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Henry Buhl Jr. Planetarium @ Carnegie Science Center. June 9th, 2006 @ 8:00pm. Doors open @ 7:30 $10 general admission/$8 for students (w/ ID) and CSC members

Lotuspike and Carnegie Science Center are pleased to bring back The Ministry of Inside Things, Friday, June 9th at 8:00pm.

The Ministry of Inside Things, consisting of electronic musician Chuck van Zyl and electric guitarist Art Cohen, are considered among the most innovative of US synthesists today. Influenced by the early music of Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze and Ash Ra Tempel, their spacemusic has been described as linear, leading the listener across many sonic terrains. Based on improvisation, The Ministry of Inside Things creates electronic realizations that flow from theme to theme, with the experience often lasting up to two hours. Through use of textures and atmospheres as well as harmony, rhythm and melody, the group transports the audience on an internal sonic excursion.

van Zyl has been recording electronic music and performing live for more than 15 years but is best known for hosting one of the country’s most successful radio shows of electronic music, STAR’S END, for the past 20 years. van Zyl has released two CDs of spacemusic on the Centaur label, Celestial Mechanics and The Relic as well as a collaborative effort with Peter Gulch, Regeneration Mode on Synkronos and The Sound Museum with Gulch and Rath on Groove Ltd. Art Cohen has been pushing the limits of the electric guitar in the studio and in live performance for well over 15 years.

Performance will be accompanied with a laser light show and feature a meet and greet after the show. For more information, email: contact@lotupsike.com.

For more information: http://members.bellatlantic.net/~chuckv/moit.html

For online ticketing: http://www.carnegieonline.org/csc (look for “voices beyond the dome concert series” at the bottom of the page)

Or e-mail us: contact@lotuspike.com

Call: 412-237-3400 for ticket information

Lotuspike and Carnegie Science Center welcomes Robert Rich! Sunday, April 23, 2006 8 p.m. in the Henry Buhl, Jr. Planetarium $16; $8 for members, students, children and seniors

Join internationally-acclaimed electronic music artist Robert Rich under the dome of the Henry Buhl, Jr. Planetarium with live lasers and special effects. In his 20+ year career, Rich’s music has been distributed and broadcast internationally on major radio shows and has been included in feature films, gallery installations and planetariums across the country and abroad. In addition to his accomplishments as a musician, Robert Rich is also gifted innovator who participated in the creation of MIDI, a global computer language that synthesizers use to communicate with one another. Presented by Carnegie Science Center and Lotuspike Records.

Get more info here >

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You can now purchase tickets online for our Voices Beyond the Dome concert series @ the Science Center!

Click here for tickets >

experience a unique musical journey, featuring live performances and exclusive previews of ambient, space and ambi-electronic music, set to the thrilling imagery and lasers of the Henry Buhl Jr. Planetarium at Carnegie Science Center.

MINISTRY of INSIDE THINGS
Saturday, June 25th, 2005 @ 9:00 PM
[ambient space rock from Philadelphia, PA]

JEFF PEARCE
Friday, October 21st, 2005 @ 9:00 PM
[guitar pioneer - spacious music from strings]

tickets $10 @ door.
($8 for Science Center Members)

events@lotuspike.com or call 412-237-3400 for more information.