Posted date: April 2006

You’ve probably heard of them already. Their sound is distinct, reminiscent of the 80’s, full of synthesizer-laced beats and fluid lyrics.

The group also said that they just started writing again since they have been touring consistently for the past 2 years. “We’ve barely written a note together since the last album. We rented a house in the country in Australia and got a pretty big number of demos down. After our US tour this March and April we’ll return to Australia with a big focus on finishing the next album”.

Infusion is just that, an infusion of old school and new school, a blending of what makes Dance music Dance music. They are the future…and the future has arrived.

Onbeat: How has the US market reacted to your recently released album?

Infusion: To be honest, it's very hard to tell. You hear a lot of the good feedback and not very much of the bad reaction if you don't live in the area. I would guess that a lot of people who are familiar with our live show might have been expecting something different, but we chose to not restrict ourselves creatively for this particular album.

Onbeat: How many times have you performed at Ultra before this year?

Infusion: I think this will be our third year, so twice prior - first year was on a stage with Sasha, Digweed, Zabiela et al (not to mention a ridiculous Tommy Lee performance), and last year on the main stage.

Onbeat: What can we expect from your upcoming show at Ultra?

Infusion: What we do can really depend on what stage we're on, and what time of the day we're playing - at this stage we haven't been told either so we'll have to take that as it comes. We always improvise on the spot and until we're up there we don't have a set idea what tracks we're going to play and we try and work in with what the crowds are responding to. There's quite a lot of new material for us to play from the last tour in December.

Onbeat: There are many electronic rock bands emerging out there, including '80s electro and rock duo Gil Mantera's Party Dream. How do you think your act fits in with this natural progression GOING ON around you? Does this emergence entail mediation/ the inevitable marriage between dance and rock?
Is that what you are trying to convey in your music?

Infusion: It's a bit strange that we've always done this kind of sound and always been influenced by particular 80's electronic bands, but now it just seems to be cool. We didn't set out to try and find a midway point between dance and rock, but we've always had a singer and have been quite melodic so our sound just ended up that way. Like anything else, this marriage of dance and rock is going to be seriously bastardized and consumer packaged. There are already these bands in Australia that are calling themselves "electro-rock" but they're just pop bands that appeal to the same kids that like Ashlee Simpson. Watch out this year for carbon copies at a Wal-Mart near you.

On beat: What are your plans for the rest of the year? Where are you taking your new productions (style wise)?

Infusion: We've actually just started writing again, as we've been touring so extensively the past two years that we've barely written a note together since the last album. We rented a house in the country in Australia and got a pretty big number of demos down. After our US tour this March/April we'll return back to Australia with a big focus on finishing the next album as well.

Onbeat: what are your music influences because your songs are so diverse?

Infusion: Anything and everything. Depeche Mode, Public Enemy, New Order...list goes on!

Interview by: Dennis Sebayan & Megan Silvera