Electronic Space Music Festival and Concert

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

DIFFERENT SKIES: ELECTRONIC SPACE MUSIC FESTIVAL October 20, 2007 at ARCOSANTI

On Saturday, October 20, 2007, the electronic music collaborative Different Skies will perform at Arcosanti for the fifth consecutive year. Different Skies is an international gathering of experimental musicians who come together for a week of intensive composing and rehearsals, culminating in a concert at the Colly Soleri amphitheatre at Arcosanti. Technology meets imagination to create an evening of amazing entertainment—the music of Different Skies is exciting, accessible, imaginative, and fun for listeners of all ages and musical interests, from classical and jazz to modern ambient and meditation/healing music.

During the week prior to the concert, the musicians of Different Skies will compose and rehearse the show's music, creating the entire performance in six days. While at Arcosanti, the musicians will be available to conduct workshops for music students from local schools and colleges, and teach master classes on electronic music technique and technology. This year's roster combines over twenty musicians and visual artists to create a stunning tapestry of improvised and composed space music, ambient, experimental, and electronic, mixed with interactive video synthesis. To learn more about the artists involved, please visit www.differentskies.com.

Schedule of Events:

5:00pm: Complimentary Tour of Arcosanti

6:00pm: Concert Dinner in the Arcosanti Café

7:30pm: Different Skies Performance in Colly Soleri Music Center

Post Show: Pictograph Sound and Light Show

Cost: $30 for performance and dinner, $15 for performance only, $10 for students/children.

Reservations are required for dinner. Please contact the Arcosanti Gallery at (928) 632-6217 or (602) 254-5309, between 9am and 5pm, or email info@arcosanti.org.

The menu for the evening includes: chaparral steak medallions with mixed mushrooms, roasted eggplant with white beans and mixed grains, green beans with Arcosanti herbs and garlic, butternut squash soup, spinach-radicchio salad and pumpkin pie.

Arcosanti is located 65 miles north of Phoenix, and 2 1/2 miles northeast of Cordes Junction. Take exit 262 off I-17 and follow the signs for Arcosanti.

For more information, please visit our web site:

www.arcosanti.org

Arcosanti, an urban laboratory under construction in the high desert of central Arizona, is a model urban environment that is striving to reduce humankind’s ecological impact on the earth.

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