Electroillusion is influenced by a very wide variety of musical styles, such as progressive rock, psychedelic, alternative, electronic, trance, reggae, world, pop, ambient, comedy, and cinematic film music. Some albums we listen to: Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon", Yes "Close to the Edge", Led Zeppelin 4 "ZoSo", Jean Michel Jarre "Equinoxe", The Beatles "Sgt Pepper", Vangelis "Albedo 0.39", The Police "Ghost In The Machine", BT "Emotional Technology", Stone Temple Pilots "12 Gracious Melodies", Queen "News of the World", Boston "Dont Look Back", Tangerine Dream "Stratosfear", Triumph "Allied Forces", Pink Floyd "Meddle", Sasha & Digweed "Northern Exposure", Sasha "Air Drawn Dagger", Rush "2112", Led Zeppelin "Houses of the Holy", Pink Floyd "The Wall", Elton John "Yellow Brick Road", "Jimi Hendrix "Kiss The Sky", Styx "The Grand Illusion", Frank Zappa "Apostrophe Overnight Sensation", and many other styles of music.
Some comedy we like: "South Park", "Taladega Nights", "Team America World Police", "Elf", "Cheech & Chong", "Billy Madison", "Beauty Shop", "Big Mama's House 2", "Adams Family", "Saturday Night Live", "Monty Python", "Brady Bunch Movie", "Benny Hill", "The Young Ones", "Ab Fab", "The 3 Stooges", "Seinfield", "Gilligans Island", "Zoolander", "Little Nicky", "Reno 911".
International Recording Artist, award-winning songwriters, and performers
Electro Illusion (Brian Harris and Michael Wickstrom) have been described as "The Pink Floyd of trance music"! Their smash hit trance cover of Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb", released on vinyl 12", featured on Ministry Of Sound Radio and Roger Waters Online.com with rave reviews. click here to download from ITUNES!
In 2005 Electro Illusion collaborated with Dance Diva "Pepper MaShay" and wrote an all original, R&B influenced, hit song "Beauty Shop" which was featured on the DVD "Beauty Shop" starring Queen Latifah and featured on the MGM.com website. Their self-titled club hit "ELECTRO ILLUSION" can be heard featured in a nite club scene in the TV version of "Walking Tall" starring The Rock on CBS 2006.
Electroillusion's song "A Little Closer" co-written with Pepper MaShay won 1st place in the Dance category of the USA Songwriting competition judged by Universal, Warner Records, and Sony Music. Sony recently featured a remix contest of "A Little Closer" on their Acid Planet website:
http://www.acidplanet.com/peppermashay
As a members of BMI (Broadcast Music Inc.) and having both worked in the Entertainment Industry at major labels such as Warner Brothers, Polygram, Sony, and Universal Records, Electro Illusion have a great business sense as well. Electro Illusion's music is on regular rotation on Internet Radio, Satellite Radio, and many other independent college radio stations in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia.
The amazing artwork you see on here in the background was created by a very talented artist from London, Brian Exton, who's website is Picture Realm at www.picturerealm.co.uk
Currently Electro Illusion is in the studio recording their next release, "Ancient River of Fate", which will be a new and interesting musical direction combining elements of Psychedelic, Rock, Alternative, Electronic, and Cinematic Ambient themes.
Nice take on Comfortably Numb! We share a lot of tastes, but don't tell anyone I listen to 'Close to the Edge'. ;-) Enjoy 'The Forest of Miracles'! Susie xx
We just would like to inform you, we finished some new tracks and we uploaded to the myspace. Check it when you have time, we guess so you will like it!
If you'd like to download "Coffee and cigarette", "Force of the beat", "Just this" and "I know you are there", you have a special possibility, click to the following link!
Hey, I've got a new acoustic demo up of my song "Snapshot Chronicles" up now. Feel free to listen, comment, and if you like it tell your friends. If not, that's cool too.
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