An extraordinary double disc (1995) offering from ' Banco De Gaia ' . This ones worth getting for the title track alone which begins with a steam train slowly panning across the stereo spectrum followed by sampled station voices mixed with sweeping synth pads. In comes some sparkling plucked string arpeggios and eventually solid rhythmic beats/ bass join in with again sampled vocals. Very atmospheric and multi layed , this just builds and builds in sync with the steam train. Absolutely awesome work here which the rest of the CD cannot quite compete with , superb as it is! I'd say this is probably ' Banco' s ' best song ever here. An absolute gem!
The whole of the 2 discs are really all excellent though with lots of tribal and oriental sounds throughout. Fantastic display of sampled instruments / vocals too! Very high calibre chillout and especially outstanding is ' Kuos ' a long suite which totally hypnotizes you. VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!
CD 1
1 Last Train To Lhasa 2 Kuos 3 China (Clouds Not Mountains) 4 Amber 5 Kincajou 6 White Paint 7 887 (Structure)
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Product details
Title
Last Train To Lhasa
Performer
Banco De Gaia
Genre
Electronic
Sub Genre
Ambient
Release Date
05/1995, 20/05/2002
Original Release Year
1995
Label / Distributor
Planet Dog / Arabesque, Disco Gecko / Pinnacle
Producer
Toby
Recomended Retail Price
13.99 GBP
Stereo
Stereo
Pieces in Set
1, 2
Studio / Live
Studio
Catalogue Number
GKOCD 003
Format
Performer
EAN
5018791200405, 5018791600403, 5038719000429
Additional notes
Album Notes
Banco De Gaia includes: Toby Marks. This is the sound of the techno-tribe, banging a drum with one hand and a mouse with the other. Toby Marks, AKA Banco de Gaia, doesn't want to work; he just wants to bang on the drum all day. Thankfully, he makes a pretty joyous noise-a full-bodied amalgam of the Orb, Loop Guru, and Transglobal Underground. Using an army of ethnic and indigenous samples (from Indian drums and chants to woodblocks, rainsticks, and Oriental shakers) and zapping them through the technological prism, Banco de Gaia creates a modern-day techno-folk music that calls up the shaman buried deep in our ancestral memory. Of course, Marks' idea of the shaman is the contemporary electronic-music producer or the DJ. The barmy rhythms pouncing about here work at home and on the disco-floor, but their most appropriate setting would be a dancehall in Uganda. Marks' natives whip up the digital atmosphere with incendiary frenzy. From the chugging locomotive techno of "Last Train to Lhasa"' to the pan-cultural rhythmic stew of "Kincajou" and the burbling Orient-meets-the-Orb synthesizer textures of "887," LAST TRAIN TO LHASA is an intoxicating descent into primitive ritual madness.
Album Reviews
Q (7/95, p.113) - 3 Stars - Good - "...blends electronic dance with the musical and cultural images of another people. Rather than just being a crude cut-and-paste raid on an invaded people....it's skillfully and attractively worked, generally managing to avoid sounding patronising or pretentious..." Q (May 2002, p.126) - 3 out of 5 stars - "...'global techno' and 'eco-ambient'..." Option (9-10/95, p.94) - "...cleverly integrates sequencer-driven German space rock with ethnic percussion workouts..."
Titles on disc 1
1.
Last Train To Lhasa
2.
Kuos
3.
Amber
4.
Kincajou
5.
White Paint
6.
887 (structure)
7.
Kuos (Gnomes mix)
8.
Kincajou (duck asteroid)
9.
Eagle (Small Steppa mix)
10.
Eagle - (small steppa mix)
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