September 19 through December 20, 2004
Sunday and Monday nights in Berkeley.

Participants were auditioned &/or invited into this Lab on the basis
of vocal talent, ancestry and physical self-motivation. Each person is
working on one song for the entire lab self-chosen from the culture of their
ancestry. Sunday nights are devoted to solo/group paratheatre processes.
Monday nights focus on vocal skills & precision of motion. From Oct. 30
through Nov. 2, we camped at Pinnacles Monument Park to do our rituals
and sing our songs. Our work will culminate in a public Winter Solstice
performance ritual on Monday December 20, "SONGS AS VEHICLES".

Antero Alli, director

Song-as-Vehicle; lab terms & defintions
sources, techniques and ritual forms used in this lab

Pinnacles Park, All Soul's Night (11/01) 2004

participants & their genetic sources
Top row, left to right JoJo Razor (Scotland), Lily Nova (France), Julian Simeon
(Philippines), Olga Kupriyanova (Bulgaria), Gary Belanoff (Russia), Robin Coomer
(Ireland), Bottom row, left to right: Nick Walker (Autism), Linda Rose (Sicily),
Antero Alli (Finland), and Sylvi Pickering-Alli (the Deep South, USA).

This recording represents the results of this three-month SONG AS VEHICLE lab.
Performed and recorded in solos, duets, trios, quartets and mass cacophonies in the
cavernous Marin Headland bunkers (2004/05). Click image for ordering details.