[Monobeat]

Huge fan here. One of my favorite acts is Shpongle for sure. His Hallucinogen stuff got me into the entire genre of psychedelic trance. So alluring and perplexing. I spoke with him last year about his process at great length. He has quite a very outboard manipulation devices he likes. His go to piece for inspiration is his Morpheus. It get's him out of a bind whenever he's trying to tweak the mind out. In other words, you can morph between different sounds and vary the balance of the morph between these sounds. Go from analog drones that fade into high strings, or start with a gated flute and that might turn into a BP sawtooth squelch or stop somewhere in the middle and fool the ears into thinking your losing your mind... He does that a lot.

Halluniogen has not matured like a lot of the other acts out there though. He has stayed steadfast with his sound, which is undeniably his own. Sometimes I wish he would back off on the extremely complex textures and rhythms and give the people who have been listening to him for a while, something refreshing... I love his music and his personality which shines through in his performances. He is a player though... He's a heartbreaker alright... He'd probably deny it.

Enough ranting and raving....