My Country Of Illusion

My Country of Illusion is a project of Barnmaster Scud and AstralGlamBoy. 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. 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.

While labels can prove to be lame, some reference points can be established for context: Sonic Youth, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Brain Eno, Caf? Tacuba, Ornette Coleman, and Martin Denny. At points the music has a hint of "Sonic Tiki." Just like Dark Side of the Moon played along the Wizard of Oz, it is rumored that "American Dream Life" played along with the film Koyaanisqatsi reveals some interesting synchronicities.