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. On 9 September 2014, Posford confirmed beginning work on a sixth album, which was eventually announced as Codex VI and set for release in October 2017. On 3 October, even before the release of Codex VI, the duo announced via a Facebook video that they have begun working on their seventh studio album.
Posford is generally responsible for the synthesizers, studio work, and live instrumentation, while Raja Ram contributes broad musical concepts and flute arrangements. Raja Ram stated in an interview that "Shpongle" is an umbrella term for feeling positive and euphoric emotions. Shpongle's music is heavily influenced by psychedelic experiences and frequently makes use of sonic textures that approximate psychedelic states as well as vocal samples relating to consciousness expansion, hallucinations, and altered states of awareness. For example, the track "A New Way to Say 'Hooray'", contains a vocal sample of Terence McKenna describing the effects of DMT.
Divine Moments of Truth
Shpongle Lyrics
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"be here now... i love everybody"
Shpongle's "Divine Moments of Truth" is a psychedelic song that encapsulates the feeling of spiritual awakening and realization, often associated with drug-induced experiences. The lyrics of the song portray a sense of interconnectedness with the universe and the importance of living in the present moment, without any past or future concerns. The reference to DMT (dimethyltryptamine) and LSD (Lysergic Acid Diethylamide) symbolizes the fleeting nature of these divine moments, which are beyond the realm of ordinary reality.
The repetition of "DMT" and "LSD" in the song represents the dual nature of these psychedelic substances - they can either lead to profound spiritual experiences or dangerous psychological states. However, the overall message of the song is not to glorify drug use but to celebrate the universal consciousness and interconnectedness of all beings. The lyrics "be here now... I love everybody" encapsulate this message, encouraging the listener to let go of their ego and embrace the present moment with compassion and love for all beings.
Line by Line Meaning
dmt, dmt, doo dee doo dmt, lsd doo dmt, lsd doo dmt...
The song starts with the mention of DMT and LSD, which are psychedelic drugs that are known to alter perception and induce psychedelic experiences.
divine moments of truth, total and utter cosmic stuff...
The phrase 'divine moments of truth' represents the profound and transformative experiences that can be induced by DMT and LSD, which are beyond the realm of everyday reality and offer a glimpse into the cosmic nature of existence.
be here now...
This line encourages the listener to be present in the moment and fully engage with the experience, rather than getting lost in thoughts or distractions.
i love everybody
The psychedelic experience often induces feelings of love and connection with others, and this line represents the message of spreading love and compassion to all beings.
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@GetOffUrPhone
If I'm not mistaken, the sample in the beginning is the poem "An autumn night" (็งๅค) by the Tang dynasty poet Du Mu (ๆ็ง). The original in Chinese is:
้็ญ็งๅ ๅท็ซๅฑ๏ผ
่ผ็พ ๅฐๆๆฒๆต่ขใ
ๅคฉ้ๅค่ฒๆถผๅฆๆฐด๏ผ
ๅ็็ฝ็็นๅฅณๆใ
And in English it would mean something close to:
Autumn light
From a white candle
On a cold moonlit screen.
A silk fan
Catching glow-worms
On the fly.
Long into the dark evening
She sits on the palace steps,
Forgetting cool night
As she watches the Cowherd Star
Meeting his Weaver Girl, high in the sky.
@teleportmassive537
A thousand years is but an instant.
Thereโs nothing new, nothing different; same pattern over and over. The same clouds, same music, the same things I felt an hour or an eternity ago. Thereโs nothing here for me now, nothing at all.
Now I remember,ย this happened to me before. This is why I left.
You have begun to find your answers. Although it will seem difficult the rewards will be great. Exercise your human mind as fully as possible knowing thatย it is only an exercise. Build beautiful artifacts, solve problems, explore the secrets of the physical universe, savor the input from all the senses, filled with joy and sorrow and laughter, empathy, compassion, and tuck these emotional memories in your travel bag.
I remember where I came from, and how I became human, why I hung around, and now my final departureโs scheduled:
This way out, escaping velocity.ย
Not just eternity, butย
Infinity.
@neutronpixie6106
I was listening to this when my grandma walked in the room and said "this is trippy". It took me a few minutes to remember that my grandma has been dead for 20 years.
@stevenblassingame7042
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@GoaGoldhand
daaamn ๐ฑ๐ค๐ค
@adawg3032
This stuff makes me see shapes I didnโt know existed when I trip
@jacepayne7671
@hillbillybone12345 lmao right
@ishabisht3685
Hello everyone i am very new and i really don't know what it is, if anyone could tell me what exactly this is adn wht trip.
@TerriblePerfection
I'm 63 in human terms. Smoked a lot of weed when I was younger, but now I feel high naturally every day, filled with joy and a sense of wonder. Anyone can have that if they stop following their thoughts. Peace to all.
@duckd9190
Hey do u want some weed
@madisonlisa9123
I envy you .
@TerriblePerfection
@@madisonlisa9123 That's just a mental event too! Never compare yourself to another. You are already complete and whole, right at this moment, but you have forgotten it for some reason. Maybe something you suffered, maybe unloving parents, ill health, could be anything. But you can let it all go. If you practice, it becomes second nature. Yes, you will still feel strong emotions at times, but you won't hang on to them for so long. I wish you the very best!