Infected Mushroom

Infected Mushroom is an Israeli psychedelic trance duo which has attained significant popularity from the late 1990s to the present time (2006). Formed by Erez Aizen (also known as I.Zen) and Amit Duvdevani (also known as Duvdev) in the city of Haifa, located in the northern parts of Israel, the duo has garnered a large international fanbase. Infected Mushroom are known for their consistent sonic evolution exemplified by the subsequent albums The Gathering (1999), Classical Mushroom (2000), BP Empire (2001), Converting Vegetarians (2003), IM The Supervisor (2004), and Vicious Delicious, scheduled for release in late-2006.

Erez Aizen was born in 1980 and has early musical training: he learned to play the organ at the age 4 and started studying piano in the Haifa Conservatory at the age 8. At age 11 he started toying with computerized music, first using Impulse Tracker, later moving to more advanced musical composition software. By the age of 18, Erez had collaborated with DJ Jorg and other notable psytrance artists, and had released 3 albums and a multitude of ...