SHPONGLE: The Museum of Consciousness Tour

Article Contributed by React Presents | Published on Thursday, November 21, 2013

React Presents and Silver Wrapper are thrilled to welcome Simon Posford's SHPONGLETRON 3.0 Experience back to Chicago!Tickets go on sale Saturday, November 23rd, at Clubtix.com.Winter of 2014 will see Simon Posford present his brand new psychedelic structure titled,  “Shpongletron V.3” to the United States on his Museum of Consciousness tour to support the latest album release of the same name. Kicking off Feb 12th through April 5th, he will be joined by the  Dessert Dwellers as well as visual artist Zebbler, as they travel to all corners of the United States,  including California, Florida, Texas, Wisconsin and New York to name a few.With over 80 years’ experience collectively Simon Posford and Raja Ram are more than qualified for  the exploration into the unclassifiable music frontiers they have ventured into; ‘SHPONGLE’ is a new  world of traditional sounds, acoustic guitars, Moroccan drums, Turkish operatic singing, cello, double  bass, backing vocals and silver flute blended together with the computer wizardry of Simon Posford's  studio production.Simon Posford (aka Hallucinogen) has long had a reputation as the, 'Hallucinogenius' a imitable pioneer in sound experimentation, from his seminal first album, 'Twisted' which reached No.28 in the  French charts selling over 50,000 copies worldwide, up to his recent Millennium hit, 'Mi-Loony-Um'  with its up-to-the minute modem melodies. His international fan base has flowered from country-wide  to world-wide in the last ten years, since his humble beginnings at Youth's Butterfly Studios in Brixton,  this year alone he has played over 16 sell out gigs around the world, each with a capacity of over 1500 people, in Australia, Israel, New York, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Moscow,  Geneva, Montreal, Tokyo to name just a few. In Tokyo he has received a lot of TV and press  coverage for their ambient project, ‘Shpongle’ which has intrigued the Japanese audience with its  international blend of traditional world music and modern musical mastery.Tickets go on sale Saturday, November 23rd, at Clubtix.com.If you would like to cover the show, please contact [email protected]Concord Music Hall2047 North MilwaukeeChicago, IL 6064718+  | 9:00 PMwww.concordmusichall.comwww.reactpresents.comwww.clubtix.com