Are You Shpongled? is the first of six albums released by Shpongle. Are You Shpongled? sold in excess of 30,000 copies.[1] A remastered version of Are You Shpongled? was released on 30 June 2017, along with a limited edition super-deluxe triple vinyl set.[2]
| Are You Shpongled? | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | January 1998 | |||
| Studio | The Hallucinogen Sound Labs in Dorset, UK | |||
| Genre | World, psybient | |||
| Length | 77:58 | |||
| Label | Twisted  Kinetic/BMG  | |||
| Producer | Shpongle | |||
| Shpongle chronology | ||||
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Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Shpongle Falls" | 8:33 |
| 2. | "Monster Hit" | 8:57 |
| 3. | "Vapour Rumours" | 10:26 |
| 4. | "Shpongle Spores" | 7:16 |
| 5. | "Behind Closed Eyelids" | 12:29 |
| 6. | "Divine Moments of Truth" | 10:20 |
| 7. | "...And the Day Turned to Night" | 19:57 |
| Total length: | 77:58 | |
Credits
edit- Raja Ram: silver flute in C, vocals, illustrations
- Simon Posford: synthesizer, guitars, drums, bass, engineering, mixing , programming
- Dave Bernez: mastering at Townhouse Studios
- Mark Neal: sleeve
- Sat Ram Bradley: mask sculpture
- Warwick Saint: photography
Allusions
edit- The song "Divine Moments of Truth" is a tribute to the psychoactive drug Dimethyltryptamine (DMT).
- "Monster Hit" contains a female vocal sample from sample CD "Deepest India" by Zero-G.
- The throat singing in the beginning of "Divine Moments of Truth" is taken from a sample CD called Vocal Planet by Spectrasonics.
- The track "Vapour Rumours" contains a sample from the 1990s The Outer Limits series' Second Soul episode.
- "Behind Closed Eyelids" features a section of speech from an interview with Aldous Huxley from which the title is derived.
In popular culture
edit- "Divine Moments of Truth" is also popular for being used in the widespread flash animation "Flashback".
- "...And The Day Turned To Night" would later be remixed by Eat Static on Shpongle's remix album. It is listed as "...And the Day Turned To Fright"
References
edit- ^ Nagle, Paul (January 2008). "Younger Brother". Sound on Sound. SOS Publications Group. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
- ^ "Are You Shpongled? Re-Mastered". Twisted Music - News. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
External links
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