Guest d.mcnair[at]dailyrecord.co[dot]u Posted February 25, 2000 Share Posted February 25, 2000 Shpongle - Are You Shpongled? Artist: Shpongle Title: Are You Shpongled? Label: Twisted Date: 1998 Track listing: 01. 08'33" Shpongle Falls 02. 08'57" Monster Hit 03. 10'26" Vapour Rumours 04. 07'16" Shpongle Spores 05. 12'29" Behind Closed Eyelids 06. 10'20" Divine Moments Of Truth 07. 19'57" ... And The Day Turned To Night Review: I wont try and put this Ambient album into so many words as I would be sure to become tongue tied as it's so bloody intricate And clever. It's never too smart for its own good though and obviously a awful lot of effort has gone into producing it. At this time with my taste in music, which is predominately that of the psychedelic, it's the best and most complete slice of psychedelic sonic mastery I've ever heard. It really does beg the question of how on Earth (if it was conceived on Earth...which upon listening you quickly doubt) you would go about following up an album of this quality. It's not just clever though, Raja Ram's beautiful flute playing enchants the listener up high above the clouds to wherever it is they may fly to...behind their closed eyelids of course. I think I heard that Raja Ram was some kind of musical guide while Simon would push the buttons, and I'm quite sure they must have been unwittingly soaked through to the skin with liquid LSD by some cheeky passerby with a slight penchant for DMT. I don't use the word much but I'm going to say it's....perfection. This album's lush. Simon, Raja, I salute ye's! 10/10 -nae bother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pit-UFO Posted February 26, 2000 Share Posted February 26, 2000 Five reasons to buy, enjoy and worship this album: 1- It´s Simons best project and probably the peek of his career. 2- It sounds perfect, better than MATRIX (Matsuri people should pay attention to this) 3- The production its amazing 4- Its a hell of a trip full of images, great samples, flutes and vocals and peaceful moments. 5- D.M.T. by itself should win the mercury prize 6- Everybody at home will like it. 10/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mindbender Posted March 1, 2000 Share Posted March 1, 2000 Really amazing. This stuff is sooo beautiful....AAaaahhh.... I don't usually like ambient, but then again, this is not really ambient in the normal sense, but more just a mix of all kinds of chilling-out music, with influences from many types of music. Awesome melodies that blend to each other, clear, spacey and vivid sounds with human voices/sounds mixed in between and even some nice soft rythms put together with near to perfect production. Awesome work! Sometimes this creates scences that you cn almost see and touch around you and on others, they are just beautiful, emotional music. Every song that I have is a jewel. (I have vinyl, so I don't have tracks 3 and 5 :-() I won't try to describe this is words, but for those who know FSOL: Lifeforms: this is somewhat similar, but better with a wider range of sounds and ideas. 10/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AtomikElf Posted March 9, 2000 Share Posted March 9, 2000 absolutely stunning. a drenching cd!! best to listen to in its whole, but i like the last three tracks best. this is lovely stuff, and totally enthralling....get at all costs!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jeffe[at]freesurf[dot]fr Posted March 14, 2000 Share Posted March 14, 2000 Very hard to talk about it...a great journey into other dimensions..intelligent ambiant music...Unique ! 10/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest babar104[at]hotmail[dot]com Posted March 18, 2000 Share Posted March 18, 2000 all i got to say is "behind closed eyelids". this is the best melodic psy-trance ive ever heard, and its downtempo! killer shit.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mindbender Posted March 21, 2000 Share Posted March 21, 2000 I think I have take back my comparison with FSOL: Lifeforms, because whereas Lifeforms is "true" ambient (almost no rhythms and very slow sounds in general), Shpongle is much more energetic compared to that (but much less compared to trance). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shmangled Posted April 5, 2000 Share Posted April 5, 2000 if u don't have this, then u don't have a complete collection. this is essential!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etsam Posted April 6, 2000 Share Posted April 6, 2000 THESE PEOPLE ARE THE PYCHO GODS OF TRANCE, AND DO NOT MISS THE MYSTERY OF THE YETI PART 1 AND ECLIPSE CDS TOO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest brakzilla[at]thunderground[dot]n Posted April 8, 2000 Share Posted April 8, 2000 I must say, This is the CD that has changed my life. I was clean of drugs for over a year and I decided to smoke weed one night and I got hit very hard by the effects of the herb and my friend played DMT and i was completely engulfed into a separate world. A world where my mind was seeing all the things that I had been missing for so long and lost sight of. Thank you simon. You've managed to touch us all in such a unique way with your intense range of fluid music. None of this is real..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Acidhive Posted April 15, 2000 Share Posted April 15, 2000 A real good ambient cd, which is produced by the god himself : Simon Posford!! This takes you on a journey to your innerspace and back again. I think you can enjoy this without drugs... I HATE drugs!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freak51 Posted April 16, 2000 Share Posted April 16, 2000 I'm not keen on flutes or the vocoder in track 5 or 6, but otherwise this is a Monster Hit. If you don't have it, stop reading this and hunt it down and buy it. Now. So deep, so liquid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest squeezer[at]goatrance[dot]com Posted April 16, 2000 Share Posted April 16, 2000 Can't find words for this..10/10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Antic Posted May 16, 2000 Share Posted May 16, 2000 I just got this one today in my hands for the first time and this is my first listen (now - track #3) and I must say that's exactly what I expected: spacey and intelligent ambient music! But also I'm very suprised, that's so groovy - if all ambient works were like this then I would certainly change my opinion about ambientish stuff. I can't say which track is the best (because I haven't heard all of them yet;-), but it will surelly get many listens. Thanx to Gizmo for hint about the good shop with psy-trance in Poland. If any polish-freaks are reading this, please contact me or Gizmo (our e-mail are in Who We Are section of this page!!! Detailed review pretty soon. Watch this space! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Goa Sage Posted May 21, 2000 Share Posted May 21, 2000 Tremendous! This is my best album this far! Trans-ambient voyages in a vast rainforest, full of tribal percussion and fluffy melodies. "Divine Moments Of Truth" is such an intense and different creation, with many new innovations (throat singing, samba rhythms, dubbed-up, jammy vocals by Raja Ram and some psychedelic, swirling electronic spice by Simon Posord)! All tracks are superb...BUY IT! (larger review at www.freebox.com/goa_sage) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest necromanzer[at]gmx[dot]ch Posted May 22, 2000 Share Posted May 22, 2000 Run...run now, and buy it. You won't be disapointed. Believe me..this one takes your soul to another place. 10/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cnt97 Posted May 25, 2000 Share Posted May 25, 2000 A little disapointing when you have read all the nice reviews of it... but still a good album I guess. Pure quality, maybe it's just me, but some tracks are quite boring. D.M.T is GREAT though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ehsanur Posted May 26, 2000 Share Posted May 26, 2000 Who said God was dead? Who said Mozart was dead? Who said music was dead? Who said trance was dead? Who said psychedelic music was dead? Simon Posford and Raja Ram are not dead. Bom shankar. Prophead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest "man from the atom" Posted May 26, 2000 Share Posted May 26, 2000 DDDDDDDDDDDDDDivine MMMMMMMMMoments of TTTTTTTTTruth dmt, d, empty, i will see thru dmt i mustn't worry 'bout it lah dee dah dee dah dee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SpaceCowboy2002[at]hotmail[dot]c Posted June 8, 2000 Share Posted June 8, 2000 This album is like a breath of fresh air. But do not think that it is hard core goatrance, for it is far from it. It is more like ambient with a smidgen of drum and bass. A very mellow, classy chill out CD. Layers of well-placed sound, exotic melodies, and vivid effects come together seamlessly to elicit a very pleasant experience for the listener. The combination of wispy flutes, powerful baselines, and modern synth is very interesting indeed. Designate a room designed for relaxation and then play this CD on a good stereo system in that same room. Smudge with incense for added ambiance. You will not be disappointed. 8.5 out of 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest snowvision[at]hotmail[dot]com Posted June 10, 2000 Share Posted June 10, 2000 the true psychedelic experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jsbedard Posted June 21, 2000 Share Posted June 21, 2000 greatest project of posford. 15/10 get it now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LaGoaTrance Posted June 21, 2000 Share Posted June 21, 2000 imagine....if psychedelic trance meet Ambient.....it's so good....buy it before you can't find it. 9,5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Antic Posted July 6, 2000 Share Posted July 6, 2000 I would really like to write how I feel when I listen to this CD, but I just can?t name the feelings I have. Enough to say is that I love this and almost all tracks are wonderful (I don?t really like the pitch-bended melody in Behind Closed Eyelids) and create very special, chilled-out atmosphere! No words can describe beauty of the melodies or technical skills put into creating this masterpiece, so I?ll better won?t even try! Just buy this album and enjoy the music. 9.5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 5dolphins[at]gmx[dot]net Posted July 12, 2000 Share Posted July 12, 2000 Dis is great! Good groovy ambient style with much feeling in sound and beat..I love that.Its one of my favourite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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