New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ American Museum Of
Natural History) - The American Museum of
Natural History has returned with a new season of the highly celebrated series, One Step Beyond, presented with The Fader Magazine. Named the 'Best Museum Party' by New York Magazine, One Step Beyond continues its cosmic collision with a galactic line up,
Flying Lotus and Kode9. These two UK imports launch their space-age session Friday, April 17, 2009, 9pm to 1am. Tickets are $25, which includes cosmic visuals by Fuevoz (with VJs SeeJ and Benton-C), entry to the Museum's breathtaking The Search for Life: Are We Alone? Space Show, and a pass for one future Museum visit. Advance tickets are recommended and available at www.amnh.org/osb. The entrance to the event is located on Central Park West at West 79th Street.
Flying Lotus (headline)
Flying Lotus (born Steven Ellison) is an experimental music producer, DJ, and laptop musician from Winnetka, California. His debut album 1983 was released on Plug Research Records in 2006. Most famous for the music in many of the segues of Cartoon Network's television show Adult Swim , Flying Lotus has also contributed remixes to fellow Plug Research artists including Mia Doi Todd. His great-aunt is the late Alice Coltrane. Affectionately addressed as 'FlyLo' by fans and critics, he signed to Warp Records in 2007. Following his Warp debut, the six track Reset EP, he released his second album, titled Los Angeles,in June.
Kode9
Kode9 (born Steve Goodman in Glasgow, Scottland) is a London-based dubstep artist, DJ and owner of the Hyperdub record label, founded in 2004. Hyperdub records' first release was Sine, a collaboration between Kode9 and Daddy Gee, an incredibly minimal, loose cover version of Prince's 'Sign 'O' the Times'. Subsequent releases established the label as an important and influential label within the dubstep genre. Hyperdub has since released such records as Burial's self-titled debut album, which The Wire magazine named their number one album of 2006. Goodman has a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Warwick and has also worked in academia.
The Rose Center for Earth and Space is one of the most engaging and beautiful public spaces in the world. Inside One Step Beyond, attendees can check out complimentary screenings of The Search for Life: Are We Alone? -the breathtaking Space Show which answers whether life exists anywhere else in the universe, narrated by Harrison Ford, explore the Cullman Hall of the Universe, view a re-creation of the Big Bang, and see artifacts of space and science, while the DJs and live acts provide suitably otherworldly experiences.
One Step Beyond finishes their second season with:
Friday, May 08 with Peanut Butter Wolf, James Pants, Mayer Hawthorne & Dam-Funk
Friday, June 12. TBD
About the American Museum of Natural History:
The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world's preeminent scientific, educational, and cultural institutions. Since its founding in 1869, the Museum has advanced its global mission to explore and interpret human cultures and the natural world through a wide-reaching program of scientific research, education, and exhibitions. The Museum accomplishes this ambitious goal through its extensive facilities and resources. The institution houses 46 permanent exhibition halls, state-of-the-art research laboratories, one of the largest natural-history libraries in the western hemisphere, and a permanent collection of more than 30 million specimens and cultural artifacts. With a scientific staff of more than 200, the Museum supports research divisions in Anthropology, Paleontology, Invertebrate and Vertebrate Zoology, and the Physical Sciences. The Museum shares its treasures and discoveries with approximately four million onsite visitors from around the world each year. AMNH-produced exhibitions and Space Shows can currently be seen in venues on five continents, reaching an audience of millions. In addition, the Museum's website, www.amnh.org, extends its collections, exhibitions, and educational programs to millions more beyond the Museum's walls.
