I´m the Supervisor (2004)
Converting Vegetarians (2003)
BP Empire (2001)
Classical Mushroom (2000)
The Gathering (1999)
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Infected Mushroom
Infected Mushroom began back in 1996, two years later it became more serious and in 1999 "The Gathering" was released. Since then they have released the albums "Classical Mushroom" (2000), "BP Empire" (2001), "Converting Vegetarians" (2003) and "I'm the supervisor" (2004). And now, in the summer of 2005, it was time for them to return to Arvikafestivalen and we decided it was time for an interview.
What can you tell me about the album "I'm the supervisor"? Was it a hard album to make?
Well, it was a very hard album to make because we have done so much music over the years it becomes so hard to do a new track, to bring new ideas and new melodies. We also judge ourselves too much; we got stuck on small details that no one else but us care about. It wasn't easy, but fun.
What inspired you?
We listen to a lot of heavy metal stuff like Pantera, Dream Theater, System of a Down and also MTV/radio but I think the real thing that inspired us do this album was the fans around
the world. When you play a track and nobody dance, you automatically think "what I
have done wrong?" and you go back to the studio and fix it. So, during all the live shows we tested the supervisor album while making it and we just deleted the shit tracks or improved them.
That album, and your music in general, is quite diverse, even though it stays within the "formula" so to speak.
When we do trance, our main formula is that we think on how it will work on the dance floor.
The rest we try to change, which is not easy and we are not sure if we did it or not. But we try to change as much as we can from track to track.
When I first listened to "I'm the Supervisor" I was instantly hooked by your approach, and the more I listened to it the more it grew on me. Seems like there were new things to discover for a long time, what is the key? Add layer upon layer upon layer?
Its really hard to answer this question. Yes, we have a lot of layers in our music, people usually never notice them, I'm happy that you liked it. We don't have a Key to it, we just sit in the studio and play... after a few days there is a track.
Is there anything you wouldn't dare try to incorporate? Things you've tried but failed?
Long ago we made a track with the original singer of the Broadway show Cats, a remix of "Memories". Her name is Betty Buckley, she also played in the HBO series OZ as Oreily's mother, never mind bla bla bla. So it was a shitty cheesy track that we both hated, and we were lucky that it was never released! So I can tell you for sure, we will never do anything that we don't like or don't believe in. She is an amazing singer, but she better stay in Broadway, and we will stay Infected.
I read somewhere that you would like to work with Madonna, have you tried to make that happen?
Well, we don't mind working almost with anyone, it all depends on how it will sound in the end. We usually never try to reach the artists, we love to collaborate with a lot but it's too hard to get them so we just don't try. If it happens, it will be great.
Any other dream-collaborations?
Depeche Mode, Dream Theater, Metallica, Sting, Prodigy, and the list goes on and
on.
When & where was your best party? And your worst one?
Our best party this year was in Brazil, we landed into the party with a helicopter. With more then 10,000 people it was just great powerful party. Our worst party was in Japan, the immigration didn't let us get in the country. That was the first time in our 9 years of Infected that we missed a show. Especially since we knew that the show was sold out, 3500 tickets, a week in advance. The feeling that we disappointed so many people was really bad!
What's the "must hear" tracks of the moment for you?
Its very hard to say, not much. But we really like the new stuff from "PsyCraft" , they recently did a remix to "Electro Panic" an old track that we made with Yahel.
Future projects?
We are working on our next album in our new studio in Los Angeles. The plan is as usual, to make it different.
/Fredrik Hörström
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