National Anthem (from 'Zone' and 'Music for a Story-Telling')

Written and Recorded in 1991

A fictional National Anthem I wrote for a students’ theatrical performance called Zone, to which I was deeply involved during the autumn of 1991. In its initial stage, we began to discuss what kind of story would take place in what sort of space and time, etcetera etcetera, and by the time I decided to make demo recordings of associated music tracks, it became obvious that we need a national anthem for the fictional state, where the story takes place. Despite some other demos I made for the performance were later rejected by the director, this track could win him to be used in the performance as background music for a scene set for introducing the director himself acting a role of governor of the state.

A few years later, when I tried to convert the story for my musical conceptual work called Music for a Story-Telling, I re-recorded this tune with my band called Culotte in 1994. The band even dared to play it live for once or twice but none of their versions could exceed the quality of initial demo featured in this video. The pictures and footage are mostly taken from the students' performance. Unfortunately, the scene in question was not taken from the live show but from the final rehearsal session, hours before the actual performance.