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Electro-Rock Band Infected Mushroom Awakens Hollywood with a Special Guest

Infected Mushroom blew out eardrums at the Hollywood Palladium at Insomniac's Awakening dance music festival on Saturday.

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After the show, I could easily see how they were voted within the top 20 of DJ Magazine's 2009 Top 100 DJs list.
"Of all the trance acts in the poll, Infected Mushroom - aka Israeli duo Erez Aizen and Amit Duvdevani - are the most likely to cross over to the mainstream." -DJ Magazine

Infected Mushroom live at Awakening Fest in Hollywood

I completely agree.  Infected Mushroom blends hard rock with electronic beats to create an original sound that's on par with major influencers like Metallica, Nine Inch Nails and Korn.

Vocalist Amit 'Duvdev' Duvdevani owned the stage and maintained his energetic intensity from the start with "Poquito Mas" until the very end!

Infected Mushroom live at Awakening Fest in Hollywood

Matisyahu was a welcomed surprise to the show--he came on stage to join DuvDev in singing/rapping 'Saeed' and the crowd went wild.  They then smoothly transitioned to their collaboration 'One Day.'  I've been to one of his concerts in San Francisco, and I think I enjoyed him more with Infected Mushroom--I like him as a rocker.

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They performed most of the songs from their most recent album, Legend Of The Black Shawarma, but their older fans weren't left disappointed, as the guys filled the venue with the beats of 'Becoming Insane' from their previous album, Vicious Delicious.

Whether you've heard of them or not, or believe it's not your type of music, I assure you the performance is well worth the cost of the ticket and will leave you thinking otherwise.

Watch footage from their recent concert in Israel with Matisyahu on YNET.

To listen to Infected Mushroom's music and find out tour dates, visit www.infected-mushroom.com.

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  • taylor2  said:
    1 year ago (February 25, 2010 - 5:47pm) 0 Votes

    i'm so bummed i missed infected's palladium show! it was sold out! thanks for the link to the tel aviv show.

  • meeka  said:
    1 year ago (February 26, 2010 - 1:40pm) 0 Votes

    who plays trance live!? that's insane! Luv it!!!!!!

  • lindsey  said:
    1 year ago (February 26, 2010 - 1:44pm) 0 Votes

    Ok, vid really doesn't do this band justice, it's not picking up the singer at all.... u get a small taste of his vocals & the amaze'guitar skills too at like 4:11 ... but really, they are SO AMAZING live!

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