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Infected Mushroom *LIVE* - Epic Nightclub - Mpls,MN - 03/19/09
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:::: Sound In Motion & V2 Nightlife present ::::
INFECTED MUSHROOM
Thursday, March 19th, 2009
::::BIO::::
"We are an electronic band," affirms Amit "Duvdev" Duvedevani, singer and co-founder of the Israel-bred, Los Angeles-based psy-trance duo Infected Mushroom, "but when we became a full live band onstage, the reaction was so powerful that we knew we were inventing something new."
The dynamic, shaven-headed Duvdev and his flowing-haired partner, Erez Eisen, have been playing to increasingly massive, frenzied crowds all over the globe, thanks to an explosive live show that is a far cry from the staid stereotype of dance acts hunched over their computers.
With Duvdev bouncing all over the stage and exhorting the crowd to belt out the lyrics, Erez virtually dancing with his keyboards, tour guitarist Tommy Cunningham firing off metallic riffs and Brazilian drummer Rogerio Jardim boosting the Mushroom's programmed beats with propulsive polyrhythms, the band has whipped audiences worldwide to a fine froth.
Of course, Infected Mushroom were not always playing to gigantic, writhing throngs. Indeed, it took the two classically trained natives of Haifa a while to become, in the words of DJ magazine, "The psy-trance scene's only true megastars."
Infect Mushroom developed a particularly rabid following in Latin America, where fans who'd discovered their MP3s sparked a viral phenomenon. "Around 2000 we were invited to play in Mexico, and we’d sold about 15 CDs there," Duvdev recalls. "But this promoter invites us to play a party for 4,000 people. We thought he was crazy, that nobody there had heard of us – but they’d all found our music on Napster."
The addition of guitar to their live set raised eyebrows among the trance-loving elite. But the band refused to sit still. "The most hardcore fans are often resistant to change at first," Erez informs, "but they always come around."
"When we added live guitar the response from the crowd was really different," elaborates Duvdev. "We really liked the direction and decided to go to a full band performing on stage." The pair's roots in metal and punk began to re-emerge, and Infected Mushroom's live sets quickly demolished any genre pigeonholes. "We added Middle Eastern, Celtic and even Flamenco elements to the music," declares Erez. "There's something for every kind of audience." These influences were more evident than ever on the pair's 2007 disc, Vicious Delicious.
The band has, in fact, rocked more than a million people around the globe, headlining such festivals as OMIX in Mexico, Miami's Ultra Festival, California's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, San Diego Street Scene, L.A.'s Monster Massive, The Virgin Festivals in Toronto and Baltimore, and Sao Paulo's Tribe – as well as packing venues from Haifa to Los Angeles.
For those unsatisfied with the scattershot array of clips now online, Infected Mushroom is at work on a live DVD that will more authoritatively chronicle the mayhem of their world tours. "Nothing says everything like a video," Duvdev asserts with a laugh.
http://www.infected-mushroom.com/
also playing:
Hardkornate
Dan Hack
18+
Doors @ 10pm
:::TICKETS:::
$10 Limited Presale
$15 General Admission
Available @ http://www.vitalculture.com/ViewTicket.jspa?ID=82911
EPIC
110 N 5th St
Downtown Minneapolis
Bottle Service Reservations - 612-968-6636
www.simshows.com
www.epicmpls.com
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