{"id":2056,"date":"2009-12-24T00:00:43","date_gmt":"2009-12-24T08:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/?p=2056"},"modified":"2018-11-01T19:39:29","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T02:39:29","slug":"solipsistic-nation-no-173-banco-de-gaia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/solipsistic-nation-no-173-banco-de-gaia\/","title":{"rendered":"solipsistic NATION No. 173: Banco de Gaia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today on solipsistic NATION<\/b> we\u2019re going to close out 2009 with an interview with Toby Marks of Banco De Gaia<\/a> and hear tracks from his 20 year retrospective album, Memories Dreams Reflections<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n

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\u2019s El Ahram Mix of \u201cDesert Wind\u201d on the first Excursions In Ambience<\/a><\/i> compilation album. Excursions In Ambience<\/i> was one of those albums that I listened to over and over again! It featured the Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia<\/a>, Tranquility Bass<\/a> and The Future Sound of London<\/a> as well as Banco de Gaia and had a profound impact on the music I would listen to for years to come so it\u2019s pretty cool to have Toby on today\u2019s show!<\/p>\n

Toby often mixes Arabic and Middle Eastern samples against a bass heavy reggae, rock, ambient dub or trance but overall there\u2019s a spiritual dimension to his music. At least I think so, and it\u2019s been a wonderful ride listening to Toby grow as an artist and expand his musical palette. Memories Dreams Reflections<\/i> does its best to encapsulate the history Banco de Gaia and I\u2019ve 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\u2019s show as well as covers of legendary prog rock groups such as Pink Floyd<\/a>, King Crimson<\/a> and Hawkwind<\/a>. I hope you enjoy the ride as much as I did.<\/p>\n

See you next year! We\u2019ll kick off 2010 with a live set from Somatic Responses<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Photo Credit: night_beat<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

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  1. Banco De Gaia<\/a><\/b> \u201cChina\u201d<\/li>\n
  2. Interview with Toby Marks of Banco De Gaia<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n
  3. Banco De Gaia<\/a><\/b> \u201cHow Much Reality Can You Take?\u201d<\/li>\n
  4. Banco De Gaia<\/a><\/b> \u201cNo Rain\u201d<\/li>\n
  5. Interview with Toby Marks of Banco De Gaia<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n
  6. Banco De Gaia<\/a><\/b> \u201cDrunk As A Monk\u201d<\/li>\n
  7. Banco De Gaia<\/a><\/b> \u201cSpirit Of The Age\u201d<\/li>\n
  8. Banco De Gaia<\/a><\/b> \u201cStarless\u201d<\/li>\n
  9. Banco De Gaia<\/a><\/b> \u201cEchoes\u201d<\/li>\n
  10. Interview with Toby Marks of Banco De Gaia<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Today on solipsistic NATION we\u2019re 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 … <\/p>\n

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