Are You Shpongled?

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Are You Shpongled?
Are You Shpongled? cover
Studio album by Shpongle
Released January 25, 1999
Genre World music
Psybient
Length 77:58
Label Twisted Records
Producer Shpongle
Professional reviews
Shpongle chronology
Are You Shpongled?
(1999)
Tales of the Inexpressible
(2001)

Are You Shpongled? is the first of three albums released by Shpongle. This album set the standard for psychedelic downtempo music worldwide, and created a revolution between psychedelic trance and ambient soundscapes.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Shpongle Falls" – 8:33
  2. "Monster Hit" – 8:57
  3. "Vapour Rumours" – 10:26
  4. "Shpongle Spores" – 7:16
  5. "Behind Closed Eyelids" – 12:29
  6. "Divine Moments of Truth" – 10:20
  7. "...and the Day Turned to Night" – 19:57

[edit] Miscellanea

  • The song "Divine Moments of Truth" is a tribute to the psychoactive drug Dimethyltryptamine (DMT).
  • "Divine Moments of Truth" is also popular for being used in the widespread flash animation "Flashback".
  • The "It was like a gigantic creature, that kept changing shape" sampled used in "Divine Moments of Truth" is Raja Ram describing DMT
  • The track "Vapour Rumours" contains a sample from the 90's The Outer Limits series.
  • The track "...And the Day Turned to night" was believed to have been sparked from Raja Ram witnessing a solar eclipse in India.

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