Infected Mushroom @ Infected Mushroom

Infected Mushroom, an Israeli-based psy-trance group fronted by Amit Duvdevani and Erez Eisen, are nothing if not prolific. Since forming in 1996, they've dropped seven albums, appeared on more than three-dozen compilations, and rocked clubs from Moscow to Milan. Their heady mix of trance and phat beats has produced darkly...

By Benjamin Leatherman

December 16, 2010

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Infected Mushroom, an Israeli-based psy-trance group fronted by Amit Duvdevani and Erez Eisen, are nothing if not prolific. Since forming in 1996, they've dropped seven albums, appeared on more than three-dozen compilations, and rocked clubs from Moscow to Milan. Their heady mix of trance and phat beats has produced darkly rhythmic and entrancing mixes that are the musical equivalent of a dose of psilocybin (just without all those troubling hallucinations). Their latest disc (2009's Legend of the Black Shawarma) featured a rather killer remix of Matisyahu's "One Day," as well as collaborations from big-name cats like Paul Oakenfold, Jane's Addiction frontman Perry Farrell, and Korn's Jonathan Davis. Try listening to one of their tracks and not get hooked. We dare you.

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Benjamin Leatherman is a staff writer for Phoenix New Times where he focuses primarily on arts, culture, music, and nightlife. He began writing for New Times in 2003 and joined the staff full-time in 2005. Prior to that, he contributed to magazines such as Tips & Tricks and The Wrestler. Benjamin has earned multiple awards from the Arizona Press Club including an award for sports enterprise reporting in 2009 and an award for statewide arts reporting in 2014. He holds a bachelor’s of arts in journalism from Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

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