Alphaville

Collaborative work by Gunnar Fors, Bobo Stenson, Ivar Lindell, Sven-Åke Johansson

Gunnar Fors: trumpet, audio tape
Bobo Stenson: piano, cabinet
Ivar Lindell: bass, light
Sven-Åke Johansson: drums, vacuum cleaner

Experimental sound and light piece using prerecorded audio tapes, collapsed cabinets filled with baloons (which were later ejected into the performance space after the doors of the cabinet were opened, partly with the help of an inversely-switched vacuum cleaner. Use of various lighting effects.

Performed in Pistolteatern, Stockholm, 1966
The piece was recorded in 1966 by Swedish Radio (SR).