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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By Matt
Format:Audio CD
This is the fifth or so attempt at writing a review for this album and I feel I just can't do it justice with mere words. Shpongle's music is so beautiful and wonderfully weird that I don't think any series of adjectives can summaries what an amazing record this. I guess Indian, classical and chillout are a few words I could use but the justice comes from hearing it running through a high end sound system. The details are so intricate and finely honed, I could listen to this 20 times and still feel I wanted to know it better.
I love all of Shpongle's music and like all their albums it's different to their last but all I can say is buy it, put it on and get Shpongled (don't download it as crappy MP3s have such degraded sound quality). You won't be disappointed.
And buy it for your family and friends as well coz they will love you.
Oh and the live DVD of their Roundhouse show in 08 is out and absolutly brilliant as well.
Peace.
M
I love all of Shpongle's music and like all their albums it's different to their last but all I can say is buy it, put it on and get Shpongled (don't download it as crappy MP3s have such degraded sound quality). You won't be disappointed.
And buy it for your family and friends as well coz they will love you.
Oh and the live DVD of their Roundhouse show in 08 is out and absolutly brilliant as well.
Peace.
M
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
While I believe Shpongle can do no wrong, I like to consider myself an unbiased listener; if Shpongle release a bad product, I'll not shy from acknowledging it. For example, I feel 'Tales Of The Inexpressible', while featuring some of Shpongle's best work such as 'Dorset Perception', would have been more enjoyable with better segways between tracks, and I resented their decision to split tracks up quite so much on 'Nothing Last... But Nothing Is Lost'.
'Ineffable Mysteries' has been singled out by a lot of people as the point where Shpongle have 'lost their magic', and are recycling old ideas. I disagree vehemently with this view. While the three other Shpongle LPs are extremely diverse, this one draws on all of them. This, combined with the clean-cut mixes and typically stellar production gives this album a feeling of absolute refinement, as though Shpongle are beginning to accept their rightful place as the Kings of psychedelic electronic music.
I believe anyone who likes Shpongle's previous work but is unimpressed with this effort simply needs to spend more time with it. If you are new to Shpongle, start at the beginning with 'Are You Shpongled?', which remains my favourite of their releases and gets brought out practically every time I am Shpongled.
Shpongle's music has never felt like it came from this world, and this album is the one to take you to where it comes from: Shpongleland.
Did I mention that they finally got their hands on a Hang Drum?
'Ineffable Mysteries' has been singled out by a lot of people as the point where Shpongle have 'lost their magic', and are recycling old ideas. I disagree vehemently with this view. While the three other Shpongle LPs are extremely diverse, this one draws on all of them. This, combined with the clean-cut mixes and typically stellar production gives this album a feeling of absolute refinement, as though Shpongle are beginning to accept their rightful place as the Kings of psychedelic electronic music.
I believe anyone who likes Shpongle's previous work but is unimpressed with this effort simply needs to spend more time with it. If you are new to Shpongle, start at the beginning with 'Are You Shpongled?', which remains my favourite of their releases and gets brought out practically every time I am Shpongled.
Shpongle's music has never felt like it came from this world, and this album is the one to take you to where it comes from: Shpongleland.
Did I mention that they finally got their hands on a Hang Drum?
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By N. Black
Format:Audio CD
I've got all the other Shpongle projects, and this one is really based on "Simon goes to India and records a bunch of different sounds". Great fun if you are Simon Posford or Raja Ram, and the album is stuffed to the gills with tricky sounds, loops and all sorts of magic tricks - all with this background ambience of India. But memorable melodies are even harder to come by than in previous albums, and "look no hands" dazzle is not quite as compelling this time round. It all seems to me surface glitter - a very nice surface, but where's the depth?
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Excellent!
Fantastic album! The first time I heard any music by shpongle was when I saw them play live which was an amazing experience, and listening to this album brings back great memories. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Samuel Seed
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Psybient tunes
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Published 3 months ago by Mr. T. Kellett
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Electro-ambient, psychedelic beats
This album showed up in my Recommended section, but one of the reviews already warned that this was no actual Indo fusion, a melting of ideas, yet more a melting of sounds and... Read more
Published 22 months ago by MusicMyLife
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Very disappointed
I have all the Shpongle albums and was really looking forward to listening to this CD.
I'm afraid to say it did absolutely nothing for me. Read more
I'm afraid to say it did absolutely nothing for me. Read more
Published on 1 April 2011 by Richard Summerfield
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come on this should have 5 stars
I feel like this is the best album to date!
ok the other albums are great! as well but as this is a much more rounded out album, and I dont skip any songs. Read more
ok the other albums are great! as well but as this is a much more rounded out album, and I dont skip any songs. Read more
Published on 24 Jun 2010 by Andrewwilson
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Radical!
RADICAL! I own all Shpongle albums. This goes nicely with the others. Beautiful album :)
Published on 16 April 2010 by Mr. George Howard
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5 out of 5
This album is a treat to listen to. If you have any sense, go and buy it immediately, you won't be let down. SHPONGLE RULES!!
Published on 7 Mar 2010 by sneakybeatz
3.0 out of 5 stars
Either I'm getting too old or they've pushed way too far
I'm sure many of the Shpongle fans felt that their 3rd album was a bit too much, after the first two. Well, this 4th album is just the same. I mean... Read more
Published on 5 Feb 2010 by Dan J
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very good, but not as good as their last.
I beleive it is no exageration to say that Shpongle represents the cutting edge of contemporary psychedelic music. By anyone else this album rates five stars. Read more
Published on 28 Jan 2010 by ANITA
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Musical Feast For Your Third Ear
Shpongle in this incarnation are, substantially :
Simon Ponsford/producer, programmer, multi-instrumentalist
and singer and Raja Ram/co-producer, flutes and vocals. Read more
Simon Ponsford/producer, programmer, multi-instrumentalist
and singer and Raja Ram/co-producer, flutes and vocals. Read more
Published on 4 Jan 2010 by The Wolf
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