Fungus Funk is Sergei Prilepa, an established psychedelic trance musician from Moscow, Russia. Sergei started producing psytrance in 1998, and he has been releasing his music internationally since 2001.
Over the past 15 years, Fungus Funk has put out his compilation tracks on Acidance, Deja Vu, Goanmantra, Insomnia, Noise Conspiracy, Crystal Matrix and numerous other labels. To his credit are four well-received full length albums: ‘F-People’ (2006) on Acidance, ‘Vostok 1′ (2008) together with Samadhi on Blitz Studios, ‘Electric Grooves’ (2010) also on Blitz Studios, and ‘Kremlin Gremlin’ (2012) on his own label Unlimited Music.
Additionally, Sergey also released two acclaimed EPs: ‘Tune In’ on Planet B.E.N. as Fungus Funk, and ‘Star Eater’ on Sun Station as Astroff, both in 2011.
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. Sergey has produced tracks together with pioneers of the Russian night sound such as Kindzadza and Psykovsky, and he has stayed true to this sound in ‘Vostok 1′ and ‘Kremlin Gremlin’.
However, at the same time it has not stopped the musician from producing more morning tracks with artists such as Ananda Shake, and this full-on influence can be heard in ‘Electric Grooves’ and ‘F-People’.
Regardless of which version of Fungus Funk you get to experience, it is guaranteed to be full of fat well defined basslines, powerful psychedelic leads, and top-notch sequencing.
Courtesy of his productive musical output and subsequent popularity in the international psytrance scene, Fungus Funk regularly travels the globe and plays his live and DJ sets at various dance music events. Among some of the bigger festivals he has appeared at are the well-known Boom Festival (Portugal), Sonica (Italy), Antaris (Germany), Transcendence (Brazil), and Hadra (France) among others.
