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(1996 – present)

The core members of Shpongle are Simon Posford and Raja Ram from United Kingdom, along with many collaborators and guest musicians. Ott is also credited on all albums.

Their Shpongle sound is a mix of mainly eastern ethnic samples and western contemporary psychedelic synth music. Posford is responsible for the synth and studio work while Raja Ram contributes with flute arrangements. They are both responsible for the visionary input. According to one interview, they commonly visualize the music together before and during the creation process.

Shpongle’s first tune, Vapour Rumors, was released on TIP Records’ Infinite Excursions compilation in 1996. Their debut album, Are You Shpongled?, was released 1998 on Twisted Records. The high sound quality, successful mix of samples, instruments and synths along with the story and progress of the music through the album made it one of the most cutting edge releases of that time. Are You Shpongled? and Twisted Records’ first downtempo compilation, Eclipse, made a huge impact on the psychedelic trance scene in 1998.

Simon Posford is also known for his solo productions as Hallucinogen and as driving force of the label Twisted Records UK. He is also part of Dub Trees (with Youth and Dubsahara), Celtic Cross (with Youth) and Younger Brother (with Prometheus).

Raja Ram is also a member of 1200 Micrograms (with GMS) and The Infinity Project (with Graham Wood, Anjee Sian and other contributors/collaborators). He was also founder of the indo-prog/raga rock group of the 60’s/70’s Quintessence.

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Raptorshaman wrote:
4 hours ago

The best. Ever.

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Blasfemic wrote:
10 hours ago

The new album sounds so stylish compared with the previous ones which sounded much more tribal - but I love it - so chill.

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BreakfastPills wrote:
yesterday evening

New album is slooooowly growing on me.

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solidliquid23 wrote:
Sunday evening

ddddddaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmmmmmm you aced it again thank you simon and raja ram,love the new album keep on doing your beutiful trance

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s0ber wrote:
Sunday evening

I like new album. And I think I will like it much more when I smoke some joint and then play this stuff again. ;)

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Pozito wrote:
Sunday afternoon

Begin with the debut and then go on with the next albums, since they get more experimental with time.

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MURDERER__ wrote:
Saturday morning

Wherever you want. :)

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Dillinger215 wrote:
Friday evening

So where do I start with Shpongle?

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gpberlin wrote:
Thursday afternoon

धन्यवाद شكرا obrigado teşekkürler

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herfst_ wrote:
Thursday morning

i allready chilled so many hours with the new cd playing.

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Archer88 wrote:
Wednesday evening

First introduction I've had to these guys... It's goddam sublime!

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Funkygabber wrote:
Wednesday evening

I am almost 63 years years old, maybe about the same age as Raja is, and I love to rollerskate on your music :)

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Funkygabber wrote:
Wednesday evening

I met your musci though my son Satori the Nucleator about 7 years ago, your music blows my mind, but nobody of my friends understands your music. You are my modern Mozart! Thank you for your music!!!!

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lost_in_airwave wrote:
Wednesday evening

ॐ

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Melancholic wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

Discography finally bought. :-)

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AdreNochrooM wrote:
Wednesday morning

nothing lasts is perfection? i like the album a lot but i really cant stand the high pitched stuff, which is pretty common on that album, and this new album hardly has any of that. only thing i dont like is the cheesy singing

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Qonfused wrote:
Wednesday morning

Goddamn, so good.

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surrealdreams wrote:
last week

WOW!!! I love it. can't wait to listen to it on the beach with a full moon!!!! =) Bom Shanka

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trancemw13 wrote:
last week

Posłuchałem Nothing Lasts...Rany, to co Ci goście wyprawiają z muzyką przechodzi ludzkie pojęcie. Strasznie to bogate i kolorowe. Sto procent oryginalności. W przeciwieństwie do trance'owych kawałków jakich słucham nacodzień, Shpongle to całkowicie nieprzewidywalna muzyka. Z konkretnych utworów najbardziej wpadł mi w ucho Turn Up The Silence. I'm so Shpongled. :D

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NiKoMaN wrote:
last week

@Burkshifter: I was disappointed by the new album at first, but I expected it to get better after many listens. Right now I'm actually amazed at how much better it's turning out to be than I expected back then. Each time I hear it, it gets better. It's different, but every album up until now has been different, even though we don't tend to notice anymore, since once we get used to them they all have that distinctive Shpongle vibe. This one is no less, it's definitely Shpongle, and that still means it's on top of everything else out there. I do agree with you however that Nothing Lasts still is their best album. But you must take into account that Nothing Lasts is 100% perfection. Maybe we expected Simon and Raja to top it, but perfection is something that by definition cannot be topped. Ineffable Mysteries made me appreciate Nothing Lasts even more, another thing I certainly didn't expect. So that's twice Ineffable Mysteries exceeded my expectations, and I love it for it.

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