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Are You Shpongled? is the first of five albums released by Shpongle. This album set the standard for psychedelic downtempo music worldwide, and created a revolution between psychedelic trance and ambient soundscapes. [citation needed] Are You Shpongled?, sold in excess of 30,000 copies. [1]

Track listing

  1. "Shpongle Falls" – 8:33
  2. "Monster Hit" – 8:57
  3. "Vapour Rumours" – 10:26
  4. "Shpongle Spores" – 7:16
  5. "Behind Closed Eyelids" – 12:29
  6. "Divine Moments of Truth" – 10:20
  7. "... And the Day Turned to Night" – 19:57

Allusions

  • The song "Divine Moments of Truth" is a tribute to the psychoactive drug Dimethyltryptamine (DMT).
  • "Monster Hit" contains a female vocal sample from sample CD "Deepest India" by Zero-G.
  • The throat singing in the beginning of "Divine Moments of Truth" is taken from a sample CD called Vocal Planet by Spectrasonics.
  • The track "Vapour Rumours" contains a sample from the 1990s The Outer Limits series' Second Soul episode.
  • "Behind Closed Eyelids" features a section of speech from an interview with Aldous Huxley from which the title is derived.
  • "Divine Moments of Truth" is also popular for being used in the widespread flash animation "Flashback".
  • "...And the Day Turned to Night" would later be remixed by Eat Static on the remix album. It is listed as "...And the Day Turned To Fright"

References

  1. ^ http://www.soundonsound.com/people/younger-brother
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