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Infected Mushroom

Background information
Origin Kiryat Yam, Haifa District, Israel[1]
Genre(s) Goa trance (early)
Psychedelic trance
Psychedelic rock
Years active 1996-present
Label(s) BNE, Perfecto
Website infected-mushroom.com
Members
Amit Duvdevani
Erez Aizen
Tom Cunningham
Erez Netz
Rogério Jardim

Infected Mushroom is an Israeli psychedelic trance and electronic music duo that uses additional musicians when playing live sets. Formed by Erez Aizen (also known as I.Zen) and Amit Duvdevani (also known as Duvdev) in the city of Haifa,[1] in northern Israel, the duo has garnered a large international fanbase. Infected Mushroom is known for their consistent sonic evolution exemplified by the subsequent albums The Gathering (1999), Classical Mushroom (2000), B.P. Empire (2001), Converting Vegetarians (2003), IM the Supervisor (2004), and Vicious Delicious (2007). The group currently resides in Los Angeles.[1]

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[edit] Members

[edit] Erez Aizen

Erez Aizen was born on 7 September 1980 and had early musical training; learning to play the organ at age 4 and studying piano in the Haifa Conservatory from the age of 8. At age 11 he started toying with computerised music, first using Impulse Tracker and later moving to more advanced musical composition software. By the age of 18, Erez had collaborated with DJ Jörg and other notable psytrance artists, and had released three albums and a multitude of tracks under different psytrance acts (including Shidapu and Shiva Shidapu).

[edit] Amit Duvdevani

Amit Duvdevani was born on 7 November 1974 and had a similar musical background. He played the piano for 9 years, starting at the age of 7, before taking a turn towards heavy metal and punk rock. Amit played keyboard and wrote most of the material for a local Haifa punk rock band Enzyme. Amit went to his first trance party in 1991, a week before being conscripted into the Israeli army (where he was first nicknamed Duvdev). He has more than once described this experience as life changing - from then onwards all he could think of was trance music. After he finished his national service, Amit spent a year in India (primarily in Goa), and finally decided to make music himself. He collaborated with a member of Shidapu on four tracks although they were never released.

[edit] Biography

In 1998, Aizen and Duvdevani began playing together. At first they released a few tracks as Shidapu & Duvdev. These tracks were 'happier' and of the simpler side of trance. Later on, they formed the duo Infected Mushroom and started working on their first album. The name Infected Mushroom was taken, without permission, from a disbanded (1989 to 1993) punk rock band named "Infected Mushroom" also of Israeli origin, which Duvdevani knew and saw perform at a concert in Israel.

Guitarists Tom Cunningham and Erez Netz joined in 2004 - Tom plays with Infected Mushroom in the United States, while Erez Netz plays the rest of their gigs. Netz is a famous Israeli guitarist and opens their live shows with some exhibition. In 2007, Infected Mushroom brought in Brazilian percussionist Rogério Jardim to play drums and percussion during their shows.

In 2007, Infected Mushroom rose to No.9 in the influential DJmag Top 100 DJs poll,[2] where they were the highest placed psytrance DJs. This was the first time the category had been created, reflecting psytrance's rising popularity around the world and the pioneering role Infected Mushroom have played in this.

[edit] B-sides

[edit] Aizen

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

[edit] Aizen and Duvdevani

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

[edit] Discography

Amit Duvdevani of Infected Mushroom at the Soulclipse festival in Turkey.

[edit] Albums

According to Duvdev, a new album is scheduled to be released in May, 2009. Infected Mushroom are currently playing these new, unreleased tracks at their shows.

[edit] Singles/EPs

[edit] Tracks Released on Compilations

Infected Track Name: Artist - Album/Compilation

  • Acid Killer: Isr-Aliens
  • Angel Jonathan: Yahel - For The People
  • Anyone Else But Me: Unidentified Forms of Sounds 2
  • Arabian Nights On Mescaline: GMS vs. Systembusters
  • Blue Rhythmic Night: Space Mantra
  • Cat On Mushroom: Space Cats - Beam Me Up
  • Classical Mushroom: Israliens 2
  • Coolio Remix: Coolio EP
  • Crazy D: Isr-Aliens
  • Dainai: Moon
  • Devil: Unidentified Forms Of Sound
  • Dirty 80's: Psysex - Hardcore Blastoff
  • Doremifas: Unidentified Forms of Sounds 3
  • Double Click: Israel's Psychedelic Trance 5
  • Double Click (Piano Version): Unknown Album/Compilation
  • Dream Theatre: Space Mantra
  • Elation Station REMIX: Intercept Sound Enforcers Vol.1
  • Electro Panic: Yahel - Private Collection
  • Elevation: Another Life
  • Elm: Unidentified Forms Of Sound
  • Expose: Deck Wizards - Enhanced Reality
  • For The People: Yahel - For The People
  • Gamma Goblins RMX: Hallucinogen
  • Gravity Waves Rmx: Xerox - Freestyle
  • I See Myself: Unusual Suspects
  • Into The Matrix: Israliens 2
  • Look At Me: Voojo Rituals
  • Merlin (Global Cut): Contact Clubber Vol: 1
  • Millions OF Miles Away Remix: Oforia - Millions Miles Away EP
  • Ministering Angels: Contact Clubber Vol: 1
  • Montoya: Unidentified Forms Of Sound
  • Muddy Effect: Deck Wizards - Enhanced Reality
  • Mushi mush (Void Rmx 2005)
  • My Mummy Said: Space Mantra
  • One Absolute: Full On 3
  • Psycho Live Mix: Full On 4
  • Raveolution: Dali, Infected mushroom, Skazi, Sun project, Raja, Ram, Chicago, 29-30.04.2005
  • Red Filter: Full On 5
  • Scotch: Voojo Rituals
  • ShakawKaw Remix (VibeTribe): Un:Balanced
  • Smahutta: Full On 6
  • Symphonatic: Tsunami
  • The End Of Infinity: Boom Bolenat
  • The Fly: Psychotropic
  • The Messenger: Kum Haras
  • The Messenger: Jorg On Mushroom
  • Tiwanacu: Kum Haras
  • Voices: Tsunami
  • Wheels Of Time: Digital Dance Of Shiva
  • Where Is S: Destination Goa 7
  • Wider: Future Navigators II
  • LSD Story (Duvdev Rmx): GMS - The Remixes
  • Now Is The Time (Duvdev Solo): Full On 7
  • Monster (A.K.A Something Else): Astrix - Artcore

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c "THEY’RE INFECTIOUS". Los Angeles Times. 2008-01-24. http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jan/24/entertainment/gd-nightcandy24mushroom. Retrieved on 2008-05-25. 
  2. ^ "DJmag.com: Top 100 DJs 2007". http://www.djmag.com/index.php?op=top100dj&top100dj_op=results&year=2007. Retrieved on 2008-05-25. 

[edit] External links

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