Today on solipsistic NATION we’re going to close out 2009 with an interview with Toby Marks of Banco De Gaia and hear tracks from his 20 year retrospective album, Memories Dreams Reflections.
I first discovered Banco de Gaia way back in the day when I was first getting into electronic music when I heard Banco de Gaia’s El Ahram Mix of “Desert Wind” on the first Excursions In Ambience compilation album. Excursions In Ambience was one of those albums that I listened to over and over again! It featured the Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia, Tranquility Bass and The Future Sound of London as well as Banco de Gaia and had a profound impact on the music I would listen to for years to come so it’s pretty cool to have Toby on today’s show!
Toby often mixes Arabic and Middle Eastern samples against a bass heavy reggae, rock, ambient dub or trance but overall there’s a spiritual dimension to his music. At least I think so, and it’s been a wonderful ride listening to Toby grow as an artist and expand his musical palette. Memories Dreams Reflections does its best to encapsulate the history Banco de Gaia and I’ve done my best to select tracks from the album to convey that experience. No surprise, I completely failed, but it was fun to make the effort. There are quite a few live tracks on today’s show as well as covers of legendary prog rock groups such as Pink Floyd, King Crimson and Hawkwind. I hope you enjoy the ride as much as I did.
See you next year! We’ll kick off 2010 with a live set from Somatic Responses!
Photo Credit: night_beat
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