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Infected Mushroom "Stretched"
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Infected Mushroom has become the "superstars" in the psytrance scene, even though they try out more and more different styles. These days, they have gone almost completly away from psychedelic trance. But what style are they making? Well, that’s the big question. It seems like they have almost created a new style on their own, and that’s what make me respect them, even though I’m not a big fan of all their works and ideas. Now they are out with another CD single with some remixes and different versions of tracks on their IM The Supervisor album released last year. We also get a completly new unreleased track here.
Infected Mushroom "Stretched" YoYo Records 2005 (YOYOCS011)
1. Shakawkaw (Mayumana Remake - Live)
2. Stretched
3. Cities Of the Future (Timelock Rmx)
4. The Beauty & The Beat
First out is a live remix done by an Israeli group called Mayumana. Here we get a lot of live feeling, and you can hear that the audience is extatic. Not exactly my cup of tea, but you get a little bit of that feeling you get when you go to a rock concert. And that’s exactly what Infected Mushroom fits best at these days. I saw them finishing the Arvika Festival in Sweden on the main stage this year, and who cares if it’s not psytrance at a place like that? It was actually a really fun experience to see a group like this perform in front of ten thousand rockers. Maybe they don’t fit too well at psytrance festivals anymore, but they can for sure rock a heavy audience with an open mind! Track 2 here is the Stretched track from the IM The Supervisor album. This is another example of their unique style. Sounds like a hybrid between rock and big beat. In my ears pretty fresh to hear something like this, even though again, it’s far from psytrance. Track 3 is a Timelock remix of the Cities Of The Future track. A massive, darker, full on psytrance version of the track. The last track on this CD single is a brand new track, and maybe a sign of what to expect on their next album? Not very different this time, so who knows? A massive, stumpy track with several of the typical Infected sounds.
If you have their last album, you don’t really need this, but if you are a big fan (like I know very many are), this is probably not to be missed. Not everything here is my cup of tea, but respect to Infected Mushroom for trying out new things instead of following the same pattern as most other Israeli full on artists do these days.
PKS (shivapks@hotmail.com)
