Guest olahaf[at]lgkjakfa[dot]com Posted December 30, 2001 Posted December 30, 2001 simon and raja has really succeeded in making something new and different that everybody likes. not everybody can do that. these 2 masterminds collaborate in a perfect way and make the most amazing peaces of music to please us listeners. you can feel the hallucinogen style in this album mixed with lovely oriental and latin sounds. it cant be better than this.. 7423678628746263/10 ! Quote
Guest ltahka[at]kotus[dot]fi Posted January 3, 2002 Posted January 3, 2002 What the hell is this, I`m sure It wasn`t easy to make a new album after such a bullseye... but in any case utter crapola, elevator music, and "jennifer lopez" -style south american influences plastic music...bllaah Quote
Guest [Anonymous] Posted January 8, 2002 Posted January 8, 2002 female vocals are boring and guitar solos sux but everything else is great Quote
Guest [Anonymous] Posted January 16, 2002 Posted January 16, 2002 elevator music? i want to visit the mall where they play this in elevators! Quote
Guest pringles Posted January 30, 2002 Posted January 30, 2002 This album is amazing, I absolutely love it!! Gives me goosebumps in fact with all those sounds everywhere. My advice to whoever doesnt like this: Listen to it with headphones on and pay attention to everything thats going on. First time I heard this album I just put it on in the background and didnt pay much attention to it. Of course after that I thought it sucked. But next time I heard it I was blown away!! 11/10 Quote
Guest [Anonymous] Posted January 30, 2002 Posted January 30, 2002 The best album made till now. I love you Simon. Quote
tWiSTeD Posted January 31, 2002 Posted January 31, 2002 dorset perception and around the world in a tea daze are the best tracks Quote
Guest CyBel Posted February 7, 2002 Posted February 7, 2002 Personali i liked there last album better, but this is not a bad relase Quote
Guest [Anonymous] Posted February 8, 2002 Posted February 8, 2002 Contrary to most of the negative posts, I love the female vocals. They are completely entrancing and completely... shpongle. I d i g this album sooo much. I actually liked it more than the first shpongle when I first heard it, but I don't really like to compare the two since they are sooo different. Â Beautiful music, though. And here's a tip, smoke a gram of kind (legal, of course ), put this on surround, and lay back in a massaging recliner. To quote pink floyd, "there's no sensation to compare with this, suspended animation, a state of bliss..." Â b e a u t i f u l. . . s h p o n g l e. . . Quote
Strumpling Posted February 9, 2002 Posted February 9, 2002 Most of the negative posts seem to be from people who only seem to be hearing this music switch back and forth from electronic to "instrumental" music..... They're not noticing the electronic sounds woven in with almost every instrument. Some of these high-trebles really tap-taptap-tap me the right way... -=-Matt/Strumpling-=- again Quote
Guest Defbydelta... Posted February 15, 2002 Posted February 15, 2002 this is so wicked!! so cool, funny and soft! i like this chill stuff alot! 8/10 Quote
Guest [Anonymous] Posted February 16, 2002 Posted February 16, 2002 I keep going back and forth about this alblum. I like different tracks depending on my mood, which I guess is a good thing even if it does make listening to the alblum streight through less the thing to do. I really respect the idea of expanding the genere include as many different sounds as possible. One day I was smoking and listening to this alblum and I realized that this is the music of globalization. One thing that sometimes bothers me is that some of the elements seem cliche, espcially track 5 and 8. Nevertheless these are sometimes my favorite tracks. I wish they encorperated more of the orchestral string instruments and flute. The Latin rhythmn started to sound cheesy after many listenings. I give this track a 10/10 for concept but a 6.5/10 for implementation, for all the cool idea it just barely manages to fit together. I actually liked track 4 a lot. The intro is thick and funky and ethnic sounding. I really like the timbre of the female vocals in this track. The swirly xylophone sounds are also cool. I found this track to fit together very nicely. Track 6 is almost to poppy/rock sounding, buts so beutiful and female vocalists voice is so beautiful that I can't resist it. Track 1 is good, especially near the end Track 2 is cool too, especially the flute! Track 3 I really like the way the vocal samples are integrated, but I find that vocal samples get old after a while. Â The elves are getting famous. Next thing you know theres going to be a news special on them. Quote
Guest S.Luda[at]mail[dot]ru Posted February 18, 2002 Posted February 18, 2002 Leaving from life in space eternity... Quote
Guest [Anonymous] Posted March 23, 2002 Posted March 23, 2002 once upon a sea of blissful awareness is a masterpiece of humankind Quote
Guest Dj Seawead Posted March 24, 2002 Posted March 24, 2002 I feel Sphongled... Do You? ~*Sailing away on the sea of blissful awareness in a tea daze*~ Quote
Guest DiDZiTaL Posted March 29, 2002 Posted March 29, 2002 Shpongle isn't music - It is a state of mind. Quote
seraph Posted March 30, 2002 Posted March 30, 2002 Pretty good album, but only musically, voices get a bit too much especially in AROUND THE WORLD IN A TEA DAZE...Album is extremely experimental, tribal, journey...It is mixture of different cultures and ethnic collages...This two guys are seriously crazy..Heheh...I don't like 3 songs but the rest is simply great especially MY HEAD FEELS LIKE FRISBEE, SHPONGLEYES (!!!),FLUTE FRUIT and A NEW WAY TO SAY HOORAY...7.5/10 Quote
Guest ashrama Posted April 18, 2002 Posted April 18, 2002 I find it strange that so many people dig this sphongle stuff... or at least they say they do. Maybe they are all the same person trying to get at least some money out of this project Quote
Guest [Anonymous] Posted April 20, 2002 Posted April 20, 2002 postmodernic masterpiece.. or is this step to a new era? Quote
Guest didugethepicture Posted May 25, 2002 Posted May 25, 2002 love Shpongle.... and so does my father...he collects Posford stuff...hehe...can u see a 50 year old man listen and dig to TIP stuff... peace to u all friends Quote
Guest continuum[at]lineone[dot]net Posted June 12, 2002 Posted June 12, 2002 I'd have to agree with the concensus here - if you're looking for the next hallucinogen trance album you're going to be disappointed. If you're expecting it to continue neatly from the first Shpongle album, it's not that either. HOWEVER if you've followed Simon Posfords musical development from the early psytrance stuff, and are prepared to be challenged and entranced by sounds which are beyond the limited genres you might expect, then you are in for a rare treat. This album marks a milestone in the Simon's musical development and displays a rare maturity and restraint. Not a bad track on it IMHO, a beautifully trippy, psychedelic journey around the world by a most unexpected route. Album of the year for me. Quote
Guest jeff.davies[at]somerset.ac[dot]u Posted June 25, 2002 Posted June 25, 2002 The DMT track is incredible of course, and it's all stunningly produced, but .... well, I'm getting on a bit perhaps, but so much of it sounds horribly "prog-rock" to me, a bit noodling if you know what I mean. Quote
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