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Apr 27, 2004 - may 15th warhol / element 5 event
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the warhol: "Flowers Observed, Flowers Transformed" opening party Saturday May 15th 10:00pm - 1:00am Dance Party at Rubinoff Building (directly behind The Andy Warhol Museum) Special guest DJ Neil Aline (Chez Music, NY) and vocalist Aya (Naked Music, NY). Video installation by Missy Galore and Sabrina Roulet (Feedbuck Galore, NY/Belgium.) With complimentary wine, beer and snacks. Opening local talent t.b.d. by Element 5. Tickets $25. [Free to Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh Staff.] Call 412 237 8300 to RSVP. DJ NEIL ALINE bio: Few do more for New York City's nightlife week in and week out than Neil Aline. Whether he's DJing at one of his numerous weekly gigs, putting out new music on CHEZ, Aline has his hands deeply involved in all aspects of New York dance culture. As a DJ, his sets span everything from deep house to vocals, disco tracks and deep tribal excursions, all impeccably mixed. Aline also worked as the American liaison for Parisian promoters Respect Is Burning, organizing tours across the country. Formerly anchored in New York with a bi-monthly residency at Twilo, Respect also comes regularly to Chicago's Metro and Opium Garden in Miami Beach. Age: 26 Home Base; NYC. Born in Tahiti, raised in Paris. Past Residencies @ Centro-Fly-NYC & the 2k Lounge (Twilo) Current residencies at Sundays at APT and monthly at CIELO, NYC. DJed in New York, London, Toronto, Montreal, San Diego, Vancouver, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Las Vegas, Barcelona, Bruxelles, Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Zurich, Minneapolis, Lyon, Miami, Washington D.C, Paris, Caracas, Geneva, Philadelphia, Lausanne, Oslo, Mallorca, Prague, Copenhagen, Puerto Rico, Seattle Biggest inspiration: "Hosting my mix show each week on WNYU and mixing alongside the creme de la creme of dance music like Francois K, Laurent Garnier, Dimitri from Paris, Carl Craig, DJ Pierre, Daft Punk, Afrika Bambattaa and Jumping Jack Frost among others." "Anything with Chez Music's Neil Aline's name attached to it is a guaranteed go." Tricia Romano, Village Voice "Considering the current decline of club life in the City, Neil Aline is pumping needed life's breath into our endangered scene. He's taking the risks we need to take." --Flyer Magazine official Neil Aline website: http://www.chezmusic.com/ additional bio: http://www.giantstep.net/artists/viewartist.asp?artistid=352 AYA bio: Aya's Strange Flower is a true labor of love - and honesty. It's that rare thing, a one-of-a-kind personal vision that could never happen under the auspices of a major label in this era of the lowest common denominator. In fact, she turned down several offers from majors to get her record made her way. After having found instant underground success - and profound musical chemistry - with producer Jay Denes of Blue Six, his Naked Music label was the perfect place for her unique talent to grow. Naked couldn't offer the big money of the giants, but it could offer freedom - and so Aya spent the better part of a year holed up in the studio with Jay, perfecting her "baby". Strange Flower is a one-off that could only have been made by someone from as distinctive a cultural mélange as Aya - born in London and raised by Singaporean grandparents, a teenage mother and Irish-Scottish father (both hippies at the time), she was destined to absorb disparate genres of music from birth. Early exposure to Chinese opera, Jimi Hendrix, Nick Drake, and Patrice Rushen evolved into a lifelong love affair with all transcendent music, and a belief that if music has the power to move you then its genre is irrelevant. The record is a living document of just this philosophy. From the opening Roy Ayers inspired "Lookin' For The Sun" to the ethereal "You're Not The Only One" to the album's closer, the straight-ahead ballad "Curtain Call", the only musical convention observed is a respect for the emotional demands of the song. There was as much attention paid to keeping the arrangements free of trend-of-the-minute ornamentation as there was to honing the songs melodically and lyrically in as unaffected a manner as possible. At the age of eighteen Aya left London for New York City, and began collaborating with Lenny Kravitz - "Thinking of You", a single from his album 5 - and Pharcyde, on "Lab Cabin California". Both went gold. Soon after, she started making tracks with Stuart Matthewman (renowned Sade guitarist and songwriter) and features on seven tunes on his upcoming Sweetback album. Aya's record label: http://www.naked-music.com additional bio: http://www.giantstep.net/artists/viewartist.asp?artistid=501 info on the entire opening nights events: You are invited to join the staff at The Andy Warhol Museum to kick-off the 10th anniversary year and newest exhibition Flowers Observed, Flowers Transformed...
The Andy Warhol Museum
117 Sandusky Street--North
Shore
412.237.8300
One of the four Carnegie
Museums of Pittsburgh
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