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Shpongle — Once Upon The Sea Of Blissful Awareness
Album: Tales Of The Inexpressible
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Released: 2001
Length: 7:30
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Waves of the soft spring wind
Waves of the soft spring wind
Love's flood tide is rising full
The moon of love is rising full

Sea of beauty
The moon of love is rising full
Love's flood tide

Some laugh, some weep, some dance for joy
Some laugh, some weep, some dance for joy
Some laugh, some weep, some dance for joy
Some laugh, some weep, some dance for joy

My mind craves nectar day and night
Like a blue lotus floating on the sea of love

Lingering in ashantic realms
Lingering in the akashic realms
Lingering in, lingering in the realms

Blue lotus floats
Blue lotus floats
Floating, floating
Floating, floating
Floating, floating

Some laugh, some weep, some dance for joy
Some laugh, some weep, some dance for joy
Some laugh, some weep, some dance for joy
Some laugh, some weep, some dance for joy

Some laugh, some weep, some dance for joy
Some laugh, some weep, some dance for joy

My mind craves nectar day and night
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Dig it, I'd like to think that in our Right Mind, we can be like the lotus, with our roots holding fast, transforming elements and drawing sustenance while sunk down deep into the nutrient matrix of the dankest muck, our bodies and limbs swaying in an endless dance in and upon the rhythmic tidal realm of life-giving water, and our joyous radiant faces turned upward into the golden light and bright blue sky of Infinity...
Posted 2 weeks ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Wow from NIN to Moody Blues to Shpongle! I am in music heaven! Thank you RP!
Posted 2 weeks ago by jacquelinelinda    [ Reply ]
 cc_rider wrote:

The more I Shpongle, the more I like it...
c.




YES! ...it grows on you!   
Posted 2 months ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 hellsgardener wrote:


A day when I'm not at least slightly Shpongled is a very grey day indeed 



Once you are Shpongled,  THERE IS NO GOING BACK!!!  ...ask Mrs. Kugla!   
Posted 7 months ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 kenmo wrote:

R U Shpongled? I seem to be...   permanently 😁



A day when I'm not at least slightly Shpongled is a very grey day indeed 
Posted 10 months ago by hellsgardener    [ Reply ]
R U Shpongled? I seem to be...   permanently 😁
Posted 2 years ago by kenmo    [ Reply ]
Some laugh, some weep, some dance for joy.....


Posted 2 years ago by TomJB    [ Reply ]
EXCELLENT!!  Shpongle with lyrics. (in English, not gibberish)  Thanx RP!  
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
As of this writing (Thursday 4/14/22) the next moon of love is rising full in 39 hours. Wait for it. 
Posted 2 years ago by Philipirata    [ Reply ]
Inserting a stupid gif here.
Posted 2 years ago by nightdrive    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:


Shpongled


Never gets old.. 
Posted 2 years ago by Btravelen    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:


Shpongled


perfect!
Posted 2 years ago by MassivRuss    [ Reply ]
The more I Shpongle, the more I like it...
c.
Posted 3 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
One of my fave tracks
Posted 3 years ago by dubberdan    [ Reply ]
 whatshisname wrote:



I love it when Bill Shpongles us LOTS


That's what she said
Posted 3 years ago by scoots_mcgoo    [ Reply ]
 Old_Crow wrote:

I adore Shpongle!!! But who is the singer? I'd love to see her get some credit for her work.



Wiki seems to think it is 

Michele Adamson
Posted 3 years ago by Bakaretsu    [ Reply ]
I adore Shpongle!!! But who is the singer? I'd love to see her get some credit for her work.
Posted 3 years ago by Old_Crow    [ Reply ]
 jhorton wrote:



I'm never going to be able to un-see this... 
Posted 3 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
 forthbrdge wrote:

I think Bill should be proud that he is the reason that my teenage kids can use Shpongle as one of their musical benchmarks. Not that they always use it as a positive benchmark (as in "What the he** is this, Shpongle??), but I am happy that Bill has exposed them to such range that they are familiar with so many styles. As a kid I never was exposed to the range that Bill provides here on RP. 



Some years back, when my eldest (now 22) was little, we were on a camping trip, and we'd got my little ipod dock with us. Anyway, I was walking by the tent when I heard his little boy voice inside piping;  "Thankyou for listening to Radio Paradise,  a listener supported radio station, next we have..." he cued up at track and played it. He did this several times, with various takes on Bill's asides
Posted 3 years ago by sajitjacob    [ Reply ]
I think Bill should be proud that he is the reason that my teenage kids can use Shpongle as one of their musical benchmarks. Not that they always use it as a positive benchmark (as in "What the he** is this, Shpongle??), but I am happy that Bill has exposed them to such range that they are familiar with so many styles. As a kid I never was exposed to the range that Bill provides here on RP. 
Posted 3 years ago by forthbrdge    [ Reply ]
that transition from Zola Blood's Two heart, so so smooth.
Posted 3 years ago by paloeguevo    [ Reply ]
 Tippster wrote:

I love it when Bill Shpongles us on occasion.



Good thing I wasn't drinking milk when I read this..
Posted 3 years ago by Btravelen    [ Reply ]
 Tippster wrote:

I love it when Bill Shpongles us on occasion.




I love it when Bill Shpongles us LOTS
Posted 3 years ago by whatshisname    [ Reply ]
Hands down the best Shpongle!
Posted 3 years ago by xc.farmer.antoine486    [ Reply ]
 ExploitingChaos wrote:
A Psybient classic

Beautiful vocal by the talented Michele Adamson

She was featured in many, many, Psytrance and Chill Ambient tracks through out the years. A queen!
 
Thought it was Zoe Johnston at first. Shpongle often grates on me, but this is ethereal.
Posted 3 years ago by birdman42    [ Reply ]
What did we do to piss you off?
Posted 3 years ago by bullshipped    [ Reply ]
Fantastic band live! Be sure to see their 2013 concert on YT, called
Live In London On 25 October, 2013
Posted 3 years ago by maboleth    [ Reply ]
 LowPhreak wrote:
You have been thus Shpongled.
 
I think there's a vaccine for that now
Posted 4 years ago by NeuroJoe    [ Reply ]
 velsd wrote:
ik word hier helemaal shpongle van!
 

Posted 4 years ago by robin_at_domani    [ Reply ]
ik word hier helemaal shpongle van!
Posted 4 years ago by velsd    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of the diva dance in the Fifth Element…
Posted 4 years ago by DrLex    [ Reply ]
This music excites my shpongle.
Posted 4 years ago by Leo_Barei    [ Reply ]
Alle trænger til at blive shponglet en gang imellem. Translate from Danish: Everyone needs to be shpongled once in a while.
Posted 5 years ago by Shipp    [ Reply ]
Shpongle. Supreme, sonically splendid and Psybient.
Posted 5 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]


Shpongled
Posted 5 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
 dubberdan wrote:

Er no, Shpongle aren't psy trance. Definitely psychedelic, but not pay trance. 

The 2 guys (Simon Posford & Raja Ram) that are Shpongle do both also produce pay trance and before that goa trance  
 
"Pay" trance as opposed to the free stuff?
Posted 5 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 lizardking wrote:

Why doesn't it surprise me that CoJo rides his bike up hills in the snow? 

I've rated this track an 8, and damn if that bass doesn't hit hard even on my workplace earbuds....gonna have to bump this on the big system on my way home today. 


 
Somewhere along the line I've bumped this to a 9....still haven't bumped it on the big system though I have a feeling something will come loose when I do....Long Live RP!!
Posted 5 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
A Psybient classic

Beautiful vocal by the talented Michele Adamson

She was featured in many, many, Psytrance and Chill Ambient tracks through out the years. A queen!
Posted 5 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
Pink Floyd direct or exacerbates influences big times ..., still OK.
Posted 5 years ago by puicac    [ Reply ]
Love the synths ... Shpongle is credited on synth work on Alan Parson's Return to Tunguska on A Valid Path (2004). I thought it sounded familiar!
Posted 5 years ago by AndyMcc    [ Reply ]
:) makes me shiver every time!   Luv from Canada eh!
Posted 5 years ago by GoodKarm    [ Reply ]
{#Frustrated}Kindergarten!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted 6 years ago by peter.gerzner    [ Reply ]
This is going on my playlist.  
Posted 6 years ago by khardog145    [ Reply ]
love love love this track
Posted 6 years ago by dubberdan    [ Reply ]
Beautiful! 
Posted 6 years ago by khardog145    [ Reply ]
Deserves a large pair of sub-woofers
Posted 6 years ago by planet_lizard    [ Reply ]
 Jamunca wrote:
Fabulously segued out of Kesha's "Spaceship," both thematically and sonically ...is a sentence I never thought I'd type out. 

 

"Fabulously segued" is Bill's middle name.

Posted 6 years ago by Segue    [ Reply ]
I love it when William Shpongles us on occasion.
Posted 6 years ago by Tippster    [ Reply ]
Fabulously segued out of Kesha's "Spaceship," both thematically and sonically ...is a sentence I never thought I'd type out. 
Posted 6 years ago by Jamunca    [ Reply ]
 coloradojohn wrote:
Perfect! Surreal! I was imagining hearing this, just moments ago, while riding my bike home up the hill in the bright, gently falling snow.

 
Why doesn't it surprise me that CoJo rides his bike up hills in the snow? 

I've rated this track an 8, and damn if that bass doesn't hit hard even on my workplace earbuds....gonna have to bump this on the big system on my way home today. 


Posted 6 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
You have been thus Shpongled.
Posted 7 years ago by LowPhreak    [ Reply ]
Schponglishis!
Posted 7 years ago by Rockit9    [ Reply ]
More blissful awareness for all!
Posted 7 years ago by bartverheijen    [ Reply ]
Great Tribute song type for a great group....he will be missed.....GOUSA
Posted 7 years ago by TBroosteRR    [ Reply ]
 jhorton wrote:


 
This is a truly awesome gif.
Posted 7 years ago by cayenne    [ Reply ]
Perfect! Surreal! I was imagining hearing this, just moments ago, while riding my bike home up the hill in the bright, gently falling snow.
Posted 7 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fc/Walken-Cowbell.jpg
Needs more whale sounds.
Posted 7 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
 Kaw wrote:
It reminds me of Pink Floyd trying to be very difficult and important. Doesn't catch me at all.

 
you be in the minority lol move{#Music} on! lol 
Posted 7 years ago by willmcnaught    [ Reply ]
Thanks for turning me onto Shpongle, Bill. It's my favorite work out music at the gym and on long night time motorway drives.
Posted 7 years ago by mgtom    [ Reply ]
This made me cross-reference on Wikipedia...
Check out Shpongle on "Return to Tunguska" by Alan Parsons, on A Valid Path. Track includes David Gilmour on guitar. Nice. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Valid_Path 
Posted 7 years ago by AndyMcc    [ Reply ]

Posted 7 years ago by jhorton    [ Reply ]
sade with elements of new age with a kind of lyrical imagery like incubus's aqueous transmission nice sound 8
Posted 8 years ago by legacyofrob827    [ Reply ]
I need to get these guys into my collection.
Posted 8 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Came in near the end of this, but I liked what I heard. Thanks Bill for expanding our universe! I bought Museum of Consciousness after hearing The Epiphany of Mrs Kugla on RP. Whoa - good stuff....
Posted 8 years ago by stevesaw    [ Reply ]
bumping{#Sunny} to 9
Posted 8 years ago by willmcnaught    [ Reply ]
The song title made me fearfully think of Oliver Shanti. Turns out to be some decent music, nonetheless.
Posted 8 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
 coloradojohn wrote:
Highly illogical — but from a reasonable altitude above the planet's surface, I find it quite stimulating and decidedly esoteric, Captain...

 




Live long and prosper, Colorado John...
Posted 8 years ago by jessesteinen    [ Reply ]
soundtrack for my dream of Donna Summer echoe-funkin' the blissful awareness out of me
Posted 8 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
can't you hear? Dakinis singing in the realms of nothingness. Pure magic....
I love Shpongle, saw them ones on a trance festival in hungary. One of the best gigs I ever saw.
Posted 8 years ago by yeshetarchin    [ Reply ]
 dwhayslett wrote:

Are you sure this isn't voodoo techno?

 
"Memoir Trance" or "Ambient Polka" maybe?  Nah, probably not.
new music
Nice groove, whatever it's called.
Posted 8 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Does absolutely nothing for me, I'm afraid. This is music to shop in Ikea by. 
Posted 8 years ago by GuiltyFeat    [ Reply ]
 dubberdan wrote:

Er no, Shpongle aren't psy trance. Definitely psychedelic, but not pay trance. 

The 2 guys (Simon Posford & Raja Ram) that are Shpongle do both also produce pay trance and before that goa trance  

 
Are you sure this isn't voodoo techno?
Posted 8 years ago by dwhayslett    [ Reply ]
Highly illogical — but from a reasonable altitude above the planet's surface, I find it quite stimulating and decidedly esoteric, Captain...
Posted 8 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
 dubberdan wrote:

Er no, Shpongle aren't psy trance. Definitely psychedelic, but not pay trance. 

The 2 guys (Simon Posford & Raja Ram) that are Shpongle do both also produce pay trance and before that goa trance 
 
WTF?
Cool stuff, regardless, IMO.
Posted 8 years ago by Carl    [ Reply ]
 igwanna wrote:
I first heard of Shpongle driving out to Burning Man one year with two guys who only listened to psy trance. Psy trance? What's Psy Trance?
"Shpongle plays psy trance."  So we listened to a LOT of it, and I loved it all, still do. Awesome headphone at work music.  Thank you RP!

 
Er no, Shpongle aren't psy trance. Definitely psychedelic, but not pay trance. 

The 2 guys (Simon Posford & Raja Ram) that are Shpongle do both also produce pay trance and before that goa trance  
Posted 8 years ago by dubberdan    [ Reply ]
Shpongle are ace and this is one of my faves of theirs
Posted 8 years ago by dubberdan    [ Reply ]
Never heard this until now. I like very much.
Posted 9 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
I first heard of Shpongle driving out to Burning Man one year with two guys who only listened to psy trance. Psy trance? What's Psy Trance?
"Shpongle plays psy trance."  So we listened to a LOT of it, and I loved it all, still do. Awesome headphone at work music.  Thank you RP!
Posted 9 years ago by igwanna    [ Reply ]
Spech! I just love a bit of Spongle. I keep forgetting just how good they are. . . electrochillodubbygoodness.
Posted 9 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
Schpongle roolsch.
Posted 9 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
 hayduke2 wrote:
"(lyrics? they're all in your mind...)"          {#Cheesygrin}

 
yeah, was good for a laugh to click on the link - then see your comment..
Posted 9 years ago by Highspirits    [ Reply ]
Very Dream like and very cool!!
Posted 9 years ago by haroldlooney    [ Reply ]
"(lyrics? they're all in your mind...)"          {#Cheesygrin}
Posted 9 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Seven and a half minutes of blissful awareness for only 99-cents! Just click on the link to purchase through Radio Paradise, c'mon you know you want to!
Posted 9 years ago by jhorton    [ Reply ]
It reminds me of Pink Floyd trying to be very difficult and important. Doesn't catch me at all.
Posted 9 years ago by Kaw    [ Reply ]

Never heard of Shpongle. I think, I like it.


Posted 9 years ago by blotto    [ Reply ]
Vangelis is who you're looking for. Very synth-y "atmospheric" music. If you dig it, they've made plenty.

horacebork wrote:
sounds vaguely blade runner-ish .. nearer the beginning
super chill

 


Posted 9 years ago by MrSpaz    [ Reply ]
the resulting hymn of Sri Chinmoy shpongle'ing Donna Summer in a Central Park tunnel
Posted 9 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
sounds vaguely blade runner-ish .. nearer the beginning
super chill
Posted 9 years ago by horacebork    [ Reply ]
Just brought my brand new baby home from the hospital and put on some RP. This is what was playing. Never heard it before but I love it. 
Posted 9 years ago by izycrzy    [ Reply ]
Shpongle! The Yiddish board game sensation!
Posted 9 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
 Jamunca wrote:
Hard to follow Pink Floyd's "Echoes" but this certainly tries.

 
Yes but the segue was seamless and this is in much the same vibe.
Posted 9 years ago by xtalman    [ Reply ]
Ethereal. Love the atmosphere.
Posted 9 years ago by NickSquared    [ Reply ]
That was lovely.  Thanks!
Posted 9 years ago by Tippster    [ Reply ]
Hard to follow Pink Floyd's "Echoes" but this certainly tries.
Posted 9 years ago by Jamunca    [ Reply ]
Loves me some Shpongle, I does.
Posted 9 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]