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Infected Mushroom - Cities Of The Future Ep (Yoyo)
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Dainty Doll
June Rashava
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Posted : Jul 24, 2004 12:45
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I guess i am aswell one of the few people that has written in here that would say with pleasure, that COTF is a excellent excellent track. Yeah they get a bit mainstreem, but still, their music is so impressive. Love it love it.
Aswell as everybody else you have to keep the style changeing to keep beeing at the top. For me Infected is still the best. Tune-wise and production.
And you can't keep everybody happy. So everytime a person dizlike their music another one falls in love with it.
Infected you are so amazing! Keep it on the road!!
Love to all! 3õ
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sWa
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Posted : Jul 24, 2004 20:32
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hehe, 
When i hear this track in a party
Iiiiii Run, run, run, run away from the dance floor
No seriously, infected has got me very confused lately 
Making full-on (specialy with a vb-1) is like playing FIFA in easy mode, you're always sure to win. |
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gh0zt
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Posted : Jul 26, 2004 22:42
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Got my copy in the mail today! First time I heard the VV remix, I loved it, great psy break prog track.
How can anyone say IM has gone commercial?
Atleast in my country they arent. You play any psy and people get mad and turn on rap music. |
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cliff
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Posted : Jul 27, 2004 01:41
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when i hear this track in a party
i dance & dance & dance on the dance floor
you cant say i dont understand what is good music and what is not , i listen to all kind of electronic music from all labels and all artists , and this track is one of my favorite this days and fore sure i will remember this track for long time !!!
respect !
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gh0zt
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Posted : Jul 27, 2004 05:50
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Well said cliff, I totally agree!
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sam i am
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Posted : Jul 27, 2004 08:55
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On 2004-07-22 11:14, time lock wrote:
im glad to hear that kind of music in boring trance scene today! |
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heheheheheeh.. me too 
new Hadal Drop album on the way
if you don't have the last one get in touch |
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traveller
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Posted : Jul 27, 2004 19:18
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In a way Infected Mushroom is like the last samurai. Granted, conventionally samurais and Israeli psytrance acts don't have that much if anything in common, yet a thing that links Mushies to the fighters obviously exists, otherwise I wouldn't be writing this shit down, now would I? Unless I'm drunk ofcourse. Then again, maybe I just better cut out the crap and continue. So like I was saying, they're both last of a kind, abnormal relics from the past, the good ol' days, way back then when men fought with honor and psytrance artists created psychedelic music. Look what we've come to! It sure is a rare breed of an artist that still "knows how". Apart from a few English gentlemen and a couple of other giants -Infected Mushroom included- well the craftsmen of psychedelic sounds are gone! I for one am not in for the groove, kickdrum, bassline or even melodies. I say fuck 'em, just give me some psychadelia. It's about the saddest thing in the universe that this medium is so, so rare these days.
So, the name promises psychedelic and psychedelic it's. This time it comes with some damn fine cheese. But cheese can be gourmet, doesn't always have to be Cheddar you know. Not that there's anything particular wrong with this dairy product, mac 'n' cheese at least is rather tasty.
"Radio Edit" has a commercial ring to it, hasn't it? But, to tell the truth the sound is the same (compared to the original mix), the tune is just compressed into half the lenght. They don't play 7 minute tunes on radio you know, not here at least. Actually, there's no way in hell you'd hear this 3:50 minute composition on the radio here anyways.
I'm pretty sure Duvdev wouldn't win say, BBC's "The singer of the World" competition -not without hypnosis, bribes or a bomb threat anyways- but that doesn't mean that he can't sing. I mean you can hear he's obviously doing it while listening to this tune. He obviously is no Andrea Bocelli, who is quite of a singer, but then again Bocelli doesn't get a billion ultra cool effects thrown over his voice too often. "We gonna run, run, run to the cities of the future. Take what we can and bring it back home. So take me down to the cities of the future, everybody is happy and I feel at home." Then we get to the point. Those synths are fucked up, in the most positive way ofcourse. The guitar is cool too. Infected Mushroom is one of the few groups that has a sound that can be recognized easily, and this tune is no expectation. You can download it from www.Infected-Mushroom.net free of charge!
Twice the length, twice as good? Now we're given some candy that was left out from the previous. The synths are even more fucked up for one, and then there's that umm, popcorn land part and there's definetly even more to it. Just as you start thinking "Boy it's over now" the tune raises from the grave and the dead walk again. The track takes a 180 degree turn like every few minutes just when you least expect it to. How cool is that? To answer the question, it's pretty fucking cool!
Violet Vision spells quality, so even before hearing this one I already knew for sure that it was going to be smashing. Violet goes for a chilled drum n' bass approach. I'm sure some expert could name the genre more precisely, but then again, who cares. As long as it's rocking your ass. Two of Israel's finest on the same single, that's just great! What's even greater is that they've got totally different styles, so the single doesn't get repeative.
The 4th and the last is a bonus one. I think I've seen this one in some tops ages ago. Not that it matters. There's definetly some illusion of old Infected sound going on, but there's definetly a new horse on the track too. Violent, yet relaxed, just like rancid cream, the tune advances, it's lumpy. Slowly we enter the kinky theme park, 03:12 to be exact. Elegant is the word. It's all here, classical instruments, brilliant composition, absence of Duvdev's voice (no offence  ), just the way I like my mushrooms. Fried with cream, oh momma that's so tasty! This tune could have been on Classical Mushroom, really, maybe they kept it hidden in the deepest corner of the B.P Empire for all these years? Then again maybe they're returning to the roots. Many people wouldn't mind that at all that's for sure, no?
And now to the thing why you unguestionably read this entire text. MY opinion! Back in the days when I really started liking psytrance Infected Mushroom's Classical Mushroom was the album and The Gathering wasn't that bad either. Since then Infected has been in my opinion Israel's finest in psytrance, and having now listened to this single quite explicitly I must say that my opinion is not about to change. If you like Infected's previous stuff this single will make a good home of your cd deck for the next month or so. If you're not a fan, well don't bother..
I say 4/4 , it's a killer!
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Sputer
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Posted : Jul 27, 2004 19:30
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liked to read ur review man 
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Kaatisu
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Posted : Jul 29, 2004 08:42
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Yes, traveller, another great review. I love your writing. But PLEASE don't start doing it to become rich or to appeal to the masses, as I predict that while still being really good it would somehow change in a bad way and somehow lose that really special something (yes, yes, I KNOW everyone needs to make money to live in this society and that I'm just being selfish)! traveller, keep your day job and please don't sell out!
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ganjagil
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Posted : Aug 2, 2004 14:02
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In my opinion Infected Mushroom have gone out of topic big time. It's a big dissapointment and they are polluting the scene with this commercial shit! I wish they could open up there hearth and shut the ego down i can feel the ego running throught their music nowadays...Before they music was a prayer for me it was the door to the infinte universe now it just material crap come on guys may the psy hearth in you triumph over the money and egos of this world cut this crap and do something for the soul!
Respect from the Rock,
GanjaGil
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Flotser
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Posted : Aug 2, 2004 19:57
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the correct name for the style of the Violet Vision mix is:
Progressive House
i love the most the radio version (has some cool guitars) & violet vision remix! |
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Basilisk
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Posted : Aug 2, 2004 22:19
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I'm gonna run run run away from this release... yawn. Commercial cheddar.
Cream is good... hope its on the album.
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Le Lotus Bleu
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Posted : Aug 2, 2004 22:52
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Hey Basi I'm sorry to learn you that but Cream is as said by BNE 'previously unreleased & non album track' |
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duodenumz
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Posted : Aug 2, 2004 22:56
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"It's a big dissapointment and they are polluting the scene with this commercial shit!"
hmm... i hate to say that i somewhat agree. i used to defend IMs constant style changes, but i feel like this new sound is going to cause a wave of CRAP vocal tunes to hit the scene (not that it hasn't already, to some extent). people imitate success, and if i keep buying everything IM makes, i'll be part of the problem. i think "Cream" is even a bit cheezy, though it is has some pretty nice bookends around that cheez breakdown.
advice to Israeli artists who are using vocals- if you sing in English, try to make the lyrics smart, and not in the style of old Sega videogame music. how about something abstract or poetic? why does it all have to be fcuking obvious and cheezy? Violet Vision got the formula mostly right with their second album IMO. |
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insanne69
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Posted : Aug 3, 2004 03:30
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Infected please come to germany soon.
We love you.
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