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INTERVIEW
INTERVIEW
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FOLLOW INFECTED MUSHROOM
in places like Canada, Israel, and Russia. We
look forward to bringing it to other parts of
Europe someday soon!
INFECTED MUSHROOM SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY TO PSYCHEDELIC MAG
PM: How do you started with Psytrance in
the first place?
IM: When we started making Electronic Music in Israel, Psy was very popular so it was
a sound that we were naturally attracted
to. By the time we met, we both had our
own projects, but after collaborating on a
couple tunes, we decided to continue working together.
PM: it was hard to get known back in the
days?
IM: It’s always been hard to become a famous electronic music act, but yes back
then there were a lot of artists chasing
their dreams. We are lucky to have remained relevant two decades years later.
PM: What you miss more (if anything) from
the early days?
IM: Not much, we like the modern era
PM: Today we find you in a more experimental music than psytrance. What moved
you in that direction?
IM: People who don’t evolve tend to fade
away. Over time we continued to incorpo-
rate our signature sound to different genres
with the goal of making people go mental.
PM: How you respond to the people that saying you “don’t belong in Psytrance” anymore?
IM: They can feel that way, everyone is allowed to have their own opinions about music.
PM: When you started producing different
kind of music instead of the classic Psytrance,
you knew that this will happen right?
IM: Sure we knew.
PM: Do you still keep connections with our
community? Playing any sets here and there?
IM: Yes of course, we play Old School sets, we
also bring people like Astrix to play with us.
We play all kinds of venues, from mainstream
festivals to Psy parties.
PM: Talk us a little bit for today. You’ve made
some of the biggest achievements any act
-coming from psytrance scene- ever had! Only
GMS can come close (with their Hollywood
soundtracks) but no Billboard charts and so
forth! How you see all this success?
IM: We are very grateful for all of the opportunities & experiences, also for all of
our fans and our families (who have given
us so much support). It’s been a great honor to have been twice voted in the top 10
electronic music acts in the world, and to
have played the most prestigious parties
around the globe.
PM: You mind that all this success pulled
you away, according to psy-fans, from the
“underground” area to the so-called “Mainstream” acts?
IM: All of these questions about underground versus mainstream are very relative. In our eyes we are still underground,
and nowhere near the status (or ideology) of people like Guetta, SHM, etc. If people don’t like the direction our music has
turned, they are free to listen to other
artists. We would argue our fan base has
broadened since the days of Goa, but that
doesn’t make us any less quality in terms of
underground dance music.
PM: I think this “sealed the deal”. Let’s talk
a little bit about this awesome constraction we saw you playing live. This kinda like
“bubbles”. The idea behind, etc. Also, is it
something regular or for a limited-time?
IM: This is our 3D projection-mapped visual
journey that we call Fungusamongus. It has
been very well received and we have done
most of the shows within the States, but
we also have been able to perform this set
PM: Where do you see your future?
IM: Hopefully continuing to do what we are
doing. Perhaps expanding into soundtracks
and video games.
PM: any chance of producing new tunes with
the beatiful psytrance that our tribe met you
and know you for?
IM: Nothing is out of the realm of possibility.
PM: Thank you very much for your time and
Psychedelic Mag team wish you even bigger
success!zz
IM: Thank you!