Infected Mushroom (1996 - 2015)
Infected Mushroom is an Israeli duo formed in 1996 that produce a mixture of Trance, Psychedelic, Electronic, Hip Hop, and even Alternative and Metal. They started with the stage name of 'Shidapu and Duvdev' make some progressive Trance songs, but eventually changed their name to 'Infected Mushroom'. Their first few albums spanned over a few genres while still keeping that similar Electronic/Club feel.
The Gathering, which was their first album, featured a very dark atmosphere, which brought Trance music to mainstream audiences. (1999)
Classical Mushroom, their next album, showed off their piano skills and helped push their evolution to greatness. (2000)
B.P. Empire had a very chill feeling compared to their usually crazy upbeat club songs. It had numerous styles of music not many expected to see, with middle-eastern style melodies and a bit of a classical side to it too. (2001)
Converting Vegeterians, one of their biggest projects, had two discs included. The 'Trance Side' had dancefloor material comparable to their earlier albums, while the 'Other Side' had way more genre-bending experimental music, and included Duvdev's vocals for the first time. (2003)
IM The Supervisor continued to mix their Trance sound with other genres, and became their most selling album to date, being very influential and innovative for it's time. This gained them a bigger following and most notably, attraction from possible guest stars. (2004)
Vicious Delicious, which is in my opinion one of my favorite albums, is probably their most diverse album to date, starting with a spanish spoken guitar track known as "Becoming Insane", and a hip-hop influenced song named 'Artillery'. It has many heavy banger tracks, which are somewhat unique to this album. (2007)
Legend of the Black Shawarma included a remix of "Riders on the storm" by The Doors. It continued to use the variety and use of guest vocalist. (2009)
Army of Mushrooms was their first album mostly influenced by Dubstep, Drum and Bass, and House genres. It includes a cover "The Pretender" by Foo Fighters, and a bunch of progressive heavy-hitter songs. It is their most popular album so far. (2012)
They released several EP's titled 'Friends on Mushrooms' which included many collaborations with other artists such as Pegboard Nerds and Savant. Eventually, the EP's grew and they released a deluxe version as a full album. (2014)
(Holy Jesus why is this so good)
They have confirmed another album on the way soon, Converting Vegetarians II in 2016
Its amazing to see how a group can evolve in such a way. If you listen to their first album, and compare it to their latest album, you can tell where the influences come from, and how much they have changed.
A bit of a history lesson, but it shows how diverse one group or one artist can be if they give effort.
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