Infected Mushroom

Infected Mushroom
Infected Mushroom at Coachella 2007
Background information
Origin Kiryat Yam, Haifa District, Israel[1]
Genres Psychedelic trance, electro house, electronica, electronic rock, glitch hop, industrial, experimental
Years active 1996–present
Labels BNE, Hom-Mega, Dim Mak, Perfecto, Monstercat
Associated acts Astrix, Savant, Skazi, Paul Oakenfold, Hatikva 6, Jonathan Davis, Datsik, Perry Farrell, Matisyahu, The M Machine, Lady Gaga, Ray Manzarek, Steve Aoki, Pegboard Nerds, Kelsy, Yahel Sherman, Xerox, Randy Seidman
Website infected-mushroom.com
Members Amit Duvdevani
Erez Eisen
Erez Netz
Rogério Jardim
Thomas Cunningham

Infected Mushroom are an Israeli musical duo formed in Haifa in 1996 by producers Erez Eisen and Amit Duvdevani.[1] They produce and perform psytrance, electronica, and psychedelic music. They are one of the best-selling groups in Israeli music history in terms of both domestic and international sales.[2]

They employ a variety of musical sources, including acoustic guitars and complex synthesized basses. Their compositions often contain changes of drum beat and tempo. Infected Mushroom's live shows feature vocals and analogue instruments in performances that are set against a multimedia backdrop.

Members

Infected Mushroom at the DNA Lounge in 2002

Erez Eisen was born on 8 September 1980 in Qiryat Yam, Israel. He began classical musical training at a young age, learning to play the organ at the age of four[3] and studying classical piano at the Haifa Conservatory from the age of eight. Eisen became involved with computerized music at age 11, beginning with Impulse Tracker and later moving to more advanced musical composition software.[4]

Eisen had collaborated with DJ Jörg and other notable psytrance artists by the age of 18,[5] and has released three albums and many singles under other psytrance monikers, including Shidapu and Shiva Shidapu.[5][6]

Amit Duvdevani was born on 7 November 1974 in Israel and has a similar musical background as Eisen. He started to play classical piano at age seven and continued to do so for nine years. He then progressed to heavy metal music and punk rock. Duvdevani played keyboards and wrote most of the material for the Haifa punk rock band Enzyme[7]—he attended his first trance party in 1991.[8]

Duvdevani was conscripted into the Israel Defense Forces, where he was first nicknamed, "Duvdev".[9] After he finished his conscription in Israel, Duvdevani lived in India for a year,[10] primarily in the Indian state of Goa.[11] Duvdevani later collaborated with a member of Shidapu on four tracks, but they were never released.[5]

Musical career

1996–2004: First four studio albums

Eisen and Duvdevani first began to play together in 1996. A few of their early efforts were released under the name Shidapu & Duvdev. The duo then renamed themselves Infected Mushroom, a name they stole from a local punk band that had been disbanded. The young duo drew inspiration from The Prodigy and Metallica. In 1998 the group began work on their first album, 1999's The Gathering, inspired by Simon Posford, X-Dream and Transwave.[9] This album featured a dark, rhythmic sonic atmosphere exemplified by its popular track, "Psycho", using a sample from the movie Batman & Robin.[12] It was one of the first albums to bring Israeli psytrance to mainstream audiences, and contributed to the genre's worldwide popularity.[13]

Their 2000 album, Classical Mushroom, contained "Bust A Move", one of their most lauded productions. The album is commonly referred to as one of the group's best efforts, in which they continued their sonic evolution, and it remains one of the best-known albums in the genre.

The duo's 2001 B.P. Empire is notable for the musical epic "Dancing With Kadafi", which segues numerous styles of music, most notably through middle-eastern style melodies and a classical break which showcases Erez and Amit's piano skills. The name "Dancing With Kadafi" can be a reference to Erez's cat, who was named Kadafi.

Converting Vegetarians (2003), was a two-disc set. The 'Trance Side' disc contained trance-like dancefloor material comparable to their earlier work, while the disc entitled 'The Other Side' contained genre-bending experimental music. 'The Other Side' included Duvdev's vocal debut on the title track, the down-tempo "Elation Station", and the electro-pop tracks "Blink" and "Illuminaughty".

2004–2007: IM the Supervisor and increasing popularity

The 2004 release of IM The Supervisor, continued to mix psytrance with other musical genres and became Infected Mushroom's best-selling album to date. It was psychedelic in a way that dance music rarely had been prior to its release. Certain parts of IM The Supervisor, most notably the gamelan-like noises, cut-up samples, and the old-school sequencer throb of "Bombat," were lauded as innovative at the time.

Guitarists Thomas Cunningham and Erez Netz joined the group in 2004, the same year as the band relocated from their Haifa base to a studio in Los Angeles, California.[14] Brazilian percussionist Rogério Jardim was recruited later on, in 2007.

Infected Mushroom rose to #9 in the influential DJmag Top 100 DJs poll[15] and were the highest placed psytrance DJs in the category's 2007 debut appearance, a reflection of the role the group had played in the genre's increased worldwide popularity.

2007–2012: Vicious Delicious and Legend of the Black Shawarma

Infected Mushroom in Russia (2011)

Vicious Delicious, considered by some as their most diverse musical effort up until that point, was released in 2007. The album includes "Becoming Insane"—a Spanish-guitar-led track containing Spanish lyrics—a collaboration with Gil, of Kinky, and the hip hop-influenced "Artillery". The overall album features more guest vocalists than previous albums, as well as live guitars and drums.

Legend of the Black Shawarma[16] was released in 2009. It includes a remix of The Doors song "Riders on the Storm",[17] and continues the stylistic variety and use of guest vocalists. The album title refers to an Australian who wanted to go to sea in a shark-proof cage and was told that he would seem like "black shawarma", a West Asian delicacy, to the sharks. The success of Legend of the Black Shawarma led to a three-year tour.

2012–2015: Army of Mushrooms and Friends on Mushrooms

The band's album, Army of Mushrooms, was released on 8 May 2012 on the Dim Mak Records label. It features tracks influenced by the psychedelic trance, dubstep, house and drum and bass genres, such as the up-tempo, breakbeat track "The Rat". The album includes a cover of "The Pretender" by the Foo Fighters, the progressive heavy-hitter "Drum n' Bassa" and "Nation of Wusses"—released as a single on 3 April 2012—and "U R So Fucked",[18] released as a single/video on 14 February 2012.[19]

A large-scale North American tour was launched on 12 May 2012, called "The Unveiling", and featured revamped stage production and novel audio/visual live aspects. The new live production featured Erez and Duvdev within two specially designed hollow spheres placed on stage, among other high tech additions to the band's live set-up and multimedia backdrop.[20]

January 2013 saw the duo embark on their FungusAmongUS tour across North America, with special guests The M Machine. The "FungusAmongUS" tour was designed by Vita Motus and V Squared Labs, the creators of Amon Tobin’s ISAM production and Skrillex's live Cell production.[21]

The duo released a collaborative EP named Friends on Mushrooms Vol. 1 in January 2013, again under Dim Mak Records. The EP consists of tracks featuring Astrix and Hope 6. In July 2013, the duo released Friends on Mushrooms Vol. 2, also under Dim Mak Records, which consisted of collaborations with Pegboard Nerds, Savant and Kelsy Karter.[21] In mid-2013, Infected Mushroom embarked on a tour in support of the Vol. 2 release that featured the duo "set against an incredible three dimensional landscape that brings INFECTED MUSHROOM's visual and sonic journey to life."[21]

In August 2013, due to the leaked song "Aura", Infected Mushroom was revealed as a production team on Lady Gaga's third studio album Artpop.[22] Friends on Mushrooms Vol. 3 was released on 17 June 2014 and includes a collaboration with Savant.[23][24]

On 1 April 2014, Duvdevani said that Infected Mushroom will be releasing a new album at the end of the year. It was later revealed that Infected Mushroom will in fact be releasing a compilation of the tracks from the Friends On Mushrooms extended plays, bundled together with two new tracks, "Kafkaf" and "Kazabubu". This was released on 6 January 2015.[25]

2015–2018: Converting Vegetarians II, Return to the Sauce, and Monstercat

Following their Animatronica tour, the band officially announced that their new album will be a follow up to their widely acclaimed Converting Vegetarians album of 2003, sporting the same name. Additionally, it has been announced that the vocals of Sasha Grey will be featured in the track Fields of Grey. The album was released on 11 September 2015.

On 27 January 2017, the band released their eleventh studio album, Return to the Sauce, which features their signature psy-trance sound. This is in stark contrast to Converting Vegetarians II which is more ambient and down-tempo in style. The release of Return to the Sauce was preceded by two singles, "Liquid Smoke" and "Nutmeg".

On 24 November 2017, the band released their single Spitfire on the Canadian independent record label Monstercat.

2018–present: IM21 Pt.1

On March 9, 2018, the band released IM21, Pt.1 under the label Hommega.[26] It is composed of remixes of Bust a Move, Suliman, Saeed, Yamakas in space, and an acoustic live remix of i-Wish. These were remixed by groups such as No Comment, Paranormal Attack and Modulation. The acoustic remix of i-Wish was done by the band itself.

Touring

On average, the band completes 120 live annual performances, including the Ultra Music Festival in Miami, US; the Virgin Festival in Baltimore, US; Mexico's OMIX; California, US' Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival; Brazil's Ipanema Beach; Melbourne, Australia's Metro Club; and the 2009, 2011, 2014 and 2016 Burning Man Festivals in Black Rock City, Nevada, US.[27][28] Infected Mushroom have been twice ranked amongst the world's "10 Best DJ's" by U.K.'s DJ Magazine.[21]

Side projects

Eisen

  • With Miki Litvak (ex-Domestic), Oren Kislev and Roy Sasson: Shidapu
  • With Talamasca: Magic Mushrooms
  • With Shiva (DJ Jörg): Shiva Shidapu

Eisen and Duvdev

  • With Space Cat: Cat On Mushrooms
  • With PsySex: Sex On Mushrooms
  • With DJ Jörg: Jörg On Mushrooms
  • With Domestic: Domestic Mushrooms
  • With Pegboard Nerds: Nerds on Mushrooms
  • With Savant: Savant on Mushrooms
  • With Astrix: Astrix on Mushrooms
  • With Deedrah: Infected Deedrah
  • With Hallucinogen and Michele Adamson: Fly Agaric

Discography

Amit Duvdevani of Infected Mushroom at the Soulclipse festival in Turkey

Studio albums

Compilation albums

  • Friends on Mushrooms (2015)

Singles / Extended plays

  • Intelligate EP (1999)
  • My Mummy Said EP (2001)
  • Bust a Move EP (2001)
  • Classical Mushroom EP (2001)
  • "B.P. Empire" EP (2001)
  • "Birthday" (featuring Berry Sakharof) (2002)
  • "Deeply Disturbed" (2003)
  • "Songs From The Other Side" (2003)
  • "Cities of the Future" (2004)
  • "Stretched" (2005)
  • "Becoming Insane" (2007)
  • "Riders On The Storm" (2007)
  • "Smashing The Opponent" (2009)
  • "Killing Time" (2010)
  • "One Day" (with Matisyahu) (2010)
  • "Deck & Sheker" (2010)
  • "Pink Nightmares" (2011)
  • "I'm Alive" (with Paul Oakenfold) (2011)
  • U R So F****d" / "U R So Smart (2012)
  • "Evilution" (with Datsik featuring Jonathan Davis) (2012)
  • "Atid Matok" (with Mashina) (2012)
  • "Friends on Mushrooms, Vol. 1" (2013)
  • "Never Mind" (2013)
  • "See Me Now" (2013)
  • "Friends on Mushrooms, Vol. 2" (2013)
  • "Friends on Mushrooms, Vol. 3" (2014)
  • "Psycho (Loud & Domestic 2015 Remix)" (2015)
  • "Fields of Grey" (featuring Sasha Grey) (2015)
  • "Koh Phangan" (with Hatikva 6) (2016)
  • "Ad Or Sheyale" (with Avraham Tal) (2016)
  • "Liquid Smoke" (2016)
  • "Nutmeg" (2016)
  • "Legal Eyes (English Version)" (with. Hadag Nahash) (2017)
  • "Spitfire" (2017)
  • "IM21, Pt.1" (2018)
  • "I Wish" (with Jetlag Music and Hot-Q featuring WhyNot Music and Jay) (2018)
  • "Walking On The Moon" (2018)[29]

Music videos

Year Song Director(s)
2002 "Birthday (featuring Berry Sakharof)"—
2003 "Deeply Disturbed"BuzzT and ElGeko
2006 "Becoming Insane"harv
2009 "Smashing The Opponent"Jonathan Davis
2010 "Killing Time (Infected Trance Remix)"Matan Cohen
2011 "Pink Nightmares"Sebastian Lopez
2012 "U R So F*cked"Dim Mak Records
2012 "Evilution (with Datsik featuring Jonathan Davis)"Dim Mak Records
2016 "Legal Eyes (with Hadag Nahash)"Tal Zagreba
2017 "Becoming Insane (Remix feat. WARRIORS)" Thomas Neunreither and Shamiel Soni

Compilation appearances

  • Acid Killer: IsrAliens
  • Angel Jonathan: Yahel – For The People
  • Anyone Else But Me: Unidentified Forms of Sound 2
  • Arabian Knights On Mescaline: GMS vs. System busters
  • Baby Killer: Void Indigo
  • Blue Rhythmic Night: Space Mantra
  • Cat On Mushroom: Space Cat – Beam Me Up
  • Classical Mushroom: IsrAliens 2
  • Coolio Remix: Coolio EP
  • Crazy D: IsrAliens
  • Dainai: Yahel – Something to Remember
  • Devil: Unidentified Forms Of Sound
  • Dirty 80's: Psysex – Hardcore Blastoff
  • Doremifas: Unidentified Forms of Sound 3
  • Double Click: Israel's Psychedelic Trance 5
  • Double Click (Piano Version): Parashurama – Morning Origin Of Species
  • Dream Theatre: Space Mantra
  • Electro Panic: Yahel – Private Collection
  • Elm: Unidentified Forms Of Sound
  • Evadawn: Vision quest Gathering 2002/Amphibians
  • Expose: Deck Wizards – Enhanced Reality
  • Facing: Magnet
  • For The People: Yahel – For The People
  • Gravity Waves Rmx: Xerox – Freestyle
  • I See Myself: Unusual Suspects
  • Intelligate: The Digital Dance Of Shiva
  • Into The Matrix: IsrAliens 2
  • Look At Me: Voojoo Rituals
  • Lo Ra: Life Is... Creation
  • LSD Story (Duvdev Rmx): GMS – The Remixes
  • Merlin: In My Brain
  • Millions OF Miles Away Remix: Oforia – Millions Miles Away EP
  • Ministry of Angels: Contact Clubber Vol: 1
  • Montoya: Unidentified Forms Of Sound
  • Monster (Remix): Astrix – Artcore
  • Monstercat: Best of 2017
  • Muddy Effect: Deck Wizards – Enhanced Reality
  • My Mummy Said: Infected Deedrah – My Mummy Said EP
  • Now Is The Time (Duvdev Solo): Full On 7
  • One Absolute: Full On 3
  • Overload: Full On Vol. 2 – The Israeli DAT Mafia
  • Power Of Celtics
  • Psycho Live Mix: Full On 4
  • Red Filter: Full On 5
  • S is Here : Most Wanted Pres. DJ Yahel – Mixing In Action
  • Scotch: Voojo Rituals
  • Smahutta: Full On 6
  • Small Moves: The Digital Dance Of Shiva
  • Symphonatic: Tsunami
  • The Fly: Psychotropic
  • The Messenger: Kum Haras, Space Mantra – Ganesh Propaganda
  • Tiwanacu: Kum Haras
  • Voices: Tsunami
  • Waves of sound: Yahel – Waves Of Sound
  • Where Is S: Destination Goa 7
  • Wider: Future Navigators II
  • 9%: Heat Seekers Israeli Trance Allstars
  • You Don't Exist[30]

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