Infected Mushroom - The Gathering

[DJBrucie]

I like this album, it is good and I think it is very fast and with techno beats

going boom-boom-boom. I would like this on the biggest stereo in the world,

one as big as a house anda whale. Mummy says that I can get Classical

Mushroom if I am a good boy.

[Guest SpaceCowboy2002[at]hotmail[dot]c]

This album is pretty good upon first listen. Then it grows on you. It is

infectious, hence the name ?Infected Mushroom?E The first few times I

listened to it, much of it did not sit right with me. Some of it even rubbed

me the wrong way. But later, coming back to the album, I saw how many things

were right with it. There is a lot going on in this album, and it is sure to

keep your brain busy interpreting it. They have a good sense of how to

implement the echo effect, and on many occasions, they manage to get the sound

just right. They certainly know their stuff on tracks 2: The Gathering, 3:

Return of the Shadows, 6: Montoya Remix, 7: Tommy the Bat, and 9: Over Mode.

These tracks have enough coherent intensity to make this album a very

worthwhile purchase. The rest of the album is nothing to sneeze at either,

but some tracks deserve to be highlighted over others. If it wasn?t for these

five tracks, a rating of 6 out of 10 would be more appropriate. The presence

of these five tracks boosts it to a solid and respectable 8.5.

[Guest Magic Plant]

Fine album, but a bit overrated. Too few melodies and

too many dark sounds and electronic farts. I want to dance, and this is not the

best album to dance to. It is nice to listen to the songs in the background

while working on the computer and my favourite tracks are Release Me and

Return Of The Shadows.

[Guest Dr Rhythm]

Come on people, enough of this now!! I've had this CD for a long time and have

listened to it in as many different ways as I can think of but my view now is

the same as it was initially. This CD is basically dog rough, not very good

and has provoked the most amazing attack of 'emperors new clothes' syndrome

I've witnessed for some time. The whole thing reminds me of 'Charly Says' by

the Prodigy!! Having said that, 'Tommy The Bat' is a class track but 4/10 for

the rest. I hate to think what 'Classical Mushroom' sounds like.

[Guest chis[at]matrik.ndo.co[dot]uk]

"Release Me -great guitar line" kvin2000 says... guitars!?!?

GUI-FECKING-TARS!?!?!??! I'm sorry, but as ably proved by Juno/Bible of

Dreams (Swamp Thing), electronic music in general and "metal"/distorted guitar

does NOT mix (the former, yes please. the latter, piss right off). Fucking

ruins it for me...

[Guest Mascok]

BRILLIANT!

[Guest tranquilityallstar[at]yahoo[dot]]

This was accually one of my first goa/psytrance albums, and it sucked me in. I

don't think that it is the absolute best, but it certainly is amazing. My

favorite song is without a doubt Tommy The Bat, which is still my favorite

track off of any album that I own. Other favorites of mine are Blue Muppet

and Over Mode. 8/10

[Guest F-AcTivE]

Okay .. this is wierd stuff ! Infected Mushroom sounds really cool...but this

album is toooo..i don't know what to say , my brain can't take this , but

track 1 is heavy , and some parts of some tracks .. but i can't give this

album more dänn 5/10 ! classical mushroom is way much better !

[Guest fuckyu]

Huh, mindblowind, when I first play it, I listen to the intro of " Release Me "

maybe 20 times:)

Perfect...

[karcarman]

I discovered the Infected style buy getting Classical Mushroom, which the Best

album I have. And I must say that this one disappoint me. There are tracks 3,

7, 8 that I really like but the others are just 'correct' and that is that I

wasn't expecting. But it's a good album, and Infected Mushroom must be the

most interesting group of the moment I know, and the most talented.

[Guest Someone.]

"Look at me, I'm discovering psychedelic trance trough Infected Mushroom. I

heard alot about them so that's why it should be like eXCELLENT. I began

listening psytrance for 2 years and Infected guys are gods. I don't care what

they did before and what's existing outside their music but hey, I'm like

everyone else and got no culture from the past 'cause I wasn't there." -- Okay

now, I think this album is okay, sometimes boring, sometimes wonderful. Calm

down and think about it.

[Guest salmmimika[at]hotmail[dot]com]

Absolutely greatest trance albums ever made. I really love psytrance and

especially simon posford but this was something incredible!! keep on going

boys! Gathering would be something to 9/10 and classical 10/10 !!!

[Guest Dead74]

This has got to be one of the most innovative trance albums ever!!! It took me

the longest time to digest, but when I finally got it, I was blown away. I

know a lot of people out there who will buy this, and not listen to it for a

while, but don't worry 'cause it'll kick in. I think it was when I was

trippin' acid or shrooms, I was walking outside and couldn't get the Infected

sounds out of my head! For those of you who are trying to understand this

album, the answer is in the horrible album cover. With a cover like that and

a name like Infected Mushroom, you'd think that they gotta be kinda funny,

right? Well, they are! What makes this album so unique is that it's three

dementional(opposed to multi-dementional). It creates its own world with

characters and buildings. Just listen to "Return of the Shadows." This track

does it for me every time. The whole album is really well done, and it just

blows me away that Erez Aizen was only 18 when he released this album! Also

the eye-openers are "Release Me," "the Gathering," "Psycho," and "Virtual

Voyage." I'll give this a solid 10/10. It's already a classic!

[Guest AlexG]

a lot of people have said that this is overrated, but i really disagree:

"classical mushroom" maybe, but not "the gathering"! tracks 1,3,8, and 9 are

really easy to get into and will probably strike you first. 2 and 5 are

somewhere in the middle, but at the same time extremely wicked! but the real

burried gems are 4,6, and 7: these seem mediocre at first, but just give your

ears a workout and listen deeper - you'll be amazed! anyway, the reason this

album got so big is because at the time of its release, this was the need of

the hour: every other trance cd coming out was boring to tears, and then all

of a sudden we were hit with this wicked shit! =) but that's not to say that

the album's only strength was its shock factor, because when you really stop

and listen to it, this is some very, very good trance! in the vein of

hallucinogen's "twisted" and x-dream's "radio" (i.m. even admit they were

copying them, but i think they did much more than that). after the initial

oh-my-god-i've-never-heard-anything-like-this-before shock of "classical

mushroom" has passed, i actually think this album is much better: they really

tried hard here, and made excellent trance. definately in one of my top 5

trance albums ever! 9.5/10

[Guest daoistraver[at]hotmail[dot]com]

Release Me..aaaaaaaa!!!! this is a 10/10 track, up there with L.S.D. This album

is not quite as sublime as 'classical mushroom' but still awesome!! Why is all

the trance moving away from this glorious path.. We need Infected Mushroom to

save us, almost no one else is making truly 'psychedelic' trance anymore..

[Guest }Evilben{]

WHAT AN AWESOME ALBUM !!!!! all traxx are really good !!!! a bit dark,

melodic, fast... best tracks :3,4,6,8... maybe better than Classical mush

album.

[Guest F-AcTivE]

is not the same !! Im sorry Infected Mushroom , this album is

worth 8/10 ..maybe more .. i didn't like it at first , but after a while ..i

discovered the true sounds of this album , and it's really GREAT , one of the

best psychedelic albums in this universe!! Psycho !!!! my brain is now ready

to take this on !! , party on fellows ! LOVE !!

[Guest DeeJay Jones]

yeaaaaaaaaah !!! Inf.Mush. RULEZ the WORLD .. both albums r great .. now i'm

waiting for the 3rd one .. gonna be sooooo lovely ..!!

 

DEEJAY JONES /// Sweden

[Guest Ehsanur]

Where is that shroomy-vibe?

 

This is my second review on Infected Mushroom (the first one disappeared

misteriously).I am bit scared to review

The Gathering,because of this intergalactic madness when

it comes to Infected Mushroom. First of all,the songs are overall good, not

that crappy cheese shit. Release me And Return of the shadows are my personal

"Shit,this is amazing". But how amazing is it? Compared to Simon

Posford,Etnica/Pleiadians and Total Eclipse (why aren't they top rated?),

Infected Mushroom lacks something. Its hard to point out exactly what. One

thing that irritates

me is the total absence of hi-hat. You only get this one-dimension drumsound

and I think this makes

Infected Mushroom highly listenable but it doesnt work for the body on the

dancefloor. Some parts of the songs

are good,but either its too short or its too much. No Q

about the sound-engineering and composing abilities of the two brains in

Infected Mushroom. However, most of the music follow the same deep,dark

patterns with sometimes excellent synth-lines. Look at Simon Posford, his

sound comes under so many alias, in so many shapes And colors and for so many

moods. the Gathering is not THE best goa-album ever, it can get cheesy

(Classical has some stinky guitars) and i haven't noticed that they

make any ambient (minus for variety!). Let them try to make an album like

"Shpongle" and then we can start comparing them to other gurus in this branch.

Its infact predictable...song after song. Dont get me wrong: Its not bad, but

where will this hysteria end? 7/10

Eshanti Brahman

[Guest Isra-Alien]

11/10. Nothing more to say...

[Guest www.realitycheck.com]

ehsanur realy nice putted ,

good album? yes . 1 of the best ? maybe .

the best ? not quite .

i think they been released at the best../worst time of

psytrance99

simon juno astral ethnica !

look what happned to the music

i'm sure its a phaze in the trance bio

sory but IM is a bit overrated dont you think ?

 

nothing more to say

[Guest erezakerman[at]hotmail[dot]com]

((((((((( THE BEST EVER )))))))))

If you like psy-trance , this is the first album you

should buy !!!

[Guest slinker]

Mesmorising...blissfull..dark..hard...insane...and all this in one

album...woooaaahhhh positively one of the best psytrance albums ever. it took

a few listenings to completely clock most of the rhythms and melodies..and i

hear new things every time i put it on....Totally mindblowing to dance and to

trance to.The next album is an equally essential purchase Infinity/10..havent

got a favorite track..they are all killer!! wow im in awe, but the one i was

listening to whilst writing this was `Blue Muppet` ooOOOOHHHHHH ive died and

gone to heaven

[Guest svidmar[at]hotmail[dot]com]

Holy mother shiva. This one is a true masterpiece. Mindexpanding psychedelic's

and spooky drums, mixed with the totally new psytrance style. Erez and Amit,

YOU ROCK!

 

10/10

[Guest Cnt97]

I dont like this album.. nothing new in this one at all I think.... CLassical

Mushroom is much better... its different from all other psytrance.. this is

just .. boring...