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Rating: Infected Mushroom push the boundaries even further.
The sounds and rules of psycho-trance music, a genre they themselves invented or at least elevated to the highest levels, were not enough for the immense creative potential they possess. Therefore, influences on this album multiply, from Hip Hop to Nu Metal, without any track ever resembling another. Electric guitars (or classical ones like in the opening track "Becoming Insane") are increasingly frequent, probably thanks to Duvdev, the "elder" of the Israeli duo, coming from the punk-rock and heavy scene. His colleague I.Zen, on the other hand, is an excellent pianist graduated from the conservatory and passionate about synthetic and electronic sounds. In this latest album, released in March 2007, there are tracks that are "typically techno", yet rich in original, colorful, and meticulously crafted sounds, along with others that had never before been part of their repertoire, such as the rap track "Artillery" or the melodic "In Front of Me". The vocal lines, therefore, become denser, sometimes turning into real songs, no longer merely decorative as the genre would suggest. The music, always better arranged, still plays the main role as usual. Worth noting is the title track "Vicious Delicious", baroque, elaborate, fragmented, with the longest progression I've ever heard and a relative final explosion, worthy of the most insane and psychedelic rave party. An album with a more varied structure compared to most of their previous works, which in my opinion could also receive praise from outsiders or detractors of techno music.
PS: By the way, coming from a rock background and being distant from the genre in question, I apologize for any missing technical terms, citations, or comparisons. My review is an act of great admiration, sparked by the "love at first listen" I experienced after hearing them for the first time. Curiosity: "Vicious Delicious" was supposed to be released on 6/6/06, but the date was postponed by the producers due to insufficient promotion of the album done up to that point.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Becoming Insane (07:20)
Cuentame todo lo que paso (Tell me everything that happened)
No me di cuenta de quien me pego (I didn´t notice who hit me)
Todo da vueltas como un carrusel (Everything give turns like a carousel)
Locura recorre todita my piel (Madness crosses all my skin)
(x2)
Wake me up before I change again
Remind me the story that I won´t get insane
Tell me why it´s always the same
Explain me the reason why I´m so much in pain
(x2)
Before I change again... (Before I change again)
Remind me the story that I won´t get insane
Before I change again...(Before I change again)
Remind me the story that I won´t get insane
Insane, Insane, Insane, Insane, Insane
I´m Becoming Insane, Insane, Insane, Insane, Insane[x7]
(Voy perdiendo, perdiendo)[x11]
Voy Perdiendo el Suelo!
I´m Becoming Insane!
Insane, Insane, Insane, Insane, Insane
I´m Becoming Insane, Insane, Insane, Insane, Insane[x9]
(Wake me up before I change again
Remind me the story that I won´t get insane
Tell me why it´s always the same
Explain me the reason why I´m so much in pain)[x2]
I´m Becoming Insane...
03 Vicious Delicious (07:24)
I can show you the world
Shining, shimmering, splendid
Tell me, princess, now when did
You last let your heart decide?
I can open your eyes
Take you wonder by wonder
Over, sideways and under
On a magic carpet ride
A whole new world
A new fantastic point of view
No one to tell us no
Or where to go
Or say we're only dreaming
A whole new world
A dazzling place I never knew
But when I'm way up here
It's crystal clear
That now I'm in a whole new world with you
Now I'm in a whole new world with you
Unbelievable sights
Indescribable feeling
Soaring, tumbling, freewheeling
Through an endless diamond sky
A whole new world
Don't you dare close your eyes
A hundred thousand things to see
Hold your breath - it gets better
I'm like a shooting star
I've come so far
I can't go back to where I used to be
A whole new world
Every turn a surprise
With new horizons to pursue
Every moment red-letter
I'll chase them anywhere
There's time to spare
Let me share this whole new world with you
A whole new world
That's where we'll be
A thrilling chase
A wondrous place
For you and me
06 Forgive Me (03:29)
Infected Mushroom - Forgive Me lyrics:
Can you tell me a story that I don't know
Can you show me a picture that I haven't seen before
Can you do one thing for me,
just let me go
Can you tell me a story that I don't know
Can you show me a picture that I haven't seen before
Can you do one thing for me,
just let me go
just let me go
just let me go
Can you give me a reason why to stay behind
Can you say to my face that I'm not wasting all my time
Can you do one thing for me,
just let me go
Can you see the way I'm happy and the story that is ending
And my final place to be, with some quiet [...]
Can you show me one more time,
just where to go
Forgive me, for leaving you alone
Forgive me, for not staying any more
Forgive me, for leaving you alone.
Forgive me, for not waiting any more
Forgive me, for leaving you alone
Forgive me, for not waiting any more
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