''Are You Shpongled?'' is the first of six albums released by

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 You Shpongled?'' sold in excess of 30,000 copies. A

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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: silver

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in C, vocals, illustrations *

Simon Posford Simon Posford (born 28 October 1971), better known by his stage name Hallucinogen, is an English electronic musician, specializing in psychedelic trance music. His first studio album, '' Twisted'', released in 1995, is considered one of the most ...

synthesizer A synthesizer (also synthesiser or synth) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis a ...

, guitars, drums, bass, engineering, mixing , programming * Dave Bernez: mastering at

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* Mark Neal: sleeve * Sat Ram Bradley: mask sculpture * Warwick Saint:

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Allusions

* The song "Divine Moments of Truth" is a tribute to the

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Dimethyltryptamine Dimethyltryptamine (DMT), also known as ''N'',''N''-dimethyltryptamine (''N'',''N''-DMT), is a Psychedelic drug, serotonergic hallucinogen and Investigational New Drug, investigational drug of the substituted tryptamine, tryptamine family tha ...

(DMT). * "Monster Hit" contains a female vocal sample from sample CD "Deepest India" by

Zero-G Weightlessness is the complete or near-complete absence of the sensation of weight, i.e., zero apparent weight. It is also termed zero g-force, or zero-g (named after the g-force) or, incorrectly, zero gravity. Weight is a measurement of the fo ...

. * The throat singing in the beginning of "Divine Moments of Truth" is taken from a sample CD called ''Vocal Planet'' by

Spectrasonics Eric Persing is an American sound designer, professional synthesist, keyboardist, recording artist and music producer based in Los Angeles, California. He is best known as the Founder and Creative Director of the music software and virtual instr ...

. * The track "Vapour Rumours" contains a sample from the 1990s ''

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'' series' '' Second Soul'' episode. * "Behind Closed Eyelids" features a section of speech from an interview with

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from which the title is derived.

In popular culture

*"Divine Moments of Truth" is also popular for being used in the widespread

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"Flashback". * "...And The Day Turned To Night" would later be remixed by

Eat Static Eat Static is an electronic music project from Frome, Somerset, England formed in 1989 by Merv Pepler and Joie Hinton. Hinton left the group in February 2008 after 18 years to spend more time with his family. History Merv Pepler and Joie Hinto ...

on Shpongle's

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. It is listed as "...And the Day Turned To Fright"

References

External links

Official Shpongle website

''Are You Shpongled?'' on Discogs.
1998 debut albums Shpongle albums {{1990s-electronic-album-stub