Infected Mushroom – Friends On Mushrooms

This is their worst album. Disappointing & boring...

Despite being a compilation album, i find that I enjoy it most when listened to as a whole. Although I have some personal favorites, I believe every track is high quality and unique. I love Kipod and, along with Astrix on Mushrooms, it is the only proper trance we have had from them in years! My other favourite track is in fact Kipod (RIOT remix) which oozes a kind of Skrillex/Zomboy sound in the best possible way. It also utilises a big-room/hardstyle drop and is one of the only times ever when I have managed to enjoy such a drop (the other times being Kafkaf and Kazabubu and Wild Out by Borgore).

I'll try not to rant too much about how I hate the "big-room" style as this album has it in the already mentioned places. I mentin it because the fact is these tracks are so skillfully done that even big-room sounds amazing. How the hell did they do that??

For those who were hoping for the good old trance days, this is tantalizing but only delivers a couple of tracks. On the whole, FOM continues down the more mainstream sounding path of Army. I wont get political about that.

This album is a delight and yet another testament to the glory of Infected Mushroom, just be prepared to put aside any dubstep, house or electro prejudices you may be harboring!