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Infected Mushroom - Im The SuprVisor {BNE/Yoyo 2004}
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Posted : Oct 15, 2004 15:02
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Review by psytones
The world leading psyact of the 20th century, Infected Mushroom, from Israel, is out with their fifth album, this time with a much more full-on "childish" sound than ever before...
Amit Duvdevani and Erez Aizen are out with "IM The Supervisor" after their hugely successful albums: "The Gathering" (1999), "Classical Mushroom" (2000), "B.P. Empire" (2001) and "Converting Vegetarians" (2003).
After the huge commercial success of "Converting Vegetarians" (incidentally, this album is considered a disappointment by many fans), lots of psytrancers have been anxiously anticipating this album, fearing that Infected Mushroom have lost their "mushroom" sound. First of all I would like to say that Infected are my favourite psyact. They are the main reason why I fell so much in love with the world of psytrance. For me, it all started in 2000, with the time-honoured album “Classical Mushroom”. Here follows a track-by-track review of their new album:
Infected Mushroom "IM The Supervisor" BNE 2004 (YoYo Records/BNE Ltd. RESISTCD10)
1. IM The Supervisor
2. Ratio Shmatio
3. Muse Breaks RMX
4. Meduzz
5. Cities Of The Future
6. Horus The Chorus
7. Frog Machine
8. Noon
9. Bombat
10. Stretched
1) The intro of “IM The supervisor” kinda reminds me of an intro to a dark rock band, with creepy noises and a generally dark feeling. Then boom. The Supervisor says, “I'm the supervisor, can i get a taxi numba”. And the initial creepy, ominous feeling of darkness is gone. It has a bassline thats kinda bouncy, and i see what Infected are doing. They are making Full-On party music for the younger generation, floor-fillers for the dance crowd. The track itself isn't all that bad if you take your mind off that its very childish. When the take-off starts at 04:45 with the very cool drums and the voice saying/screaming "Dance with me, come on come. Dance with me”, you can’t help getting carried away. Its not a strong! track, but it’s a floor killer, the fun kind.
2) “Ratio Shmatio” follows the main sound in 'Converting Vegetarians - Trance Side”, bassline and everything else. It's got some great cute sounds and melodies at the start. Then it tries to break out by turning into a more melodramatic soundscape. Again a full-on track, made for the dance floor, but with beautiful melodies that actually remind me of the good old trance days in 98 (The “Magik” and “Forbidden Paradise” series). Cheesy? Hell yes. But they get away with it.
3) “Muse Breaks RMX” is a remix of 'J.views (Jonathan from 'Violet Vision) - Muse Breaks' with the lovely Michele Adamson singing and if, I'm not mistaken, Duvdev screaming. It’s a reggae-inspired track with a great melody coming and going. I'm sorry to say that I haven’t heard the original yet. But I'll bet it's better then this remix by Infected.
4) “Meduzz” is a strange track. It starts off with this, well mushroom-like, bouncy beat, but after a minute it’s back to the same bassline as all the other tracks. And then the 'Blues Brothers' organ sound drops in, and things get more interesting. “Meduzz” is all about the build up and the guitars. And the guitars have great sound, very epic. But, somehow, there is still something missing. The production is fantastic, as is the whole album, but where is the depth and the multiple layers? After a few listens, it gets to boring for me.
5) “Cities of the Future”. Before this album was realised, BNE published this as a taster single. What a joke I thought it was. It sounded like a psytrance track by Cher. I liked Duvdev's voice twitching in “Deeply Disturbed”. But this is too much for me. This makes the album sound like a psytrance album for kids. Not one of my favourite tracks, not by a long shot.
6) “Horus The Chorus” follows in the footsteps of 'Ratio Shmatio'. Long build up, which I like and appreciate. It has a great powerful melody. Too bad it stops there.
7) “Frog Machine” has sounds like a mix of the track 'Converting Vegetarians', but without the voice and with a full-on thumping bassline. It’s maybe one of the best tracks on the album with a great drive and good sounds running around the beat. It sticks out from the other tracks by giving it a whole new drive and atmosphere. Great track indeed.
8) “Noon” seems to be a very empty and boring track with little inspiration. But listen closer. This a very floating track with no special melody and many interesting sounds. Not the best and it doesn’t stand out amongst the other tracks on the album, but it’s a nice, trippy track. It needs a few listens in your headphones to be properly appreciated.
9) “Bombat” has got a very, very nice synth sound, a very good drive, and the melodies are powerful and energetic. But is that all the mushrooms can offer us in 2004? Again, something is missing.
10) “Stretched”. If this is a new attempt to make a “Dancing With Kadafi” track, they have a success on their hands. I love the amazing guitar, the melodies and the variations of the track – the very soundscape. For an album that at times seems plain and almost half-hearted, this is a very nice ending indeed. If only more tracks were as varied as this.
The album in general has a great clean production and it seems like a logical progression of the “Trance Side of their last full album ”Converting Vegetarians”. It has the same bassline and same general feeling overall. The difference is that they seem to have focused more on making great melodies, unfortunately on the edge of cheesyness. When it comes to Infected’s more full-on beat-centred albums, I definitely prefer the masterpiece “B.P. Empire”. This album is a great, if their goal is to make kids like psytrance. Perhaps Duvdev and Erez are trying to convert the world? If so, the next step for BNE should be to make a music video for MTV.
- watch out, the infection is spreading.
psytones
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duodenumz
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Posted : Oct 15, 2004 17:04
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i've been listening to the album a lot, and i still feel frustrated. the good parts are great, but there are lots of bad parts. the whole album is structured like a weak Infected track, meaning there are moments of brilliance sandwiched between heap big cheese. going between the extremes is very frustrating.
that said, i LOVE "Ratio Schmatio". i just wish the tweaky synth returned in the end of the track. but the progression of the track and the melodies are fucking grand.
i also really like "Muse Breako", despite the "emotional" vocals. it's just a very creative track. the acid line is also really cool.
i also really like "Horus" and "Bombat", and even "Noon" to an extent. but that's only half of the album :-( most of the remaining tracks are just too fluffy for me, and the juvenile lyrics really turn me off.
i think this album shows that IM *can* make classic tunes still, but they've gotten hung up on some childish ideas. |
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Psyfrog
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Posted : Oct 16, 2004 12:36
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i think its simply good work they did!
love that album.
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lucidpicnic
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Posted : Oct 25, 2004 13:44
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average album
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Ratio Shmatio,amazing song |
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Posted : Oct 25, 2004 17:33
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On 2004-10-25 13:44, lucidpicnic wrote:
Ratio Shmatio,amazing song
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yhea, i agree, the melody is sooo nice. But i just think that they could have done so much more and made the track even more amazing. 
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sWa
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Posted : Oct 25, 2004 19:19
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Hum.... this album have the most amazing prod, its so clean and sounds are sooo PHAT.
But i have really only one thing that i think its important to say,
Track4 meduzz, i mean listen to the bass line, its sounds like an old german porn movie bass, except for the sound of course 
I mean come on, i dont know about you but when i hear this song, the only thing i get in my head is a fat german trucker with a mustach and a blond swedish school girl, that have to be punished
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Posted : Nov 16, 2004 11:36
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Hi All!
Im a brand new member of this group. Hello to everybody!
I am looking for the lirics of this album. I cannot realy understand every of the songs so it would be great if somebody let me know a link from which I could download the lirics.
THX for all in advance.
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Posted : Nov 16, 2004 13:17
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andonis
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Posted : Nov 17, 2004 03:41
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For me an average album. There are some really good tracks like 'Ratio Smatio' and 'Frog Machine' but I also expected something better in general.
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Fatalexception
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Posted : Nov 17, 2004 13:05
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Hi All,
Do anybody can help me? I realy would like to translate the lirics to my own language.
Do anybody has the lirics of the songs?
The music is very strange sometime and I feel it is not realy goa or psytrance. So I would like to catch the "meaning". Like I did with CV.
Thank you in advance. |
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Acidhive
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Posted : Nov 17, 2004 18:06
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I agree with andonis here. I expected more... much more in fact. This is just average at best. Shame!!
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Robert
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Posted : Nov 21, 2004 01:40
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Amazing production as always from IM.
I dont know how they can come up with those strange sounds.This one is better than CV.
My fav track is Bombat
I give it 9/10
If you like IM you will love this album.
Worth the money.Go and get a copy if you dont have it.
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Dencrypt
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Posted : Nov 21, 2004 02:23
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On 2004-10-25 13:44, lucidpicnic wrote:
average album
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Ratio Shmatio,amazing song
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Yes. I also agree. Unfortunately that is so to be the only good track on the whole album... 
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PsyUNIT
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Posted : Nov 26, 2004 20:47
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Except for 2 tracks which i found a bit cheesy the album is excellent, of course its not in the same vein as their Psycho days but for some one like me who always admires & respects versatility this is not a minus.Even today when IM turn around & looks back there is nobody in sight.
They are miles ahead of everyone in creating new sounds. |
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Posted : Nov 26, 2004 22:39
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Well I bought it, I had to, but still it's rather lame release, if you ask me BP Empire was the turning point to IM. This is the cinderella story reversed.. the album does have its good points.. but unlike before, like "roll us a giant" the good points don't come every second second
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