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Fungus Funk – 10 Essential Tracks

Fungus Funk – 10 Essential Tracks

Fungus Funk is one of the most famous Russian psychedelic trance projects from Moscow. It was founded by Sergey Prilepa in 2000. In 1998 he started experimenting with sounds and after 2 years he decided to create a new project which would represent his personal . His first track was released on Greek record label Acidance Records» in 2001 and made a big shake in the psychedelic trance world.

Fungus Funk’s sound is not easy to define as it incorporates features from different sub-genres of psytrance and generally tends to change from album to album

Throughout his carrer, he was supported by artists like Psykovsky, Parasense, DJ Teo Discovalley, Goa Gil. Sergey released more then 100 tracks on various record labels including Sony Music (India), Crystal Matrix Records (Portugal), Discovalley Records (India), Sirius Records (Japan), Deja Vu Records (Russia), Insomnia Records (Russia), Goanmantra Records (Italy), Triplag Records (Ireland), Planet BEN Records (Germany) and more.

He played worldwide at the biggest festivals and parties from Western Europe to the far reaches of Asia, from the North American continent to the Australian Outback … In 2011 Sergeyt started his own record label called Unlimited Music. Fungus Funk’s music is filled with groovy basslines, aggressive synths, warm melodious pads, and signature psychedelic atmospheres. Fungus Funk’s sound is not easy to define as it incorporates features from different sub-genres of psytrance and generally tends to change from album to album

Fungus Funk in Adhana Festival (Brazil)

Fungus Funk is one of the true pioneers of Russian night psychedelic sound and during the last decade he has been travelling around the globe spreading his sound to the most important party locations.

You can re-discover older Fungus Funk releases from Memo604 Bandcamp page : https://fungusfunkmemo604.bandcamp.com/