Simon Posford of Shpongle - Flux & Contemplation Portrait of an (Artist in Isolation) (2020)

Shpongle is a psychedelic electronic music project from England
that formed in 1996. The group includes Simon Posford and Raja
Ram. The duo are considered to be one of the progenitors of the
psybient genre - a genre combining world music with psychedelic
trance and ambient. Their musical style combines traditional
music from all over the globe 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. On 9 September 2014, Posford
confirmed beginning work on a sixth album, which was eventually
announced as Codex VI and set for release in October 2017. On 3
October, even before the release of Codex VI, the duo announced
via a Facebook video that they have begun working on their
seventh studio album.Posford is generally responsible for the
synthesizers, studio work, and live instrumentation, while Raja
Ram contributes broad musical concepts and flute arrangements.