Posts Tagged ‘disco equipment’

New Lighting Effects Added - Acme Dynamo 4 Light Pack

Sunday, December 27th, 2009

The Acme Dynamo Party Scan light  is available to hire either as a single unit, in pairs,  or with 4 of them on a stand.

The light produces insensely coloured shapes and paterns on the walls, floors and ceilings of your venue. The patterns and colours change with the beat of the music. Each unit has its own internal microphone to pick up that beat.

If you use more than one dynamo, you can link them together so that they all do the same thing at the same time or without the link, each one will do something different. It is a matter of personal preference which of these 2 modes is the best.

In the manufacturer’s videos, the background music has a very fast beat, hence the lighting also moves very quickly. Please bare that in mind when viewing the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c-cC8xod-I

New Lights - Acme Dynamo Party Scan

Sunday, August 9th, 2009

Stargazer are always updating the lighting effects in their hire fleet. We have now added the Acme Dynamo Party Scan. You can hire a single unit or a pair or even 4 of them on a lighting stand.

The unit produces different coloured shapes and patterns on walls, floors and ceiling of the room and has an inbuilt microphone which senses the beat and moves the lightbeams  in time to the music . . . . .  Hence, in the manufacturer’s video below, because it is a fast song, the beams also move quickly but with slower music the beams would also move slowly. It is a very well thought out, versatile lighting effect !

The first video (click the link below) is with 4 lights … Enjoy !

Acme Dynamo Party Scan

Stargazer Go To Belgium !

Monday, July 13th, 2009

Stargazer Discos have worked the length and breadth of the UK and have, on many occasions, sent DJs overseas. Up until recently we had never worked in Belgium.

We had a call from the Master of our local Masonic Lodge. He explained that once a year members of the Lodge go abroad for a no-expense-spared social weekend.

Last year they all took themselves off to Bruges. Everybody had a great time, they loved the hotel, thought the food was great and had a fantastic time sightseeing. It was so enjoyable that they decided to come back for more this year. The only “fly in the ointment” was the entertainment. Last year, they had asked the hotel to arrange a DJ for them ….

Clearly, the hotel receptionist to whom they spoke had no idea what sort of clients to expect. Anybody who has ever attended a Masonic function will tell you that the members are mostly well-spoken business people, aged between 35 and 65.

As they toddled along the corridor from the hotel restaurant to the “ballroom”, a deafening thumping noise started. They opened the door to find speakers stacked from floor to ceiling, strobes flashing and a lightshow “designed to impress.” A trendy looking, Flemmish-speaking, Techno DJ in his early 20’s was in charge of the decks !

He looked somewhat crestfallen when a bunch of middle aged English people walked into the room and told him in no uncertain terms to “Turn that racket down ! ” It was not really his fault, clearly he hadn’t been briefed properly by the hotel.

After establishing that house and techno were the only genres he carried and the volume of the music was unlikely to go any lower than mark 6 on the Richter scale, the guests decided to beat a hastly retreat to the nearest bar.

This year, it was a case of “once bitten, twice shy” - Rather than chance a similar fiasco, the Lodge members decided it would probably be better to use a professional disco company from London and take the DJ over to Belgium with them. Hence the call to Stargazer.

They booked 2 DJs from us, one for the Friday and one for the Saturday night. On the first evening it was a “music and general knowledge quiz” and on the second, a classic disco. The guests could not have been nicer. Everyone had a great time, including the pair of Stargazer deejays who ran the 2 events. We also had a chance, on the Sunday, to join the group for a spot of sightseeing around Bruges.

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DJ vs iPod - Let Battle Commence !

Saturday, July 11th, 2009

If you have ever considered using an iPod as entertainment for your party or wedding reception, you must listen to this podcast.

This is an American not a British podcast. It was put together by an American company called iMatrimony.

Be warned - It is a little cheesy at the start, particularly the opening music and credits but bare with it, the topics discussed are equally relevant on both sides of the Atlantic and the advice given is almost exactly the same as we give.

Tom Russo, a DJ from a company called Spectrum Entertainments, discusses (quite fairly) the pros and cons of hiring a DJ, or using an iPod for your special occasion.

Please turn up the speakers on your computer, then click the link below and wait a minute or so for the Podcast to load up and start. Enjoy !

DJ-vs-iPod-Podcast

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020-8594 1320
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Laser Light Shows UK

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

Laser Shows

Stargazer are constantly introducing new and exciting lighting effects both into their hire fleet and DJ’s light shows. Only a few weeks ago, we introduced the amazing “Impossibled“  (See details and video below)

Now we  have  added a fantastic twin green laser from the UK’s leading laser shows supplier, “Green Light Laser Specialists“.

This compact machine, cheekily named the CR-TEC Top-1D, produces a huge range of patterns and tunnel effects. The twin beams remain sharply in focus, no matter how large or small your venue happens to be.

It operates in either stand-alone mode or, as you can see in the video, pulses precisely in time to the beat of your music. It operates via a sensitive internal mic, so apart from the mains lead, no wiring is involved.

This twin green laser  looks great during the day and is even better at night. However, to really impress your guests, go the whole hog and combine it with a smoke machine.

Our laser shows are available to hire for any event.

 

 Click for pics and more info . . . .  http://tinyurl.com/laser-light-shows-uk
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STARGAZER DISCOS ANNOUNCE LONGER OFFICE HOURS !!

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

Recession ? What recession ? - Here at Stargazer, we have never been busier …

With all the doom and gloom in the news, it seems everyone is trying to cheer themselves up by throwing a party

To cope with the extra workload,  with  immediate effect, we will be opening an hour earlier than previously at 09.30am instead of 10.30am. 

If you have any queries about hiring a DJ, Karaoke Presenter, Disco or  Karaoke Equipment, just fill in a quick enquiry form at

http://www.stargazerdiscos.co.uk/webtomail.html

or better still, simply call from 9.30am onwards, 7 days a week on

020-8594 1320
020-8594 2150
OR 07967 044282
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

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