Shpongle is a psychedelic electronic music project from England that formed… Read Full Bio ↴Shpongle is a psychedelic electronic music project from England that formed in 1996. The group includes Simon Posford (a.k.a. Hallucinogen) and 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. Their musical style combines traditional music from all over the globe 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. 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.
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.
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@Rael0505
Hands down my favorite song of all time.
@Quaaludez
brodie, i was travelling the mountains of outer shpongolia when i came across this song. peace and blessings on this day 24/02/21 (or 02/24/21 if you're american).
safe journeys traveller #swag #money #shpongle.
@young-stove
I’ve been listening to this for like ten years and the sample from fear and loathing never ceases to crack me up
@g3ck031
which sample ?
@young-stove
@G3ck 0 when gonzo is freaking out in the bathtub I believe, and he’s kind of screaming and making all kinds of noises. It’s like 5 am and I just woke up so I’m not finding he time stamp right now, but there’s a chunk of the song where they use that audio in the background and it’s synced up well with the drums and stuff
@BritishWrath
@Young Stove
1:35
@young-stove
@British Wrath yup that's it! Thanks for the assistance haha
@CULTmk
I always thought that thats just Raja going nuts.. Damn man thats really funny
@benniauskrems
This album is so fucking weird....I love it!
@calechips7466
Lyrics: ooo ahhh ooo oo ai hoo ya hoo ay oohooo ayooyo aoa a yooyia moa yyiaoyioa oa aoa oyiay