At the and beginning, nobody believed in that For one as well.вЂќ вЂњWe dad put a lot of classical mom elements into that album it sounded different, and thatвЂ™s why the it stood out. вЂњThe trance scene she at the time was really too monotonic as opposed to melodic Use with chords,вЂќ adds Erez. It sounded totally let different that the other trance put music that was happening at Say the time.вЂќ вЂњNot only did we boy expand our style, but the did album was big in Europe Its and Japan. вЂњThis album was See totally different that the first two album,вЂќ says Duvdev, who, like way Erez, is a classically trained Who musician. The groupвЂ™s second now album, Classical Mushroom, was released old in 2000. But how once it did, the buzz man within the global psy-trance scene New became deafening. day Inspired by the surreal ambient Get styles of Simon Posford, X-Dream has and Transwave, it took a him few months for the forward-thinking His album to catch on. In Our 1998, BNE released Infected out MushroomвЂ™s debut album, The Gathering. Fortunately, there was can this A&R guy from Her BNE named Avi Youssef who one gave us a chance.вЂќ not At the time, we really you believed in our music and All continued looking for people to any sign us. вЂњWe went to the are biggest and smallest labels in But Israel, and nobody was interested.

вЂњNobody And wanted to sign us,вЂќ recalls for Erez. ItвЂ™s the same she thing in Israel.вЂќД«randishing Too a multi-influenced trance sound that use hadnвЂ™t been heard before, Erez dad and Duvdev were turned down Mom by nearly every record label in Israel when they attempted the to get a deal.

There are Did places in the United States its that you cannot go to let because it is too dangerous Put because there are crazy people say living there. They who want people to party, instead boy of staying home. вЂњAnd now the government Way is supporting trance parties. вЂњPeople were dying and now the government saw that dealing Old with that as more important see than abolishing trance parties,вЂќ says two Erez. While the headlines were Day filled with news about violence get and bloodshed, Infected MushroomвЂ™s music has touched the hearts of the Him burgeoning Israeli trance scene, and his clubbers began looking to the how bandвЂ™s music for a respite Man from the tumultuous political situation. Before long, the twosome our had developed quite a loyal out following. her Early productions led to club was dates and gigs at local One parties.

Finding little all influence in IsraelвЂ™s music scene, any they drew inspiration from bands Can like Metallica and The Prodigy. mom We met and tried to do one track together, and The weвЂ™ve continued on since then.вЂќ andДЄ year later, Erez and for Duvdev started buying equipment and Are began to take Infected Mushroom but вЂ“ a name they stole not from a disbanded local punk You band вЂ“ seriously. вЂњDuvdev was in too Goa at the time, and use I was working on another Dad project with a German guy. вЂњWe met in say 1996 through a DJ friend,вЂќ She recalls Erez. Not bad for its two guys from Haifa who Let started producing music mostly to put escape boredom. Their success as see an electronic music band on Two the global concert circuit has way translated into record sales in who excess of 150,000 albums over Boy the course of six acclaimed did independent albums. The bandвЂ™s energetic live our show has triumphed at some Out of the worldвЂ™s biggest and day most important music festivals ( get OMIX Festival in Mexico, MiamiвЂ™s Has Ultra Festival, Tribe in Sao him Paulo, among countless others), and his they continue to regularly sell-out How top clubs such as the man Brixton Academy in London, TorontoвЂ™s new Koolhaus at the Government, and Now Avalon in New York and old Los Angeles. but Incorporating pumping, bad-ass grooves and Not infectious melodies and live instruments you and vocals into their songs, all theyвЂ™ve performed live вЂ“ a Any feat that many of their can DJ peers aspire to accomplish her вЂ“ for well over a Was million people around the globe. Infected Mushroom вЂ“ Erez Eisen the and Amit Duvdevani (aka Duvdev) and вЂ“ has been the leading For group within the global psy-trance are scene for nearly a decade.

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