Shpongle - Nothing Lasts... But Nothing Is Lost [2005]

Posted By : zandor | Date : 19 Oct 2007 15:51:00 | Comments : 0 |

Shpongle - Nothing Lasts... But Nothing Is Lost [2005]
Mp3 | VBR - avg. 220 kbps | Electronic-Psytrance | 104 MB | covers

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...I would have been happy with something that was just on a par with their previous effort, 2001's fantastic Tales Of The Inexpressible, but Shpongle went above and beyond with this. It's a massive statement to make on the day the album's released, I know, but this is probably the single greatest dance album I've ever heard.
Essentially, the album's 20 tracks all form one long song. It's tempting to claim that there's a unifying concept to it, but since most of the tracks are instrumental, we can only really speculate. One thing we can say for sure, though, is that Shpongle have really expanded their sound here. Observe the opener, "Botanical Dimensions", which introduces new-age influences and recording of birds into their template, achieving an end result that sounds vaguely Oriental. It takes a while to get going, and is probably the album's weakest track, but it's a welcome ball from leftfield all the same.
Or, listen to a track like "When Shall I Be Free" - one of many 'what the hell was that?' moments on the record. Here, rhythm is provided by Eastern-tinged electric and acoustic guitars as much as it is by the drums. It's the darkest thing Shpongle have ever done, and as it segues into the brass-driven, reggae-tinged "The Stamen Of The Shaman", you're tempted to claim it's the best thing they've ever done, too. That's before you get to the beautiful closer, "Falling Awake", which shows what they can do with just acoustic guitars and their imaginations. It doesn't sound like Shpongle. It just sounds incredible. See if you catch the sly Massive Attack sample on "Linguistic Mystic" - it steals the bassline from "Safe From Harm" - and the less subtle Ned Flanders sample at the end of "Connoisseur Of Hallucination", too.

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Tracklist
01. Botanical Dimensions
02. Outer Shpongolia
03. Levitation Nation
04. Periscopes of Consciousness
05. Schmaltz Herring
06. Nothing Lasts
07. Schnitzl'd in the Negev
08. ...but Nothing is Lost
09. When shall I be Free?
10. The Stamen of the Shaman
11. Circuits of the imagination
12. Linguistic Mystic
13. Mentalism
14. Invocation
15. Molecular Superstructure
16. Turn up the Silence
17. Exhalation
18. Connoisseur of Hallucination
19. The Nebbish Route
20. Falling Awake

Download
http://rapidshare.com/files/63473293/5-76eb0-SHPGL-NLBNIL-001.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/63472628/6-e4dc9-SHPGL-NLBNIL-002.zip

Covers
http://rapidshare.com/files/63650235/SHPNGL-NLBNIL-cover.rar