Gathering, The - Infected Mushroom

First outing from Infected Mushroom and what do we get?

Dark neo-gothic tinged industrial soundscapes, pounding drums with pulsating basslines, guitar stabs, orchestral passages, positively frightning vocal samples and that's all just the first track "Release Me"!

Moving on from the sinister opening things lighten up ever so slightly but this album still has a more paronoid edgy sound than their later albums. ...
...though, constantly evolving each track through arpeggios and crescendos and keeping the musical ideas flowing the whole time. They are nowhere near as repetitive as other artists in this genre and indeed in almost all dance/electronic music. In fact "The Gathering" is probably their only album that actually falls squarely inside the PsyTrance pigeonhole as their later work develops their quirky sound into something unique and is forever ... more

First outing from Infected Mushroom and what do we get?

Dark neo-gothic tinged industrial soundscapes, pounding drums with pulsating basslines, guitar stabs, orchestral passages, positively frightning vocal samples and that's all just the first track "Release Me"!

Moving on from the sinister opening things lighten up ever so slightly but this album still has a more paronoid edgy sound than their later albums. IM are already showing their pure musical talent here though, constantly evolving each track through arpeggios and crescendos and keeping the musical ideas flowing the whole time. They are nowhere near as repetitive as other artists in this genre and indeed in almost all dance/electronic music. In fact "The Gathering" is probably their only album that actually falls squarely inside the PsyTrance pigeonhole as their later work develops their quirky sound into something unique and is forever going off in tangents, let's not forget the singing! There is enough guitar dotted around thanks to "Crazy Dan" that even a die hard rock fan could get into some tracks here.

Anyone who is already into IM should definitly check this album out to see how far their sound has developed in the six years since it came out. Anyone not currently a fan and not familiar with PsyTrance might be better with one of the later albums.

 

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