Ministry of Inside Things June 9, 2006

Lotuspike and Carnegie Science Center are pleased to bring back 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.

For information, please visit http://www.lotuspike.com. For online ticketing, please go to http://www.carnegieonline.org/csc. Look for the "Voices Beyond the Dome" concert series. Tickets are $10 gen. admission/$8 for students (with ID at the door) and CSC members. Or call (412)237-3400.

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