The Shpongletron Experience with Shpongle, Emancipator, Blockhead, DJ Cam

C3 PRESENTS:

SHPONGLE PRESENTS THE SHPONGLETRON EXPERIENCE
W/ Very special guests:
EMANCIPATOR
... BLOCKHEAD
DJ CAM


11/4/2011
EMOS EAST
(2015 E.RIVERSIDE)
AUSTIN, TX

ALL AGES
TICKETS ONSALE: http://www.c3concerts.com/events/shpongle-emos-east-20111104-2020/
DOORS: 8PM

Shpongletron: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLwjBTWUtOA

Emancipator: http://vimeo.com/20622764

Blockhead: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhheiPTdZCw

DJ Cam: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJCsDhX1vtM


Shpongle is an English psychedelic downtempo/psybient music project formed in 1996. The group includes Simon Posford (aka Hallucinogen) and Raja Ram (one third of 1200 Mics). Their musical style combines eastern ethnic instruments and vocals with contemporary western synthesizer-based psychedelic music. When asked to describe Shpongle’s music, Posford has responded that it is “like nothing you’ve ever heard before”.Shpongle’s first track, “Vapour Rumours”, was released on TIP Records’ Infinite Excursions compilation in 1996. Their debut album, Are You Shpongled?, was released in 1998 on Twisted Records.

Posford is generally responsible for the synthesizers, studio work, and live instrumentation while Raja Ram contributes broad musical concepts and flute arrangements. Raja Ram stated in an interview that “Shpongle” is an umbrella term for feeling positive and euphoric emotions. Shpongle’s music is heavily influenced by psychedelic experiences and frequently makes use of sonic textures that approximate psychedelic states as well as vocal samples relating to consciousness expansion, hallucinations, and altered states of awarenesss. The track, “Divine Moments of Truth,” for example, contains a vocal sample of Raja Ram describing the effects of Dimethyltryptamine.

Shpongle has played several live concerts and Simon Posford tours frequently, performing live DJ sets. Raja Ram has occasionally accompanied these sets with live flute performances. Shpongle’s first live performance was at the Solstice Music Festival at Motosu Highland in Japan in July 2001. They returned to Japan on New Year’s Eve 2003 to play the New Maps Of Hyperspace event at Tokyo Bay NK Hall. On 16 January 2004, they played a live set in Tel Aviv, Israel. As well as Simon Posford and Raja Ram, this featured Abigail Gorton (Hari Om) and Michele Adamson (credited as Michelle on the tickets) on vocals, Pete Callard on guitar, Nogera on drums and percussion, and Ott on keyboards and programming. Over the last 8 years, the band has reunited for only 10 events internationally including performances in Russia, Australia, Israel, London, and most recently Upstate New York at the Camp Bisco Festival in July of 2011. This was Shpongle’s first ever performance as a full ensemble in the United States.