Papau New Guinea [Single]

Future Sound of London | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 28, 1996)
• Original Release Date: June 4, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single
• Label: Cleopatra
• ASIN: B000001D7Q
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #352,387 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Papua New Guinea (7inch Original)

2. Papua New Guinea (Andrew Weatherall Mix)

3. Papua New Guinea (Dub Mix)

4. Papua New Guinea (Journey To Pyramid)

5. Papua New Guinea (Graham Massey Mix)

6. Papua New Guinea (Dumb Child Of Q Mix)

7. Papua New Guinea (12inch Original)

8. Papua New Guinea (Hamish McDonald Mix)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible -this song is the zenith of musical excellence, August 14, 2002

By 

muzakmaven "muzakmaven" (WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Papau New Guinea (Audio CD)

This song --i cannot say enough about it. It is pure emotion. It is the most organic, earthy song i've ever heard in my life. If nature were to compress all the sounds that it produces, i think this would be the product of that, or close to it.

Apart from being breathtakingly original in its melody and form, it is composed in such a natural, smooth, poignant moderate tempo that the brillance of such timing is almost startling. The vocals are wonderfully selected and appropriated in the song--they capture the essence of that ancient, ethnic, uplifting chanting style of singing. They are a very emotional part of the song for me. The ones at 2:38 minutes into the song emote the most.

The instrumentation of it reminds me of listening to sounds that are carried in the wind...that smooth melody is the wind, and all these natural sounds, and worldly vocals that are vocalizing in sync with nature. I feel like im being taken on a boat, drifting around the world, almost too relaxed, yet totally aware of the harmony being presented and the nature of nature happening around me.

The only other song i've heard that has similar instrumentation, and sort of connotes the same type of harmony, is the amazingly empathetic "Porcelain" by Moby.

I just can't get over how machine-made music can sound this earthy and celestial. It's pretty whimsical....

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ambient at its best!! Unimaginable? No, it's right here!, December 7, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Papau New Guinea (Audio CD)

I've known this song in 1993 when I saw multiple videos on MTV. I was astonished with the greatness of the track. In 1996 I bought this album and it really rocks. From the 7", 12" originals to the outstanding and even darker beginning of the Dumb Child of Q mix, the epic Graham Massey remix. If you like pureness and innocence combined with a freedom of mind, leaving your body to embark on a journey through the mystery roads then you MUST have a copy of this. Even the sleeve is outstanding.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Start your journey in Papua New Guinea..., November 20, 2002

By 

Anthony Hillerson "Tony Hillerson" (Arvada, CO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Papau New Guinea (Audio CD)

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.