Shpongle

Profile

members	Simon Posford & Raja Ram
manager	Jeni Raskin; Marc Sheinman; Jon Bailey
website	www.shpongle.com

Biography

With over 80 years experience collectively Simon Posford (aka Hallucinogen) and Raja Ram (one third of The Infinity Project) are more than qualified for the exploration into the unclassifiable music frontiers they have ventured into; SHPONGLE is a new world of traditional sounds, acoustic guitars, Moroccan drums, Turkish operatic singing, cellom double bass, backing vocals and silver flute blended together with the computer wizardly of Simon Posford's studio production.

Posford has long had a reputation as the, 'Hallucinogenius' a imitable pioneer in sound experimentation, from his seminal first album, 'Twisted' which reached No.28 in the French charts selling over 50,000 copies worldwide, and his hit, 'Mi-Loony-Um' with its up-to-the minute modem melodies. His international fan base has flowered from country-wide to world-wide in the last ten years, since his humble beginnings at Youth's Butterfly Studios in Brixton, this year alone he has played over 16 sell out gigs around the world, each with a capacity of over 1500 people, in Australia, Israel, New York, Pittursburg, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Moscow, Geneva, Montreal, Tokyo to name just a few. In Tokyo he has received a lot of TV and press coverage for thei ambient project, ‘Shpongle’ which has intrigued the Japanese audience with its international blend of traditional world music and modern musical mastery.

Raja Ram, is the innovative sonic co-pilot producing alongside Simon and providing inspirational artwork for the album covers and the website as well as his unmistakable flute solo's in C Major. A founding member of the band Quintessence in the sixties Raja has many years of band experience in the music industry. Not only a band member but also the creator of TIP Records along with their infamous party sound and energy, he is not only a brilliant flautist but the inspirational man behind the ‘Shpongle’ concept.

Shpongle has been a working project since the release of the first album in 1998 filtered out into the underground in which Twisted Records is so renown for its dance music. 'Are You Shpongled?" sold 30,000 copies without any noticeable press coverage. Shpongle have since gone on to hit the world with more of  their unique sound with the release of  two further albums that follow their explorations into diverse sound production "Tales of the Inexpressible" and "Ineffable Mysteries." 

Simon and Raja continue to DJ separately and together, Simon having just completed 52 shows in the USA touring with a visual extravaganza known as 'The Shpongletron'.