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Banco de Gaia
Downtempo
The next Banco de Gaia concert is scheduled for Friday, May 9, 2025 at The International in Leicester, United Kingdom. See all 3 upcoming concerts
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About Banco de Gaia
Artist Biography
Inspired to enter the field of electronic music by Britain's acid house explosion of the late '80s, Toby Marks took quite a different spin on electronica with his recordings as Banco de Gaia, introducing elements of Eastern and Arabic music, sampling similarly exotic sources, and tying the whole to ambient-dub rhythms. Marks began releasing cassette-only albums in the early '90s, distributed through a network of clubs and artists known as Planet Dog. When Planet Dog became a record label as well (later the home of Eat Static and Timeshard), Banco de Gaia debuted on disc with the Desert Wind EP, released in November 1993. Early the following year, Marks released his first album, Maya. For 1995's Last Train to Lhasa, Marks concerned himself with the plight of occupied Tibet. The following year brought a rare concert recording, Live at Glastonbury, with Big Men Cry appearing in 1997, followed by The Magical Sounds of Banco de Gaia two years later. In late 2000, Marks returned with Igizeh through Six Degrees Records, a label with which he decided to stay for 2004's You Are Here and 2006's Farewell Ferengistan. ~ John Bush
Hometown
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England
Genre
Downtempo
Members of Banco de Gaia
Banco de Gaia was formed in 1989. Members of Banco de Gaia include, or have included, the following 1 members.
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