Performance installation based on sex, magic and the apocalypse in Babylonian Jewish amulets.
Incantation bowls were inscribed with a householder’s secrets and desires, then buried under
the home. The texts speak of mysticism and sex; angels and demons; and the trials and joys
of love and sex. Especially audible are the voices of women--their work, hopes, and dreams.
The Bowls Project offers a visceral, personal connection to daily life 1500 years ago in the
region now known as Iraq. Local SF group.
1: 2:15 deep woodwind, female vocal in English then big rock number
2: 3:20 big Rock/ black metal number with female vocal some softer interludes
3: 3:31 big sort of country/ Big rock sound, female vocal in English
4: 2:57 slow to mid female vocal/chant in Hebrew? then big rock drone
****5: 4:29 American roots folk tune, female vocal, later rock instrumentation.
6: 2:18 female chorus female vocal in English fast deep woodwind, rock, lull of chaos drone then fast fem vocal
7: 3:27 drum, fem wail/chant, deep deep woodwind, voc/music drone, then clarinet? with Mid Eastern sound
8: 4:27 big bass, drum kit, fast fem vocal female vocal in English , wailing woodwind
****9: 4:15 folk rock, nice fem vocal , mid tempo. Marc Ribot e guitar
***10: 3:13 fem vocal/wail/chant, big drum, wailing clarinet
****11: 3:38 mid tempo, sultry throaty fem vocal in English. ***Jew's harp
***12: 3:35 fast deep woodwind drone, fast fem vocal/wail/chant
***13: 4:23 male vocal/storytelling, bowed strings woodwind guitar rock
***14: 2:56 slow to mid fem vocal/wail, pounding big percussion scratching? bowed strings & guitar
15: 2:49 mid tempo, fem vocal/wail/bowed strings
16: 1:36 slow fem voc, chorus, 5 sec fade
***17: 2:26 mid tempo to faster, breathy fem vocal &**** e guitar D  Farrell 11/2010