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The core members of Shpongle are Simon Posford and Raja Ram, along with many collaborators and guest musicians. Ott is also credited on all albums.

Simon Posford is also known for his solo productions as Hallucinogen and as driving force of the label Twisted Records UK. He is also part of Dub Trees (with Youth and Dubsahara), Celtic Cross (with Youth) and Younger Brother (with Prometheus).

Raja Ram is also a member of 1200 Micrograms (with GMS) and The Infinity Project (with Graham Wood, Anjee Sian and other contributors/collaborators). He was also founder of the indo-prog/raga rock group of the 60’s/70’s Quintessence.

Their Shpongle sound is a mix of mainly eastern ethnic samples and western contemporary psychedelic synth music. Posford is responsible for the synth and studio work while Raja Ram contributes with flute arrangements. They are both responsible for the visionary input. According to one interview, they commonly visualize the music together before and during the creation process.

Shpongle’s first tune, Vapour Rumors, was released on TIP Records’ Infinite Excursions compilation in 1996. Their debut album, Are You Shpongled?, was released 1998 on Twisted Records. The high sound quality, successful mix of samples, instruments and synths along with the story and progress of the music through the album made it one of the most cutting edge releases of that time. Are You Shpongled? and Twisted Records’ first downtempo compilation, Eclipse, made a huge impact on the psychedelic trance scene in 1998.

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4	Around the World in a Tea Daze full track	810
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6	Levitation Nation full track	735
6	Monster Hit full track	735
8	Room 23 full track	716
9	Botanical Dimensions full track	712
10	Once Upon the Sea of Blissful Awareness full track	708
11	Outer Shpongolia full track	699
12	My Head Feels Like A Frisbee full track	689
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FolxPunxForLife wrote:
yesterday morning

Fucking amazing.

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MrChimney wrote:
Saturday afternoon

The Stamen of the Shamen is one splendid excerpt!

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kamahl90 wrote:
Saturday morning

It's not wrong, but I can recommend it. :P

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Ziemko wrote:
Friday evening

Is it wrong when I like to listen them sometimes not being on drugs? :P

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DAVERUIZ wrote:
Thursday evening

HI

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FiremanJoe wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

Me too. Shpongle are quite possibly my greatest discovery this year.

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madhatter2k wrote:
last month

Man I would love to see Shpongle live. Insane!

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squigbobble wrote:
last month

Dicklicious

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Jatup wrote:
last month

Haha, not really a war and I think it was me anyway ;). That's not what I meant dbrain0. Most people that don't listen to this kind of music at all, prefer Shpongle over psytrance. Well anyway, whatever you think Shpongle is, I think all of us agree the tag "awesome" fits it the best anyway ;)

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apisher wrote:
last month

So glad I was turned on to these guys. very psychotropic indeed.

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dbrain0 wrote:
last month

Jatup, I'm surprised most people you asked who liked psytrance didn't like Shpongle (I like them both, and I can understand why people would call Shpongle psytrance), but I don't think that means anything. At three million plays, Shpongle is pretty well known, and they're pretty easy to listen to, so it's not surprising people would like them over most other "psytrance" bands.

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Toasterbottom wrote:
last month

tags shmags.

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kamahl90 wrote:
last month

Did I start another tag flamewar? If I did, then sorry. :P

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Implement wrote:
last month

shhhhhhhhhhpooooonngled am I

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Addicted2Melody wrote:
last month

Yeah, I'll go with that, GP. ha I certainly laughed and cried at the same time.

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squigbobble wrote:
last month

Haha.

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last month

addicted's shouts are holy and horny in the same time :O

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Caliban51 wrote:
last month

lol great posts below me.

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Addicted2Melody wrote:
last month

When an artist is as special as Shpongle, musical subjectivity almost moves to another plane of existence. I think the story behind the name Shpongle tells you all you need to know. When Raja was asked how he was feeling and he responded with, "I feel Shpongled", completely spontaneously, you know he was trying to describe the indescribable. That sort of sense of awe and "oneness" with the universe that there is no word for. That's what Shpongle is the musical expression of, and you can't pigeonhole that. In the end, I'd rather everyone was getting Shpongled and calling it psytrance than not getting Shpongled at all.

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