impressive QUEEN tribute show ever to stage the greatest hits of the legendary rock band. Read more...
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| | IN DUBAI, PROTEC CHOOSES VORTEX AND TECTON
November 2005 - In Dubai, the largest rental company in the region has taken delivery of its first CAMCO amplifiers to team with a new NEXO GEO Series tangent-array system. Production Technology LLC (Protec), which was launched in September 1999, and has since risen to become the leading event production and equipment rental company in the area, is now offering CAMCO and NEXO as part of its event production services. Read more...
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| | APRES SKI WITH CAMCO
November 2005 - In Stafford, in the centre of England, is a Scandinavian-style ski-lodge development called the Après Bar, which is one of the classiest venues in the UK to feature CAMCO's TECTON amps. Read more...
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| | CAMCO TOURS WITH THE WHITE STRIPES
November 2005 - Leading British PA company SSE Audio Group is providing CAMCO amplification for the current European and Australasian tours by The White Stripes. Recently, the band took London by storm, with the biggest dates of the European tour taking place back-to-back at the legendary Alexandra Palace. Read more...
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| | CAMCO SHOWCASES IN KOREA
November 2005 - CAMCO's distributors in Korea, Nexcor Corporation, are building a strong profile for the brand in the region, and recently staged some impressive demos at the KOSound Exhibition in Seoul. Read more...
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| | CAMCO SHINES AT GERMAN JAZZ FESTIVAL 2005 IN FRANKFURT AM MAIN
November 2005 - The German Jazz Festival at Frankfurt am Main is the oldest, longest-running jazz festival in the world. For the 36th. festival, which ran last month in October, over three days, more than 3,000 visitors found their way into the broadcasting auditorium of the radio station Hessischer Rundfunk. Read more...
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| | FIDDLING WITH CAMCO
October 2005 - Fiddler's Green has the reputation of being one of Germany's best live acts, and is currently touring the country with a CAMCO-powered NEXO GEO S system, supplied by Vulkan Veranstaltungstechnik e.K. Stopping off to do a show in Römershagen, a tiny village near the small town of Wenden about 60 miles east of Cologne,the event turned into a bit of a company outing for Reiner Sassmann and his staff at CAMCO, which is based a few kilometres away, a chance to hear their amplifiers in action. Read more...
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| | FIRST CAMCOS FOR SPANISH HEAVY METAL
October 2005 - CAMCO has made its debut appearance at a heavy metal festival. 15,000 people attended Metalway in Gernika, near Bilbao in Spain, a 3-day heavy metal party headlined by Korn and the band that claims to be the loudest in the world, Manowar. Read more...
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| | CAMCO ON TV IN SWITZERLAND
October 2005 - CAMCO will play a supporting role in one of Swiss television's musical highlights of the year. The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (TSR) records a series of concerts starring Alain Morisod in front of a live audience at their main studios in Geneva, using a CAMCO-powered NEXO GEO S system. Read more...
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| | CAMCO'S SUMMER OF SIN IN NORTH AMERICA
October 2005 - CAMCO has been touring the USA with Tori Amos, and a NEXO GEO T tangent array system supplied by SSE Hire. Read more...
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| | 100-PLUS CAMCO AMPS FOR LINZER KLANGWOLKE
September 2005 - This year's Klangwolke, staged on the banks of the River Danube in the city of Linz, was ''Teilung am Fluss'', a multimedia extravaganza composed by Peter Valentin, which featured1950s military vehicles, river boats, and even an F-5 plane borrowed from the Austrian Air Force. And the largest CAMCO/NEXO GEO array system in the world. Read more...
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| | CAMCO AT THE LOSHEIM DAM
September 2005 - One of the last events of the summer was the big open-air rock festival at the Losheimer Dam near Saarburg, a 2-day outdoor event which attracted a first class line-up for promoters Popp Concerts. The acts included Die Toten Hosen, Social Distortion, Dover, Pascow and ZSK & Backyard Babies, Die Fantastischen Vier, Sportfreunde Stiller, Patrice, Kettcar, Les Babacools, The Funky Lowlives, Cosmic Casino and Spy Kowlik Read more...
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| | CAMCO GETS BEHIND VERDI AT REUTLINGEN OPEN AIR FESTIVAL
August 2005 - Sound designer Peter Jehle from Neomy Sound & Light had more than one reason for choosing a CAMCO-powered NEXO GEO S tangent-array system for the Open Air festival in Reutlingen, south-west Germany. Read more...
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| | CAMCO GOES DUTCH
August 2005 - Leading audio-visual and sound reinforcement rental companies in Holland have been buying up CAMCO Vortex amplifiers. Read more...
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| | SLOVENIA ENTERTAINS NATO WITH CAMCO & NEXO
August 2005 - MK Light Sound in Slovenia has invested in CAMCO Vortex, together with a new NEXO GEO S system, and was quick to show off its new purchase at the evening gala party for the NATO spring assembly. Read more...
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| | CAMCO GOES TO TAIWAN FOR CHICAGO
August 2005 - 'Chicago' has arrived in Taipei. Broadway's most popular musical is playing short residencies in selected major cities around the world, and has used a CAMCO/NEXO GEO T system to play the 1520-seater National Theatre Concert Hall in the capital of Taiwan. Read more...
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| | NEW USA DISTRIBUTION: CAMCO AND ASHLY AUDIO TIE THE KNOT IN NORTH AMERICA
August 2005 - From 1 August 2005, Ashly Audio is stepping into the role of North American importer and distributor of CAMCO amplifier products, offering a single comprehensive catalogue of amplification and signal processing products, backed by an adventurous approach to technological innovation. The CAMCO range of power amplifiers and networkable DSP products dovetails comfortably into the Ashly Audio portfolio. Read more...
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| | CAMCO IN FIRST ETHERSOUND NETWORK-CONTROLLED INSTALLATION
August 2005 - The Chantier des Francofolies, perhaps the most technologically advanced training centre for sound engineers and musicians in France, has been equipped with a NEXO GEO S tangent array system, powered by CAMCO, and operated entirely over an Ethersound© network. This is the first network-based installation of its kind to be completed in France. Read more...
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| | OASIS POWER IS CAMCO POWER
July 2005 - One of Britain's biggest rock bands Oasis is using CAMCO Vortex 6 amplifiers to power NEXO tangent-array systems for their sell-out stadium shows in the UK, and for the forthcoming US tour. Read more...
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| | PAOLO CONTE QUIETLY FILLS VERONA ARENA
July 2005 - A complete contrast to the Oasis stadium shows, another CAMCO user is one of Italy's most enduring singing stars Paolo Conte, whose sell-out show was the highlight of the summer jazz season at the famous Arena in Verona, Italy. Read more...
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| | JUMBO POWER
July 2005 - To mark the centenary of Jules Verne’s death, one of France's most innovative theatre companies, Royal de Luxe, has staged an extraordinary 3-day spectacle. Combining elements of street theatre, circus and carnival, the event featuring a robot elephant and a giant doll. French PA company Melpomen provided a mobile NEXO GEO system, powered by CAMCO Vortex. Read more...
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| | CAMCO VORTEX FOR PAVAROTTI IN PRAGUE
June 2005 - The world's greatest tenor, Luciano Pavarotti, gave his farewell concert in Prague at the Sazka Arena, using CAMCO Vortex 6 amps to power a NEXO GEO T tangent-array system. Read more...
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| | CAMCO, NEXO AND SIR ELTON JOHN SET NEW RECORD IN USA
May 2005 - The NEXO/CAMCO system provided for Herbalife's 25th anniversary gala at the Georgia Dome is the largest GEO T tangent-array ever to be used in the USA. Sound designer Chris Beale of SSE Hire (UK) worked closely with Gand Concert Sound (Illinois) and NEXO USA to provide record-breaking sound reinforcement services for this remarkable corporate event with its highlight, a private concert by Sir Elton John. Read more...
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| | DOWNHILL ALL THE WAY AT NORDIC WORLD SKI CHAMPIONSHIP
May 2005 - 360,000 spectators made their way to Obserstdorf (Allgäu, Germany) for the 2005 Nordic World Ski Championship. They filled the Schanzenstadion and the Langlaufstadion outdoor arenas, enjoying the combination of sunshine and plenty of snow. Read more...
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| | CAMCO KEEPS AN EYE ON THE BALL IN FRANKFURT
May 2005 - The German Sports Writers Ball is one of the social highlights of the year in Frankfurt am Main, held at the Alte Oper (Old Opera House) and attending by nearly 3000 guests. This year, its sponsor, Frankfurter Sportpresse e.V., welcomed many celebrities from the world of sport, politics, industry and showbusiness, including the star guest, José Carreras. Read more...
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| | CAMCO AND FÖÖN TAKE TECHNO TO NEW LEVELS
May 2005 - 14 hours of techno at 128db/a…for 2,500 people at the 'Schranz and Techno Party Loud', that was a perfect night out. Audio Studio Nord (ASN) from Wilhelmshaven has plenty of experience in events of this kind, and designed a CAMCO/FÖÖN system that could deliver high-quality sustained power. Read more...
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| | CAMCO DEBUTS ON BROADWAY IN TWO NEW MUSICALS
May 2005 - Sound designers for two new musicals have chosen to use Vortex amplifiers from the German manufacturer CAMCO, the first time they have been specified for Broadway productions in NYC. Read more...
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| | DIE PRINZEN CHOOSE NEXO GEO ARRAY SYSTEM FOR ACOUSTIC TOUR
May 2005 - With 14 gold records, six platinums, and over five million recordings sold, Die Prinzen is one of the most popular German pop bands of all time. Dates on 'the Princes' current acoustic tour sold out in record time, forcing them to add extra concerts to a national tour that is playing more than 30 theatres and concert halls (including the Leipzig ''Gewandhaus'' and the Dresden ''Semperoper'') across Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Read more...
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| | T-MOBILE CAMPUS WINS NEW-TECH AWARD
April 2005 - A prestigious SINUS Systems Integration Award 2005 has been awarded to the Walters-Storyk Design Group Europe for the work it has done at the T-Mobile Campus Forum in Bonn, Germany. The venue, which features CAMCO Vortex at the centre of its pioneering networked audio installation, has been given the Award for its use of new technology and system integration in a 'business' setting. Read more...
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| | MAJOR US RENTAL COMPANIES BUY INTO CAMCO
April 2005 - Two leading regional sound rental companies in the USA have purchased substantial inventories of CAMCO Vortex amplifiers along with NEXO GEO T systems. Read more...
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| | CZECH ANDEL AWARDS ARE NETWORKED BY CAMCO WINCAI
April 2005 - Every year, the Akademie populární hudby (Czech Academy of Popular Music) stages the Andel Awards,.the Czech equivalent of the Grammys, which are presented at a glittering ceremony. The event is a major highlight of the musical year in the Czech Republic, with 8,000 people at Ostrava´s CEZ Arena and millions watching it live on Czech TV and Czech radio. Read more...
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| | CAMCO and NEXO at the Film and Television Academy
April 2005 - Earlier this year, students at the 'Konrad Wolf Film and Television Academy' (HFF) in Potsdam-Babelsberg had the opportunity to attend a special lecture by celebrated acoustic expert Professor W. Ahnert. Read more...
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| | CAMCO HITS NEW LOWS AT THE AA ARENA, MIAMI
April 2005 - Leading sound designer Terry McNeil of Pro Sound - Miami has put together a hugely powerful CAMCO-powered NEXO system for DJs Sasha and Digweed, playing the huge 20,000-capacity American Airlines Arena in Miami, FL. Read more...
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| | CAMCO TECTONS ON THE EDINBURGH WATERFRONT
April 2005 - CAMCO's new TECTON amps have made their way to the Scottish capital, and into Cargo, a new concept music bar/bistro, which has been opened in the regenerated Fountainbridge area of Edinburgh Quay in Scotland at a cost of £1.4m. Read more...
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| | GARBAGE TOURS WORLD WITH CAMCO
March 2005 - Arguably one of the best rock 'n' roll bands in the world, certainly one of the most hard-working, Garbage is on the road again with the 2005 world tour. And they are taking CAMCO with them, to power the NEXO system being supplied by Thunder Audio. Read more...
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| | CAMCO POWER FOR LEADING LONDON CLUB
February 2005 - Umbaba is a new and exclusive club venue in London's West End, which has opened with a most unusual sound system The club's PA features high-end ATC transparent reference monitors, and CAMCO Vortex 3 amplifiers, specified by acoustician Nick Whitaker. Read more...
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| | AMERICAN PRESS PRAISE COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF CAMCO VORTEX
February 2005 - In the Jan/Feb 2005 issue of 'Church Production', there is an article about the CAMCO-powered NEXO installation at the High Point Church in Fort Worth, Dallas. Author John Chester includes the following comments about the Vortex amps. Read more...
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| | BABBEL & HAEGER MERGES SOUND, MUSIC AND MODERN ART
February 2005 - German PA specialists Babbel & Haeger has completed a most perplexing sound reinforcement challenge, building a unique 'walk-in' sound stage for a presentation in Cologne, in cooperation with broadcaster Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR). Read more...
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| | CAMCO TO EQUIP ENTIRE PRODUCT RANGE WITH ETHERSOUND CONNECTIVITY
January 2005 - CAMCO is the first amplifier manufacturer in the world to commit to adding EtherSound connectivity to its entire product range. The optional EtherSound modules will be showcased as early as April 2005 at the Prolight+Sound trade show in Frankfurt. This short time to market is possible thanks to a close collaboration with AuviTran, an Authorized EtherSound Implementor, which will provide hardware modules and development services to CAMCO. [EtherSound is an industry-standard technology for audio networking developed, patented, and licensed by Digigram, which enables real-time audio networks using standard Ethernet cabling and components.] Read more...
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| | AMPTOWN PROVIDES UNUSUAL 'BACKSTAGE' SOUND SYSTEM TO THALIA THEATRE, HAMBURG
January 2005 - Hamburg-based sound company Amptown Sound & Communication GmbH (ASC) has completed an unusual but critical sound system installation at the Thalia Theatre in Hamburg. Following a shoot-out of loudspeaker systems, ASC chose a CAMCO-powered NEXO Alpha system for the task. Read more...
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| | CAMCO FOR JOSÉ CARRERAS BENEFIT GALA IN LEIPZIG
January 2005 - Legendary Spanish tenor José Carreras celebrated the 10th anniversary of his charity, the José Carrera Foundation, with a musical gala in Leipzig, Germany. Berlin-based event services company Artecom GmbH supplied a CAMCO-powered NEXO GEO sound reinforcement system for the show. Read more...
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| | GERMANY: NEXO WINS SHOOT-OUT AT PFORZHEIM CONGRESS CENTRUM
December 2004 - In the architecturally impressive Grand Hall of the Pforzheim Congress Centrum, near Stuttgart, a major sound reinforcement installation has been completed. The 2000-capacity auditorium has been equipped with a new NEXO GEO S tangent-array system, supplied by NEXO's German distributors CAMCO GmbH. Read more...
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| | BORDEAUX FITS CAMCO IN NEW CONVENTION CENTRE
December 2004 - The prestigious new Convention Centre of Bordeaux has chosen to install CAMCO amplifiers with NEXO loudspeakers in its two largest auditoria. Read more...
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| | CAMCO VORTEX BEHIND KITARO IN THE ARENA OF STARS, MALAYSIA
December 2004 - Japanese musician Kitaro played a 2-hour a sell-out concert at the Arena of Stars in Genting Highlands, Malaysia. Read more...
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| | CAMCO BRINGS LIFE TO THE ROMAN RUINS OF TRIER
November 2004 - The 'Kaiserthermen', or Roman Imperial Baths, is one of the city of Trier's most famous attractions. Every year, the venue plays host to the 3-night Kaiserthermen Open Air music festival, this year featuring a diverse roster of artists, from heavy metal specialists In Extremo and Schandmaul to the yodelling alpine rock of Hubert von Goisen. Read more...
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| | CAMCO WAS THERE WHEN JAZZ MET TRALLALERO
November 2004 - For the unusual musical proposition 'Jazz Meets Trallalero', sound rental company PRO MUSIK had to choose a high-quality sound system that would meet the demands of the music, the expectations of an international audience and the challenges of an auditorium not designed for flown PA. Read more...
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| | CAMCO ON THE WATER AT THE EMSFESTIVAL IN RHEINE
October 2004 - Sound rental company audiokonzept of Gronau faced a different challenge at this year's Emsfestival in Rheine. For the first time at the biannual riverside festival, a floating stage was constructed, taking the entertainment onto the water itself. Read more...
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| | CAMCO TOURS WITH THE TEN TENORS
October 2004 - One of Australia's unique exports, The Ten Tenors, is about to start a series of dates in Germany, with rental company Sound Linear GmbH providing a CAMCO-powered NEXO GEO S rig. Read more...
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| | T-MOBILE CAMPUS IS SHOWCASE FOR CAMCO
October 2004 - The head office of the T-Mobile telecommunications group is a massive 123,000 m2 complex in Bonn, accommodating around 5,000 employees. Its impressive entrance hall, itself covering an area of 2,300 m2, houses Europe's largest indoor LED wall, and a powerful surround sound system powered entirely by CAMCO amplifiers. Read more...
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| | SARAH BRIGHTMAN TOURS EUROPE AND USA WITH CAMCO
October 2004 - The original star of 'The Phantom of the Opera', and now a British diva in her own right, Sarah Brightman has been touring arenas in the USA and Europe since the beginning of the year. Carrying full production, a NEXO GEO T and CAMCO rig provided by Birmingham-based hire company SSE, the tour has criss-crossed the Atlantic and will end the year with more shows in America Read more...
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| | NY'S MASQUE SOUND SHAKES UP ITS V-DOSC RIGS WITH CAMCO AMPS
September 2004 - New York City's longest-established sound rental company Masque Sound has taken swift and decisive action following a power amplifier shoot-out, held on behalf of Masque's new Concert Division. The results of the shoot-out were so conclusive that Masque Sound has ordered more than 100 Vortex 6 amplifiers from German manufacturer CAMCO, with further orders in the pipeline. The new amps are being specified for live concert and touring events, and will play a key role in Masque's system design for 'We Will Rock You', a new musical opening at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. Read more...
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| | CAMCO'S TECTON SERIES NOMINATED FOR MIX AWARD
July 2004 - The Tecton Series of amplifiers has been nominated for one of the prestigious Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards, or TEC Awards as they are better known, handed out annually by The Mix Foundation in the USA. Now in their 20th year, these Awards honour outstanding technical and creative achievement in professional audio production and product design. Five companies have been nominated in the category of Amplifier Technology. CAMCO will have to wait until the end of October to find out if we have been successful! Read more...
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| | SSE HIRE STOCKS UP ON CAMCO AMPLIFIERS
July 2004 - British PA company SSE Hire has substantially increased its inventory of CAMCO power amplifiers, with the purchase of more than 100x Vortex V6 and 32x Tecton 32.4 models. Read more...
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| | MTV ASIA AWARDS NIGHT
June 2004 - MTV Asia has again held its Annual Awards ceremony in Singapore at the Indoor Stadium. Award presentations alternated with live performances by Asian and international recording artists from the West, like Sugarbabes, Stacie Orrico and Black Eyes Peas. The show also featured a surprise guest appearance by international diva, Mariah Carey, and was broadcast across cable and television. Read more...
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| | BOB DYLAN IN LONDON WITH CAMCO
June 2004 - The legendary Bob Dylan has made a rare outdoor appearance, in front of 30,000 fans, at the Finsbury Park Fleadh. This one-day festival was the only London appearance for the founding father of folk-rock, the headline act on a bill that included The Charlatans and The Counting Crows. Read more...
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| | CAMCO POWERS HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA
´June 2004 - When His Holiness The Dalai Lama came to Scotland, he spent 4 days at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in Glasgow, with audiences of up to 10,000 people who had come from all over the world for this rare opportunity to hear his teachings and personal insights into Buddhist philosophy. Read more...
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| | CAMCO POWER FOR HIGH POINT SERVICES IN DALLAS
June 2004 - Nashville-based sound and lighting system design-build contractors Maxx Technology has completed the installation of a ground breaking sound reinforcement system for High Point Church in their new 400,000 sq. ft. building in Dallas. The system features radical new audio technologies from CAMCO and NEXO, used in a configuration never seen before in the USA. Read more...
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| | ADLIB AUDIO MAKES LONG-TERM INVESTMENT IN CAMCO AMPLIFIERS
June 2004 - UK: Liverpool-based audio and lighting services company Adlib Audio has made a major commitment to CAMCO, the German amplifier manufacturer, taking delivery of more than sixty new Vortex 6 amplifiers for use with its JBL VerTec system. The equipment is being supplied by CAMCO's UK distributor Fuzion plc, and is being seen by Adlib Audio as ''an initial purchase, and part of a major long-term investment''. Read more...
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| | CAMCO SUPPLIES SIGNATURE BASS SUPPORT FOR METALLICA
June 2004 - The world's most famous heavy metal band Metallica is famous for the levels of sub-bass they put out at live shows. Their 6-week European tour features CAMCO Vortex 6 amplifiers on the large numbers of NEXO subs that are being used. Read more...
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| | CAMCO CHOSEN FOR NEW HARD ROCK CAFÉ IN KUWAIT
June 2004 - The new Hard Rock Café is to have a NEXO PS Series sound reinforcement system, powered by CAMCO, installed into its high-tech glass and steel interior by local sound contractor ElectroLynx. More than half the construction budget is being spent on the audio-video system, reflecting the central importance of music and entertainment in the Hard Rock concept. Read more...
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| | GERMANY: ULTRASCHALL ADDS TECTON INTO RENTAL STOCK
January 2004 - Ultraschall, the equipment rental company based in Kassel, near Hanover, has increased its rental stock of CAMCO amplification, ordering new 38.4 models from the Tecton range to add to its inventory of more than 50 x Vortex 6 units. Read more...
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| | AMPTOWN INSTALLS CAMCO IN NEUMÜNSTER HOLSTENHALLE
November 2003 - Hamburg-based sound consultants Amptown Sound & Communications (ASC) has completed the installation of a sound reinforcement system at the Holstenhalle in Neumünster, a 1930s aeroplane hangar which can accommodate audiences of up to 4000 people for concerts and events. Read more...
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| | AUSTRALIA: THE GRAND HALL OF PARLIAMENT HOUSE, DARWIN
November 2003 - The Grand Hall is the main function room at Parliament House in Darwin, Australia. Because the room has polished surfaced walls and granite floors, there was a problem with multiple and non-diffusing destructive reflections which result in‘interference’ or loss of articulation at the listeners’ ear level. Read more...
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| | GAND CONCERT SOUND INVESTS IN CAMCO VORTEX POWER
October 2003 - Chicago-based sound rental company Gand Concert Sound has changed its company credo on power amps since purchasing CAMCO Vortex 6 units to power its new Nexo GEO tangent array system. Read more...
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| | THE LIGHTHOUSE EVANGELISM CHURCH, SINGAPORE
October 2003 - Lighthouse Evangelism has used CAMCO Vortex amplifiers to power the Nexo systems in its new Sanctuary in Singapore, a huge 2,500-seater auditorium. Read more...
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| | CAMCO FOR THE MILLENNIUM FORUM IN NORTHERN IRELAND
August 2003 - Rea Sound (NI) Ltd has installed a permanent sound system featuring 6 x CAMCO Vortex amplifiers in the Millennium Forum, Derry, Northern Ireland. Read more...
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| | CAMCO LAUNCHES ETHERCAI AMPLIFIER NETWORKING SOLUTION
June 2003 - CAMCO is pleased to announce the launch of EtherCai, a software and hardware solution to amplifer networking and remote control which can be run from any PC with Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP, using an Ethernet Network-Card. Read more...
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| | KUNGSTRÄDGÅRDEN IN STOCKHOLM USES VORTEX
June 2003 - Swedish sound rental company Lagom & Gött has installed 10 x CAMCO Vortex 6 amplifiers as part of a permanent Nexo GEO T sound system in the famous Kungsträdgården in central Stockholm, which hosts free concerts throughout the summer months, including the biggest public event in Sweden. Read more...
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| | CAMCO VORTEX POWERS GENEVA STADIUM
April 2003 - The Geneva-based company Skynight and CAMCO's Swiss distributor Zap Audio have completed a prestigious sound reinforcement installation at the Geneva Stadium in Switzerland. Read more...
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| | LOUDEST BAND IN THE WORLD TOURS WITH CAMCO
April 2003 - They call themselves ''The Loudest Band in the World'', and claim to hold the Guinness World Record for 129dB on-stage heavy metal. Amplified exclusively by CAMCO, American band Manowar has recently completed an ear-splitting tour of Europe, playing 35 shows in 11 countries to audiences of up to 8000 people. Read more...
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| | CORNERSTONE PURCHASES CAMCO VORTEX
April 2003 - Cornerstone Technologies in Orem, Utah has been providing AV services for corporate events since 1989. Today, their production crews can be found in almost every major event hall, tradeshow and convention center throughout the nation. The company has recently invested in 6 x CAMCO Vortex 6 amplifiers, along with a new Nexo GEO Series system. Read more...
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