Songs from the Silk Road

by Banco de Gaia

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Comes in a high quality Digifile wallet with original artwork and an 8 page booklet. Also includes immediate download of 13-track album in your choice of format.
*NB. Please note the physical album only comes with tracks 1-10. 11-13 are available online only.*

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1.	Farewell Ferengistan 06:13	info	buy track
2.	B2 06:17	info	buy track
3.	Last Train to Lhasa (Live at Glastonbury) 12:36		buy track
4.	Sheesha 07:58		buy track
5.	Tempra 07:25		buy track
6.	Glove Puppet (Dreadzone Remix) 06:07	info	buy track
7.	Not in my Name 10:48	info	buy track
8.	Big Men Cry 06:14	info	buy track
9.	Amber 07:37	info	buy track
10.	Touching the Void (Smells like Salvation) 08:21		buy track
11.	Desert Window (El Ahram Mix) 06:26
12.	Data Inadequate (Live '93) 07:47
13.	Desert Wind (Sunset Mix) 07:39

about

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 funky founding father of eclectic electronica can savor nearly two decades of hits, rarities, and remixes on Songs from the Silk Road. An intro to the vibrant cross-pollination of house and world music, tracks shift from hard-hitting to playful, pulsing to ambient, all guided by a strong, omnivorous ear for powerful beats and delicate filigrees of sound.

Pensive modal harmonies (“Farewell Ferengistan”—named for an obscure Central Asian term for Europeans) alternate with hand drum-heavy dub grooves (“Amber”). Gentle digital pops and glitches (“Big Men Cry”) give way to driving rhythms, stirring vocals, and glittering keyboards (“Last Train to Lhasa”).

As Banco De Gaia puts it: “I wanted to round up the body of work and create a portfolio for new listeners. The origins of this sound, a sound that’s now ubiquitous, are really interesting, and I want people to know more about it. Back then in early days, we were inventing this whole new thing. This album shows that, and how things have evolved since.”

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released February 14, 2011

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Aug 20

Electric Brixton

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Aug 21

The Trades Club

Hebden Bridge, UK
Aug 28

Fiddlers Club

Bristol, UK
Aug 29

Chalk

Brighton, UK
Feb 14

Shankra

Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka

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