Different Skies is back again for its 6th year September 14-20, 2008, with musical artists old and new, a new palette of ideas, and a lot of energy and drive to create beauty for you. The venue will once again be Arcosanti, an hour north of Phoenix, AZ.Different Skies is an electronic space music festival, a workshop for artists in these and related experimental music genres, a working vacation, an intensive and rewarding creative environment, and many more things. It is held at Arcosanti, Paolo Soleri's urban laboratory an hour north of Phoenix, Arizona.
Recording Magazine editor Mike Metlay began Different Skies in 2003 with the assistance of Tucson musician and radio show host Doug Wellington, as an opportunity that rarely presents itself in the rarefied world of space music: a chance for members of the electronic music community to get together for an extended period of time in a controlled and isolated environment, to network and learn from one another, form new professional alliances and new friendships, and to create and perform an evening of entirely original new music for an enthusiastic audience.
Electronic music, which features the synthesizer and computer as prominently as it does traditional amplified and acoustic instruments, is traditionally viewed as a lonely art form, created by musicians working alone in small studios. Opportunities to build community among these musicians are rare.
The first step was to find a place which was inspiring and welcoming to visiting musicians, where rehearsals could be both relaxed and energetic, with a fixed goal in mind while allowing for flexibility of scheduling on a day to day basis. Arcosanti, with its wonderful admixture of futuristic architecture and art-colony sensibility, seemed a perfect choice.
Performers this year include Different Skies veterans Giles Reaves (Salt Lake City/Nashville), Mike Metlay (Boulder), Otso Pakarinen (Helsinki), Bill Fox (Nazareth), Jim Combs (Atlanta), Allen Goodman (Phoenix), Joe McMahon (Silicon Valley), Rus Foster (Phoenix), Dave Fulton (Portland), Ivan Schwartz (Seattle), Dave Herpich (Kansas), John Rossi III (Florida), Greg Hurley (San Diego), Paul Vnuk Jr. (Milwaukee), Tim Walters (San Francisco), Nick Rothwell (London), Greg and Hong Waltzer (Pennsylvania), and Jeff Kunzelman (Phoenix). First time Different Skies performers include Kevin Haller and Klimchak (Atlanta), and Michael Sanders (Portland).
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