Shpongle - Are You Shpongled?
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Free Music Review: Best electronica to date
Hit: 5 Stars
I'm a huge fan of all Shpongle's albums (including the remixes) and cannot recommend them enough. Each album offers something so remarkable, yet so distinct that no album will leave you bored because it sounds too much like the last one.
"Are you Shpongled?" is probably my favorite, although the others come in a close second. This truly is unlike any group or artist you will hear; top notch production, crazy sounds I didn't know existed, and the beautiful flow of each song make this essential "psytrance goa" or whatever you wanna call it. The extraordinary mix of natural instruments with digital ones and the progressive nature (I really prefer progressive rock/metal as opposed to regular rock/metal for example) of the music help create astounding electronica. It's not overwhelming either. Much of the music is very ambient and relaxing without that repetitive, overbearing beat that plagues too many trance songs these days.
Free Music Review: A plesant deviation from the norm
Hit: 5 Stars
Haunting, subtle, alluring, and utterly captivating soundscapes are presented on this debut album from Shpongle. Seething, interdependent polyrhythms displaying the utmost creativity ebb and flow effortlessly in and out of sync with one another, painting a vibrant auditory image guaranteed to stimulate and make you contemplate. A dazzling find for any musically inclined curious mind. Free Music Review: Don't care for it
Hit: 1 Stars
I love trance and ambient and can meditate to most electronic music, no matter how mellow/heavy. I love to close my eyes and visualize "where everything is going" (difficult to express)
So I thought this record would be right up my alley, especially because of these reviews your reading now. It was not even close! It was distracting, creepy, and uninviting. It made me feel on-edge and I could not relax at all. It was so sound-effect-intern cheesy (and indeed cartoonish, as another reviewer thought) that I laughed at the prospect of ever actually taking this record seriously.
If you like to trance-out and meditate on your headphones, you may want to find a long (legal/online!) sample to listen to so you can get a feel for what this is before giving it your time/money.
Free Music Review: Not even 1 star
Hit: 1 Stars
Sometimes these reviewers are spaced out, you read their great review, you purchase the product assuming the reviewer is rational, then when you hear the songs you think "what the ...... is this". This is a classic example, this stuff is so weird, it is not even worth considering.Free Music Review: messing with time
Hit: 5 Stars
This is the first of the 3 Shpongle CD's. The others are indeed awesome however, the way these guys mess with time signatures is incredible. And the way they play with processed vocals on this disc is unlike anything I have ever heard before or since. Truly cutting edge! The use of computers allows them to change the way phrases are accented and musical phrases sort of morph from one phrase to another before your very ears. If you're into cutting edge music that is recorded expertly, with incredible production values and you appreciate the music of Gong, Ozric Tentacles, Motivation Radio circa Steve Hillage etc.... you will love this disc.