Perry Farrell will perform two songs as part of the "50th Birthday Party" for Israel

event this Sunday (June 7) in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Farrell,

founder of the bands Porno for Pyros and Jane's Addiction and co-founder of

Lollapalooza, will give fans a brief look at the lineup of his new musical project,

Gobalee.

Farrell and company will play for 20 minutes beginning at approximately 4:10

p.m.

"Perry will be reading selections from [first Israeli prime minister] David Ben-

Gurion's Declaration of Independence while being joined by members of

Gobalee," said his co-manager, Adam Schneider.

Joining Farrell in this version of the collaborative Gobalee project are

Porno/Jane's drummer Stephen Perkins and Karl Leiker, who will play bass

and samples. Leiker first worked with Farrell on the song "Hard Charger" from

the soundtrack to the Howard Stern film "Private Parts".

The music behind Farrell's reading, entitled "Happy Birthday Jubilee," was

written by Farrell for the Gobalee project, according to Schneider.

"Perry is participating because a lot of his work is motivated by his interest in

Jewish mysticism," said Nancy Fox, publicist for the

year-long "Israel at 50" celebration.

Although Fox said she was told that much of Farrell's upcoming Gobalee debut

(fall) on Warner Bros. was based on his studying of the ancient Jewish mystical

tenets of the Kaballah -- which she said Farrell has been studying in San

Francisco with Rabbi Josef Langer of the Chabad House -- Schneider would

not confirm the sound or content of the Gobalee material and declined to give

the title of the second piece that Farrell will perform.

Mirroring Farrell's career-long devotion to multicultural events such as his own

temporarily shuttered touring festival, Lollapalooza, the Israel celebration -- which

is expected to draw 12,000 revelers -- will include participation from "school

groups, teens, ska and hip-hop music, a queer cafe, camel rides, henna body-

painting and belly dancing," according to Fox.

"Perry is very excited to be a part of this special event," Schneider said.

In February of this year, Farrell told SonicNet Music News that his new,

open-ended project was about "collaborative music," in which he hoped to

include a number of different musicians. Among those who had already joined

him in the studio in February were Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom

Morello and Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante, who recently

rejoined that funk/punk band following the departure of guitarist Dave Navarro.

At the time, Farrell said he also would be joined by famed dub artist Mad

Professor (Neil Fraser).

As for the still-evolving sound of the group, Farrell described it as a combination

of technology, spirituality/ancient music and a search for peace on earth. Farrell

has brought this triumvirate of influences to many of his recent projects,

including the rave/technology party ENIT, whose only 1997 date was on the

San Francisco stop of the Jane's tour.

"We arrive now at this beautiful age of technology," Farrell said

HREF="http://www.addict.com/interview/Farrell,_Perry/mono-

On_Old_And_New_Technology-28.ram">(excerpt of interview). "And

so you've got man having a love affair with machines, and it's beautiful ... I want

to use the best elements of the day. But you see, I also ... I'm going to use an

analogy here that will sum the whole thing up. Are you ready? It's bread and

wine. Bread being something new -- fresh baked bread. And something very

old, which is beautiful wine. And that's what I'm doing. I'm trying to pull the

oldest melodies in the world and I'm trying to marry them with fresh bread,

which is our technology."