Shpongle

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Shpongle
Simon Posford (aka Hallucinogen)
Background information
Origin United Kingdom
Genre(s) Psybient
Years active 1996-present
Label(s) Twisted UK
Kinetic/BMG Records (US)
Website www.shpongle.com
Members
Simon Posford
Raja Ram

Shpongle (pronounced /ˈʃpɒŋɡəl/) is a psychedelic downtempo or Psybient music project. The members are Simon Posford (aka Hallucinogen) and Raja Ram (one third of The Infinity Project). Their sound has sampled eastern ethnic instruments and western contemporary synthesizer-based psychedelic music. Posford is responsible for the synth and studio work while Raja Ram contributes with flute arrangements.

The name "Shpongle" is not a dictionary recognized word; it is derived from a rumor when Raja Ram was asked at a party to see how he was feeling. He replied "I feel...Shpongled.".

Shpongle's first track, Vapour Rumours, was released on TIP Records' Infinite Excursions compilation in 1996.[1] Their debut album, Are You Shpongled?, was released 1998 on Twisted Records. Are You Shpongled? and Twisted Records' first downtempo compilation, ...and the Day Turned to Night, were influential in the then-small psychedelic downtempo genre.

On January 23, 2007 Twisted Records announced that a fourth Shpongle album is in the works, to be released in early 2009.[2]

Contents

[edit] Discography

[edit] Studio Albums

[edit] Remix Albums

[edit] Trivia

  • The Shpongle logo, the 'Shpongle Mask' was designed by Sat Ram Bradley and was rebuilt in 3D by Calx Design for the later album covers.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Various - Infinite Excursions - Softer Psychedelic Sounds
  2. ^ Twisted v3 ~ View topic - Shpongle Mask

[edit] External links