Papua New Guinea Mix Anthology

The Future Sound of London are famous for their textures achieved in their songs, leaving the listener with awe, curiously exploring the song's depth. They experimented radically in 1994 with the question of ambient electronica in their album Lifeforms. They proceeded further in their next of their great experimental works, Dead Cities in 1996. These albums showing their over-reaching range of capacities, along with Accelerator, are the trio of their best works which sprung them into the influential band that is known today.

The anthology was released as a second disk in the Deluxe Edition of The Future Sound of London's 1996 album Accelerator. Ever since the song entitled "Papua New Guinea" was originally released to the public it created a stir within the electronica realm, where most of the reviewers considered it "perfect ." Its interpretations are very broad concerning the remixes involved, as it is to no surprise the remakes are interesting.

Papua New Guinea [Album Edit]

The first mix called "Blue States Full Length Mix" is a song of wonder. It begins with a sound of surprise, or shock, until the drums kick in and mellows out the tone. Those strings and voices are breathtaking. It touches the edges of the soul, making one fall in love, and expand oneself into new horizons of paradise. I can hear this song on repeat since it is so relaxing, yet ambitious in its sense to the ear, giving one images of what is beautiful to them. It ends with the guitar and some tribal flutes for your delight.

The other mixes are very well done. The dubs are not as interesting, though, since it lacks percussion and any real originality, except for "Oil Funk Dub Mix." I thought Andrew Weatherall's mix was a bit corny for my taste, even though I can understand he wanted to give a dramatic scene with it; it picks up in the later half of the song however. Nevertheless, the rest of the tracks are worth listening, from the charming "Simian Mix", the hyped "Hybrid Full Length Mix", to the mysterious "Satoshi Tomiie Main-Path Mix."

Blue States Full Length Mix
Mellow Magic Maze Mix
Simian Mix
Oil Funk Dub Mix
Dub Child of Q Mix
Hybrid Full Length Mix
Satoshi Tomiie Main-Path
Monsoon Mix
Andrew Weatherall Full Length Mix
Dub Mix