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My Country of Illusion - American Dream Life (Fire Museum Records FM 03) My Country of Illusion is a project of Barnmaster Scud and Doctor Tiki. The two have collaborated for over ten years playing experimental psychedelic "jambient" sounds at various strange and obscure locations in 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. Many of the cuts on American Dream Life are live recordings, while others are looped and reassembled dispatches from the harmonic underworld and Goodwill record bins. 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. Other Releases: * Azadi!: Benefit for the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan Compilation, Fire Museum Records "Gobi Dust Storm," 2003 BIO: Doctor Tiki AKA Cryptomaga Antonio López 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. While in college López fronted a post-punk group, Beef Church, which gigged around the Bay Area until they disbanded in 1989. 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. He also makes films. Official selections in the Free Radio HDTS; High Desert Test Sites 4 at High Desert Test Sites, Joshua Tree, CA; and Strange Animals at L.A.C.E., Los Angeles, CA. 2004: "Radio Alchemist" "AM Clock Radio Jam" "Temple" 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. He has also contributed Scudtoon drawings and cover art for the zines BraveEar & Bananafish, as well as the album covers for Vomit Launch. Discography: The Whitefronts - Roast Belief 1985 Bogden Records The Whitefronts - Burl Slab 1986 Bogden Records The Whitefronts - Mamo WaVes 1987 Bogden/Pitch a Tent Emerson Lake and Cheesedoodle 1987 Bananafish/Tedium House (w/Seymour Glass, Barbara Manning & Greg Freeman) Art of Flying - Galdlit (fossil fish) 2001 Cochon Records www.museumfire.com/mycountry.htm www.mycountryofillusion.com/index.html Check out the artist's website: http://www.museumfire.com/mycountry.htm Track List: 1. O.B.E. 2. Monster 3. Universe 4. Caravan 5. Relaxing 6. My Sonic Memories 7. Eyes Off You 8. Bang Bang 9. Stargazing 10. Dreaming America 11. Empire 12. Propaganda 13. Mi Pais Suggested CDs:
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