'this was a period of looking outward -we'd experienced relatively little-we tried not to be embarressed by this -we,d never been to Papua New Guinea-in fact we.d both been hardly anywhere-some european jaunts-that was about it-at around this time we were getting a lot of sounds from the remarkably kind broadcast systems -in the mad competition for higher quality they were practically direct feeds-it suddenly occurred to us that we could go to Papua and collect dat recordings but in a way this was in itself now a tradition-a way of enhancing 'the story' -enhancing ourselves-making ourselves look worldly- providers of experience and anecdote-why not sit at home and save time-obviously this has a personal price-we missed out on the experience of life and people but at the same time we were just interested in the end result-and the end result had the flavour of Papua and no further relation- '

'the sound of a syphilised scrotum is as beautiful as a bird in mid flight . . . .sometimes . . .'

(mental cube-papua new guinea)-- this was very close to being a reality -up to this point mental cube had been selling well and jumpin and pumpin were getting touchy and protective about the name -they didn't understand Papua -thought it was shite and therefore didnt want it as a mental cube track-funny how things change-they've been mourning our departure ever since and are still regularly trying to re-release everything and anything by us

Tracks

(1)PAPUA-dali
(2)PAPUA-dumb child of Q
(3)PAPUA-Qube

WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY THE FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON engineered by YAGE recorded at EARTHBEAT STUDIOS 1991