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Anthem for the Ladonian Ministry of Art & Jump

from The Best of​.​.​.​.​.​.​.​Electronic Rockers by Walter Ehresman

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--from the Walter Ehresman album "No Unifying Theme" (2004).

Purchase download of the whole album here: walterehresman.bandcamp.com/album/no-unifying-theme

See video here (contains bonus footage at the end of an actual Jump, staged in Ladonia!):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7stf11NoUAs

Many years ago, Ehresman was sent a link to a website which described the nation of Ladonia (www.ladonia.org). It was "born" when a group of Swedish artists and free thinkers seized a small portion of a remote stretch of coastline and began erecting large art structures on it. Intrigued, Ehresman contacted the Secretary of State, and a deal was struck whereby Ehresman wrote a Slightly Longer National Anthem for the country ("Ladonia: For Thee I Fling", also on this collection) and was in exchange named Minister of Dubious Anthems in the Ladonian cabinet (later promoted to Eternal Minister of Chilis and Dubious Anthems). "Diplomatic immunity is something that my lifestyle has sorely needed for many years now, and I have greatly enjoyed taking full advantage of my new status......the savings in legal fees alone is staggering," Ehresman says gleefully.

The "Anthem for the Ladonian Ministry of Art & Jump" was written for the very esteemed Minister Larsson who, on behalf of his ministry, stages performance art events wherein he jumps (to great fanfare) into bodies of water while very nattily clad....in Sweden....where it's damn cold, they say.

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The Anthem for the Ministry of Art and Jump
(© 2003 Walter Ehresman)

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from The Best of​.​.​.​.​.​.​.​Electronic Rockers, track released January 1, 2004
--Walter Ehresman: guitars, keyboards, AirFx, groove box programming and manipulations, sampling.

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Called "the quintessential Austin DIY artist" by famed local disc jockey Charlie Martin , Walter Ehresman was an eccentric presence in the Austin music scene from the '80s until his 2015 move to Mexico. A prolific songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and recording artist...and a restless musical spirit, always looking for something new, expressed with fearlessly honest, socially-conscious lyrics. ... more

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