The "Venusia Project"

 Italian Version
Venus Express
 "Venusia Project" is a temporary title useful to refer to the Musical at this time because the Prompt Copy is still under writing and the real title can't be unfold for copyright reasons.
Martian Life is nevertheless the pseudonym of the band which will perform in the show, with a line up of Alan's collaborators and friends. Martian life is not the name of a real band but the name of a band in the novel.

For the reasons above noticed, it is not possible at the moment to reveal the content of the story but we can say that it is an adventurous story among the planets right for every age and with a strong contents about human fears, love, war and the true values of science, nature, life. Good both for deep meditation as for pure entertainment.

On March 04 2006 Alan and Lara, recorded the vocal parts of two songs as a preview of the soundtrack. The next step will be to realize a CD containing these two songs as a promotional preview for the Musical.

DEC 2006 HOT NEWS!
The Anteprima CD of the soundtrack containg 2 original songs "Run Away From Martian Spiders" and "I See a Shadow" is not available.
Lara Quaranta Alan chose Lara Quaranta as a partner singer for this project. Alan and Lara have been in studio on March 2006 to record the vocal parts of the first two songs. Lara sang lead vocals in the dark and jazzy "I See A Shadow" also containing a spoken word. Both Alan and Lara sang in the rock track "Run Away From Martian Spiders".

Lara is also a superb indie rock composer and lyricist a fantastic and creative person.
For further information about the solo works by Lara click here.

Alan's words:
I strongly wanted Lara in this project because we share common interests and I was convinced from the beginning that she is the most fit person to sing these songs and for the show... also for the meanings in the story. She has an incredible and  emotional voice and has been amazingly fine in singing... she didn't had any problem to get in the studio and singing  fine at the first try... even if it was the very first time she entered in a studio! It was incredible to see.
Lara & Alan are playing before the studio session

Lara and Alan making jokes before the studio session

Alan Dammit official website