http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.30715&variant=artist-playlists&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fplaylists.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 BakerPsytranceen720Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:30:27 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.30715&variant=artist-playlists&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fplaylists.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=ply.28969129&variant=play&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fplaylists.rss Rock/Pop Mon, 6 Jul 2009 10:59:28 -0700 Playlists Featuring Shpongle on Rhapsody Online 28969129 ply.28969129 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.28969129&variant=play&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.28969123&variant=play&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fplaylists.rss Electronica/Dance Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:26:00 -0700 Playlists Featuring Shpongle on Rhapsody Online 28969123 ply.28969123 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.28969123&variant=play&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.19054881&variant=play&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fplaylists.rss Electronica/Dance Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:23:30 -0700 Playlists Featuring Shpongle on Rhapsody Online 19054881 ply.19054881 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.19054881&variant=play&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.14979200&variant=play&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fplaylists.rss Rock/Pop Wed, 9 Sep 2009 10:11:13 -0700 Playlists Featuring Shpongle on Rhapsody Online 14979200 ply.14979200 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.14979200&variant=play&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.13093170&variant=play&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fplaylists.rss Electronica/Dance Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:41:56 -0800 Playlists Featuring Shpongle on Rhapsody Online 13093170 ply.13093170 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.13093170&variant=play&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.11728349&variant=play&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fplaylists.rss Electronica/Dance Sat, 8 Mar 2008 06:41:33 -0800 Playlists Featuring Shpongle on Rhapsody Online 11728349 ply.11728349 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.11728349&variant=play&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.11142159&variant=play&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fplaylists.rss Electronica/Dance Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:42:32 -0700 Playlists Featuring Shpongle on Rhapsody Online 11142159 ply.11142159 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.11142159&variant=play&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.10515919&variant=play&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fplaylists.rss World/Reggae Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:50:18 -0700 Playlists Featuring Shpongle on Rhapsody Online 10515919 ply.10515919 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.10515919&variant=play&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.8636910&variant=play&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fplaylists.rss Electronica/Dance Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:38:23 -0700 Playlists Featuring Shpongle on Rhapsody Online 8636910 ply.8636910 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.8636910&variant=play&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.8624146&variant=play&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fplaylists.rss Rock/Pop Wed, 7 Oct 2009 12:12:20 -0700 Playlists Featuring Shpongle on Rhapsody Online 8624146 ply.8624146 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.8624146&variant=play&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.8602535&variant=play&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fplaylists.rss Electronica/Dance Tue, 9 Jun 2009 09:31:50 -0700 Playlists Featuring Shpongle on Rhapsody Online 8602535 ply.8602535 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.8602535&variant=play&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.8610405&variant=play&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fplaylists.rss Electronica/Dance Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:27:22 -0700 Playlists Featuring Shpongle on Rhapsody Online 8610405 ply.8610405 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.8610405&variant=play&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.8611906&variant=play&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fplaylists.rss Electronica/Dance Mon, 2 Nov 2009 10:52:41 -0800 Playlists Featuring Shpongle on Rhapsody Online 8611906 ply.8611906 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.8611906&variant=play&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.8590089&variant=play&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fplaylists.rss Electronica/Dance Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:48:21 -0800 Playlists Featuring Shpongle on Rhapsody Online 8590089 ply.8590089 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.8590089&variant=play&rws=%2Fshpongle%2Fplaylists.rss