This is an absolutely essential release for any fan of electronic dance music. This one has it all: a timeless blend of breakbeat, uplifting trance, and a ridiculously hypnotic Dead Can Dance sample. I honestly never get tired of listening to this track. In fact, whenever I revisit this record, I have to listen to it at least 3 times in a row because one pass is never enough. The Future Sound Of London obviously went on to make a huge amount of excellent music, but, in my opinion this is definitely one of their most special moments in music history. The only other artists that I am personally aware of that rival Papua New Guinea's use of 'world' style sampling in a non-cheesey manner would be Loop Guru (who I am also a big fan of). However, the FSOL treatment stands apart from Loop Guru in it's nod to the breakbeat/rave sound of the early 90's. All in all, this record cannot be recommended enough; both to the old school heads who haven't heard it in a long time as well as to all the new EDM fans who haven't been exposed to it as of yet. And after this one, it's all about the first Amorphous Androgynous LP (FSOL are so awesome)!

A beautiful remix of a beautiful tune. High Contrast did a pretty good job with this one. He splits the tune into thirds (actually called out as "Phase 1" etc.) with the first and third being the drum&bass remix and the middle being a portion taken from the original. It really slows things down and makes people stop. Quality stuff.

Wicka did a drum&bass remix of this tune too and I think I like them both for different reasons. High Contrast speeded up the original to make it fit whereas Wicka slowed the original down. I like that, but I think it's how High Contrast dropped everything out and uses the original straight in the middle that makes his so beautiful. Also High Contrast has such better production skills and it really shows.

I dont know if there's a track that exists on the face of the earth right now that hits me any harder emotionally than the original mix of Papua New Guinea. It truly is musical perfection. I can't really think of any better way to describe the beauty of this, so I'll just leave it at that. If heaven exists, I imagine this is the soundtrack playing in the background, on repeat. This song will NEVER get old.

Everybody is so familiar with the Original Mix that there's very little left to say about it.

Out of all the remixes that have been provided over the years by various artists, the Marco V Remix is easily the most accessible for the more upfront dance floors. He takes the opinion that less is more. The original ethereal samples are retained, but used more sparingly, and to tease the listener. The breakbeats disappear completely, replaced with a typical Marco V tough electroid pumping beat pattern. The result is probably one of the greatest remixes ever that will keep this tune relevant for any techno, trance, or progressive dance floor for many years to come.

Snap up one Dead Can Dance sample. Throw it atop a breakbeat a nice simple bassline, some keyboard washes and you got yourself an anthem and the rest is history.
An early pioneering track unlike anything else being made at the time. While twits like Enigma and later, Deep Forest plied us with their off kilter ethno warblings. FSOL reminded us that things could be better. Papua New Guinea could also be played nearly anywhere and in nearly any situation and no one would bat an eyelid.
Stick with the original mix. There's really no need to venture too far from what's already basically perfect, unless you've got some point to prove.

The Qube Mix has got to be the finest remix of PNG that has ever graced the speakers and it is definately unique in all its arrangement and production ! The louder you play it the deeper and darker it goes! When will it stop! Nobody knows! The Qube mix (ONLY) was unofficially released 35 days earlier to the OFFICIAL J&P release. The unofficial vinyl caused a mass uproar in the J&P empire and equally so with the music press and bods at the time. Possibly a Hidden agenda for the official release, one which did the job. Making it an eagerly anticipated release.
The track has without a doubt stood the test of time and then some.
Unofficial release cat # A&S001. (Limited to 901 copies)

The very rare and hard to find Qube mix. If there is a mix of this tune you have heard which stands head and shoulders above all other remix after remix, and you don't know what it is. It's probably this mix. A fantastic bubbly, floaty, acidy version that would easily hold it's own in any decent club today.

Nice little bootie of FSOL's classic 5am moment "Papua New Guinea".

It's great because of the original rather than any particular new elements added by the Welsh Wunderkind himself.

That's fair enough tho', I suppose.. Remixing a track this well known, and this well loved, you'd be well advised to tread carefully and not change to much..

A good re-rub, nicely bringing a classic up to date.

The original rocks. The remixes are terrible. A cheap possibility to get this fine track finally for your 12" collection without having to pay too much.

Satoshi Tomiie is the only one that comes close to bettering the original. I actually prefer the main-path mix to the original (but only because I haven't heard it as much). The A-side is a very dark mix, that just keeps getting more and more intense until the magnificent breakdown shimmers into existence. Absolutely breathtaking. The B-side is like the A-side, but its all dark. There are a few moments when there is a glimmer of light, but it is quickly consumed by the darkness. Evil. Buy it. Now.