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Above & Beyond provide soundtrack to Virgin Galactic's new Spaceship launch!!
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| Anjunabeats |
~ British dance act serve up theme to SpaceShipTwo plus exclusive DJ set
at launch event ~
When Virgin Galactic were looking for some atmospheric music to herald the launch of their ground-breaking 'SpaceShipTwo' this week, they turned to the UK's biggest DJs, Above & Beyond.
At an event hosted by Richard Branson in the Mojave Desert, the track chosen to accompany the official unveiling of SpaceShipTwo was Above & Beyond's club anthem 'Buzz', which samples Buzz Aldrin's original moon-landing dialogue. To mark the occasion, guests were also handed a special 'Galactic Grooves' USB wristband, featuring a selection of Above & Beyond's songs.
After the unveiling and naming by governors Richardson and Schwarzenegger, Above & Beyond performed an exclusive DJ set in front of an audience of 800 dignitaries, celebrities and soon-to-be astronauts, plus the assembled global media.
Jono Grant from Above & Beyond said: "We're big fans of all things space-related and so in terms of dream gigs, this is up there alongside our performance in Rio to 1 million people. We're now hoping to persuade Richard to let us DJ on the first Virgin Galactic passenger flight into space!"
The launch party also featured the first ever ice bar in the desert, hosted by Absolut and Swedish IceHotel, and all the guests were protected from the desert cold by designer space jackets supplied by PUMA. Finally, to close off the celebrations, all the guests were given the opportunity to view the stunning night skies using specialist telescopes supplied by Ron Dantowitz of the Clay Observatory, whose unique tracking cameras followed SpaceShipOne into space during the epic flights of 2004.
Virgin Galactic is the world's first consumer space travel operator, with flights costing $200,000. Check www.virgingalactic.com for details. |
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| bamski |
right ing on my man.
spaceship > balloon. |
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| kadomony |
| that's pretty epic trance |
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| Lews |
If I'm spending 200k to go to space I sure as am not hearing A&B while I do it.
On that note: I want 200k so I can go to space :( |
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| ReclusNdangrmnt |
UNICORNS
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SPACEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE |
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| chesco |
| I always knew branson was a cnut. |
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| costizzle |
| i think it failed to mention that richard branson was up in the front rolling ballz getting a light show to above and beyond playing good for me |
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| thunderdownundr |
| imagine you get shot up into space and something goes wrong. you're locked in a space ship, drifting in space and all there is to listen to is above and beyond. ughh. I feel sick just thinking about it. :nervous: |
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| Chimney |
| 1 milion people my ass. |
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| Domesticated |
Gay.
However, this space travel thing is pretty amazing. From what I can gather, aeroplane travel used to be a similarly exclusive and prestigious experience when it was first introduced. I can only hope that space travel, even just short flyovers, will become as cheap and common as aeroplane travel is now. |
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| eowyn797 |
| don't listen to the haters - this is awesome! i'd go in to space with A&B anyday. truth be told, i don't think i'd be paying much attention to what's on the radio while i'm up there, though. |
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| adi_hanson |
This is the best thing since there live performance in a hot air balloon.
Now its likely they 'could' play a live set on a spaceship.
Its one small step......... |
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