Infected mushroom group.

Infected Mushroom is an Israeli electronic duo. Currently they play psytrance with elements of rock (buttrock trance), although early albums gravitated towards classical goa.

The duo's members Erez Aizen and Amit Duvedevani have classical musical education.

Erez and Amit started playing together in 1998 and they released the first few tracks under the pseudonyms Shidapu & Duvdev. They later formed the duo Infected Mushroom and began working on their first album. The name was chosen in honor of the punk rock band that existed from 1989 to 1993, which Amit admired.

Their sound, infectious melodies, live instruments and vocals have been heard live in concerts by more than a million fans around the world.
Erez and Amit, both classically trained, drew inspiration from bands such as Metallica and Depeche Mode when writing their music. This largely predetermined their characteristic, infectious sound.
In 2004, the group invited guitarist Tom Cunningham to take part in American tours, and for shows in other countries - famous guitarist Erez Netz.

In 2005, a little after the release of the energetic, driving album “IM the Supervisor”, Infected Mushroom makes a breakthrough - the group enters DJ Mag's Top 100 and immediately takes 26th position. According to the results of the DJ Mag's Top 100 voting In 2006, Infected Mushroom moved to 12th place, and in 2007 they took ninth place. In the same year, drummer Rogerio Jardim joined the group.

After an almost two-year break from studio work, which was accompanied by a very busy touring schedule around the world, Infected Mushroom release their new sixth album, “Vicious Delicious”.
The title track from the album, “Becoming Insane,” has already been played by the band on tour over the past year. A video clip was filmed for it, which has already been viewed by more than 8 million people on YouTube.

In July 2005, they performed at the international electronic music festival FortDance in Kronshtadt. In February 2007, we came to Moscow with a live concert at the Adrenaline skatepark.

In 2008, they visited some Russian cities, including Yekaterinburg and Kazan.

At the beginning of August 2008 (August 2), Infected Mushroom participated in the opening of the Kazantip electronic music festival, which takes place annually in Crimea, where they headlined the festive concert. For their performance this time they used live guitar, drums and vocals. They played for almost 3 hours, which incredibly pleased everyone present at the festival!
Their 2009 album, Legend of the Black Shawarma, already features live drums and guitar. The recording of the track Smashing the Opponent features none other than John Davis himself, Korn vocalist.

Erez and Amit started playing together in 1998 and they released the first few tracks under the pseudonyms Shidapu & Duvdev. Later … Read all

Infected Mushroom is an Israeli electronic duo. Currently they play psytrance with elements of rock (buttrock trance), although early albums gravitated towards classical goa.

The duo's members Erez Aizen and Amit Duvedevani have classical musical education.

Their sound, infectious melodies, live instruments and vocals have been heard live in concerts by more than a million fans around the world.

Erez and Amit, both classically trained, drew inspiration from bands such as Metallica and Depeche Mode when writing their music. This largely predetermined their characteristic, infectious sound.

In 2004, the group invited guitarist Tom Cunningham to take part in American tours, and for shows in other countries - famous guitarist Erez Netz.

After an almost two-year break from studio work, which was accompanied by a very busy touring schedule around the world, Infected Mushroom release their new sixth album, “Vicious Delicious”.

The title track from the album, “Becoming Insane,” has already been played by the band on tour over the past year. A video clip was filmed for it, which has already been viewed by more than 8 million people on YouTube.

In July 2005, they performed at the international electronic music festival FortDance in Kronshtadt. In February 2007, we came to Moscow with a live concert at the Adrenaline skatepark.

In 2008, they visited some Russian cities, including Yekaterinburg and Kazan.

Their 2009 album, Legend of the Black Shawarma, already features live drums and guitar. The recording of the track Smashing the Opponent features none other than John Davis himself, Korn vocalist.

Infected Mushroom

Israel (1996 - present)

Israeli electronic group Infected Mushroom appeared in 1997. Initially, only two people took part in the project - Amit Duvdevani and Erez Aizen. Later, the team included three more members: Tom Cunningham, Erez Netz and Rogerio Jardim. The group performs in the genres of psychedelic trance, trip-hop and industrial. To date, Infected Mushroom have released 8 albums, 17 singles and filmed 5 videos. The group is considered one of the most successful commercial projects in Israeli history.

Erez and Amit started playing together in 1998. The first attempts at joint creativity resulted in several simple trance tracks recorded under the pseudonym Shidapu&Duvdev. After some time they changed their name to Infected Infected Mushroom.

In 1999, the duo released their first full-length album, The Gathering, which included nine tracks. The compositions were filled with a special atmosphere and were distinguished by a “dark” rhythmic sound. Due to this, the album became famous and made a sufficient contribution to the popularization and development of psy-trance in the world.

Just a year later, in 2000, the band released another album called Classical Mushrooms, which instantly gained popularity and became one of the most popular albums not only of the band, but also of the genre as a whole. The composition Bust a Move is recognized as the duo's most famous track.

The guys never stood still creatively, they developed and improved their sound. The result of the efforts was the disc B.P. released in 2001. Empire, warmly received not only by fans, but also by music critics. However, he was not very popular among the progressive part of the listeners. This album was the first where the musicians went beyond the boundaries of classical, so to speak, psy-trance.

The album Converting Vegeterians, released in 2003, is recognized as the most controversial album in the group’s entire career. The album was released on two discs. The first disc, Trance Side, continues Infected Mushroom's previous work in the direction of dance music, while the second is experimental in terms of playing with directions. The tracks from The Other Side disc are made in such genres of electronic music as downtempo, breakbeat and electro-pop. Michelle Adamson, a British singer, was involved in the recording of the album.

The 2004 album IM the Supervisor surprised listeners with a new style of performance. In addition to traditional psy-trance, the group did not abandon the desire to engage in other musical genres. The album was called too commercial, but this did not stop it from becoming the best-selling.

At the same time, two guitarists joined the duo - Erez Netz and Tom Cunningham. In 2007, the foursome was replenished with one more member - drummer from Brazil Rogerio Jardim.

At the end of March 2007, the group released a new album, Vicious Delicious. The album is offered in two versions: Limited Edition and regular. LE is sold in special packaging with illustration, and the teeth of the disc holder are broken to symbolize the teeth from the Becoming Insane video.

In 2009, the album Legend of the Black Shawarma was released, Jonathan Davis from Korn was invited to record one of the tracks. In 2012, the eighth studio disc Army of Mushrooms was released, which included not only the usual psy-trance tracks, but also compositions in the dubstep and drum’n’bass genres.