Infected Mushroom - Deeply Disturbed

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Infected Mushroom - Deeply Disturbed

 

 

Artist: Infected Mushroom

Title: Deeply Disturbed

Label: Yoyo

Date: 2003

 

Track listing:

 

01. Deeply Disturbed (Edit)

02. Deeply Disturbed (Yahel Rmx)

03. Deeply Disturbed (Violet Vision Rmx)

04. Deeply Disturbed (Original)

05. Drop Out

 

Review:

 

The yahel remix proposes a clubier approach of the title, don?t think that the

first hour fans of IM would be happy whith this version. The global musical

content reminds me a UK trance band ?Chicane?, so not original at all.

 

Violet Vision work seems to me more interesting. The big particularity is the

high distortion of the leading guitar part. Elsewhere sounds to me like a

live remix performance ( more energy, more warm feeling ) not something coming

out of a studio, but it?s just an impress i could be wrong and just a ?hall?

effect.

 

Drop out, downtemp stuff with duvdev singing (distorted again).

The begining is strange but after the singing part, the track results better

with a cool acoustic guitar melody & a rising loop sharply sour synth. But

then , distorted Duvdev comes back & an electric guitar appears.

I?m not fully convinced whith this one, it?s a bit disappointing comparing to

Elevation.

 

Globally this maxi could fits Im's fans which has missed Deeply Disturbed

because they were reluctant with Birthday maxi especially the collaboration

with berry sakharof resulting into a too much cross over style oriented.

Furthermore 2 remixes & a downtempo preview from the forthcoming album are

added, so what people could ask fore more?

[PKS]

Amit Duvdevani and Erez Aizen (Infected Mushroom) has always surprised all of

us with new innovative music all the way from the banging psytrance in The

Gathering (1999), the fantastic classical music in Classical Mushroom (2000),

the full on sound in B.P.Empire (2001) and the rock influenced Berry Sakharof

Birthday cd single (2002). Now they will soon release a new album Converting

Vegetarians in 2003, and they are now out with a cd single with a taste of

their forthcoming album. The first version we get here is a short version. It

starts off with the nice guitar by Berry Sakkarof. The sound of his guitar has

really become one of Infected Mushrooms trade marks. Then the banging trance

rhythms starts pumping together with vocals by Amit Duvdevani! Yes, Amit has

started singing in their tracks lately, and that`s in my opinion a bad thing.

They have twisted his voice a lot, but I really don`t like that kind of

singing in trance. The rest sounds okay, but the vocal sort of ruins it. Track

2 is a remix by Yahel. I have actually decided to not buy any releases with

Yahel on it, but since the man has suddenly showed up on TIP.World

compilations and now this, it seems like I don`t have a choice! He is like a

cheesy virus that has crawled into the psytrance, for only one reason; to earn

money out of it and make a commercial light stick vibe. I haven`t liked any of

his releases yet, so maybe it`s time he goes back to where he belong, to

Perfecto? He gives us his cheesy version of this track.

 

The third version we get here is a remix by another Israeli group, Violet

Vision (Jonathan Dagan and Shay Raviv). They came as a really positive

surprise in 2001, with their debut album First Sign Of Communication. A really

innovative album, with influences by all kinds of music and artists like Ozric

Tentacles etc. Here they give us a heavy big beat version of the track. If you

still are not tired of the big beat that ruled the world in the beginning of

the nineties, this sure is good. Big beat in a new form, cool dancing to and

nice for home listening. Then finally in track 4 on this cd single, we get the

album version of the Deeply Disturbed track. Not among my favourite Infected

tracks, but this will for sure rock the out door parties at sunrise, at least

in Israel this summer. If they had cut out the vocals, it would have bin much

better. The last track on this cd single is another track, called Drop Out.

Their new album is supposed to be a double cd, with one chilled cd and one

with banging trance. This Drop Out track is fore sure going to be on the

chilled cd. Here you get the prove that Infected Mushroom goes new directions

all the time. I actually like the strange Gollum vocals in this track. Besides

the dubby rhythms and the vocals you get a lot of beautiful guitar in this

one. I have never heard anything like it! Very strange music, but I like it.

 

This cd single resulted in two thoughts for me. That I still can really look

forward to the new Infected Mushroom album (that will be really interesting!),

and that I will still stay away from Yahel releases.

[traveller]

I really like the Violet Vision remix. Drop out is also, in my opinion a good

track. I wish Infected Mushroom would concetrate more on the freestyle and

leave those boring formulas behind..

[Tatsu]

Fist i have to say that I'm really happy about the new Infected single. I like

all the mixes and the ambient track is also top notch. If the whole album will

be in that style I'm more than happy... The first track is some sort of a

radio mix i think, it is very short (about 3 or 4 minutes) but besides it

sounds like the original mix. Best thing about the track is the disortet

vocals, very pushy, and the guitar part. The Yahel mix comes next, it's much

more clubbier and chillier but I have to say I like it a lot. Even if some

people start to shout "commercial" again... Then comes my favourite track: the

Violet Vision remix. I don't know much tracks of that group but this remix is

my absolut favourite at the moment. How they changed the guitar part nearly

makes my cry, sooo beautifull. After it comes the original version and then a

ambient/chill-out track. I'm not really into ambient and stuff but I like this

song. It is very beautiful and moving. If all the new stuff will be that good,

I'm very happy!