(((stereofect)))
Joined: 09/02/01
Location: Ontario, Canada
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Been listening to "Are You Shpongled?" and "Nothing Lasts... But Nothing Is Lost" lately.
Where the phuc have I been...!?!
Crazy stuff.....
“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — to move in the opposite direction.” Albert Einstein
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Sonic Wallpaper
Joined: 05/22/01
Location: San Diego, CA
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oh yeah! It's some of the best music I've heard in years. All the Shpongle albums are great, but the 1st 2 are the best. Evan/Bluetech turned me onto them back in 2001 when I heard him drop one of their tracks in a set.
Do you have anything by OTT yet? He's friends w/ Shpongle - also did an amazing remix album for Hallucinogen called "Hallucinogen in DUB" - which is near perfect (except the intro... which starts out trance then slows down into a dub track. The orig. tunes were Trance.
Here is 1 track:
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(((stereofect)))
Joined: 09/02/01
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The two LP's I have were the only two available at point of purchase. I understand them to be their 1st and last..??
OTT..??
You got me on that one...
“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — to move in the opposite direction.” Albert Einstein
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Sonic Wallpaper
Joined: 05/22/01
Location: San Diego, CA
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and here is the main man behind Shpongle: Simon Posford
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(((stereofect)))
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“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — to move in the opposite direction.” Albert Einstein
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Subtronik
Joined: 01/14/03
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RE: Shpongle
Saturday, September 12, 2009 at 10:13 AM
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Sonic Wallpaper wrote:
Got this track awhile ago, love it
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Subtronik
Joined: 01/14/03
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RE: Shpongle
Saturday, September 12, 2009 at 10:15 AM
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You guys might like this one too I dunno.
Makyo - Devabandha (Tantric Laswell Mix):
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Sonic Wallpaper
Joined: 05/22/01
Location: San Diego, CA
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Just found a nice Live videos of Shpongle - Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDwx5wlcoxo
and here is an interview with Raja, 1/2 of Shpongle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90xktg2ugFk
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shazlovely
Joined: 04/18/10
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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 project was formed in 1996 after the pair viewed a solar eclipse in India. The two went into the studio and attempted to duplicate the experience in sonic form, and the result was a 20-minute track, "...And the Day Turned to Night," which was featured on Shpongle's first album "Are You Shpongled?" and the Twisted label compilation Eclipse - A Journey Of Permanence & Impermanence.
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Joe Kurve
Joined: 06/30/02
Location: Orange, TX
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Shpongle is by far my favorite artist. I agree with Gideon in that the first two albums are the best, but I've been listening to Nothing Lasts... nonstop lately. Maybe it's because now a lot of the tracks hold memories for me when they were played live that night. Mmmmmm...who knows.
What's funny about it is that when I lived in Fayetteville, AR, in 1999, I visited a record store and RANDOMLY (based upon cover art ALONE) bought Eclipse - A Journey of Permanence and Impermanance - a compilation featuring "...And the Day Turned to Night." So what, some downbeat chillout music, right? Two years pass, hearing the ENTIRE CD many times during them. Then, in 2001, while sitting in my truck with a friend, I put in that CD, simply because it hadn't been played in a while. "...And the Day Turned to Night" began. Him and I, over the next 5 minutes (and if you know the song you know that not much is happening in that time) proceeded to become extremely cannabisically inclined. We both just kind of chilled, and didn't speak to each other until the song was finished, which is what is required in order to fully appreciate what it is. End of story. Arguably life changing. Definitely a good song for meditation.
But why I love Shpongle can be easily summed up. WHO ELSE IS DOING THAT TO 7/4? HOLY SHITTINOOKINIZZLE, MAN. DAMN.
'Nuff said.
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