Mountain Weekly News

Infected Mushroom Army of Mushrooms

Andrea Fuentes — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:42:04 +0000

The Israeli psychedelic trance band, Infected Mushroom, released their eighth album on May 8th 2012, Army of Mushrooms. The duo began in 1997, in their home land, Israel, but currently makes their dance
beats using Cubase 5 out of Los Angeles, CA. Their twelve track album features their single “U R So F***ed”, as well as an impressive cover/ remix of the Foo Fighters’ “The Pretender.” Army of Mushrooms from Dim Mak records is a great compilation of the group’s talents in blending mainstream with electronic dance.

To highlight a few of the songs, “U R So F***ed” has a great breakdown style to it and really makes you want to get up and move. The song makes you feel the music from deep within but at the same time is a
more relaxed nature than the rest of the album. Infected Mushrooms also has a video for the song, which was released on February 14th, 2012.

The song to check out though is “Wanted To,” a great mix of vocals and soft melodic, almost lullabyish, techno beats. The vocals are amazing to say the least, making listeners step out of the trance like feeling from the music and really listen to the singing. One of the features songs on the album is a cover/remix of Foo Fighters’ “The Pretender.” It takes a song already getting people of their hind parts and creates an even more energetic feel. Their remix is absolutely fantastic.

Concluding the album is a 10:38 song called “The Messenger 2012.” Although lengthy, the song is varied in tone, style, and oddly enough even genre of music. With breakdowns and guitar solos this is a great
to have as background music or just let it take over you.

Overall, Infected Mushrooms’ new album Army of Mushrooms is one that even those borderline on electronica should check out. Its varied yet still consist sound can be enjoyed by a multitude of audiences.

For more information on Infected Mushroom, please visit: http://www.infected-mushroom.com

Children Like Dubstep Too Skrillex Album Reviewed by Kids

Mike Hardaker — Thu, 17 May 2012 06:00:17 +0000

Music was not nearly this cool when I was growing up, or maybe it was but my parent’s were not tuned in. Have you ever wonder what children think of today’s music, dubstep to be exact? Well now you can get the real truth, without any filters as these children review the track Bangarang from Skrillex’s latest album.

These quotes are golden compliments of the children in the video “sounds like robot music”, “daddy loves dubstep”, “makes me want to run around and dance” “makes me want to slap my sisters fat but”, “I think nightclubs are stupid”.

All I can say is it’s seems like the next generation of kids are going to be cool cats!!

Skrillex Red Rocks Concert Announced

Mike Hardaker — Wed, 16 May 2012 06:00:33 +0000

Morrision, Colorado – Skrillex is heading back to Colorado this summer for a headlining gig at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on August 9th, 2012. The 24 year old born Sonny John Moore has been flipping the electronic world on it’s head when he plays under his stage name of Skrillex throwing out heavy dubstep beats.

Skrillex is a former rocker turned DJ with the ability to mash sounds and styles of music together that have previously been unheard. Think industrial hard core meets hiphop, well that may be way off but it’s worth checking out if you want to feel some deep bass!!!

Skrillex will also be headlining a train tour across Canada! For more details, please visit: http://mtnweekly.com/full-flex-express-tour-train-tour-with-skrillex-and-pretty-lights-30839

A Seagull Stole My GoPro

Mike Hardaker — Wed, 16 May 2012 06:00:05 +0000

Cannes, France – Odds are at one point in your life you’ve dreamed of flying through the air free like a bird. Mans obsession with flight has gone as far to create wingsuits that allow the mentality dejected to glide through the sky like bats. All you need is a couple thousand dollars, 200 completed sky dive jumps under your belt and access to a plane, or you could just let a Seagull fly off with your GoPro HD Camera to experience flight first hand.

Be sure to turn the audio up, it’s almost like the seagull knows the camera is on..

Rick Loughery at GoPro has this to say about the video “We did not set that up and we had nothing to do with that other than being stoked to see that.”

Brandt Brauer Frick Ensemble to play in America

Mike Hardaker — Tue, 15 May 2012 06:00:32 +0000

New York, NY – The full 10 piece Brandt Brauer Frick Ensemble will be heading to North America for the fist time to play a gig at the Lincoln Center on Thursday August 2nd, 2012. The ensemble is lead by Daniel Brandt, Jan Brauer & Paul Frick, combining electronic dance music and techno as a jumping-off point to explore a full spectrum of sounds in an orchestra setting.

Having earned rave reviews at big European music festivals including Glastonbury, Sonar and Big Chill this group is about to crush it across America. The ensemble’s performance will be accompanied by a string of US dates from Brandt Brauer Frick performing as a trio, with live piano, sequencers, samplers, and triggered percussion.

For more information on the Brandt Brauer Frick Ensemble, please visit: http://www.brandtbrauerfrick.de/