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--from the Walter Ehresman album "The A.D.G. Project" (2007).

Download the whole album here: walterehresman.bandcamp.com/album/the-a-d-g-project

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Ehresman explains: "I was a regular participant in the Burning Man festival, held in the Black Rock Desert 127 miles northeast of Reno, Nevada, from 1999-2007. I often wrote and recorded original music for use in my own art projects and events out on the playa. But sometimes I would also donate such music to other Burning Man artists who were seeking specialized original music for their projects. 'The A.D.G. Project' album is a compilation of the three recordings I wrote and donated to the Ambient Dream Garden art installation in 2007.

That project consisted of a house built out in the deep playa, where people walking inside would trigger various optical sensors that in turn triggered playback of many recordings people had made for the artists, narrating their dreams and nightmares. The artists wanted some dark ambient music that would play in the background on a loop, and they ended up using the recordings I made for them.

These pieces were recorded in real time, with real-time effects processing. There are no overdubs on the album. These were experiments for me in spontaneous composition, and I really enjoyed the process. I used oddball world music instruments for each song. The number featured here, Trench Sitar, was recorded using an electric sitar, along with a cheap theremin that I bought from an ad in the back of Rolling Stone magazine in the '90s. Multiple effects units were used, mainly the Yamaha UD stomp, with presets programmed by the late, great UK guitarist Allan Holdsworth."

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Trench Sitar
(© 2007 Walter Ehresman)

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from The Best of​.​.​.​.​.​.​.​.​.​.​the Weird Ones, released October 31, 2017
Walter Ehresman: Jerry Jones electric sitar, along with a cheap theremin I bought from an ad in the back of Rolling Stone. Real-time effects processing.

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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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