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INFECTED MUSHROOM
Style: Heavy metal infl uenced psychedelic
trance.
Best known for: Bringing psy-trance to the
biggest live stages and releasing albums
like ‘The Gathering’, ‘Classical Mushroom’,
‘Converting Vegetarians’, ‘I’m The
Supervisor’ and ‘Vicious Delicious’.
Tune of 2008: E: Delirious ‘Silver Sky First record you ever
(Astrix Remix)’ D: Electric Tease ‘TV Is The
bought? E: Something by
New God (Sub 6 Remix)’
Dire Straits D: Pink Floyd
Producer of 2008: Delirious
‘Dark Side Of The Moon’
Weirdest thing you’ve
INFECTED Mushroom’s raging alchemy of headline sets at California’s 25,000 balance their non-stop touring with
seen all year? E: My baby’s
psy-trance beats, heavy metal guitars and mega-rave Nocturnal Wonderland an equally relentless discography.
umbilical chord being cut. D:
stadium rock vocals isn’t everyone’s blend to 3000-strong desert festivals to Since their underground breakthrough
An espresso bar in the middle
but there’s no denying the power that their electric club sets at L.A.’s Vanguard, ‘The Gathering’ in 1999, the duo have of a forest in Canada.
vast armies of global fans can wield. the duo fi nally feel they’re achieving maintained a rate of one artist album
Top gadget of 2008?
Busting into the Top 10 for the second year their long-term aim of cracking the every two years and they aren’t about
Blackberry Bold
on the spin, the L.A.-living duo of Erez Stateside market. to surrender their ratio now.
Your year in fi ve words...
Eizen and Amit ‘Duvdev’ Duvdevani again Erez explains: “We always thought the “Our new album is pretty much
show a strong presence in the Top 100 DJs US was a little behind in terms of psy- fi nished although we keep going back
Can we do one? Intense!
list — despite being able to count their trance but we were really, really wrong to it and tweaking things because
Most important thing
2008 DJ gigs on one hand. and gigs are getting busier and busier we’re fucked up like that,” explains
you’ve learned recently?
“It’s surreal for us, we cannot hide that,” for us in the States. They absolutely Erez. E: How to change diapers! D:
admits the humble Erez. “But it’s cool, if love it.” “There’s a breakbeat track, which is a
To spend more time at home.
people want to vote they can and we’re bit like The Prodigy meets System Of A
happy they all show their support.” This year also heralded the debut of Down meets early Chemical Brothers,
A lack of DJ gigs isn’t to say Infected have Infected Mushroom on the hedonistic but there’s also classic psy-trance Roses guitarist Slash also mooted,
been short on performances though. island of Ibiza with two sell-out styled stuff like our new one, ‘End Of the Infected duo make no apologies
Arguably the hardest touring outfi t in the shows at San Antonio’s rejuvenated The Road’, which is a really fucked up for the fact that they are desperate
Top 100, Infected’s relentless live gigging superclub — Eden. and twisted track.” to break the biggest stage possible.
schedule has again maintained the breath- “When I was last in Ibiza it was “It’s the next step on from ‘Vicious And by signing the album to Paul
taking rate of a show every three days, with 10 or 11 years ago as a clubber,” Delicious’ two years ago and more Oakenfold’s legendary Perfecto label
nearly 130 shows in locations as varied as remembers Duvdev. “There were extreme in all senses,” continues they now feel they’ve got the best
Brazil, Belgium, China, Serbia, Singapore still trance parties outdoors back Duvdev. “It’s even more heavy metal platform from which to do so.
and Sweden. then so it was a different Ibiza I sounding but more psychedelic at the “Paul’s a really cool guy and we clicked
“It’s been our busiest year yet,” remarks saw, but the atmosphere we created same time too. We’ve really come up from the off,” explains Erez. “We have
Duvdev. “We’ve almost never been home.” was unbelievable — a real Infected with our biggest sound yet.” just worked on a remix for his next
Mushroom vibe.” album and have been meeting up a lot
When they have been in their adopted With fi rst single ‘Saeed’ already being in the studio and chatting. It’s a good
homeland they’ve certainly made their As proudly prolifi c in the studio as they touted for radio play in the US and a relationship to be part of. We’re happy
mark. With 30 US gigs ranging from are on the road, Infected continue to collaboration with iconic Guns ‘N’ we know him.” ALLAN MCGRATH
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