http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.30715&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fdiscography.rssEssential listening for the acid, ambient, psytrance and Burning Man communities, it's not surprising that England's Simon Posford used to record under the name Hallucinogen. Teaming up with ex-Quintessence flautist Raja Ram, tPosford formed Shpongle, a group credited with fashioning a sound that creates "psycho-geometric, atomic telepathic, shimmering, incandescent dream dilations" in the listener. This sort of thing would seem to make them an easy target for those who would bracket the entire genre as the tragic blathering of many a fried mind, but that would ignore the massive production talent and surprising accessibility they both brought to the sound. Their three-album career (<I>Are You Shpongled?</I>(1998), <I>Tales Of The Inexpressible</I>(2001),<I>Nothing Lasts…But Nothing Is Lost</I>(2005))plus a remixer effort is as good an introduction to the psytrance genre as one can get. Avoiding the endless repetitive noodling of some of the more Goa-esque artists in the field, Simon and Raja create real songs and use panoramic production values to enhance the massive breakdowns and frantic beats. The end result is clearly psytrance, but it's <I>quality</I> psytrance, ranking up there with Atmos and Infected Mushroom, and well worth investigating, even if you've never dreamt of going north of 135 BPM in your life. - Nicholas BakerPsytranceen720Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:08:13 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.30715&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fdiscography.rss Essential listening for the acid, ambient, psytrance and Burning Man communities, it's not surprising that England's Simon Posford used to record under the name Hallucinogen. Teaming up with ex-Quintessence flautist Raja Ram, tPosford formed Shpongle, a group credited with fashioning a sound that creates "psycho-geometric, atomic telepathic, shimmering, incandescent dream dilations" in the listener. This sort of thing would seem to make them an easy target for those who would bracket the entire genre as the tragic blathering of many a fried mind, but that would ignore the massive production talent and surprising accessibility they both brought to the sound. Their three-album career (<I>Are You Shpongled?</I>(1998), <I>Tales Of The Inexpressible</I>(2001),<I>Nothing Lasts…But Nothing Is Lost</I>(2005))plus a remixer effort is as good an introduction to the psytrance genre as one can get. Avoiding the endless repetitive noodling of some of the more Goa-esque artists in the field, Simon and Raja create real songs and use panoramic production values to enhance the massive breakdowns and frantic beats. The end result is clearly psytrance, but it's <I>quality</I> psytrance, ranking up there with Atmos and Infected Mushroom, and well worth investigating, even if you've never dreamt of going north of 135 BPM in your life. - Nicholas Baker http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.7499023&variant=play&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fdiscography.rss Psytrance Wed, 11 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Shpongle Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.7499023 alb.7499023 Shpongle art.30715 8.99 Nothing Lasts...but Nothing Is Lost alb.7499023 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/1/3/9/1159311_170x170.jpg 2005-05-11 00:00:00.0 2005-05-11 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.7499023&variant=play&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.7499023&variant=data&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.4974564&variant=play&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fdiscography.rss Psytrance Thu, 8 Jan 2004 00:00:00 -0800 Shpongle Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.4974564 alb.4974564 Shpongle art.30715 6.99 Shpongle Remixed alb.4974564 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/2/8/4/584825_170x170.jpg 2004-01-08 00:00:00.0 2004-01-08 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.4974564&variant=play&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.4974564&variant=data&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.291091&variant=play&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fdiscography.rss Psytrance Mon, 20 Oct 2003 00:00:00 -0700 Shpongle Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.291091 alb.291091 Shpongle art.30715 6.99 Shpongle Remixed alb.291091 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/2/3/9/1159322_170x170.jpg 2003-10-20 00:00:00.0 2003-10-20 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.291091&variant=play&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.291091&variant=data&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.152746&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fdiscography.rss Psytrance Tue, 25 Sep 2001 00:00:00 -0700 Shpongle Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.152746 alb.152746 Shpongle art.30715 0.0 Tales of the Inexpressible alb.152746 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/9/1/7/497192_170x170.jpg 2001-09-25 00:00:00.0 2001-09-25 00:00:00.0 false false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.152746&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.152746&variant=data&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.4994584&variant=play&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fdiscography.rss Psytrance Wed, 30 May 2001 00:00:00 -0700 Shpongle Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.4994584 alb.4994584 Shpongle art.30715 7.99 Tales of the Inexpressible alb.4994584 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/2/3/9/1159321_170x170.jpg 2001-05-30 00:00:00.0 2001-05-30 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.4994584&variant=play&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.4994584&variant=data&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.284009&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fdiscography.rss Psytrance Tue, 28 Nov 2000 00:00:00 -0800 Shpongle Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.284009 alb.284009 Shpongle art.30715 0.0 Divine Moments in Truth [CD/12"] alb.284009 2000-11-28 00:00:00.0 2000-11-28 00:00:00.0 false false single http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.284009&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.284009&variant=data&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.218526&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fdiscography.rss Psytrance Tue, 25 Sep 2001 00:00:00 -0700 Shpongle Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.218526 alb.218526 Shpongle art.30715 0.0 Are You Shpongled? alb.218526 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/3/8/4/584835_170x170.jpg 2001-09-25 00:00:00.0 1999-01-25 00:00:00.0 false false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.218526&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.218526&variant=data&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.17578883&variant=play&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fdiscography.rss Psytrance Thu, 1 Oct 1998 00:00:00 -0700 Shpongle Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.17578883 alb.17578883 Shpongle art.30715 5.99 Are You Shpongled? alb.17578883 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/6/4/9/1159468_170x170.jpg 1998-10-01 00:00:00.0 1998-10-01 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.17578883&variant=play&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.17578883&variant=data&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fdiscography.rss