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My
Country of Illusion
is a project of Barnmaster Scud and El Tiki. The two have collaborated
for over ten years playing experimental "jambient" sounds
at various strange and obscure locations in Northern New Mexico
and galaxies far, far away. My Country of Illusion's name derives
from Disney's Mexican release of Alice in Wonderland, "Alicia
en el pais de ilusion." The name reflects the illusory nature
of reality experienced by the artists, and also is a commentary
on the dream world in which the sounds and samples from their music
emanate.
The music of My Country of Illusion is based on guitar improvisation
but is deconstructed and reconstructed through an intuitive process
of sampling and sequencing. Voices and thoughts stream in and out
of the music as if one were floating through an electronic bardo,
drifting through the grid like phantasms. This is the afterlife
of the American Dream, the world of the pop undead, mixed jambient
soundbites from the collective sonic mind. Just like Dark Side of
the Moon played along the Wizard of Oz, it is rumored that My Country
of Illusion, played along with the film Koyaanisqatsi reveals some
interesting synchronicities.
El Tiki AKA Cryptomaga Antonio Lopez: The curious path that has
brought López to the current sonic offerings can be traced
back to his days early in the 1980s during LA's punk underground.
In high school he co-founded the LA punk fanzine, Ink Disease, and
continued to write about music for national magazines. López
is a self-trained musician who's floated in the alternative music
scene for over 20 years. For over ten years López focused
on a career in journalism and media, but continued to play and record
music, collaborating under the name El Tiki. In addition to playing
music, he currently works with digital video and teaches media literacy
and video production to Native American high schoolers.
BARNMASTER SCUD AKA Scud Mandrill Scott Randolph: Scud has been
an experimental musician for more than 20 years living first in
San Francisco then in New Mexico.
antonio at world-bridger.com
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