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Banco De Gaia

Real Name:
Toby Marks
Profile:
Banco De Gaia began as a solo project of Toby Marks producing a variety of dance and chill-out music often featuring tribal samples. After several tape-only albums, Banco was signed to Planet Dog where he received much wider recognition. Banco expanded into a band in 1997 and later moved to the Gecko label.
Sites:
banco.co.uk, MySpace, banco.gavinstok.com, bancoblog.blogspot.com, Facebook, Twitter, last.fm/music/Banco+de+Gaia
Aliases:
Disco Gecko Productions, Toby Marks
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Discography

Releases:
Medium (Cass)   World Bank 1991
Deep Live (Cass)   World Bank 1992
Freeform Flutes & Fading Tibetans (Cass)   World Bank 1992
Desert Wind (Maxi, Single) ◄ (3 versions)   Planet Dog ... 1993
Heliopolis (The City Of The Sun Mixes) (Maxi) ◄ (2 versions)   Planet Dog 1994
Maya (Album) ◄ (8 versions)   Planet Dog ... 1994
Kincajou (Maxi) ◄ (4 versions)   Planet Dog ... 1995
Last Train To Lhasa (Album) ◄ (11 versions)   Planet Dog ... 1995
Last Train To Lhasa (Maxi, Single) ◄ (6 versions)   Planet Dog ... 1995
Live At Glastonbury (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Planet Dog ... 1996
Big Men Cry (Album) ◄ (7 versions)   Planet Dog ... 1997
Drunk As A Monk (Maxi) ◄ (2 versions)   Mammoth Records 1997
I Love Baby Cheesy (Maxi) ◄ (4 versions)   Six Degrees Records ... 1999
The Magical Sounds Of Banco De Gaia (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Disco Gecko ... 1999
Igizeh (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Six Degrees Records ... 2000
Obsidian (Remixes) (Maxi) ◄ (2 versions)   Six Degrees Records 2000
How Much Reality Can You Take? (12")   Six Degrees Records 2001
How Much Reality Can You Take? (CDr, Single, Promo)   Six Degrees Records 2001
10 Years (Album, Comp) ◄ (2 versions)   Disco Gecko ... 2002
10 Years (Remixed) (File, MP3)   Disco Gecko 2003
10 Years (Remixed) ◄ (2 versions)   Disco Gecko 2003
You Are Here (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Six Degrees Records ... 2004
Zeus No Like Techno / Gray Over Gray (CD, Maxi)   Disco Gecko 2004
Two Thousand And 4 (DVD, PAL)   Disco Gecko 2005
Farewell Ferengistan (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Six Degrees Records ... 2006
Kara Kum Remixes (CDr)   Disco Gecko 2006
Memories Dreams Reflections (2xCD, Album)   Disco Gecko 2009
Remixes:
This Garden (Maxi) ◄ (2 versions) This Garden (Remix) China Records 1993
Folklaw (12") Folklaw (Banco De Gaia... Ultimate Records 1995
Folklaw (CD, Single) Folklaw (Banco De Gaia... Ultimate Records 1995
Yalla Chant (Maxi) ◄ (2 versions) Yalla Chant (Latvian S... Nation Records 1995
Volume Two (Special Mixes And Remixes) (2x12") Get Out (Remix By Banc... Superstition 1996
The Remix Collection ◄ (3 versions) Yalla Chant (Banco De ... Mantra Recordings ... 1999
Traveler '99 A Planetful Of Grooves (CD) A Loop In Time (Banco ... Six Degrees Records 1999
Buddha-Bar II (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) A Loop In Time (Banco ... Wagram 2000
@ Home @ Sunset (CD) A Loop In Time (Banco ... Moonshine Music 2001
Electro Lounge Volume Two (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Smoke Gets In Your Eye... The Right Stuff 2001
Everything Is Closer Than You Think (CD, Comp, Mixed) Distance (Banco De Gai... Wax Magazine 2001
Krishna Beats (2xCD) A Loop In Time (Banco ... Bar De Lune 2001
Tribal Futures: The Way Ahead... (CD, Comp) Mopti Street (Banco De... Echo Beach, Echo Beach 2001
Asian Travels 2 (CD, Comp, Dig) Distance (Banco De Gai... Six Degrees Records 2002
Redesign (CD) Distance (Banco De Gai... Six Degrees Records 2002
Distance (Maxi) ◄ (2 versions) Distance (Banco De Gai... Six Degrees Records 2003
Six Degrees 100 - A Six Degrees Collection (CD, Comp, Dig) A Loop In Time (Banco ... Six Degrees Records 2004
Bombay Dub Orchestra Remixed EP (CD, EP, Promo) Beauty & The East (Ban... Six Degrees Records 2006
Traveler '06 (CD, Enh) Ali (Banco De Gaia Remix) Six Degrees Records 2006
Elysium Remixes (CD, Comp, Promo) Endless Reverie (Banco... Six Degrees Records 2007
Planet For $ale (CD, Album) Breathe A Little Life Isle Of Light 2007
Production:
Stacked Up (2xLP) Door Game Ultimate Records 1994
Renaissance Worldwide: Singapore (3xCD, Mixed, Comp) Drunk As A Monk (Rabbi... Passion Music, Renaissance 1998
Mix:
Chill Out (La Música De Relajación Del Futuro) (2xCD, Comp) A Loop In Time (Banco ... Arcade España (Spain) 2000
Appears On:
Something Sonic EP (12") Something Sonic (This ... Cheree Records 1990
Ambient Dub Volume Two - Earthjuice (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Shanti (Black Mountain... Beyond 1993
Stacked Up (Album) ◄ (4 versions) Door Game Ultimate Records ... 1994
Tracks Appear On:
Ambient Dub Volume 1:- The Big Chill (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) Desert Wind, Soufie Beyond 1992
Solid Motion EP (12", EP, W/Lbl, Smplr) Desert Wind Beyond 1992
Ambient Dub Volume 3 - Aqua ◄ (2 versions) Desert Wind (The Satsu... Beyond 1993
Ambient Dub Volume Two - Earthjuice (Comp) ◄ (4 versions) Shanti, Lai Lah Beyond 1993
Excursions In Ambience (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Desert Wind (El Ahram ... Caroline Records 1993
Feed Your Head (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) Qurna (Haj Ali's Birth... Planet Dog ... 1993
Future Shock (VHS) Soufie Prism Leisure Video 1993
One A.D. (Volume One Ambient Dub) (Comp) ◄ (4 versions) Desert Wind (Interstat... Waveform Records ... 1994
The Serious Road Trip (3xCD, Comp) White Paint MCA Records 1994
Trance Europe Express - Volume 3 (Preview) (12", Promo, Smplr) Kincajou Volume 1994
Trance Europe Express 3 (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Kincajou Volume 1994
Dubnology - Journeys Into Outer Bass ◄ (2 versions) Lai Lah (v.1.00) Middle Earth Recordings 1995
FMCD June 1995 (CD, Enh) Shanti Future Music Magazine 1995
Feed Your Head Volume 1 (CD, Comp) Qurna (Haj Ali's Birth... Mammoth Records 1995
Planet Dog - Peel Sessions - Peel Your Head (CD) Gamaleh, Sunspot Strange Fruit 1995
Planet Dog - Peel Your Head: The Peel Sessions (2xLP) Gamaleh, Sunspot Strange Fruit 1995
Spew Vs. Spew: The Remixes (CD, Comp, Promo) Last Train To Lhasa (A... Atlantic 1995
Totally Loved Up (2xCD) Soufie Prima Vera Records 1995
Transmissions From The Planet Dog ◄ (2 versions) Qurna (Haj Ali's Birth... Planet Dog 1995
Transmissions From The Planet Dog ◄ (2 versions) Heliopolis, Mafich Ara... Mammoth Records ... 1995
Deep Green - Music To Wake Up To ◄ (2 versions) Mafich Arabi Toshiba EMI Ltd ... 1996
Dub Dope (One And Two Ambient Dub) (2xCD, Comp) Desert Wind (Interstat... Blue Martin Records, Blue Martin Records, Blue Martin Records 1996
Earth Trance (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) Kincajou (Wild Monkey ... Positiva ... 1996
No Compromize (2xCD) Sunspot Delerium Records 1996
Northern Exposure (Comp) ◄ (6 versions) Last Train To Lhasa, H... Ministry Of Sound ... 1996
Synthetic Pleåsures Volume One (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Mafich Arabi Moonshine Music 1996
Whirl-Y-Waves Vol. 1 (2xCD) Amber (Original Whirl-... Whirl-Y-Music 1996
Sally's Photographic Memory (2xCD, Comp + Box) China Volume 1997
Spirit Of A New Age 2 (CD, Comp) Celestine Universal Music (Australia) 1997
Universal Attaque! Vol. 1 (CD) Big Men Cry Universal Music (Canada) 1997
Voyage To Planet Dog (CD, Mixed, Comp) Sheesha, Last Train To... Planet Dog 1997
21-3: Elastic & All Boundaries Are Illusion (2xCD, Comp) Drippy (Deeply Dipped ... Tua Records, Nova Tekk 1998
Adam Freeland's Coastal Breaks II ◄ (2 versions) Drunk As A Monk (Rabbi... React 1998
Coastal Breaks II (2xCD, Mixed, Comp) Drunk As A Monk (Rabbi... React 1998
Complete Dubnology (Box + 4xCD, Comp) Lai Lah (v.1.00) Cleopatra 1998
Earthdance - The Global Dance Party For Planetary Peace (2xCD, Comp) Big Men Cry Transient Records 1998
Elastic (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) Drippy (Deeply Dipped ... 21-3 Records ... 1998
Elastic (A Wee Sampler) (12") Drippy (Deeply Dipped ... 21-3 Records 1998
Ethno Dance - Volume 1 (2xCD, Comp) Shanti (Soupdragon Mix) Nova Tekk, Cameleon 1998
Planet Electrica - Protection (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) Drunk As A Monk Elf Records Ltd. ... 1998
Renaissance Worldwide: Singapore (3xCD, Mixed, Comp) Drunk As A Monk (Rabbi... Passion Music, Renaissance 1998
π - Music For The Motion Picture (Comp) ◄ (4 versions) Drippy Sire Records Company ... 1998
Ambient Meditations 2 (CD, Comp, Mixed) 144K Return To The Source 1999
Caribbean Eclipse (CD, Comp) Frogs Dinner Flying Rhino Freestyle 1999
Earth Dance (CD) Glove Puppet CyberOctave 1999
Michael Dog Summer Night Sessions (CD, Comp, P/Mixed) Touching The Void (Sme... Liquid, CTM 1999
Rabbit In The Moon Remixes • Volume 2 (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Drunk As A Monk (R.I.T... Hallucination 1999
Traveler '99 A Planetful Of Grooves (CD) I Love Baby Cheesy (Sk... Six Degrees Records 1999
Asian Travels (CD, Comp, Dig) Harvey And The Old One... Six Degrees Records 2000
Electro Guide 5 (2xCD) Obsidian Valley Media Inc. 2000
Lovefield - No Dream But Life (CD, Comp + CD, Comp, Enh + , Dig) Frog's Dinner Free Form, Nova Media Distribution 2000
Music Is Life - A Chillin' Experience (2xCD, Comp) Touching The Void, Sin... Toot 'N' Herb 2000
Six Degrees Presents Your Musical Passport (CD, Album, Promo) Obsidian (Edit), How M... Six Degrees Records 2000
Traveler '00 (CD, Comp, dig) B2 Six Degrees Records 2000
Arabian Travels (CD) Sakarya Six Degrees Records 2001
Asia Lounge - Asian Flavoured Club Tunes (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Gizeh Audiopharm 2001
Cargo High-Tech (2xCD, Comp) Igizeh Cool D:vision 2001
Chilled Out Euphoria (2xCD, Mixed, Comp) Touching The Void Telstar TV 2001
Circuit Sessions 9 - Joe Bermudez (CD) Obsidian (Slinky Kink ... 4 Play Records Inc. 2001
Electr'Oriental Delight (CD) How Much You Really Ca... Ultra Vista Records 2001
Everything Is Closer Than You Think (CD, Comp, Mixed) How Much Reality Can Y... Wax Magazine 2001
Extreme Chill At Six Degrees (CD) B2, Glove Puppet (Voca... Six Degrees Records 2001
FMCD August 2001 (CD, Enh) How Much Reality Can Y... Future Music Magazine 2001
Global Underground: Locations (CD, Mixed, Comp, Smplr) Obsidian (The Light vs... Global Underground Ltd. 2001
Global Underground: Nubreed 004 (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) Obsidian (PFN vs. The ... Boxed 2001
Krishna Beats (2xCD) I Love Baby Cheesy (Ba... Bar De Lune 2001
Motion: A Six Degree Dance Collection (CD, Dig) Obsidian (Remixed By T... Six Degrees Records 2001
Swaraj - Future Asian Beat (Comp) ◄ (4 versions) How Much Reality Can Y... Swaraj Records ... 2001
Synesthesia (2xCD) Obsidian (The Light vs... Ultra Records 2001
Way Out There - A Progressive DJ Mix (CD) Obsidian (The Light vs... Bliss Productions 2001
Asian Travels 2 (CD, Comp, Dig) How Much Reality Can Y... Six Degrees Records 2002
Astronaut (2xCD, Mixed, Comp) Touching The Void (Sme... Yellow Sunshine Explosion 2002
Celtic Beats (2xCD) Gizeh Bar De Lune 2002
Chillout Ibiza 2 (3xCD, Comp) Shanti (Black Mountain... Decadance Recordings 2002
Liquid Crystal Vision (DVD) Harvey And The Old Ones Liquid Crystal Vision 2002
Motion 2 (CD, Comp) Much Reality Can You T... Six Degrees Records 2002
Pro.File 1: Meat Beat Manifesto / Jack Dangers Remix Collection (CD, Comp) How Much Reality Can Y... Brooklyn Music Limited (BML) 2002
Pure Global Chillout (2xCD) Shanti (Black Mountain... Decadance Recordings 2002
Emporio Armani Caffe Curated By DJ Matteo Ceccarini (CD, Promo) Sakarya Neverstop 2003
Orient Express Vol. 3 (CD, Comp) Last Train To Lhasa Milano 2000 2003
Pathaan's Indian Sunset (2xCD) Drippy Altura Music 2003
Tantra Lounge: Exotic Indian Electronica (CD) Desert Wind Water Music Records 2003
FreeCompactDisc (CD, Comp, Promo) Tongue In Chic The Guardian 2004
Orient Express Vol. 4 (CD, Comp) Shanti (Black Mountain... Milano 2000 2004
Six Degrees 100 - A Six Degrees Collection (CD, Comp, Dig) I Love Baby Cheesy (Ra... Six Degrees Records 2004
Frequent Flyer - Departure Lounge (2xCD) Sunspot Kinkysweet Recordings 2005
Global Chillout. Red Onion Music (CD, Comp, Dig) Amber Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Poland), STX Records (2) 2005
Promo Only // Alternative Club - March 05 (CD, Comp, Promo) Tongue In Chic (Midiva... Promo Only 2005
Six Degrees Remixed (CD, Comp, Promo) Tongue In Chic (MIDIva... Six Degrees Records 2005
Tsunami Benefit (3xCD, Dig) Down From The Mountain Organic Records (3) 2005
Whirl-Y-Waves Vol. 3 (2xCD) Lai Lah (Eat Static Re... Whirl-Y-Music 2005
Sygnowano Fabryka Trzciny Volume 1 (2xCD, Comp) Obsidian (Banco De Gai... Universal Music Polska, STX Records (2) 2006
The Future Sound Of Exeter - St Davids Ambience Society 1996-2006 (2xCD) Seti 1 SAS Records 2006
Backspin: A Six Degrees Ten Year Anniversary Project (CD, Comp) Echoes Six Degrees Records 2007
Eden (CD) Kara Kum (The Bombay D... Six Degrees Records 2007
Ambient Dub Volume 1;The Big Chill (LP) Desert Wind, Soufie Beyond  
Plastiks Sampler 8 (CD, Smplr) How Much Reality Can Y... Plastiks Magazine  
Unofficial Releases:
100% Hits: More Then Enigma (Dance Mix) (Cass, Comp) Last Train To Lhasa Hip-Hop Records (2) 1998
Bicycle Ramble (Cass, Comp, Mixed) Qurna (Mister Christia... Unэroid Family 2000
Enigma (CD-ROM) Last Train To Lhasa Fly Multimedia 2000
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Review by fabriknos Jul 16, 2008
Toby Marks has done it all. The man started off with a cassette and a lot of love for music, getting his start as a guitarist performing Beatles cover songs in locations around the world. The trip he has taken since then is impressive to say the least. Often lumped into the unfortunate category of "ethnic music," Banco de Gaia is a much more involved project, incorporating vocals, traditional instruments, but also a solid foundation in the world of electronic dance music. Breaks, techno, ambient, emotional soundscapes... whatever the style may be, Toby can do it with ease, and is one of my personal favorite artists. Highly recommended.
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