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January 29, 2010
SHPONGLE ANNOUNCES US TOUR IN SUPPORT OF NEW ALBUM
Shpongle, pioneers of modern musical psychedelia, will be on tour in the US from 4-16-10 to
5-8-10 to promote their new album, Ineffable Mysteries from Shpongleland.
Having recently released their long-awaited and much anticipated 4th studio album, Ineffable Mysteries
from Shpongleland, the UK-based DJ/Producer Simon Posford (who, together with Raja Ram on flute,
makes up Shpongle) will tour the United States from coast to coast this April and May, making stops in all
four corners of the country along the way. With the release of this album and subsequent tour, the
internationally acclaimed electronica project have returned from what many fans feared was a void after
the release of their 3rd album in the summer of 2005. Posford, the producer, multi-instrumentalist and
driving force behind Shpongle’s exploratory odyssey and sonic oddity, will delight fans new and old with
tonal textures that break boundaries of convention while at the same time harnessing the primal energy of
sound. Coupled with the richly evocative flute musings of Raja Ram, the Shpongle experience is one of
both worldly and otherworldly roots.
Ineffable Mysteries from Shpongleland contains languages of harmonic and melodic construction that
long-time fans will know and love, while taking massive leaps forward in terms of production techniques,
structure and direction. With influences drawn from Steve Reich to Big Brother TV shows and beyond,
Shpongle continues to evolve and inspire. All out Shpongle-mania has ensued for this album’s release,
clearly demonstrated in October when the London launch party sold out and a second night had to be
added.
For portions of this tour, Shpongle will be accompanied by a smorgasbord of artists including fellow
Twisted Records alumni, Prometheus (Benji Vaughan, who, together with Posford constitute the group,
Younger Brother), world-renowned digital media artist, VJ Zebbler and ArcheDream for HUMANKIND, an
international theater company that merges ancient ritual with modern technology to unite, uplift and
empower. The experience is sure to enchant audiences with a visceral dance of psychedelic sensory
information that can only be described as “…a strange hybrid of electronic manipulation and shamanic
midgets with frozen digits squeezing the envelope and crawling through the doors of perception…”
There are 20 appearances scheduled:
04.13.10 | Charleston Pour House | Charleston, SC
04.14.10 | New Earth Music Hall | Athens, GA
04.15.10 | The Vallarium | Knoxville, TN
04.16.10 | Limelight | Nashville, TN
04.17.10 | The Fillmore | New York, NY
04.20.10 | The Granada | Lawrence, KS
04.21.10 | Bourbon Theater | Lincoln, NB
04.22.10 | Aggie Theater | Fort Collins, CO
04.23.10 | The Fox Theatre | Boulder, CO
04.24.10 | The Fox Theatre | Boulder, CO
04.28.10 | The Roxy Theatre | Los Angeles, CA
04.29.10 | Arcata Theatre and Lounge | Arcata, CA
04.30.10 | The Regency Ballroom | San Francisco , CA
05.01.10 | La Zona Rosa | Austin, TX
05.02.10 | Trees | Dallas, TX
05.05.10 | Pantages Theater | Minneapolis, MN
05.06.10 | Kinetic Playground | Chicago, IL
05.07.10 | Crystal Ballroom | Portland, OR
05.08.10 | Showbox | Seattle, WA
January 29, 2010
SHPONGLE ANNOUNCES US TOUR IN SUPPORT OF NEW ALBUM
Shpongle, pioneers of modern musical psychedelia, will be on tour in the US from 4-16-10 to
5-8-10 to promote their new album, Ineffable Mysteries from Shpongleland.
Having recently released their long-awaited and much anticipated 4th studio album, Ineffable Mysteries
from Shpongleland, the UK-based DJ/Producer Simon Posford (who, together with Raja Ram on flute,
makes up Shpongle) will tour the United States from coast to coast this April and May, making stops in all
four corners of the country along the way. With the release of this album and subsequent tour, the
internationally acclaimed electronica project have returned from what many fans feared was a void after
the release of their 3rd album in the summer of 2005. Posford, the producer, multi-instrumentalist and
driving force behind Shpongle’s exploratory odyssey and sonic oddity, will delight fans new and old with
tonal textures that break boundaries of convention while at the same time harnessing the primal energy of
sound. Coupled with the richly evocative flute musings of Raja Ram, the Shpongle experience is one of
both worldly and otherworldly roots.
Ineffable Mysteries from Shpongleland contains languages of harmonic and melodic construction that
long-time fans will know and love, while taking massive leaps forward in terms of production techniques,
structure and direction. With influences drawn from Steve Reich to Big Brother TV shows and beyond,
Shpongle continues to evolve and inspire. All out Shpongle-mania has ensued for this album’s release,
clearly demonstrated in October when the London launch party sold out and a second night had to be
added.
For portions of this tour, Shpongle will be accompanied by a smorgasbord of artists including fellow
Twisted Records alumni, Prometheus (Benji Vaughan, who, together with Posford constitute the group,
Younger Brother), world-renowned digital media artist, VJ Zebbler and ArcheDream for HUMANKIND, an
international theater company that merges ancient ritual with modern technology to unite, uplift and
empower. The experience is sure to enchant audiences with a visceral dance of psychedelic sensory
information that can only be described as “…a strange hybrid of electronic manipulation and shamanic
midgets with frozen digits squeezing the envelope and crawling through the doors of perception…”
There are 20 appearances scheduled:
04.13.10 | Charleston Pour House | Charleston, SC
04.14.10 | New Earth Music Hall | Athens, GA
04.15.10 | The Vallarium | Knoxville, TN
04.16.10 | Limelight | Nashville, TN
04.17.10 | The Fillmore | New York, NY
04.20.10 | The Granada | Lawrence, KS
04.21.10 | Bourbon Theater | Lincoln, NB
04.22.10 | Aggie Theater | Fort Collins, CO
04.23.10 | The Fox Theatre | Boulder, CO
04.24.10 | The Fox Theatre | Boulder, CO
04.28.10 | The Roxy Theatre | Los Angeles, CA
04.29.10 | Arcata Theatre and Lounge | Arcata, CA
04.30.10 | The Regency Ballroom | San Francisco , CA
05.01.10 | La Zona Rosa | Austin, TX
05.02.10 | Trees | Dallas, TX
05.05.10 | Pantages Theater | Minneapolis, MN
05.06.10 | Kinetic Playground | Chicago, IL
05.07.10 | Crystal Ballroom | Portland, OR
05.08.10 | Showbox | Seattle, WA
