Children Posted January 18, 2000 Share Posted January 18, 2000 Infected Mushroom - The Gathering Artist: Infected Mushroom Title: The Gathering Label: BNE Date: 1999 Track listing: 01. 08'28" Release Me 02. 07'43" The Gathering 03. 08'13" Return Of The Shadows 04. 08'08" Blue Muppet 05. 08'38" Psycho 06. 08'20" Montoya (Rmx) 07. 07'29" Tommy The Bat 08. 08'24" Virtual Voyage 09. 08'35" Over Mode Review: AWESOME !!!!!!The most intelligent melodies I've ever heard (after Classical Mushroom ;-)) !At the beginning I found this album very bad (maybe you'll have difficulties to appreciate the transitions of melodies), but after 3 listens I began to appreciate it, and now I LOOOVE it and don't stop listening to it :-) Best Tracks are ... very difficult to say ... they are all good ... but my favorite is without doubt Track 8 : Virtual Voyage ! What is wonderful in this album is that each Track is linked to the next one by a wonderful musical transition, and sounds evolve in a continuous way ... if you want to appreciate all Tracks, listen to this album in its entirety ! Rating : 9/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest psytrancer Posted January 20, 2000 Share Posted January 20, 2000 I just ordered the new album, 'Classical Mushroom', on BNE's website and suggest you hurry along there (http://www.bne.co.il/home/) and do the same (They have no distributor yet for the UK, and general european release is scheduled for March). If you like the Mushies then check Infected Max's brilliant site for loadsa unreleased samples, gigging info and shameless, global worship to the genius of I.M. - http://perso.wanadoo.fr/x-dream/ Oh yeah, this is supposed to be an album review for the Gathering, so here it is - FUCKING AWESOME. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Infected Max Posted January 21, 2000 Share Posted January 21, 2000 Thanks Pystrancer...)) Helllo Psytrance guys....Nice to see that some french people are ready to engage a fight against people that tried to kill french trance scene...We gotta fight against magazines like CODA that killed goa/trance....But now the scene is back thanks to guys like Yumade, Pap's And more..... Of course i think that Infected Mushroom made a new step in Trance....everybody go in X-Dream way (i love x-dream) no more melodies..only fat sounds.....only one Infected Mushroom travel the river in the other sense And that's a killer thing to see they manage to raise so higher....such quality without cheese...such melodies without compromises....such intellect...such power...such....wow..i become senile....maybe that's the firsts effects of the infection....donno.... Anyway......this album has changed my life forever........FOR EVER!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stathis_gti Posted January 22, 2000 Share Posted January 22, 2000 This album is Awesom!!Tommy the bat is the one that makes my room shake and the neighboors scream from the high volume of my stereo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hey_shai[at]mailcity[dot]com Posted January 24, 2000 Share Posted January 24, 2000 heavy!!! it's the most brilliant album i ever heard in years!!! i just keep on hearing it until my ears blid! i love 'infected' very much! they have a really 'Od' but 'great' style!! shai polombo.ISRAEL(MODI'IN!) ALL OF YOU OUT THERE:"GIVA A CHANCE TO THE TRANCE"! PEACE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anoebis Posted January 24, 2000 Share Posted January 24, 2000 Hard, Psychedelic and full on DANCE!!!! Wonderful music!! Everything that Erez makes is good... But this CD is really awesome!! Best tracks are 1,2,5,6,8,9!! Psycho and Over Mode are one of the best party-tracks ever!!! Track 8 is more Psy-Trance, but also really good but I like the original "Virtual Voyage" from Shidapu more!!! Anyway, one of my best GOA-CD's ever!!!!! Bom Shankar "The Belgian GOA-Alien..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ubik Posted January 26, 2000 Share Posted January 26, 2000 Best album of all time Best tracks are 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, oups, that's all the tracks Very good and original samples used for drums, also vocals are perfect (Psycho !) and lots of wonderful melodies in each track. My personal favorite should be Return of the shadows ("Are you afraid of the future ?") with a really wicked and insane melody, but all tracks are really great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tequila Posted January 27, 2000 Share Posted January 27, 2000 This album is simply the best one ever. the melodies are really perfect, the sounds are original and associated with a greatfull respect of the harmony. If you do not have this CD yet, buy it now, just in order to know what is GOATRANCE. this album simply changed my life.10/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest andrescottin[at]hotmail[dot]com Posted January 30, 2000 Share Posted January 30, 2000 perfect! sometimes psytrance is not quite evil and dark enough.....not infected. you need to hear it a bunch of times before you start to realize just how good this ablum is. evil, dark, brooding, yet hauntingly beautiful and melodic at the same time....an epic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dreamer Posted February 1, 2000 Share Posted February 1, 2000 When I bought this album back then on 3/99, I knew a few infected tracks (psycho, where is S) from other compilations and already got infected.. I was amazed to see that cd in the shop carring an Infected Mushroom logo cause I didn't hear it was released before... at that second I knew I have to buy it! I thought like how the heck they let me rip them off so badly that I pay like $20 for such a treasure.. Once I got home, I couldn't wait and hooked the cd and played it L-O-U-D!!! and I fell in love..... it was amazing..... It was the first time I got connected so deeply to an album from the first hearing.. and I heard it that day like so many times all night long till the morning almost rised.. I'll never forget that day.. since then I heard that cd so many times till the cd died, track 4 is gone. dead and wounded:) but it was worth it.. Who would've guessed that since then things will develope and I'll get the honor to do their new cover album.. which is another brilliant and amazing album from those guys... don't efford to miss it.. Dreamer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hexen[at]arimeron.il[dot]com Posted February 2, 2000 Share Posted February 2, 2000 The best album ever to emerge from Israel. This album prooves IsrAliens rule the Trance scene. Nobody makes it better than we do. period. The best track, in my opinion, is no. 3: "Return of the shadows"..."Ten La Barosh, Achi....". Balzamon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest a_laine[at]yahoo[dot]com Posted February 2, 2000 Share Posted February 2, 2000 This album is the ultimate psy-heaven for me...even better than Hallucinogen-Twisted!A true masterpiece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kvin2000 Posted February 3, 2000 Share Posted February 3, 2000 AMAZING album, probably THE best israeli release ever. Sounds so fresh and ever changing, leaving you begging for more. The best tracks in my opinion are Release Me -great guitar line and scary atmospere that just blows up in your face near the end, Return Of The Shadows - the wierdest and probably the best melodies I've ever heard in my life, And Psycho which is just a killer tune. Can't wait to get their new album (from what I've heard so far throgh the BNE site - it is AMAZING). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vm[at]alphatrance[dot]org Posted February 8, 2000 Share Posted February 8, 2000 Hands down, best thing that happened to psy-trance since "Twisted". We were getting so lost in the weird nuttiness of X-Dream-influenced German-style psy-techno that we forgot what trance is all about. Trance is about grabbing you by the ass, spinning you up so fast and shooting you up so high, you're starting to wonder if you can go much faster and higher than that. These two boys prove that you most definitely can! My first real exposure to them was at their first live US appearance back in September. Before that, I've heard a few tracks here and there, but didn't think much of them. After their show and after REALLY listening to their album, I finally realised that this is the long-awaited new direction in psy-trance. So bouncy, uplifting and melodic, yet so hard, subtle and complex. And the best part is, this is only the beginning. I'm a total fan of everything these guys have laid their hands on - collaborations with Deedrah, Space Cat, Jorg, SST, Goblin! , remixes of their own tracks prove that they're only starting to explore their creativity. Eagerly awaiting the new album (which I've already ordered from BNE, but since I'm in the US, it's gonna take a while). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest d.mcnair[at]dailyrecord.co[dot]u Posted February 11, 2000 Share Posted February 11, 2000 Mind blowing stuff from the best act I've ever heard to come out of Israel. The Gathering is sheer class and I think they should collaberate with X-Dream to compliment each others sounds...awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ChrisdeeACiD Posted February 14, 2000 Share Posted February 14, 2000 Wicked! Psychedelic! PERFECT. Just the way I want it. This album has got exactly everything. Great melodies, Psychedelia and mindeating bassdrumms! "Return Of the Shadows" is one of the best track I´ve ever heard. I get hypnotized by that melodie at the end. AHH! "Psycho" is also one of the absolute best ones. Perfect for the dancefloor! "Tommy the Bat" kicks ass with very mindblowing bass. "Virtyal Voyage" and "Overmode" does it for me! FEEL imbaresed if you do not own this. 9.5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fistagon[at]rapworld[dot]com Posted February 23, 2000 Share Posted February 23, 2000 very well put together. The album is polished and exceptional quality of GOA music Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mindbender Posted March 1, 2000 Share Posted March 1, 2000 I have felt embarrased for a long time, I assure you... Finally I got this album (on vinyl) from Chaos Unlimited and surprise, surprise (!!!): it is as good everyone has said. Actually it's better, since it's different. I thought it would be something between IFO and Twisted, but somewhat harder as many people all around have been comparing it to these. I guess it's just because the level is the same, becausae IM has really their own style. This is wicked, twisted, hard banging ,melodical insane... All the tracks are wonderful, except Blue Muppet, which is good. The album is a really good entirety. I love this! Can't say more, I'm speechless. 9,5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andre_Buter[at]yahoo[dot]com Posted March 3, 2000 Share Posted March 3, 2000 REALLY good album! This is psychedelic in it's purest form. From the kicking Release me all the way to Over Mode... And are there any ambient numbers on this one? No way! Last tracks on goa albums are mostly ambient tracks, but not here. Over Mode is in fact a pretty hard track and so the album keeps the same style throughout. If you haven't got this yet and are a big fan of hard goa and you like melodies? Get this instantly!! Although I've heard that Classical Mushroom seems to be even better! Can't wait to get my hands on that one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pit-UFO Posted March 3, 2000 Share Posted March 3, 2000 IS THERE ANYTHING MORE TO SAY?. If Mozart or Wagner were still alive he would really admire this guys. 9.8/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest loosecannons_99[at]yahoo.co[dot] Posted March 15, 2000 Share Posted March 15, 2000 Brilliant, Brilliant - what a fuckin album - cant wait for next one - wish i had gone to enlightenment now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
implant Posted March 15, 2000 Share Posted March 15, 2000 The way they mix hard sounds with soft melodies is great...This now became one of my favourites. Only good words for this guys...I hope i'll see/hear them here in Yugoslavia once...And yes my favourite song is "Return Of The Shadows"...it twist your feelings fuckin great...greetz from YU...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freak51 Posted April 3, 2000 Share Posted April 3, 2000 Shroomy goodness. Excellent debut; very full-on when it gets there. At times the full-on bits could be longer, it's just not fair to build for 2 minutes and then gush for only 40 seconds. Still, one of the best releases of 1999, and likely the year's best psy-trance release. As hard as German stuff, yet still with the Israeli synth know-how in the construction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest X - Dreamer in NYC Posted April 16, 2000 Share Posted April 16, 2000 This album what can I say about this album that hasn't been said already. Maybe pure perfection. Nuff said 11/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Goa Sage Posted May 25, 2000 Share Posted May 25, 2000 I don't know if I can say anything that can do this album justice... It's sooo dark and yet uplifting! Great, orgasmic melodies with sliding, squeaking sounds and incredible bass. This is my best Psytrance album and I seriously doubt that I will find a better one... All tracks are topnotch, but my favourites are "The Gathering", "Return Of The Shadows" and "Virtual Voyage". The only track I don't worship is "Blue Muppet", because it's a bit stiff in the beginning. "Release Me" is the perfect opening track... Those samples from "Independence Day" are so cool! Infected Mushroom have forever changed my way of listening to music! BUY IT!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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