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I've been listening to Infected Mushroom daily for about 15+ years, mostly on repeat and I love it (obviously). My problem is that I just can't find similar music. People will say: "Oh I like psy too" and then recommend various artists of which the music sounds very repetitive to me (it's not just 5 minutes of dunalun)

One of the things I feel sets them apart (at least in for example in their best works) is that they're very complex tracks that feel like you're going on a journey where they start with a theme and then revisit it later in the track.

I was excited to see this site cause I'd maybe finally understand what subgenre I need to search in specifically but they weren't mentioned even once which is strange since they're the most successful psy artist of all time.

So what sub genre do they fit into and what else can I listen to?

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If you're into skiing, put either the messenger 2011 or dancing with kadafi in your earphones before starting a long piste, preferably one that goes through a forest. There is nothing more like it in the world.

Yes, I feel the same. For me it was Infected Mushrooms and Shpongle. I didn't have 15+ years of tenacity though. So try Shpongle if you don't know them yet. Back in the day, i moved from listening to them all the time to listening to Igorrr (breakcore) all the time.

IM are legendary! I still listen to them now and then. My favorite tracks from them are - 'Deeply Disturbed', 'Becoming Insane' and 'Where do I belong'. Not exactly the same, but checkout Astrix and Neelix if you haven't already.

I love infected mushroom too. On my Spotify list, I noticed that it was recommending more Offbeat to me. I didn’t know it was called offbeat until I saw it on the guide.

They kinda spinned their own genre 2004- most similar stuff what I kind know is shpongle(more downtempo) and Suomisaundi(own psy subgenre, weird stuff from Finnish artists)

I remembered Shpongle earlier this year, after not even thinking of them for the better part of a decade. The work clean room hasn't been the same since. It's a welcome respite from pop radio in the main workshop.

Back when I was listening to Goa/Psy, I liked Infected Mushroom, Juno Reactor, Hallucinogen, Cosma and Shpongle. I also liked the chill Mystery of the Yeti albums.

Have no clue who most of the artist on the topic website are. Sean Tyas’ Matter of Time’s quite nice, but aggressive.

1200 Micrograms would that fit the bill?

IM didn't really stick to one genre. I remember calling them psy-metal because of the harder edge on so many of their songs. Maybe if you tell us what your favourite album we'd have a better idea of what you're going for

Classical Mushroom! Not a fan of their reggae stuff and my favourite songs from them lately are all BliSS colabs like: Cookie from Space, Boss la Rosh, Bliss on mushrooms, Ani Mevushal.

I love Bombat, Bust a Move, The Shen, Dracul, Missed Symphony, Scorpion Frog, Return of the Shadows, Smash the Opponent

The inimitable Ishkur called it butt rock goa, that's how I discovered IM and pretty much the entire genre, back when Flash was still a thing.

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