Thanks to everyone who sent us stories of your Favorite Do LaB Moment for the Bassnectar tix contest! The winning submission is below.
We look forward to gettin our boogie on with all of you to Bassnectar’s beats at the El Rey on December 27. And, of course, we’ll see you on Valentine’s Day for Lucent L’amour!!
From Jenia:
My Favorite Do Lab moment was when Lucent Dossier performed at Coachella in 2006. There were feathers and branches and swings and the energy and love in the dome was electrifying. The performers looked as if they were of another world, another realm or from another existence. I felt like a foreigner in a magical land that had stepped into a new dimension. The music was incredible and the performers were amazing. They were reaching out for our souls and touching the bottom of our hearts while they tossed fresh oranges to the crowd. I felt like a tree with her roots extending towards the center of the earth. The music felt like the wind that my leaves were fluttering to and the beats were the pulse of the earth that my being was moving to. The melodic voices were the nutrients that were allowing me to grow in this new world. It seemed as if everyone present was celebrating music and life. I was grounded during the performance and did not want to leave that safe and humble haven that felt like mother nature. Thank you for that wonderful and fantastic experience, Do lab!
Whoa, another year beginning already? But we haven’t even ended ‘08 yet, some might say.
Well I for one, am super stoked about the coming year and all the work it promises, some of which has already begun. And with that work comes a ton of new inspiration on so many levels, including what I’m sure will be an even more fantastic schedule of events in the healing dome area, back for its second year!
We’ve begun work on the speaker line-up and are looking far and wide for great talent to raise even greater levels of consciousness and awareness on a plethora of topics: healing, spirituality, 2012, art, film, business, and much more. If you’ve got any great ideas for candidates we should consider, please don’t hesitate to share, we’d love to hear ‘em.
Helloooo Do LaBsters!It’s been a crazy Summer of travels for us, and as Fall settles in we are ramping up speed on all sorts of plans and schemes to bring the boom wow back for all you lovelies in Southern California.
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In this post, you will find:
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~ A very important message about Lightning in a Bottle 2009
~ Save the date: The Do LaB & Goldenvoice present Bassnectar at the El Rey, Saturday, December 27, 2008
~ Save the date: Lucent L’amour! The Do LaB’s visionary love fest returns, Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2009
~ LIB08 T-shirts now on sale in our online store
~ Our Summer recap in lots of pretty, pretty pictures!
======================================= An important message about Lightning in a Bottle 2009: =======================================
LIB09: May 22nd - 25th
To our dear community,
The Live Oak Campground has been a wonderful home for the past three years of Lightning in a Bottle, and although we love this location we have outgrown it and must move on. We are now searching for a new place to call home, but more importantly, a place that we will be able to plant our seed and watch it grow for many years to come. We invite you, the Lightning in a Bottle family, to give us your ideas and help us in this search for the perfect place for our Magical Forest Adventure!
We definitely plan to continue to grow the festival in a responsible and sustainable fashion that maintains the vibe that makes Lightning in a Bottle memorable and amazing…that is why we are taking our time and reaching out to you to help us find the best possible location.
We envision our new home in a remote location having an abundance of shade trees with a unique landscape and gorgeous views, preferably with a natural water source. The land must be 100+ acres and have plenty of flat land for camping, stages and parking. We are trying to keep the festival conveniently located between Los Angeles and San Francisco but are open to other suggestions.
We are confident that the perfect location and the future home of Lightning in a Bottle is out there and you can help us find it. If you know of a location or land that may fit our needs or have any leads that may point us in the right direction, please contact us at: manifest@thedolab.com
Representatives are standing by.
========================================== The Do LaB & Goldenvoice present Bassnectar at the El Rey ==========================================
That’s right! Saturday December 27, The Do LaB and Bassnectar will be teaming up with Goldenvoice to take over the El Rey for an intimate and rocking show! We’ll be creating a custom stage design to add yet another dimension to Bassnectar’s bangin’ beats.
Tickets are on sale now!Get yours before they’re gone!
========================= Lucent L’amour: February 14, 2009! =========================
There is no better plan for Valentine’s day than to celebrate it at the Do LaB’s Visionary Love Fest! For our fifth anniversary we’re planning something we’ve never attempted to do ever before! We’ll let you in on all the details soon. Stay tuned….
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LIB08 T-shirts now on sale in our onlinestore
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Didn’t get yours at LIB? Now they’re available online!
This week we’re in both Denver, CO and Stradbally, Co. Laois (Ireland) for the Cedia Convention and Electric Picnic , respectfully.
Lucent Dossier is performing again and this year we’ve continued our 2nd European tour onwards, this time with our flower, pod and Lumi structures (as seen 2 years at Coachella and this year at the Optimus Alive festivals).
In Denver, we’re working a week straight on a huge tradeshow booth/installation, the likes of which Cedia’s likely never seen before (obviously since we’ve been running into problems getting approval for Lucent’s aerialists).
Today was our 2nd day in Denver, straight on the heels of the Democratic convention and Obama’s acceptance speech (an event which made it a small obstacle to reach our hotelt the first day in) and we were joined at day’s end by Jesse and Bryan (fresh off the plane from Ireland).
We stopped work early today for some r and r and will be diving back in early manana for what we hope to be the most headway yet. These past two days have been filled with more than a few technical issues which made for some slow going, but we’re getting there.
Back in Ireland, the B-team and Lucent have 2 more days of partying and performance before their breakdown ensues.
I’ve started posting some pics on my Flickr (our WordPress isn’t displaying pics for some reason).
The Do LaB and Lucent Dossier teamed up for another international gig, this time in Portugal for the Optimus Alive, 3-day long music festival in Lisbon.
The Do LaB crew departed from LAX two Saturday’s ago, stopped over in Philly for an hour than made the 6-7 hour flight over to Lisbon (they say Lisboa here); customs was hell:
The crew, which consisted of the twins (Jesse and Josh), Dede, Aaron, Bryan, Jedi, Tyler, Patricio, Cristina, Adam, Rajiv, and several others, got in around 8am Portugal time last Sunday morning. We checked in, dumped our luggage and carpooled over to the festival grounds right away to scope things out and work out the gameplan:
Then it was off for a relaxing breakfast at a nearby, low-key neighborhood cafe; we finally got into our rooms around 2pm (6am PST).
The first day of work began by the team meeting the 20-ft container we shipped out from LA two months prior to this gig:
We prepared for an explosive opening of the container as we had shipped a ton of Shrine’s trash art along with the rest of the installation pieces for 3 pods, 2 flowers and the Lucent water stage:
It was also a bit of a challenging day for everyone, due mostly to the jet lag and the incredibly hard concrete we were forced to drill through with our Hilti hammer-drill.
The installation moved along pretty well despite everyone’s energy level and the first crew lunch which turned out to be far from vegetarian (a major issue since the majority of the crew is vegetarian):
We finished the first day in mostly high spirits, returning to the hotel for a solid first night’s sleep before the big push began.
The second day started out again with another handsome, complimentary breakfast at our hotel. We got to the site and launched into building pretty quickly, but got hung not long after with some design issues with the flower structures (as seen previously at Coachella 2007 and elsewhere), since we hadn’t set them up in sometime, the rock-solid ground we were forced to drill through and some missing design details which had to be rehashed out on the spot.
In the midst of our design struggle, we were happy to receive Wolfie’s arrival to the site. After making his round of hug’s and hello’s, he dove straight into drilling and pounding rebar stakes, helping us to forge ahead with our structure construction.
Along with the ground staking issues, we had to content with some pretty strong winds, dust, the heat, and a continued jet lag. A few crew members also started coming down with something from the wear of travel and work, but all-in-all the first few days were filled with copius amounts of laughter and beer.
This Summer we are once again taking our show on the road, to the Midwest, the East Coast, and even Europe. So if you’ve been waiting for the Do LaB to come to a festival at a town near you, here’s where you’ll be able to find us over the next few months:
July 3rd-6th ~ Rothbury (Michigan) We’ll be setting up pods hidden throughout the festival grounds. www.rothburyfestival.com
July 10th-12th ~ Optimus Alive 08 (Portugal)
The full shebang: pods, flowers, water cannons plus DJs and Lucent Dossier performances. www.optimusalive.com
August 8th-10th ~ All Points West (New York) Back stateside, and bringing the full boom wow with pods, flowers, water features, and DJs rockin the Do LaB Oasis. www.apwfestival.com
August 8th-10th ~ Virgin Festival (Baltimore) Yup, between All Points West and Virgin Fest we’ll actually be in two places at once! For the second year we’re returning to Virgin Fest to set up pod and flower lounges which will be the HQ for the festival’s Green Spot Area www.virginfestival.com
August 29th-31st ~ ElectricPicnic (Ireland) Once again we’re electrifying Electric Picnic with pods, flowers, DJs, and Lucent Dossier performances. www.electricpicnic.ie
we’re moving the blog base of operations over to lightninginabottle.org for the next couple of months. visit us on the news blog there as we will be posting all kinds of stuff as the preparations for LIB get underway in full force :).
