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20 years ago Planet Dog released one of the all-time classic albums of modern electronica - Last Train to Lhasa – which reached No.31 in the UK Album Charts. Misconstrued at the time as a Tibetan-themed album (it actually contains only one Tibetan sample), its groove inflected, multicultural soundscapes helped to form the blueprint for much of today's global electronica.
To mark the anniversary of its release, Disco Gecko have created a limited edition, physical-only (no downloads or streams) 4 disc box set, featuring previously unheard and extended alternative ambient mixes as well as a handful of fresh remixes by like-minded artists.
Disc 1 features the fully re-mastered original album plus the previously unreleased Eagle.
Discs 2 and 3 offer a mix of previously released extended mixes (some from the original limited edition multi disc issue of the LP) plus a handful of unreleased mixes.
Disc 4 features guest remixers, each adding their own signature style and a touch of 21st century flavour: AstroPilot (Altar Records) is Ukranian progressive ambient producer Dmitry Redko; Bluetech (Waveform Records) is Hawaiian downtempo don Evan Bartholomew; Andrew Heath is a Stroud based soundscape artist whose gorgeous debut album came out via Disco Gecko last summer; Andy Guthrie is an original member of Banco de Gaia, who left to pursue his own solo career, working with the likes of Eat Static and Medicine Drum; alucidnation is English ambient maestro Bruce Bickerton (Interchill Records); Sonasha is sacred bass producer Jon Barron and Nick Manasseh (Roots Garden Records) is a pioneering UK dub producer, best known for the Manasseh Meets The Equalizer project on Acid Jazz Records.