On May 16, 2026, Armin van Buuren headlined a sold-out open-air show at Industry City in Brooklyn — a 10 PM–4 AM event by EMW Presents that turned the daytime manufacturing complex into an all-night outdoor rave, with support from Laura van Dam and Sunryse. Ashley Systems delivered the entire technical production: audio, lighting, staging, LED, and power. The sound system was a d&b audiotechnik deployment engineered for Industry City’s long courtyard geometry — KSL mains at the stage, KSL and XSL delay positions carrying coverage down the site, and SL subwoofers underneath. Video ran on two LED walls with live IMAG: one behind the DJ and a second positioned 250 feet away in the neighboring courtyard, keeping the crowd beyond the sightlines connected to the stage. The night ran on Ashley Systems power distribution end to end, through a three-hour headline set that opened with the extended intro of “Awake” and closed at 4 AM (DJ LIFE Magazine covered the show; RA event page).
The Challenge
Industry City is not a venue — it is a working industrial complex whose courtyards become one after dark. The geometry is the defining problem: long, narrow outdoor corridors flanked by hard brick facades, with the audience stretching far beyond a single PA’s honest throw and around corners into a second courtyard entirely. A stage-only system would mean loud at the front, mud at the back, and nothing around the corner. Layer on the operational realities: an open-air show in a residential borough, a sold-out crowd arriving at night into a space that was manufacturing floor that morning, a 4 AM finish that demands all-night reliability, and no house production infrastructure — every watt, every truss, every panel arrives on trucks.
The Solution
Audio. d&b audiotechnik KSL mains at the stage, with KSL and XSL delay positions staged down the courtyard to keep level and clarity consistent over the full depth of the site, and SL subwoofers providing the low end a trance headliner requires. Delay systems mean the crowd 250 feet back hears the same show as the front row — time-aligned, not just loud.
Video. Two LED walls with live IMAG: the primary wall behind Armin van Buuren, and a second wall 250 feet away serving the far courtyard, carrying the camera feed so the entire site stayed visually connected to the performance.
Staging, lighting, power. Full staging for the open-air stage, show lighting for a six-hour night program, and complete generator-fed power distribution for audio, video, and lighting — one vendor, one advance, one team through 4 AM.
By the Numbers
| Metric | Figure |
|---|---|
| Date | May 16, 2026 — sold out |
| Venue | Industry City, Brooklyn (open air) |
| Show | 10 PM – 4 AM; three-hour headline set |
| PA | d&b KSL mains + KSL & XSL delays + SL-SUBs |
| Video | 2 LED walls with live IMAG, 250 ft apart across two courtyards |
| Scope | Audio, lighting, staging, LED, power — full production |
| Promoter | EMW Presents; support: Laura van Dam, Sunryse |
Result
A sold-out, all-night open-air show in one of Brooklyn’s most distinctive spaces, covered by the dance-music press — DJ LIFE Magazine called it a “trance haven.” The delay system carried the show to every corner of the courtyards, the second IMAG wall made the far crowd part of the room, and the production ran through 4 AM without a miss. For Ashley Systems it is the complete portfolio statement in one night: concert-grade d&b system design, multi-screen IMAG video, staging, lighting, and power — engineered and operated by a single Brooklyn team.
FAQs
Who produces open-air concerts and raves in Brooklyn?
Ashley Systems delivers full technical production for open-air events across Brooklyn and NYC — including Armin van Buuren’s sold-out Industry City show. Outdoor industrial sites have no house infrastructure, so we bring everything: d&b audiotechnik sound systems, LED walls with IMAG, staging, show lighting, and generator power distribution, with the advance and permits experience that overnight outdoor events demand.
What is a delay system and when do I need one?
A delay system is a set of additional speaker positions placed partway down a long venue, time-aligned to the main PA so sound arrives coherently instead of as echo. If your audience extends more than roughly 100–150 feet from the stage — a long courtyard, a street festival, a pier — delays are the difference between “loud at the front” and a consistent show everywhere. At Industry City we ran KSL and XSL delay positions to carry a time-aligned mix 250+ feet through two courtyards.
Can you provide LED walls with live camera feeds (IMAG)?
Yes — IMAG (image magnification) is standard in our concert packages: camera coverage of the performer switched live to LED walls so large or deep crowds see the show, not just hear it. We run multiple walls from one feed — at Industry City, a wall behind the DJ and a second 250 feet away in the neighboring courtyard. Call (718) 218-5941 or email [email protected] with your site and we’ll spec screens, cameras, and rigging.