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- Banco De Gaia - Sheesha (Green Tractor Mix)(preview)Created to mark 20 years since the first release of the original album, the triple disc version of Maya sold out at unexpected speed, leaving many fans unfulfilled. After years of requests, soundcloud.com/discogeckorecordings present a new edition, limited to 1,000 copies and not available to either download or stream.Originally released in February 1994 on the Planet Dog label, Maya reached No1 in the independent charts in the UK and is considered by many to be one of the pioneering classics of global electronica.The first disc of the triple disc version contains the original album, which mixes beautiful textures, soaring melodies and slamming grooves with sounds and inspirations from the far corners of the world.The second and third discs feature unreleased alternative mixes of the album, including the original full 22 minute mix of Shanti; live recordings, such as Sunspot, recorded for the John Peel Sessions; and remixes by soundcloud.com/templehedz, soundcloud.com/eat-static, Veloce and soundcloud.com/100thmonkeymusic & Mr Noisy.3 min
- Banco De Gaia - Heliopolis (Aethereal Mix)(preview)Created to mark 20 years since the first release of the original album, the triple disc version of Maya sold out at unexpected speed, leaving many fans unfulfilled. After years of requests, soundcloud.com/discogeckorecordings present a new edition, limited to 1,000 copies and not available to either download or stream.Originally released in February 1994 on the Planet Dog label, Maya reached No1 in the independent charts in the UK and is considered by many to be one of the pioneering classics of global electronica.The first disc of the triple disc version contains the original album, which mixes beautiful textures, soaring melodies and slamming grooves with sounds and inspirations from the far corners of the world.The second and third discs feature unreleased alternative mixes of the album, including the original full 22 minute mix of Shanti; live recordings, such as Sunspot, recorded for the John Peel Sessions; and remixes by soundcloud.com/templehedz, soundcloud.com/eat-static, Veloce and soundcloud.com/100thmonkeymusic & Mr Noisy.3 min
- Banco de Gaia - Gamelah (preview)Created to mark 20 years since the first release of the original album, the triple disc version of Maya sold out at unexpected speed, leaving many fans unfulfilled. After years of requests, soundcloud.com/discogeckorecordings present a new edition, limited to 1,000 copies and not available to either download or stream.Originally released in February 1994 on the Planet Dog label, Maya reached No1 in the independent charts in the UK and is considered by many to be one of the pioneering classics of global electronica.The first disc of the triple disc version contains the original album, which mixes beautiful textures, soaring melodies and slamming grooves with sounds and inspirations from the far corners of the world.The second and third discs feature unreleased alternative mixes of the album, including the original full 22 minute mix of Shanti; live recordings, such as Sunspot, recorded for the John Peel Sessions; and remixes by soundcloud.com/templehedz, soundcloud.com/eat-static, Veloce and soundcloud.com/100thmonkeymusic & Mr Noisy.3 min
- Banco De Gaia - Sunspot (Unpeeled Mix)(preview)Created to mark 20 years since the first release of the original album, the triple disc version of Maya sold out at unexpected speed, leaving many fans unfulfilled. After years of requests, soundcloud.com/discogeckorecordings present a new edition, limited to 1,000 copies and not available to either download or stream.Originally released in February 1994 on the Planet Dog label, Maya reached No1 in the independent charts in the UK and is considered by many to be one of the pioneering classics of global electronica.The first disc of the triple disc version contains the original album, which mixes beautiful textures, soaring melodies and slamming grooves with sounds and inspirations from the far corners of the world.The second and third discs feature unreleased alternative mixes of the album, including the original full 22 minute mix of Shanti; live recordings, such as Sunspot, recorded for the John Peel Sessions; and remixes by soundcloud.com/templehedz, soundcloud.com/eat-static, Veloce and soundcloud.com/100thmonkeymusic & Mr Noisy.3 min
- Banco De Gaia - Mafich Arabi (Original Demo)(preview)Prompted by the recent discovery of a forgotten mix of Kincajou by cult American duo Razormaid (actually a remix of the Here Come The Norse Gods mix), the sixth instalment of the Rewritten Histories series focuses on remixes and alternative mixes of Banco tunes recorded between 1990 and 2003.It features versions that were inadvertently left off Volumes 1 and 2, plus the Razormaid mix and the newly unearthed Jamie Hickey remix of How Much Reality Can You Take?9 min
- Banco de Gaia - Kincajou (Duck! Asteroid! Extended Version)(preview)Prompted by the recent discovery of a forgotten mix of Kincajou by cult American duo Razormaid (actually a remix of the Here Come The Norse Gods mix), the sixth instalment of the Rewritten Histories series focuses on remixes and alternative mixes of Banco tunes recorded between 1990 and 2003.It features versions that were inadvertently left off Volumes 1 and 2, plus the Razormaid mix and the newly unearthed Jamie Hickey remix of How Much Reality Can You Take?3 min
- Banco de Gaia - Desert Wind (Interstate 101 mix)(preview)Prompted by the recent discovery of a forgotten mix of Kincajou by cult American duo Razormaid (actually a remix of the Here Come The Norse Gods mix), the sixth instalment of the Rewritten Histories series focuses on remixes and alternative mixes of Banco tunes recorded between 1990 and 2003.It features versions that were inadvertently left off Volumes 1 and 2, plus the Razormaid mix and the newly unearthed Jamie Hickey remix of How Much Reality Can You Take?3 min
- Banco de Gaia - How Much Reality Can You take (Jamie Hickey Remix)(preview)Prompted by the recent discovery of a forgotten mix of Kincajou by cult American duo Razormaid (actually a remix of the Here Come The Norse Gods mix), the sixth instalment of the Rewritten Histories series focuses on remixes and alternative mixes of Banco tunes recorded between 1990 and 2003.It features versions that were inadvertently left off Volumes 1 and 2, plus the Razormaid mix and the newly unearthed Jamie Hickey remix of How Much Reality Can You Take?3 min
- Banco de Gaia - Big Men Cry (Nigel Mazlyn Jones Version)(preview)Prompted by the recent discovery of a forgotten mix of Kincajou by cult American duo Razormaid (actually a remix of the Here Come The Norse Gods mix), the sixth instalment of the Rewritten Histories series focuses on remixes and alternative mixes of Banco tunes recorded between 1990 and 2003.It features versions that were inadvertently left off Volumes 1 and 2, plus the Razormaid mix and the newly unearthed Jamie Hickey remix of How Much Reality Can You Take?3 min
- Banco De Gaia - Sheesha (Green Tractor Mix)(preview)Prompted by the recent discovery of a forgotten mix of Kincajou by cult American duo Razormaid (actually a remix of the Here Come The Norse Gods mix), the sixth instalment of the Rewritten Histories series focuses on remixes and alternative mixes of Banco tunes recorded between 1990 and 2003.It features versions that were inadvertently left off Volumes 1 and 2, plus the Razormaid mix and the newly unearthed Jamie Hickey remix of How Much Reality Can You Take?3 min
About Banco de Gaia
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Banco De Gaia has been performing and releasing for over 25 years now, along the way becoming one of the music industry’s most maverick innovators. His legacy is as glittering as it is diverse, ranging from Hollywood film sound credits to the critically acclaimed ‘Last Train to Lhasa’, first released in 1995 to a rapturous reception. His live act still packs out venues and festivals all over the world, with audio-visual performances renowned for their explosive, cutting edge quality: from sampling wizardry fused with haunting vocals and poignant acoustics to genre-hopping musical instrumentals, all accompanied by socially engaged visuals.
Behind Banco de Gaia is artist Toby Marks. Starting out as a drummer in a metal band, he began using sampling kit to cut his own tunes after falling in love with electronica during the 1980s acid house era. By the early 90s, after winning respect for a clutch of credits on the Ambient Dub compilations, he was signed to Planet Dog Records and released ‘Maya’, in 1994, and then ‘Last Train to Lhasa’, in 1995.
Both albums featured an artfully arranged cocktail of textured samples and live instrumentals lifted from across the world. Both went straight to No. 1 in the UK Independent Charts as well as sweeping through the international electronica scene, making him, along with the likes of The Orb, one of the early pioneers of ‘chill out’. Both ‘Last Train to Lhasa’ and ‘Heliopolis (Eudopolis Dog Mix)’ notably featured on Sasha & Digweed's classic ‘Northern Exposure’ mix CD among myriad other compilations.
Since then, he's released a further 6 studio albums, 1 live album, 1 live DVD and 15 EP’s and also runs his own label, Disco Gecko Recordings. He went back to basics in 2014 with a sold-out 20th Anniversary CD-only (no streams or downloads available) release of ‘Maya’, followed by similar 20th Anniversary editions of ‘Last Train to Lhasa’ in 2015 and ‘Live at Glastonbury’ in 2016.
Pink Floyd and psychedelia remain a constant influence: Banco’s cover of Echoes in 2007 helped shape the ‘Memories, Dreams, Reflections’ collection in 2009 and Floyd’s legendary saxophonist Dick Parry was one of Marks’ special guest collaborators (alongside no-man’s Tim Bowness and Zero 7’s Sophie Barker) on his ‘The 9th of Nine Hearts’ album, which came out in October 2016.
“A continuation of the consistently high form Toby Marks has shown throughout a long and illustrious career” (Total Music Magazine), The Crack described ‘The 9th of Nine Hearts’ as full of “dubby loveliness that fuses psych, spiky rock, acid and ambient” while the Ambient Music Guide hailed it as “Banco's strongest album of new material in 15 years”.