A few of their early efforts were released under the name Shidapu & Duvdev. Career 1996–2004: First four studio albums Įisen and Duvdevani first began to play together in 1996. Duvdevani later collaborated with a member of Shiva Shidapu on four tracks, but they were never released. After he finished his conscription in Israel, Duvdevani lived in India for a year, primarily in the Indian state of Goa. ĭuvdevani was conscripted into the Israel Defense Forces, where he was first nicknamed, 'Duvdev'. Duvdevani played keyboards and wrote most of the material for the Haifa punk rock band Enzyme -he attended his first trance party in 1991. He then progressed to heavy metal music and punk rock. He started to play classical piano at age seven and continued to do so for nine years. Īmit Duvdevani was born on 7 November 1974 in Israel and has a similar musical background as Eisen. Įisen had collaborated with DJ Jörg and other notable psytrance artists by the age of 18, and has released three albums and many singles under other psytrance monikers, including Shidapu and Shiva Shidapu. Eisen became involved with computerized music at age 11, beginning with Impulse Tracker and later moving to more advanced musical composition software. He began classical musical training at a young age, learning to play the organ at the age of four and studying classical piano at the Haifa Conservatory from the age of eight. Infected Mushroom at the DNA Lounge in 2002Įrez Eisen was born on 8 September 1980 in Qiryat Yam, Israel.

Infected Mushroom's live shows feature vocals and analogue instruments in performances that are set against a multimedia backdrop. Their compositions often contain changes of drum beat and tempo. They employ a variety of musical sources, including acoustic guitars and complex synthesized basses. They are one of the best-selling groups in Israeli music history in terms of both domestic and international sales. They produce and perform psytrance, electronica, dream trance and psychedelic music. Infected Mushroom is an Israeli musical duo formed in Haifa in 1996 by producers Erez Eisen and Amit Duvdevani. Psychedelic trance, electro house, electronica, dream trance, electronic rock, glitch hop, classical music, industrial, experimental, progressive psytranceīNE, Hom-Mega, Dim Mak, Perfecto, MonstercatĪstrix, Hadag Nahash, Savant, Skazi, Paul Oakenfold, Hatikva 6, Jonathan Davis, Datsik, Perry Farrell, Matisyahu, The M Machine, Lady Gaga, Ray Manzarek, Steve Aoki, Pegboard Nerds, Kelsy, Yahel Sherman, Xerox, Randy Seidman Infected Mushroom performing in Binyamina in 2015

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