Infected Mushroom is known for their consistent sonic evolution exemplified by the following albums: "The Gathering" (1999), "Classical Mushroom" (2000), "B.P. Empire" (2001), "Converting Vegetarians" (2003), "IM the Supervisor" (2004), "Vicious Delicious" (2007), "Legend of the Black Shawarma" (2009), "Army of Mushrooms" (2012)' and "Converting Vegetarians II" (2015)'
Their live shows feature guitars, live drums and vocals, with a multimedia backdrop.
In 1998, Aizen and Duvdevani began playing together. At first they released a few tracks as "Shidapu & Duvdev". These tracks were 'happier' and on 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 of that name also of Israeli origin, which Duvdevani knew and saw perform at a concert in Israel.
1999's "The Gathering" was the breakthrough debut album for "Infected Mushroom". The album featured a dark, rhythmic atmosphere exemplified in the song "Psycho", which gathered much acclaim and popularity. This album was one of the first albums to bring Israeli psy-trance to more 'mainstream' audiences, and contributed to the gradually growing popularity of the genre world-wide. The following year, the duo released one of their most well known albums, also being one of the most well known albums in the genre today, "Classical Mushroom". The album showcased a track often cited as their most popular track, "Bust A Move". This album is commonly referred to as the best example of the group's efforts.
"Infected Mushroom's" evolving style has also had its share of critics. 2001's "B.P. Empire" was well-received by many fans and critics alike. Especially renowned is the musical epic "Dancing With Kadafi"; segueing numerous styles of music, most notably through the use of strong middle-eastern style melodies and a classical piece halfway through (which showcased Erez and Amit's piano and violin skills). However, the album was not as popular with mainstream audiences when compared with earlier releases, primarily due to the less accessible melodies in most of the tracks. The album was also seen as a break away from the more traditional styles of psy-trance by many psy-trance purists, who felt that the new territories explored went beyond the bounds of psy-trance but not necessarily in a progressive sense.
The group's most controversial album proved to be "Converting Vegetarians" (2003) which featured 2 discs (also known as 'sides'). The first of the 2 CDs is the inoffensive Trance side, which contains mostly trance-like dancefloor material. The Trance Side is a logical progression of their earlier work (although it is cited by some as less imaginative than their earlier work). The 2nd CD is entitled The Other Side, and it contains mostly genre-bending experimental music - ranging from the R&B inspired title track "Converting Vegetarians" (which was the first true display of Duvdev's characteristic voice) to the more down-tempo laid-back "Elation Station", and also from the electro-pop tracks "Blink" and "Illuminaughty" (with vocals by the well-known UK psytrance vocalist Michele Adamson) to the short and experimental "Shakawkaw" (later expanded to a full length track). The album also contained the track "Ballerium", which was originally recorded as a soundtrack to an up-and-coming internet game and later scrapped by the game designers. The remainder of the CD went on to reveal other musical stylings, including "I Wish", lead by a carefully vocoded vocal line.
The release of "IM The Supervisor" in 2004 (often incorrectly referred to as "I'm the Supervisor"), further surprised listeners with yet another mix of psy-trance with other musical genres. The album was criticized as being too "commercial" by many fans, but became "Infected Mushroom's" best selling album up to that time.
Guitarists Tommy 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 guitarist from Israel, and he opens their live shows with some electric guitar exhibition - playing with his mouth. In December of that year, "Infected Mushroom" moved from their base in Haifa to a new studio in Los Angeles, California.
As of 2007, "Infected Mushroom" have also brought in Brazilian percussionist Rogerio Jardim to play drums and percussion during their shows. Also that year, Infected Mushroom rose to #9 in the influential DJmag Top 100 DJs poll, 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.
2007 was also the year of "Vicious Delicious", possibly the most diverse album up to that point. The album begins with "Becoming Insane", an intense Spanish-guitar-led number, followed by "Artillery", a hip-hop track with vocal contributions by a guest artist. This divergence in genre in just the first two tracks of the album is a clear ultimatum for the critics to 'get with the programme'. Other tracks on the album also feature guest vocalists, along with the guitars and percussion of the newly-inducted Infected Mushrooms.
The much-anticipated 2009 album bore the title "Legend of the Black Shawarma" and featured remixes of "The Doors" classic "Riders On The Storm" and the evergreen Mushrooms number "Bust a Move", which is noticeably enriched by the DJs' well-matured skills. According to Duvdev, the title of the album is taken from a joke shared with an Australian friend who was describing his interest in having an up-close-and-personal experience in a shark cage. Duvdev's reported response was that the friend would look to the shark like a 'black shawarma', an enticing Middle-Eastern delicacy.
Infected Mushroom are currently using Cubase 6 on custom built PC's
Discography
Albums
The Gathering (1999)
Classical Mushroom (2000)
B.P.Empire (2001)
Converting Vegetarians (2003)
IM the Supervisor (2004)
Vicious Delicious (2007)
Legend of the Black Shawarma (2009)
Army of Mushrooms (2012)
Friends on Mushrooms (2015)
Converting Vegetarians II (2015)
Singles/EPs
Intelligate / Small Moves (1999)
Bust a Move (2001)
Classical Mushroom EP (2001)
B.P. Empire (2001)
Birthday (feat. Berry Sakharof) (2002)
Deeply Disturbed (2003)
Songs From The Other Side (2003)
Cities of the Future (2004)
Stretched (2005)
Becoming Insane (2007)
Smashing the Opponent Remixes (2009)
One Day - Single (Infected Mushroom & Matisyahu) (2010)
Killing Time Remixes (2010)
Deck & Sheker (2010)
Pink Nightmares (2011)
I'm Alive (2011)
U R So Fucked (2012)
U R So Smart (2012)
Evilution (2012)
Nation Of Wusses (2012)
Atid Matok (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 (feat. Sasha Grey) (2015)
Liquid Smoke (2016)
Tracks Released on Compilations
Acid Killer
Angel Jonatan
Anyone Else But Me
Arabian Nights On Mescaline
Baby Killer
Blue Rythmic Night (feat. I.Zen)
Cat On Mushroom
Classical Mushroom
Coolio (Infected Mushroom Remix)
Crazy D
Dainai
Devil rmx
dirty 80s
Doremifas
Double Click
Dream Theatre
Electro Panic
Elm
Eve down
Expose (feat. space cat)
Facing
For The People
Gravity Waves
I See Myself
Intelligate
Into The Matrix
Look At Me
Lo Ra
LSD Story (Infected Mushroom Remix)
Merlin
Millions Of Miles Away (Infected Mushroom Rmx)
Ministry of Angels (feat. yahel)
Montoya
Monster (remix)
Muddy Effect
My Mummy Said
Now Is The Time
One Absolute
Overload
Psycho (Live Mix)
Red Filter
S is Here
Scotch
Smahutta
Small Moves
Symphonatic
The Fly
The Messenger
Tiwanacu
Voices
Where Is S
Wider
9%
B-Sides
Eisen
* With Miki Litvak (ex-Domestic), Oren Kislev and Roy Sasson: Shidapu
* With Talamasca: Magic Mushroom
* With Shiva (DJ Jörg): Shiva Shidapu
Eisen and Duvdevani
* With Space Cat: Cat on Mushroom
* With PsySex: Sex on Mushroom
* With DJ Jörg: Jörg On Mushroom
* With Domestic: Domestic Mushroom
* With Deedrah: Infected Deedrah
* With Hallucinogen and Michele Adamson: Fly Agaric
* With Astrix: Infected Astrix
Other
My Mummy Said (2001)
Outdoor Party Vol III (2001)
Merlin (2002)
Artificial Visualization (2004)
The Doors Remixed (Unreleased LP) (2007)
Sites: YouTube, Facebook and http://Infected-Mushroom.com
After 1000 Years
Infected Mushroom Lyrics
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'We must warn the other, mentor. After a thousand years, the darkness has come again...'
'Why are you interested in my dreams?'
'Where there's smoke, there's fire. If you ignore it, you get burn... Now i don't have to believe in this dark force to realize there is something strange going on.'
The lyrics of Infected Mushroom's song, After 1000 Years, convey a strong sense of otherworldliness and intrigue. The song starts off by describing a journey from one system to another, suggesting a kind of cosmic travel. The second verse paints a picture of abandoned worlds where no life has existed for over a thousand years, but something is stirring. The entity is slowly gathering its forces, with the hope of going unnoticed. The lyrics create a sense of anticipation and foreboding, as if something sinister is about to happen.
The third verse introduces the idea of a mentor who must be warned about the darkness that has returned after a thousand years. It is unclear who or what this mentor is, but their importance is emphasized by the urgency of the situation. The fourth and final verse introduces the singer's dreams, and the idea that they hold some significance. The singer is asked why they are interested in their dreams, which implies that they have somehow predicted or foreseen the return of the darkness. The fifth and final line offers a warning about the dangers of ignoring the signs that something strange and ominous is happening.
Overall, the lyrics to After 1000 Years create a vivid and unsettling atmosphere that suggests a larger story is unfolding. The themes of cosmic travel, ancient darkness, and prophetic dreams all suggest a tale of epic proportions.
Line by Line Meaning
It's going from one system to another... then, on dark deserted worlds, where there should be no life, where no living thing has walked in over a thousand years, something is moving. Gathering it's forces quietly, quietly... hoping to go unnoticed.
A being travels through different star systems until it reaches abandoned planets that have been inactive for centuries. It senses an unknown force gathering its strength and planning quietly to remain undetected.
We must warn the other, mentor. After a thousand years, the darkness has come again...
The singer urges their mentor to alert others that after a millennium, a dark force has resurfaced.
Why are you interested in my dreams?
The singer inquires why the other person is curious about their dreams.
Where there's smoke, there's fire. If you ignore it, you get burn... Now i don't have to believe in this dark force to realize there is something strange going on.
The adage 'where there's smoke, there's fire' implies that if a situation seems peculiar, there is usually a reason for it. The artist believes that something unusual is happening, even if they don't necessarily believe in the danger of the dark force.
Contributed by Isabella J. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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The Legend of the Black Shawarma
Dude, one time, my friends Tommy the Bat and Suliman went with me to the Elation Station
to get some Franks. They started eating and Tommy said, "These are Vicious Delicious!"
and I was like, "Dude! That thing isn't cooked!" but Before i could, he Ate it Raw right
In Front of Me. I was so Deeply Disturbed that I said "That's it, I'm converting to vegetarian!"
I yelled so loud, some Heavyweight guy came out and said "IM the Supervisor!
This is a Special Place, and you guys need to Hush Mail, or I'll start Smashing the Opponent!".
I was like, "Jeenge, Psycho, I Wish you would just Drop Out. We are just having The Gathering!".
Suliman said, "U R So Fucked!" and I said "That's it, Herbert the Pervert. I'm
gonna Mush Mushi your fat ass!". He cowered and pleaded, "Please Forgive Me! I Missed the
Project 100 Symphony and I am in a rotten mood."
I was so pissed, I started to Bust a Move on him. I said "I Can't Stop beating The Rat!"
That's when the cop showed up. I thought, what a Nation of Wusses. He said, "Hey, punk!
This is the End of The Road!" I just said, "Never Mind this dumbass, I have Nothing to Say.
I Wanted to Serve My Thirst, but it's Noon now, goodbye."
Soon they surrounded me with an Army of Mushrooms, and took to to the B. P. Empire court.
The judge asked me if I was guilty, and I exclaimed, "None of This Is Real!".
I demanded they Release Me, but they tackled me and threw me in the Cities of the Future prison.
I prayed night and day, "Please Send Me an Angel, I am Becoming Insane!". That night at the
prison, it was Apogiffa Night, so they had a Disco Mushroom dance. It was Semi Nice, but the Yanko Pitch
of the music really Changed the Formality of the whole evening. I decided I would Muse Break out
of this God-forsaken Frog Machine. I Streched, and got to work chipping away with a spoon.
Soon, the effort started Chaplin my fingers, and they began to bleed. I thought, Nothing Comes Easy,
and kept going. I stopped only to drink up a glass of Echonomix. My cell mate saw me and said, "Wow,
you are brave. Have some of this." He poured some toiled rum in it, and called it Montoya Remix.
The guard heard me and rushed over to the cell. "What is that noise?" he demanded. I nervously
looked at my cell mate, and he told the guard, "Umm... we were just playing Song Pong. We were
about to sing Horus the Chorus." The guard left. My mate said, "It's Killing Time, you are working
too Slowly. It's time to bring out the Artillery!" In just a Blink, we were free. They set off the
alarms and we hid in the bushes. A suspicious guard sneaked up to us. Thinking quickly, I shouted,
"Shakawkaw!". He muttered, "Oh, it's just a bird." We stole a yaht and set off in the Sea of
Mushrooms. We Riders Balleriumly survived on The Storm, but they never found us again.
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Edward Zagars
To me, this is probably some of IM's best work. This piece is just so enthralling on many levels. It becomes an addiction listening to it.
Doug Bennett
These guys are overwhelmingly amazing. Mankind doesn't deserve their brilliance
Tetrahydrocannabinol TheHerbalCure
No Problem Thanks For The View And The Nice Comment!
kabamarou1966
awesome song! infected mushroom for ever!
lasse1234911
Awesome song, to bad we'll never get to know how it ends..
Kyunid
This is 100% Infected you can feel it so much if you don't belive it just listen to their "old" tracks ;-)
Rowan Dobson
have chills running down my spine!
Robert Higgins
listened to this song 5 times in a row, still going
geoerocks locks
es un buen vide de infected mushroom y espero y sigan sacando videos asi.
aomimezura11
Listening at work... frozen solid for 10 minutes... trance state... eargasm.