Land of Gold (Remixes) Release Group

Land of Gold (Remixes)

First released 2016 Sitar
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Anoushka Shankar
1 Release 7 tracks Digital Media
Anoushka Shankar released Land of Gold (Remixes) in 2016. The digital album reworks her 2016 studio album with electronic and ambient remixes. Mogwai contributed a post-rock remix of the title track.

About Land of Gold (Remixes)

Land of Gold (Remixes) is a remix album by Indian sitarist and composer Anoushka Shankar. The album was released on September 30, 2016. It serves as a companion release to Shankar’s 2016 studio album Land of Gold, featuring reworked versions of tracks from the original album.

The release consists of seven tracks, all of which are remixes by various electronic, ambient, and world music artists. The primary format of the album is digital. No physical label or distributor has been publicly confirmed for this release.

The tracklist includes Land of Gold (Mogwai Remix), which appears in both full and edited versions. Mogwai, a Scottish post-rock band, produced the remix. Karsh Kale, an Indian-American musician and producer, remixed Crossing the Rubicon. Shiva Soundsystem, a British electronic music collective, also contributed a remix of the same track. Matt Robertson, a British composer and producer, remixed Boat to Nowhere and Say Your Prayers. Grain, an electronic music duo, remixed Last Chance.

Anoushka Shankar composed the original material for Land of Gold, which addresses themes of displacement and migration. The remix album retains the thematic focus of the original while incorporating electronic and experimental production techniques. The artists involved in the remixes brought distinct stylistic approaches, including post-rock, ambient, and downtempo influences.

No additional personnel, recording details, or chart performance data for Land of Gold (Remixes) have been publicly documented.