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Door een fout in het spotten is deze opnieuw voor jullie gespot

WOW!!! This word sums up my feelings about this DVD. The first time I saw this, mid-week before going to work in the afternoon, I was actually cheering at the TV with a huge grin on my face. I should add that I was completely sober. The second time, this weekend having had a few too many I actually got up from my sofa and danced in the living room on my own. For me this experience felt like I had actually been to the concert. 

Everything about this release is perfect: the sound and picture quality; the show, with exotic dancers (well, exotic for me being European), a male Asian one and three South-American female ones, assorted Halloween costumes (Dick Trevor dressed as a sultan looks really cool and Shpongley) and a round projection screen; Raja Ram and his highly expressive and entertaining ?dancing? and face-pulling; the bit where he tells one of his impossible stories about a Russian contortionist who lives in a matchbox and is married to a gorilla. And all this on the screen, spoken through the mouth of an animated Shpongle mask; the gorgeous Michelle Adamson and the equally impressive female dancers; the ecstatic ? in many ways ? crowd. And of course the music itself. The band versions of the tunes are not radically different from their studio ones, except for I Am You, No Turn Unstoned and Nothing Is Something Worth Doing, as-then unreleased and probably lacking final touches. From these, I find the second part of I Am You fantastic, very intense and persistent. Manu Delago jams with the band on Nothing Is Something? similarly to the album, but the tune around him is very different from the version on Ineffable Mysteries. Although the whole concert is just one extended highlight from start to finish Dorset Perception consistently makes my grin stretch around my head and the two ends meet on my nose. 

There are some extras which are highly irrelevant after you?ve seen the concert: a 45-minute interview with Raja and Simon, which has a big surprise in store ? Simon?s favourite concert of all time. A Raja monologue autobiography and a bit where he shows ornaments in his living room. Finally, a rehearsal of Nothing Is Something Worth Doing in an ok version. But I?ve watched these once and I?m unlikely to watch them again. 

For me this is the definitive Shpongle release as it captures the essence of their spirit perfectly. Sure I would have liked it to include more tunes from Are You Shpongled? (any, really) and The Seventh Revelation but that?s just an afterthought which does not affect enjoyment in the slightest. For me this DVD easily tops the anniversary DVD, though that was thoroughly enjoyable in its own right. Do not miss this for any reason. 

Product Details
Actors: Shpongle 
Directors: Shpongle 
Format: Color, DVD 
Language: English 
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 
Number of discs: 1 
Rating: NR (Not Rated) 
Studio: Twisted Music 
DVD Release Date: January 5, 2010 
Run Time: 120 minutes