Tales of the Inexpressible
Artist: Shpongle
Genre: Psychedelic electronic
Release date: 1 July 2001
Band members: Raja Ram, Simon Posford, Michele Adamson
Gem tracks: Dorset perception, Star Shpongled banner, A new way to say Hooray!", Room 2 Om (The album is a seamless composition and I personally recommend to listen to it fully without jumping tracks.)
Description:
As strange as its name is, Shpongle plays complex psychedelic electronic music mixing voodoo/alien voices, insect noises, flutes, percussions and a lot more in a flawless manner. It has a unique style of combining electronic and world music. The band was formed by Raja Ram, who plays the flute and gives voices to most tracks, and Simon Posford, (a.k.a Hallucenogen), who plays the lead guitar and synthesizer, in Australia. Michele Adamson, a DJ from London, joined the band later contributing with her vocals. This is one of their best albums that I am sharing with you here and you could read a description of each track in the next para. I recommend listening to the whole album without jumping through the tracks as the album is moreover a seamless single composition. Read the description below alongside playing it.
The album begins with "Dorset perception", a fast-paced track with a beautiful acoustic guitar played in a Spanish style and the bass moving up and down continuously. Raja Ram adds random voices throughout the track. They smoothly slow the rhythm down and some hazy voices from drugged people take it onto the next track, "Star Shpongled banner", even before you can notice the transition. The way tablas and flutes have been mixed with an electronic background is absolutely astounding and way too soothing. The track speeds up adding a lot of electronic waves, a veena, and voices like an audience in a football stadium towards the end. Ending abruptly with a balloon burst, some random voodoo and insect noises lead us into "A new way to say "Hooray!"". A lead male voice with some thin voices at the back and myriads of short electronic waves will boggle your mind in this track. It ends with some voices amidst pouring water and Raja Ram explaining the effect of hallucination, finishing the track with a deadly croaking laugh. Seamlessly transitioning into "Room 2 Om" which again begins aboriginally and moves onto beautiful chants by children against an electronic background with some flute, you will be left with goosebumps towards the end of the track with the percussions, flute, and acoustic guitar tunes. "My head feels like a frisbee" moves from wobbling sounds at a medium pace to a fast jazzy mix in the middle to absolutely alien voices towards the end. Insect sounds transition onto the next track, "Shpongleyes", which begins as if you are being taken through an adventure inside a game. "Once upon the sea of blissful awareness" is quite soft as it begins, as if you woke up on a bright morning looking at the horizon from the sea. It moves ahead as if it's trying to raise your self-awareness. "Around the world in a tea daze" is the longest track, almost 12 mins, starting with guitar harmonics and moving onto a very mystical music composition with the female orchestral voice. It fits in Indian prayer chants as well in it. The last track Fruit flute is a peaceful flute track played as a homage to the end of a crazy adventure that you just went through while listening to this album.
I have included the whole album as well as gem tracks in the YouTube playlist. If you love the music, you can go to the link below and support the artist on the bandcamp site. Cheers!
Links:
Bandcamp: shponglemusic.bandcamp.com
iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/album/tales-of-the-inexpressible/5296669
Gem tracks: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WTxC8wnXQo&index=1&list=PLhp_yQHK7YGzJts03hxs6lkU-f9u24Y2M
Gem tracks: Dorset perception, Star Shpongled banner, A new way to say Hooray!", Room 2 Om (The album is a seamless composition and I personally recommend to listen to it fully without jumping tracks.)
Description:
As strange as its name is, Shpongle plays complex psychedelic electronic music mixing voodoo/alien voices, insect noises, flutes, percussions and a lot more in a flawless manner. It has a unique style of combining electronic and world music. The band was formed by Raja Ram, who plays the flute and gives voices to most tracks, and Simon Posford, (a.k.a Hallucenogen), who plays the lead guitar and synthesizer, in Australia. Michele Adamson, a DJ from London, joined the band later contributing with her vocals. This is one of their best albums that I am sharing with you here and you could read a description of each track in the next para. I recommend listening to the whole album without jumping through the tracks as the album is moreover a seamless single composition. Read the description below alongside playing it.
The album begins with "Dorset perception", a fast-paced track with a beautiful acoustic guitar played in a Spanish style and the bass moving up and down continuously. Raja Ram adds random voices throughout the track. They smoothly slow the rhythm down and some hazy voices from drugged people take it onto the next track, "Star Shpongled banner", even before you can notice the transition. The way tablas and flutes have been mixed with an electronic background is absolutely astounding and way too soothing. The track speeds up adding a lot of electronic waves, a veena, and voices like an audience in a football stadium towards the end. Ending abruptly with a balloon burst, some random voodoo and insect noises lead us into "A new way to say "Hooray!"". A lead male voice with some thin voices at the back and myriads of short electronic waves will boggle your mind in this track. It ends with some voices amidst pouring water and Raja Ram explaining the effect of hallucination, finishing the track with a deadly croaking laugh. Seamlessly transitioning into "Room 2 Om" which again begins aboriginally and moves onto beautiful chants by children against an electronic background with some flute, you will be left with goosebumps towards the end of the track with the percussions, flute, and acoustic guitar tunes. "My head feels like a frisbee" moves from wobbling sounds at a medium pace to a fast jazzy mix in the middle to absolutely alien voices towards the end. Insect sounds transition onto the next track, "Shpongleyes", which begins as if you are being taken through an adventure inside a game. "Once upon the sea of blissful awareness" is quite soft as it begins, as if you woke up on a bright morning looking at the horizon from the sea. It moves ahead as if it's trying to raise your self-awareness. "Around the world in a tea daze" is the longest track, almost 12 mins, starting with guitar harmonics and moving onto a very mystical music composition with the female orchestral voice. It fits in Indian prayer chants as well in it. The last track Fruit flute is a peaceful flute track played as a homage to the end of a crazy adventure that you just went through while listening to this album.
I have included the whole album as well as gem tracks in the YouTube playlist. If you love the music, you can go to the link below and support the artist on the bandcamp site. Cheers!
Links:
Bandcamp: shponglemusic.bandcamp.com
iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/album/tales-of-the-inexpressible/5296669
Gem tracks: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WTxC8wnXQo&index=1&list=PLhp_yQHK7YGzJts03hxs6lkU-f9u24Y2M
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