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Under his trance moniker “Hallucinogen”. At this time Raja Ram had been involved in a group called the “Infinity Project” which Simon also worked on from time to time. In many ways the Infinity Project sound paved the way for what would later evolve into Shpongle. One day, while watching a solar eclipse in India, the two decided to see if they could capture the experience of what they had just witnessed into sound. The result was the track.
And the Day Turned Into Night”. Shpongle was born.To describe the sound of Shpongle is like trying to describe the word Shpongle itself. Some what undefinable. The band describe their sound as a strange hybrid of electronic manipulation and shamanic midgets with frozen digits squeezing the envelope and crawling through the doors of perception. See what I mean? At its core the sound is full of swirling psychedelic layers of synthesizer melodies mexican chocolate candy.
Bubbling dub like basslines, walls of delay, an ocean of effects and samples as well as acoustic instruments such as guitars and flutes. The flute work of Raja Ram, a big part of his early musical career in the UK Prog/Folk band Quintessence, features heavily on some of their more well known tunes.Shpongle has 4 studio albums released to date. Their 1998 debut CD “Are you Shpongled?” was released in 1995 at a time when the psychedelic ambient.
Genre was still in its infancy and finding a market. “Are you Shpongled?” was an instant hit and the duo began touring their new psychedelic ambient sound almost immediately, finding they were in much demand on the psychedelic trance and music festival circuit worldwide. This was partly due to the uniqueness of the sound they had created. There really was nothing quite like it at the time. A true musical landmark that is still regarded as the best psychill album ever created.