- Are You Shpongled?
Infobox Album | Name = Are You Shpongled?
Type =Album
Artist =Shpongle
Released =January 25 1999
Recorded =
Genre =World music Psybient
Length = 77:58
Label = Twisted Records flagicon|UK
Kinetic/BMG Records flagicon|USA
Producer =Shpongle
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:6h9yxdgb1oly link]
Last album =
This album = "Are You Shpongled?"
(1999)
Next album = "Tales of the Inexpressible "
(2001)|"Are You Shpongled?" is the first of three albums released by
Shpongle . This album set the standard forpsychedelic downtempo music worldwide, and created a revolution betweenpsychedelic trance and ambient soundscapes.Track listing
#"Shpongle Falls" – 8:33
#"Monster Hit" – 8:57
#"Vapour Rumours" – 10:26
#"Shpongle Spores" – 7:16
#"Behind Closed Eyelids" – 12:29
#"Divine Moments of Truth" – 10:20
#"...and the Day Turned to Night" – 19:57Miscellanea
* The song "Divine Moments of Truth" is a tribute to the
psychoactive drug Dimethyltryptamine (DMT).
*"Divine Moments of Truth" is also popular for being used in the widespread flash animation "Flashback".
* The "It was like a gigantic creature, that kept changing shape" sampled used in "Divine Moments of Truth" isRaja Ram describing DMT
* The track "Vapour Rumours" contains a sample from the 1990s "The Outer Limits " series' "Second Soul" episode.
* The track "...And the Day Turned to Night" was believed to have been sparked from Raja Ram witnessing asolar eclipse inIndia .
* "...And the Day Turned to Night" would later be remixed byEat Static on the remix album.
* "Divine Moments of Truth" has its own single which includes an instrumental remix and a Russianbootleg version. This is actually the track itself.External links
* http://www.discogs.com/release/27195
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