[.ca] Papua New Guinea Translations

From Amazon.com:
In 1992, Future Sound of London released the single "Papua New Guinea". Fueled by electronica-meets-dub rhythms, an insistent sequencer pattern, and the sampled voice of Lisa Gerrard from Dead Can Dance, it floated alongside Orb's "Little Fluffy Clouds" as one of the signature sounds from those trippy years. On this disc, FSOL creates a "Papua New Guinea" canon with eight variations on the original theme. As opposed to the guest remixers who twiddle the tune on the reissue of FSOL's Accelerator, here, the boys retool their own work. There's an Isaac Hayes-like "Shaft" revision on a version called "The Lovers" and an ambient chamber music rendition with banjo on "Requiem." Filtered through acid rock guitars on "Wooden Ships," the original "Papua" is rendered completely unrecognizable. And if this isn't enough, the bonus CD of Accelerator Deluxe has 10 more versions. Translations also includes the original video of "Papua New Guinea." FSOL can be accused of milking their greatest hit for all it's worth, but the milk is still sweet. --John Diliberto

well, they're not rusty, that's for sure:
Heaven knows what the Future Sound of London busied themselves with in the five years between Dead Cities and Translations, but they obviously haven't lost their touch. Some will be surprised by this disc's flavor, which employs a lot of '60s and '70s-sounding guitars and sitars and definitely doesn't go for the raw industrial edge of a lot of the ISDN and Dead Cities tracks. But on the other hand, what two FSOL albums before this sounded alike anyway? Note that I call this an album, not a single, because the tracklisting aside, that's what it is. No two of these tracks sound alike enough to be called the same song. Only "Papsico" bears any notable resemblance to the 12" Original. This is refreshing material, and far more creative than the original Papua New Guinea single from back in '92. Welcome back, FSOL! We missed you.

Start your journey in Papua New Guinea...:
What people visiting this page need to understand is that Papua New Guinea in any form is but a gateway drug. No argument: it is a wonderful song that rises above much of the Dance/Trance/House/Floor pap of today, and debatably has more staying power than any other song from those heady days when Electronic began its glorious assault upon the ears of the world, fulfilling its manifest destiny. What you must realize is that FSOL is more than Papua New Guinea; to truly understand their genius you must receive the ISDN transmission, examine Lifeforms, walk along Lifeforms:Paths 1-7, and travel unaccompanied through Dead Cities. With these albums FSOL exhibit through the newest musical medium musical genius that would make the great classical masters bow their heads. In those songs are aural landscapes of such beauty and sonic visions of such complete sublimity that other musics will be measured against them from then on, and either found lacking or at best: in complete harmony. Start your journey in Papua New Guinea, but do not stop there.

Start your journey in Papua New Guinea...:
What people visiting this page need to understand is that Papua New Guinea in any form is but a gateway drug. No argument: it is a wonderful song that rises above much of the Dance/Trance/House/Floor pap of today, and debatably has more staying power than any other song from those heady days when Electronic began its glorious assault upon the ears of the world, fulfilling its manifest destiny. What you must realize is that FSOL is more than Papua New Guinea; to truly understand their genius you must receive the ISDN transmission, examine Lifeforms, walk along Lifeforms:Paths 1-7, and travel unaccompanied through Dead Cities. With these albums FSOL exhibit through the newest musical medium musical genius that would make the great classical masters bow their heads. In those songs are aural landscapes of such beauty and sonic visions of such complete sublimity that other musics will be measured against them from then on, and either found lacking or at best: in complete harmony. Start your journey in Papua New Guinea, but do not stop there.

IMPROVEMENT UPON PERFECTION:
IF YOU CAN IMAGINE THE IMPROVEMENT UPON PERFECTION, YOU WOULD HAVE "PAPAU NEW GUINEA- TRANSLATIONS". SEVEN REMIXES OF THE ALREADY AMAZING 92 RAVE CLASSIC. THIS BAND IS AN AUTHORITY ON MUSIC THAT MOVES YOU IN MANY WAYS.

• 12 Inch Original
• Papsico
• The Lovers
• Wooden Ships
• The Great Marmalade Mama In The sky
• Requiem
• Things Change Like The Patterns And Shades That Fall From The Sun
• The Big Blue