 | Shpongle Ineffable Mysteries from Shpongleland
4.1
excellent
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| 4.5 superb | StreetlightRock | November 4th 09 |
Nothing Lasts hey? Oh, but I'll tell you what does: the divine bloody brilliance of Simon Posford and Raja Ram. If Shpongle weren't already the most forward thinking and boundary shattering act on the electronic compass, the duo's latest, Ineffable Mysteries From Shpongleland would be as much of an album as it would be a veritable psychoelectromagnetic nuclear device. Hell, this isn't an album any more than Alice In Wonderland is a story - where Alice had her madly grinning Cheshire Cat, Shpongle have the Goa warped landscape of "Electroplasm"; where the bottle said 'drink me', Shpongle provide their own journey though wild-eyed explorations of acoustic tinged flamenco solos, dub riddled basslines and the most wicked effort at beat stringing ever on "Shpongolese Spoken Here".
In fact, I suspect it would take no less than the psydripped rave of "Ineffable Mysteries" (complete with woodwind straight from the Andes), to convince Shiva the Destroyer to take a holiday from her macabre life of death to indulge in a night of full moon partying down at whichever mystic beach she'd choose. But the kicker? When Benn Jordan gets out-Flashbulb'd by "Nothing Is Something Worth Doing" - A track that stretches Shpongle's template of earthy percussion and electronic wrangling to the edges of the sonic horizon, obscured by the vorpal rays of trance gripped experimentation. And no, by the way, there's no rhyme or reason here, not in this place, this dimension, not where Comic Gods and Carrolleqse absurdity dwell in Unsane harmony, but I'll stand by my Brahman and bask in this light, oh gods, what light.
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| 5.0 classic | TheHamburgerman | December 8th 11 |
After several listenings it suddenly became insulting to give this album a "mere" 4.5. How
an album this ridiculously perfect could be any less of a 5 is beyond me. Sure, we all have
our favorites and less-favorites. Personally I think Shpongolese Spoken Here could be less
based on the rhythm, and No Turn-Unstoned is just a tad too dark. Regardless, the amount of
musical perfection is astounding on this album. I Am you is a colourful experience through
several stages (of psychadelich drugs), Invisible Man is the musical equivalent of a warm
hug and Nothing is Something Worth Doing? Just perfect...
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| 4.5 superb | MarkvandenBerg | January 14th 10 |
Somebody gave this 2.5! Must have cardboard ears because this is awesome!
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| 5.0 classic | drzen | November 5th 09 |
Spliff, headphones, paradise. If you know Shpongle, you are going to love it, obviously. If you don't know them, it's time to get to know them. The songs are just beautiful, and that man's production! Has at least a dozen omfg moments. A masterpiece.
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| 5.0 classic | LeukvoorJ | November 1st 09 |
I've just finished listening to their new album, just coming back from a weekend of Shpongleland in London ;)
The two concerts were just amazing and the new album is... well, classic :D
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| 3.5 great | RangDang | May 6th 13 |
SO F'ING SEXY HOLY JUMBALAYA HOWWWW DO YOU LET SOMEONE KNOW IF YOU'RE ASSCRACK IS SHOWING WELLL
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| 0.0 | Mookid | March 5th 13 |
Although I've never been the biggest fan of Shpongle, I can definitely give them credit where credit is due; Shpongle is immensely talented and throughout their career, climbed to the rank of being one of the most prominent Psychedelic Trance groups to exist. Ineffable Mysteries From Shpongleland isn't a revolutionary or entirely innovative album from the band, necessarily, but it has spotless production and snazzy, head-twirling melodies. Unlike a lot of their albums, in my humble opinion, with this one, Shpongle actually can in fact carry out a 6+ minute tune without making it sound dry or tediously repetitive; one of the album?s best element. Honestly, though, this is probably Shpongle?s best sounding album yet
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| 4.5 superb | SovietS988 | January 15th 11 |
Let me start off by saying that I have every album released by Shpongle and all of them have something very unique about them. Everytime Shpongle released a new album they were getting better and always had something new. Afcourse the first album that I got was Nothing Lasts.....But nothing is Lost and wow did I fall in love with this album. But Ineffable Mysteries from Shpongleland is on the same level if not better. Every track has it's own story to it that captures me and makes it hard to put down the headphones. I listened to this album for about couple months straight everyday and never got bored because of how well put together it is. And it was hard to believe that Simon could make something better then the previous album. Every song is amazing but I just wanted to mention the song "Walking Backwards through the Cosmic Mirrors"......wow this song is just breathtaking. 5/5 Masterpiece
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| 5.0 classic | jadeww | March 18th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | raddlad | January 29th 22 |
| 3.0 good | synk | August 30th 21 |
| 5.0 classic | DocBass | August 26th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | carved | July 5th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Harlz | March 12th 21 |
| 5.0 classic | MynisK | September 23rd 20 |
| 3.5 great | Blix | September 10th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Josh | August 16th 20 |
| 5.0 classic | Krelkin | February 2nd 19 |
| 4.5 superb | kkarron | January 29th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Tom R. CONTRIBUTOR | January 14th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Jhator | December 19th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sonorous | September 8th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | nateiv | December 18th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Drawk | September 2nd 17 |
| 3.0 good | 2ool | July 28th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Wolfe | July 10th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | Pofi97 | May 12th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | TwigTW | November 8th 16 |
| 3.0 good | bmelt CONTRIBUTOR | October 17th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | kabster | June 20th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | AlePofi | February 18th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Pavelz | January 27th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rumsiac | November 28th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | btati | November 12th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | JJKeys | October 25th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | JonHardy | February 26th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Dizchu | October 26th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | ariich | October 5th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Propose | April 11th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sithese | February 17th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | Berserk | January 22nd 14 |
| 5.0 classic | ANJ45 | January 22nd 14 |
| 3.0 good | Andrew | January 6th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | zethmal | December 25th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | jmh886 | November 21st 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Mike08 | July 5th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Ulshad | July 3rd 13 |
| 3.0 good | Topaz | July 1st 13 |
| 3.5 great | Bab | June 9th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | grizz | May 6th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | nlove13 | April 26th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | SebaW | April 1st 13 |
| 4.5 superb | MRDi | March 28th 13 |
| 3.0 good | Mojito | March 22nd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Nammai | February 25th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | wilko56 | November 8th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | mac98 | October 9th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | wolfups | September 26th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Aether | July 18th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | idzk | July 10th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | FourD | May 29th 12 |
| 1.5 very poor | Yotimi | April 13th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Waits | April 8th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Okard | March 9th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Wael | December 19th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Diton | November 6th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | DrStex | November 5th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | siddha | September 26th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Aids | September 12th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | mrOuija | August 30th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Hocmat | August 8th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rowdy | July 4th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Arpie | May 23rd 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mikesn EMERITUS | January 29th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Klichty | December 26th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | ltsmash | December 21st 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | puma35 | December 10th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Hro | October 28th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | goron72 | October 27th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | Basman | October 4th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | Koots | September 6th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | grotto | September 1st 10 |
| 4.5 superb | IAJP | August 19th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kleur | May 18th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | kromml | April 14th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | zuzek | February 24th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | RedSky | January 28th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | feav233 | January 20th 10 |
| 5.0 classic | cirq | January 18th 10 |
| 1.5 very poor | MrChuck | January 18th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | awf170 | January 11th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | cv715 | January 1st 10 |
| 4.5 superb | ameypv | December 16th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | ziroth | December 11th 09 |
| 3.0 good | lobby | December 6th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | ferrum | December 5th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | pdbn | December 4th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | stj0124 | November 12th 09 |
| 3.5 great | Rudy K. EMERITUS | November 11th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | risbo | November 9th 09 |
| 3.0 good | adiq51 | November 7th 09 |
| 5.0 classic | Mawt | November 6th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jamdbz | November 4th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | Iai EMERITUS | October 29th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | nodnerB | October 29th 09 |
| 5.0 classic | JesseMT | October 26th 09 |
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