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# Banco de Gaia

Official Website for Banco de Gaia

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## Posts

- [News](https://banco.co.uk/news/)
- [Showtime](https://banco.co.uk/showtime/) - Thanks for the great response to the re-press of the 20th Anniversary edition of Maya - we'll start sending out pre-orders this week. If you missed previous messages and/or posts on social media, the re-printed triple disc set is available now from https://bancodegaia.bandcamp.com/album/maya-20th-anniversary-edition and will be in all good stores from June 5th. As summer creeps in, so the shows
- [Spring](https://banco.co.uk/spring/) - Thanks for the great feedback for Rewritten Histories Vol. 2.5 - I'm glad so many of you were as bemused as I was by the existence of the Razormaid remix. Amazing to find out about it nearly 30 years after the release! For those of you might have missed my last email, the sixth edition in my remix
- [Volume 6](https://banco.co.uk/volume-6/) - The release of the sixth instalment in my Rewritten Histories series was prompted by the recent discovery of a mix of Kincajou by cult American duo Razormaid. I had no idea this mix even existed, and neither did Michael Dog (Planet Dog), so it was a great surprise to hear it for the first time,
- [You are 20th](https://banco.co.uk/you-are-20th/) - Thanks for the great response to the recent release of the 20th Anniversary Edition of You are Here. Given the negative reaction the album got from some people at the time of original release, I'm happily surprised and moved by how much affection people have been expressing for it. If you missed the last email, or
- [You Are Here](https://banco.co.uk/you-are-here/) - I’m proud to present the release on November 21st of the 20th Anniversary Edition of my sixth studio CD album, You are Here. It's a little late in arriving, but ... what's a year between friends? I've re-mastered the original album, and then, to augment the existing versions, commissioned a handful of remixes for the
- [Bong Business](https://banco.co.uk/bong-business/) - This summers festivals have gone well so far: Sacred Earth Gathering was suitably cosmic and my Glastonbury showwas fun, hot and hectic. Next up I'm playing in the Dome at OZORA Festival on Friday 1st August and then at Girt Dog Gathering on Saturday 9th August. Further ahead, I'm at Rich Mix in London on
- [Spring Shows](https://banco.co.uk/spring-shows/) - I'm taking a break from some long overdue studio maintenance (sod's law is that I'm doing it in this glorious weather) to play a handful of shows this month and next. I'm playing, according to Songkick, my first show in Leicester in 31 years on the 9th at The International. The following night I'm back
- [Another Round](https://banco.co.uk/another-round/) - Thanks for all the lovely comments about my new album, Trauma - I'm touched by the response. Thanks also to all of you who came to the recent gigs in Frome, Manchester, London and Brighton, which went fantasticly well. They were such good fun, in fact, that I've accepted invitations to play in Frome and
- [Trauma](https://banco.co.uk/trauma/) - My new album is now out - finally! Thanks to all of you who've pre-ordered or pre-saved a copy. You can find it in all good record stores and online at BANDCAMP SPOTIFY APPLE MUSIC AMAZON OTHERS The album is an expression of stress and of suffering while also a celebration of overcoming and of
- [Mir](https://banco.co.uk/mir/) - Ahead of the release of my new album Trauma next month, I'm proud to present Mir, a paean to peace in these tumultuous times. Mir came about when I was working in the studio one day trying to come up with a rich, floaty texture and ended up with something quite similar to the start
- [Summer Shows (and beyond)](https://banco.co.uk/summer-shows-and-beyond/) - Thank you for the amazing response to the release of A Bee Song, my collaboration with the Future Pasts project. The feedback has been heart-warming, especially to the concept behind the project. Patrick Dunn has made an incredible video, which includes footage by Oliver Halsey, which can be found on YouTube at https://youtu.be/I-HQAOANL20 (If you
- [A Bee Song](https://banco.co.uk/a-bee-song/) - A Bee Song, my collaboration with the Future Pasts project, is out now Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2wpBHBG4EElZrejBWPRWDC Apple: https://geo.music.apple.com/gb/album/_/1736914388 Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0CZ23MYWD Other platforms: https://lnk.to/abeesong The track is a recomposition based on a 1954 recording of a Damara (Namibian) praise song, held by Basler Afrika Bibliographien in Switzerland, that praises the honey bee. Very few people survive who
- [Spring Geckoes](https://banco.co.uk/spring-geckoes/) - Spring is under way here in Somerset, and as new life has been sprouting in the garden, so I have been busy creating in the studio. So busy, in fact, that my new album is finally finished and I'll update you soon with release plans. In the meantime, I wanted to divert your attention to
- [30 Times Around the Sun](https://banco.co.uk/30-times-around-the-sun/) - As I mentioned last month, 2019 is Banco’s 30th anniversary and I’ve created a 30 track digital-only compilation to look back and celebrate. 30 Times Around the Sun is a compilation of tracks drawn from the last 30 years of Banco de Gaia, with one track that was written, recorded or released in each year
- [Outlaw Ocean](https://banco.co.uk/outlaw-ocean/) - I’m very pleased to say I have news for you about new music and gigs. Early last year I received an intriguing email from Ian Urbina of the New York Times, asking me to be part of his Outlaw Ocean project. Ian has spent the last few years exploring what goes on on the high
- [My Little Country](https://banco.co.uk/my-little-country/) - Thanks to the great feedback to Altered Realities - really glad you've enjoyed the collection as much as I enjoyed compiling it. If you haven't heard it yet, you can still download from Bandcamp or stream on Spotify, Tidal and the rest. The big news of the day is the release on Bandcamp today of
- [Altered Realities](https://banco.co.uk/altered-realities/) - Today sees the release of "Altered Realities", which collates most of my remixes since 1990 into one authoritative collection. The very first was a baggy version of Beautiful Happiness’s "Something Sonic", while the last made was my take on Youth & Gaudi’s "Empress of the Tarot". Bandcamp - bancodegaia.bandcamp.com/album/altered-realities Spotify - open.spotify.com/album/26v4JbI9cseAXhF69aAaA5 Apple Music -
- [Rewriting History (Again)](https://banco.co.uk/rewriting-history/) - Yesterday saw the release of the fifth installment of the Rewritten Histories series, which focuses on remixes and alternative mixes of Banco tunes recorded between 2017 and 2022. It features: versions created for the 20th anniversary editions of "Big Men Cry", "The Magical Sounds of Banco de Gaia" and "Igizeh"; the stunning re-works of "Heliopolos"
- [Spring Sale](https://banco.co.uk/spring-sale/) - Spring is in the air here in Somerset, so it seems an apt time to have a CD sale. I'm offering 25% off all available Banco de Gaia and Disco Gecko titles if you add the code "spring" at check out from Bandcamp Please note that if you happen to live in the States, all
- [Rewriting Histories](https://banco.co.uk/rewriting/) - Thanks for all the great feedback about the "Planet for $ale" EP - it’s a shame that, as sadly expected, COP26 did turn out to be more ‘blah, blah, blah’ than concrete action. We can only hope that the failures of the conference are addressed quickly and that governments start working together with a sense
- [Planet for $ale](https://banco.co.uk/planet-for-sale/) - Nearly 25 years ago I was approached to create a remix for Nigel Mazlyn Jones, an artist I’d first come across in the early 80’s. He had written a track about the ongoing environmental and political crises of the time and wanted to get its message out to a wider audience than his usual acoustic/folk
- [Light at the End of the Tunnel](https://banco.co.uk/light/) - Thanks for all the great feedback for the Kintsugi EP - really glad you're enjoying it. To repeat a few points I made on social media in response to questions about the release: Kintsugi does not mark the end of beat-led Banco - I honestly don't know when, but I'm pretty sure I’ll be making
- [Kintsugi](https://banco.co.uk/kintsugi/) - 2020, I think we would all agree, has been an unexpected year. Whatever plans many of us had have been altered by circumstances beyond our individual control. Personally, I’ve been getting some practice for this for a couple of years, as a series of personal and family crises have taken charge of my life. Covid
- [Igizeh (20th Anniversary Edition)](https://banco.co.uk/igizeh-20th-anniversary-edition/) - Today sees the release of the 20th Anniversary Edition of "Igizeh" and hopefully those of you who pre-ordered will have received their copies by now. We sent them out early this year as postal services are understandably a bit wonky at the moment. "Igizeh" was my fifth studio album, and built on the groundwork laid
- [Floatless](https://banco.co.uk/floatless/) - Today sees the release of a new track from me, "Floatless", which I started writing before the current crisis had really taken off here in the UK. It was inspired by personal events last year, but in many ways it could equally well reflect what we are currently going through. "Sometimes we are caught on
- [Igizeh](https://banco.co.uk/igizeh/) - I hope this finds you and yours well in these unusual times. All of us at Banco towers, and all in the wider Disco Gecko family, are currently fine. I've been using the time out from normal life to work on Banco tunes (more on which next month) and have just finished remastering "Igizeh" and
- [Ages of Gaia](https://banco.co.uk/ages-of-gaia/) - Earlier this year I was commissioned to make a track to celebrate the Lovelock Centenary which was being held at the University of Exeter. The conference brought together some of the top climate scientists and academics from around the world on the occasion of James Lovelock’s 100th birthday. (For those that aren't aware of his
- [100th Monkey](https://banco.co.uk/100th-monkey/) - Many many moons ago, I met Andy Guthrie, through a mutual friend, a sax player, who brought us all together to jam a bit. Later I moved to Glasgow but one day I mentioned to Andy that I was going to visit Leam and he told me he had a gig doing dubby, housy stuff,
- [Tour Update](https://banco.co.uk/tour-update/) - Thanks to everyone who came to my Liverpool debut a few weeks ago - after that reception, I'll come back as soon as I can. The 30 Times Around the Sun tour starts again next weekend: on Friday 18th I'm playing a DJ set in Sheffield to help Animat launch their new album (available to
- [30 Years](https://banco.co.uk/30-years/) - I hope that you've had a great summer - I've certainly enjoyed mine. Highlights include performing "Motion" with Andrew Heath at The Little Chill and Samsara festivals, and playing Banco sets at Bearded Theory, Whirlyfayre and Beautiful Days festivals. 2019 marks 30 years of making tunes as Banco de Gaia, something I marked at the
- [The Magical Sounds of Banco de Gaia](https://banco.co.uk/the-magical-sounds-of-banco-de-gaia/) - Today sees the release of the 20th Anniversary Edition of "The Magical Sounds of Banco de Gaia". Two years in the making, the original album travels freely between genres and continents, from the European violins of "Glove Puppet" to the Kenyan chant that forms the basis of the next piece, "No Rain." So maybe it's
- [Magical Sounds](https://banco.co.uk/magical-sounds/) - Next month sees the release of the 20th Anniversary Edition of "The Magical Sounds of Banco de Gaia". I started recording the album in my new Somerset studio soon after coming off a tour with Moby (which was as little fun as you can imagine), but rather than rush the process, as had happened with
- [In Motion](https://banco.co.uk/in-motion/) - Today sees the release of 'Motion', my collaboration with Andrew Heath under my own name, Toby Marks. Andrew and I started making extensive field recordings on trips to the four corners of Britain during 2018. We went deep into Llechwedd Slate Caverns in Wales, explored Suttle Stone Quarries in Bournemouth, hopped on the Swanage Ferry
- [Motion](https://banco.co.uk/motion/) - I’m very excited to announce the start of pre-orders for my new album ‘Motion’. It’s not a Banco de Gaia album, but rather a collaboration with Andrew Heath under my own name focussed on the ambient side of what I love doing. We travelled all over the country recording people, nature, machines, whatever we found
- [More 20th Birthday Celebrations](https://banco.co.uk/more-20th-birthday-celebrations/) - As you know, I created Disco Gecko Recordings 20 years ago, originally to release my music myself, and eventually to release other artists. Back in August we ran our CD bundle offer, and now I would like to do something for those of you who prefer digital. I've gone through the archives and put together
- [Strange-Eyed 2](https://banco.co.uk/strange-eyed-2/) - In 2015 I released my first multi-artist compilation, Strange-Eyed Constellations, something I had been planning for years but which took a long time to come about. Three years on and I have volume two ready to go with more beautiful and uplifting tracks covering many shades of downtempo and experimental ambient electronica. Artists include my
- [Live in London](https://banco.co.uk/live-in-london/) - Do you know that feeling when you're sure you’re onto something good? That’s what I thought when I first heard Andrew Heath’s music and have been very happy to help release his work for the last four years. I’m even happier to be working on a collaboration with him which will result in a new
- [20 Years Chasing my Tail ;-)](https://banco.co.uk/20-years-chasing-my-tail/) - 20 years ago I set up Disco Gecko Recordings as I was disappointed by the support I was getting from record labels and wanted a bit more control over my output. Originally the plan was to also release other artists, but, as you probably know, this took a long while to come about. Amongst the
- [In the Blink of an Eye](https://banco.co.uk/in-the-blink-of-an-eye-2/) - It was great to see some of you at last weekend's launch parties for "In the Blink of an Eye". It was good fun being back where it all began in Leamington Spa and then up at The Trades Club again, especially as for both shows I was playing alongside my old partner in crime
- [In the Blink of an Eye](https://banco.co.uk/in-the-blink-of-an-eye/) - Back in 1998 I formed Disco Gecko Recordings as an outlet for my music as I couldn’t find another label that I was happy to work with. My earlier experiences working with both independent and major labels had left me less than convinced that I would find anyone who actually understood, or cared about, what
- [On the Radio](https://banco.co.uk/on-the-radio/) - My year has got off to a productive start with my first radio show for Glastonbury FM airing last week. This will be a regular monthly slot and I'll be uploading the show to Mixcloud as soon as I come off air. I've also been in the studio with Andrew Heath, building tracks for joint
- [Free Postage](https://banco.co.uk/free-postage/) - I hope this finds you well and warm - the weather has certainly taken a turn for the cold here in England. It's been a busy year at Banco Towers, with the release of the last two singles from 'The 9th of Nine Hearts' - '91', with remixes by Mr C and Bennun&Healey, and 'The
- [Live Shows](https://banco.co.uk/live-shows/) - I hope this finds you well and having had a good summer. Mine's been great - a happy mixture of studio time, camping trips with friends and a bevvy of festivals. The highlight of the latter was playing two proper ambient sets, the first at Waha in Romania, the second at Kukemeru in Estonia. Normally
- [Big Men Cry - 20th Anniversary Edition](https://banco.co.uk/big-men-cry-20th-anniversary-edition/) - Great to see so many of you at Glastonbury Festival the other weekend and the Haunted Bar in Leamington last Friday. It's always nice to put a face to a name, especially in such friendly surroundings. July 7th saw the official release of 'Big Men Cry - 20th Anniversary Edition', meaning that it is now
- [Big Men Cry](https://banco.co.uk/big-men-cry/) - As some of you have guessed (or discovered from my PR man's Twitter feed), I have compiled a 20th Anniversary Edition of 'Big Men Cry' for release this July.
- [The Princess and the Sky Goat](https://banco.co.uk/the-princess-and-the-sky-goat/) - For the fourth and final (honestly!) single from the ‘Nine Hearts’ album, I've chosen a track that exemplifies what some would describe as the archetypal Banco sound: ‘The Princess and the Sky Goat’ is proper ambient dub, featuring a rolling bassline courtesy of James Eller (The The) and lush saxophone from Dick Parry (Pink Floyd).
- [91](https://banco.co.uk/91-2/) - My year got off to a great start with a few weeks in Egypt resting, reading and swimming with the fishies, and since then I've been beavering away in the studio and looking through the archives for hidden treasure. This Friday saw the release of '91', the third single from 'The 9th of Nine Hearts'.
- [Warp Speed](https://banco.co.uk/warp-speed/) - Thanks to everyone who came to see the band play on our recent Nine Cities (and Bruton) tour. It was a blast playing some of the new album out live and also seeing old friends around the country. The band are now taking a much needed and very much deserved rest, hibernating in their caves
- [The 9th of Nine Hearts](https://banco.co.uk/the-9th-of-nine-hearts/) - Many thanks to all of you who pre-ordered copies of my new album 'The 9th of Nine Hearts'. As many of you know,. it came out worldwide on Friday October 7th and hopefully most of the pre-ordered CDs should have arrived by now. Sadly the vinyl has been delayed by issues at the pressing plant,
- [Nine Hearts](https://banco.co.uk/nine-hearts/) - New Banco de Gaia album
- [It was 20 years ago today](https://banco.co.uk/it-was-20-years-ago-today-3/) - 20th anniversary limited edition reissue
- [It was 20 years ago today](https://banco.co.uk/it-was-20-years-ago-today-2/) - Today marks 20 years since Last Train to Lhasa was originally released by Planet Dog so it seems only fitting to release the anniversary edition on the same day
- [October Tour](https://banco.co.uk/october-tour/) - To celebrate the release of the next album we are booking some live shows for this October. We have a few in the bag already but are considering what other places to go. If you would like us to play near you, please let us know by clicking the link below. It will take you
- [Le Foucauld](https://banco.co.uk/le-foucauld/) - I am very happy to announce the pre-order of the first single from the new album: 'Le Foucauld' is available now from Bandcamp.
- [March Tour](https://banco.co.uk/march-tour/) - James, Ted and I have enjoyed playing as a band so much this year that we have decided to keep on gigging throughout 2016. There are a handful of shows coming up in March, hopefully coinciding with the first single from the new album (did I mention I was working on that?). The confirmed shows
- [Strange-Eyed Constellations](https://banco.co.uk/strange-eyed-constellations/) - In 1992, I saw my first tracks released on CD as part of the ‘Ambient Dub’ compilation series on Beyond Records. Six years later, when I set up my own label, Disco Gecko Recordings, one of my aims was to start a similar series of down-tempo, left-of-centre compilation albums, featuring more or less anything that
- [It's the year of the train...](https://banco.co.uk/its-the-year-of-the-train/) - This year is the 20th anniversary of the release of Last Train to Lhasa. (You know, the one with the train on it). To celebrate I am planning a very special 20th anniversary edition of the album this summer, and to kick-start the celebrations I asked Ukraine’s Astropilot and Dublin’s Silinder to add some 21st
- [New websites](https://banco.co.uk/new-websites/) - As the end of the year slowly approaches, I thought now might be a good time to take stock of 2014, in anticipation of all that 2015 has in store. While this year has been the quietest on the live front in aeons, I have been glad to have had the time to sort out
- [For Such A Time](https://banco.co.uk/for-such-a-time/) - As we approach the start of the holidays and the end of the year, I just wanted to thank you all for your support in 2013. Having taken 7 years to write 'Apollo', your reactions and feedback to it have been affirming and heart warming. Creating 'Ollopa' was equally rewarding, as it was such a
- [It was 20 years ago today...](https://banco.co.uk/it-was-20-years-ago-today/) - I am very happy to announce the release later this month of the 20th anniversary special edition of Maya. The original was released on Monday 28th February 1994 by Planet Dog Records on both CD and double 12’’, with a limited edition vinyl set that came with an extra 12’’. The album reached No.1 in
- [Ollopa: Apollo Remixed #2](https://banco.co.uk/ollopa-apollo-remixed-2/) - 'Ollopa:Apollo remixed' came out early last week. I have waited til now to update you on this, however, as one of the vagaries of the music industry is that different countries have different release dates. I am not entirely sure why America releases albums on a Tuesday or New Zealand on a Friday, but they

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## Albums

- [Rewritten Histories Vol.2.5 1992-2003](https://banco.co.uk/album/rewritten-histories-vol-2-5-1992-2003/) - The sixth instalment of the Rewritten Histories series was prompted by the recent discovery of a mix of Kincajou by cult American duo Razormaid. I had no idea this mix even existed, and neither did Michael Dog (Planet Dog), so it was a great surprise to hear it for the first time, and then to
- [You Are Here - 20th Anniversary Edition](https://banco.co.uk/album/you-are-here-20th-anniversary-edition/) - You Are Here, my sixth studio album, was a meditation on how things were in 2004, the year of its original creation. From elaborate electronica to caustic commentary, its globally inspired series of soundtracks runs from mystic to manic and back again. Alongside floor-filling booty-stompers like Tongue in Chic and Zeus No Like Techno (a
- [The Magical Sounds of Banco de Gaia - 20th Anniversary Edition](https://banco.co.uk/album/the-magical-sounds-of-banco-de-gaia-20th-anniversary-edition/) - After the disaster of “Big Men Cry” and a traumatic American tour with Moby, it was time for Banco de Gaia to take stock. A move to Somerset allowed him to set up a new studio, and all the label intrigue from the last release drove him to find a new American partner in Six
- [Igizeh - 20th Anniversary Edition](https://banco.co.uk/album/igizeh20/) - “Igizeh”, Banco de Gaia’s fifth studio album, built on the groundwork laid by it’s predecessors. Full of references to Indian and Near Eastern music, as well as less obvious glances at American minimalist music, the album was everything one had come to expect from Banco, but with additional highlights. Chief amongst those were the two
- [Trauma](https://banco.co.uk/album/trauma/) - Trauma, the first Banco de Gaia album since 2016's The 9th of Nine Hearts, is an expression of stress and of suffering while also a celebration of overcoming and of hope. This juxtaposition is explored over the course of the album: a craving for peace in Mir; a simple bee sting in A Bee Song;
- [Mir](https://banco.co.uk/album/mir/) - Ahead of the release of his new album, Banco de Gaia is proud to present Mir, a paean to peace in these tumultuous times. Featuring the sublime soprano saxophone of Matthew Jenkins, Mir's spacious sounds bring to mind both early Floyd and the Soviet Space Station of the same name. Accompanying the original are two
- [A Bee Song](https://banco.co.uk/album/a-bee-song/) - Based on a traditional Damara (Namibian) song that praises the honey bee, A Bee Song brings Banco de Gaia together with the Future Pasts project to create an uplifting and vibrant track full of life and humanity. With an infectious groove and a buzzing bassline, the track is guaranteed to get heads nodding and feet
- [My Little Country](https://banco.co.uk/album/my-little-country/) - When I was a kid in the 70’s I remember seeing a TV programme about a guy who declared that an old naval platform somewhere off the coast of England was his own country. Many years later I was asked to contribute to the Outlaw Oceans project and thought this was a perfect subject for
- [Altered Realities](https://banco.co.uk/album/altered/) - Altered Realities collates most of Banco de Gaia’s remixes since 1990 into one authoritative collection. The very first remix was a baggy version of Beautiful Happiness’s Something Sonic, while the latest is a cosmic re-version of Youth & Gaudi’s Empress of the Tarot. Some of the tracks are previously unreleased, while others, which predate the
- [ReWritten Histories Vol.5 2017-2022](https://banco.co.uk/album/rewritten-histories-vol-5/) - The fifth installment of the Rewritten Histories series focuses on remixes and alternative mixes of Banco tunes recorded between 2017 and 2022. It features: remixes created for the 20th anniversary editions of "Big Men Cry", "The Magical Sounds of Banco de Gaia" and "Igizeh"; the stunning re-works of "Heliopolis" and "Obsidian" by Framewerk and their
- [ReWritten Histories Vol.4 2013-2017](https://banco.co.uk/album/rewritten-histories-vol-4/) - A collection of mixes and remixes of Banco de Gaia tracks.
- [Floatless](https://banco.co.uk/album/floatless/) - I wrote this track before the current crisis had really taken off here in the UK. It was inspired by personal events last year but could equally well reflect what we are currently going through. Sometimes we are caught on tides we cannot resist. We ride the currents, letting go of expectation. In the end
- [Ages of Gaia](https://banco.co.uk/album/agesofgaia/) - At the end of July 2019, I was commissioned to make a track to celebrate the Lovelock Centenary which was being held at the University of Exeter. The conference brought together some of the top climate scientists and academics from around the world on the occasion of James Lovelock’s 100th birthday. For those that aren't
- [The Princess and the Sky Goat - EP](https://banco.co.uk/album/the-princess-and-the-sky-goat/) - For the fourth and final single from Banco de Gaia’s ‘The 9th of Nine Hearts’ album, I've chosen a track that exemplifies what some would describe as the archetypal Banco sound: ‘The Princess and the Sky Goat’ is ambient dub at its finest, featuring a rolling bassline courtesy of James Eller (The The) and lush
- [91 - EP](https://banco.co.uk/album/91-ep/) - 91 celebrates the ‘magical era of rave culture’ in the heady and halcyon days of the early ‘90s, and contemplates how much has changed in the 25 years since - not just the scene and the music, but the lives of those involved. Cue mining of sonics from that era, a lush Banco de Gaia
- [Warp and Weft - EP](https://banco.co.uk/album/warp-and-weft-ep/) - For the second single off his recent ‘The 9th of Nine Hearts’ album, Banco de Gaia presents ‘Warp and Weft’, an aethereal slice of original ambient electronica, plus two fresh remixes. dr trippy injects a dose of his patented Punjabi Swamp medicine into the original, tripping it out a little, while Continuum provides a suitably
- [The 9th of Nine Hearts](https://banco.co.uk/album/the-9th-of-nine-hearts/) - An enchanting journey through nine responses to love, Banco de Gaia’s ninth studio album arrives at a time when the world needs it more than many of us may realise. Featuring special guest artists, from Pink Floyd’s Dick Parry, Zero 7’s Sophie Barker, The The’s James Eller and No-Man’s Tim Bowness, The 9th of Nine
- [Le Foucauld - EP](https://banco.co.uk/album/le-foucauld/) - Banco de Gaia is happy to announce the release on Disco Gecko Recordings of the first single from his new album, 9 of Hearts, on Friday 25th March. Rolling congas, jangling sitar, undulating bass, syncopated break beats, mournful strings and a defiant yelp, ‘Le Foucauld’ exhibits all the panache of his classic output. It's hardly
- [Last Train to Lhasa - 20th Anniversary EP](https://banco.co.uk/album/last-train-to-lhasa-20th-anniversary-ep/) - 20 years ago Toby Marks AKA Banco De Gaia released one of the classic albums of modern electronica - Last Train to Lhasa - whose 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 Recordings will release this June a
- [ReWritten Histories Vol.3 2002-2013](https://banco.co.uk/album/rewritten-histories-vol-3-2002-2013/) - A collection of mixes and remixes of more recent Banco de Gaia tracks.
- [Ollopa: Apollo Remixed](https://banco.co.uk/album/ollopa-apollo-remixed/) - Make yourselves ready, as once again we enter the wonderful world of Banco De Gaia, this time with a little help from his friends. After the success of his most recent album, Apollo, Banco returns with Ollopa, a remix album that turns its source on its head: not only have the name and original track
- [For Such A Time - EP](https://banco.co.uk/album/for-such-a-time/) - The final single from “Apollo” marks the end of a magical year for Banco De Gaia, with the release of his first new album since 2006, the three subsequent singles and then the remix album “Ollopa”. Along the way there have been shows all over the world, from Italy to Japan and Russia to Hungary.
- [All Sleeping - EP](https://banco.co.uk/album/all-sleeping-2/) - It seems only fitting that as summer slips into fall, I release this ode to rest and relaxtion. The 'All Sleeping' EP features the original track, which is blessed with flutes from Tim Wheater and violas from Patrick Dunn, plus three additional remixes. The high priests of Sacred Bass, Desert Dwellers, provide a jittery yet
- [Apollon - EP](https://banco.co.uk/album/apollon-ep/) - ‘Apollon’ is the 2nd single from Banco De Gaia’s latest album ‘Apollo’. Remixes come courtesy of a motley crew of friends and allies. First up is the amazing Kaya Project (Interchill), whose worldly ears (and added vocals) guide the track to new enchanted places. Bristol’s Playhead, on the other hand, inject a heavy dose of
- [Wimble Toot - EP](https://banco.co.uk/album/wimble-toot-ep/) - The first single from Banco De Gaia's new album, "Apollo", the “Wimble Toot” EP features the title track, with amazing saxophone courtesy of Matthew Jenkins, and some pretty crazy remixes. Toby's original partner, Andy Guthrie, has donned his 100th Monkey guise to turn in a sweet reggae mix; Merv from Eat Static has provided a
- [Apollo](https://banco.co.uk/album/apollo/) - Banco De Gaia Album Apollo 2103
- [Memories Dreams Reflections](https://banco.co.uk/album/memories-dreams-reflections/) - Memories Dreams Reflections is a double CD which encapsulates everything that Toby’s sound has evolved from, and into, over the past two decades. Featuring new tracks, remakes and overhauls of widely favoured classics, and not at all in the least, the stellar twenty two minute remake of the legendary Pink Floyd ensemble, “Echoes”, it illustrates
- [Farewell Ferengistan](https://banco.co.uk/album/farewell-ferengistan/) - Farewell Ferengistan captures the spirit and mood of Last Train To Lhasa but this time instead of being concerned with the remote tribes of Shangri-la, Banco De Gaia’s concerns are much closer to home. What are we doing to ourselves? Where is our materialism taking us, would it not be wise to consider our position?
- [Rewritten Histories Vol.2 1996-2001](https://banco.co.uk/album/rewritten-histories-vol-2-1996-2001/) - A collection of mixes and remixes of early Banco de Gaia tracks.
- [ReWritten Histories Vol.1 1992-1995](https://banco.co.uk/album/rewritten-histories-vol-1-1992-1995/) - A collection of mixes and remixes of early Banco de Gaia tracks.
- [You Are Here](https://banco.co.uk/album/you-are-here/) - You Are Here is the first studio album by Banco de Gaia since Igizeh in 2000. The album is a series of musical snapshots of the world we live in as of 2003. It is not a slogan-shouting political tirade, more a meditation on how things are, a globally inspired series of soundtracks. From the
- [Igizeh](https://banco.co.uk/album/igizeh/) - Igizeh is as elusive as its title but as accessible as anything to come from the European dance music scene. Full of obvious references to Indian and Near Eastern music, as well as less obvious glances at American minimalist music, Igizeh is everything we've come to expect from Toby Marks - the one man in
- [The Magical Sounds Of Banco De Gaia](https://banco.co.uk/album/the-magical-sounds-of-banco-de-gaia/) - After taking time out to tour in 1997, Toby Marks moved from the UK Midlands to Somerset, in southwest England to set up a new studio. After recording the new CD, he then decided to set up his own label in England, Disco Gecko Recordings. The Magical Sounds of Banco de Gaia travels freely between
- [Big Men Cry](https://banco.co.uk/album/big-men-cry/) - Big Men Cry is considered by some to be the undiscovered masterpiece of the Banco de Gaia catalogue and its return is both long overdue and highly anticipated. The album’s original release was surrounded by chaos, due to myriad problems at the label (which soon after went bankrupt). As a result, despite getting airplay from
- [Live at Glastonbury](https://banco.co.uk/album/live-at-glastonbury/) - This is a recording of the complete set performed on The Avalon Stage, Glastonbury Festival, England on June 24th 1995. We have tried to capture the spirit of the occasion rather than achieve technical perfection. No blame. Uncredits: Due to a rather complicated legal and political situation, we were unable to clear a vocal sample
- [Last Train To Lhasa](https://banco.co.uk/album/last-train-to-lhasa/) - One of the all time classics of modern electronica, Last Train to Lhasa is an incredible sonic journey whose globally inspired, groove infested soundscapes helped to form the blueprint for much of today’s global electronica. Following the success of his debut album Maya and a European tour with Transglobal Underground, Toby Marks travelled the world
- [Maya](https://banco.co.uk/album/maya/) - Having cut his teeth on the early 90’s Ambient Dub compilations, Banco De Gaia released this, his first studio album, on Planet Dog records. It reached No1# in the independent charts in the UK and was licensed worldwide. Unfortunately, the album then got lost in a legal limbo for the many years following the messy
- [Songs From The Silk Road](https://banco.co.uk/album/songs-from-the-silk-road/) - Persian strings and prog rock. Tibetan songs and ecstatic house. Welcome to the strange, wonderful world of DJ / remixer /dance music maestro Banco de Gaia (aka Toby Marks) whose work sprang from the hopeful exuberance of British house, the joys of sampling, and the advent of global music. Now, new listeners unfamiliar with this
- [30 Times Around the Sun](https://banco.co.uk/album/30-times-around-the-sun/) - 30 Times Around the Sun is a compilation of tracks drawn from the last 30 years of Banco de Gaia, with every track written, recorded or released in different years during that time. In chronological order, the compilation begins with an early experimental live track and ends with Banco’s latest work. Banco de Gaia was
- [Kintsugi](https://banco.co.uk/album/kintsugi/) - Toby Marks of Banco de Gaia has had a bumpy couple of years, with family crises having to take priority over the making of music. Nevertheless this year was to be a respite from all that, with a major new album planned. Its November 2020 release would be accompanied by a string of UK and
- [Big Men Cry - 20th Anniversary Edition](https://banco.co.uk/album/big-men-cry-20th-anniversary-edition/) - In 1997 when “Big Men Cry” was originally released on Planet Dog Records, no one could have predicted the chaos that would surround and follow it. The campaign was a classic case of the record company marketing one thing and the artist recording another. In this instance, the label and many of the public alike
- [10 Years Remixed](https://banco.co.uk/album/10-years-remixed/) - 10 Years Remixed was a limited edition release created following the success of the previous year’s debut Banco de Gaia compilation 10 Years. It began as a conversation between friends and evolved into a collection of remixes. This is a deeply personal document with every remix being commissioned by Banco himself and every remix with
- [10 Years](https://banco.co.uk/album/10-years/) - In 1992 Banco de Gaia first appeared on the Beyond Records Ambient Dub compilations, which were the forerunners of later chill-out compilations. 10 Year takes in the decade since then and is a celebration of a decade in musical terms and is also a celebration of the return of the global rights to the entire
- [Live at Glastonbury - 20th Anniversary Edition 2CD](https://banco.co.uk/album/live-at-glastonbury-20th-anniversary-edition-2cd/) - Recorded in 1995 and 2015 at Glastonbury Festival. DISC 1 - 1995 1. Last Train to Lhasa 2. Mafich Arabi 3. Amber 4. White Paint 5. Kincajou 6. Kuos 7. 887 8. Heliopolis 9. Data Inadequate DISC 2 - 2015 1. Last Train to Lhasa 2. Wimble Toot 3. I Love Baby Cheesy 4. Apollon
- [Maya - 20th Anniversary Edition](https://banco.co.uk/album/maya-20th-anniversary-edition/) - In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the release of an album which is considered by many to be one of the pioneering classics of global electronica, Banco De Gaia is happy to announce this triple disc version of Maya, limited to 1,500 copies and not available as a download or stream. Originally released in
- [Two Thousand And 4](https://banco.co.uk/album/two-thousand-and-4/) - In 2004, after six months’ preparation, Bance de Gaia introduced live video mixing into their performances for the first time. Touring extensively in Europe, live shows were filmed in many countries including UK, Belgium, Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, Croatia, Bosnia and Russian Federation. Two Thousand and 4 incorporates the video imagery used in the live
- [Deep Live (deleted)](https://banco.co.uk/album/deep-live-deleted/) - Cassette release. Deleted.
- [Freeform Flutes and Faded Tibetans (deleted)](https://banco.co.uk/album/freeform-flutes-and-faded-tibetans-deleted/) - Cassette release only. Deleted.
- [Desert Wind - EP](https://banco.co.uk/album/desert-wind/)
- [Medium (Deleted)](https://banco.co.uk/album/medium-deleted/) - Cassette release. Deleted
- [Obsidian - EP](https://banco.co.uk/album/obsidian/)
- [Zeus No Like Techno / Gray Over Gray - EP](https://banco.co.uk/album/zeus-no-like-techno-gray-over-gray/)
- [Last Train To Lhasa - EP](https://banco.co.uk/album/last-train-to-lhasa-2/)
- [I Love Baby Cheesy - EP](https://banco.co.uk/album/i-love-baby-cheesy/)
- [Drunk As A Monk -EP](https://banco.co.uk/album/drunk-as-a-monk/)
- [Last Train to Lhasa - 20th Anniversary Edition](https://banco.co.uk/album/last-train-to-lhasa-20th-anniversary-edition/) - 20 years ago Planet Dog released one of the all-time classic albums of modern electronica - Last Train to Lhasa – which reached #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
- [How Much Reality Can You Take? - EP](https://banco.co.uk/album/how-much-reality-can-you-take-ep/)
- [Kincajou - EP](https://banco.co.uk/album/kincajou/)
- [Kara Kum - EP](https://banco.co.uk/album/kara-kum/)
- [Heliopolis - EP](https://banco.co.uk/album/heliopolis/)

## Videos

- [A Bee Song](https://banco.co.uk/video/a-bee-song/)
- [Planet For Sale](https://banco.co.uk/video/planet-for-sale/)
- [Ages of Gaia](https://banco.co.uk/video/ages-of-gaia/)
- [Burn the Witch](https://banco.co.uk/video/burn/)
- [Warp and Weft](https://banco.co.uk/video/warp-and-weft/)
- [Nine Hearts](https://banco.co.uk/video/ninehearts/)
- [No Hablo Italiano](https://banco.co.uk/video/no-hablo-italiano/)
- [Last Train to Lhasa (2015 edit)](https://banco.co.uk/video/last-train-to-lhasa-2015-edit/) - To celebrate 20 years since the original release of 'Last Train to Lhasa', I am releasing a limited edition anniversary edition later this year. Before that, a digital only EP featuring remixes of the title track comes out, via Bandcamp from Feb 14 and via the mainstream from Mar 30. I have edited the original
- [Le Foucauld](https://banco.co.uk/video/le-foucauld/)
- [For Such A Time](https://banco.co.uk/video/for-such-a-time-2/)
- [I Love Baby Cheesy](https://banco.co.uk/video/i-love-baby-cheesy-2/)
- [Soufie](https://banco.co.uk/video/soufie/)
- [Obsidian](https://banco.co.uk/video/obsidian-2/)
- [Apollon](https://banco.co.uk/video/apollon/)
- [Last Train To Lhasa](https://banco.co.uk/video/last-train-to-lhasa-3/)
- [All Sleeping](https://banco.co.uk/video/all-sleeping/) - Timelapse footage by Grant Wakefield www.grantwakefield.com
- [Wimble Toot](https://banco.co.uk/video/wimble-toot/)
- [Farewell Ferengistan](https://banco.co.uk/video/farewell-ferengistan-2/)

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