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Shpongle
Shpongle is a psychedelic music, psychedelic electronic music project from England that formed in 1996. The group includes Hallucinogen (musician), Simon Posford and Raja Ram (musician), Raja Ram (one of three in The Infinity Project). The duo are considered to be one of the progenitors of the psybient genre — a genre combining world music with psychedelic trance and ambient music, ambient. Their musical style combines traditional music from all over the world and vocals with contemporary western synthesizer-based psychedelic music. When asked to describe Shpongle's music, Posford has responded that it is "like nothing you've ever heard before." Shpongle's first track, "Vapour Rumours", was released on TIP Records' ''Infinite Excursions'' compilation in 1996. Their debut album, ''Are You Shpongled?'', was released in 1998 on Twisted Records (UK), Twisted Records. On 9 September 2014, Posford confirmed beginning work on a sixth album, which was released as ''Codex VI'' on 23 Oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Are You Shpongled?
''Are You Shpongled?'' is the first of six albums released by Shpongle. ''Are You Shpongled?'' sold in excess of 30,000 copies. A remastered version of ''Are You Shpongled?'' was released on 30 June 2017, along with a limited edition super-deluxe triple vinyl set. Track listing Credits * Raja Ram (musician), Raja Ram: silver flute in C, vocals, illustrations * Hallucinogen (musician), Simon Posford: synthesizer, guitars, drums, bass, engineering, mixing , programming * Dave Bernez: Audio mastering, mastering at Townhouse Studios * Mark Neal: sleeve * Sat Ram Bradley: mask sculpture * Warwick Saint: photography Allusions * The song "Divine Moments of Truth" is a tribute to the psychoactive drug Dimethyltryptamine (DMT). * "Monster Hit" contains a female vocal sample from sample CD "Deepest India" by Zero-G Ltd, Zero-G. * The throat singing in the beginning of "Divine Moments of Truth" is taken from a sample CD called ''Vocal Planet'' by Spectrasonics. * The track "Vapour Rumo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |