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<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><img src="../spacefaces/ELAINESPACEFACE.jpg" width="125" height="125"></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Elaine
Walker</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><img src="../spacefaces/LIZSPACEFACE.jpg" width="125" height="125" vspace="9"><br>
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Liz
Lysinger</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><img src="../spacefaces/HAEYOUNGSPACEFACE.jpg" width="125" height="125" vspace="9"><br>
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Hae
Young Kim</font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><b>ZIA</b>
is an exclusively electronic band who began performing around
the New England area in 1993. Founded by <b>Elaine Walker</b>,
the President of the Boston Chapter of the National Space Society,
<b>ZIA</b> offers a rare blend of pro-space and sci-fi music
played on futuristic instruments. </font></p>
<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"> Elaine,
originally from Las Cruces, New Mexico, writes the music, sings
during the live show and plays a homemade "<b>ZIA Drum</b>"
which she holds like a guitar. <b>Liz Lysinger</b>, from Detroit,
and<b> Hae Young Kim</b>, originally from Korea, trigger melodic
synth lines from Drum Kats & racks of MIDI triggers made from
aluminum pipes and discarded circuit boards. Liz also plays
keyboard lines and sings harmonies. </font>
<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"> Microtonal
musical scales run rampant throughout the <b>Zia</b> repertoire.
In the pop genre this is a monumental task which adds an eerie,
futuristic edge to the songs. </font>
<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"> All three
members hold degrees in Music Synthesis from Berklee College
of Music. Liz also has a degree in Film Scoring, and Hae Young
has a degree in Music Production & Engineering as well. Elaine
currently attends graduate school at NYU for Music Technology.
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<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"> Now based
in New York, <b>ZIA</b> is releasing a full length CD "<b>Big
Bang!</b>" this winter on Gig Records. A six song CD "<b>Frontier
Creature</b>" is also available, offering a medley of pro-space
songs (the title track won 6th place in the recent National
Space Society songwriting contest.) Their CD/EP "<b>Shem</b>"
was released in 1996 and includes multimedia detailing a history
of American space exploration and facts about the solar system.
Developed by Elaine, it is an example of how <b>ZIA </b>supports
and promotes space exploration and the new technology it creates.
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