Shpongle is back, with a new album, Nothing Lasts a reference to Terence Mckenna... ... and one of their many influences, the imitable audio pioneers, Simon Posford and Raja Ram remind us not only the about the impermenance of life but also how to rewrite the ambient agenda with yet more spell binding music from their outer cosmos that is Shpongle. With sonic waves in a sea of synths, battalions of brazilian batucada beats, flamenco solos, piano solos, vocal soarings from Hari Om and trancey dubs this really is more music from the otherworld. A place of undefinable and indescribable beauty where all cultures collide, genres are rode over roughshot, and nothing is outlawed. For those that know them these will be sentiments they recognise and welcome as further evidence of Shongles reputation. To those that dont, welcome to a new universe one with its own language and musical map, a place of beauty and impermenance.