Summer Is Commvid 07 - 05 - 2021

Major Lazer - Hold On Line(drozd Mix)

Christian Löffler - Versailles(Anton El'kin rmx)

When I was a kid in the 70’s I remember seeing a TV programme about a guy who declared that an old naval platform somewhere off the coast of England was his own country.

Many years later I was asked to contribute to the Outlaw Oceans project and thought this was a perfect subject for a track. As I don’t really do 70’s retro, apart from the odd prog rock cover, I decided to work the 70’s-style narrator’s voice into a retro 90’s sounding track. Sadly the initiative ran into complications and the release was pulled.

As I found it an amusing project to work on, I never gave up on the track, and re-visited it earlier this year to give it a final tweak.

I hope you enjoy this trip down memory lane as much as we have, or at least find the ridiculousness of it all entertaining!

My Little Country

BANCO DE GAIA - My Little Country

First chillout album released on Ajana records in 2006

neverending story

Out now on Iboga Records: http://classic.beatport.com/release/digitechture/1803737

1. Nanoplex - Farenheit 451

Released as a part of "Alpha Seeds" compilation. 
ps. You could fine a small story by the url btw.

Alpha Seeds

Cloower Wooma - On The Verge

Press Info: "For its 5th release Shagara Records presents "Mosaic" by Astropilot and label founder Sharshar.

The energetic release fuses deep atmospherics, playful synths and organic percussions, creating a uniquely groovy and melodic EP.

The 5 track EP includes 2 original tracks along with remixes by Shunus and Artphorm, and a reinterpretation by Sander ft. Stephane Salerno."

We hope you enjoy this track as much as we do.

Do not forget to support the artists and label by following:

@artphorm
@astropilot
@sharsharofficial
@shagara-records

Premiere: Astropilot & Sharshar - Mosaic (Artphorm Remix) [Shagara Records]

I am off to Australia for the Eclipse 2012 festival this weekend, and to celebrate have made a special mix of a track from my new album.

New album, "Apollon", is due for release Spring 2013 - this is possibly the most upbeat of all the tracks on there.

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Banco de Gaia - Eternal Sunshine (Ozclipse Mix)

Dublicator   Echoes of Babylon

Aedem - Raver Baby

Banco De Gaia has been performing and releasing for over 25 years now, along the way becoming one of the music industry’s most maverick innovators. His legacy is as glittering as it is diverse, ranging from Hollywood film sound credits to the critically acclaimed ‘Last Train to Lhasa’, first released in 1995 to a rapturous reception. His live act still packs out venues and festivals all over the world, with audio-visual performances renowned for their explosive, cutting edge quality: from sampling wizardry fused with haunting vocals and poignant acoustics to genre-hopping musical instrumentals, all accompanied by socially engaged visuals.

Behind Banco de Gaia is artist Toby Marks. Starting out as a drummer in a metal band, he began using sampling kit to cut his own tunes after falling in love with electronica during the 1980s acid house era. By the early 90s, after winning respect for a clutch of credits on the Ambient Dub compilations, he was signed to Planet Dog Records and released ‘Maya’, in 1994, and then ‘Last Train to Lhasa’, in 1995.

Both albums featured an artfully arranged cocktail of textured samples and live instrumentals lifted from across the world. Both went straight to No. 1 in the UK Independent Charts as well as sweeping through the international electronica scene, making him, along with the likes of The Orb, one of the early pioneers of ‘chill out’. Both ‘Last Train to Lhasa’ and ‘Heliopolis (Eudopolis Dog Mix)’ notably featured on Sasha & Digweed's classic ‘Northern Exposure’ mix CD among myriad other compilations. 

Since then, he's released a further 6 studio albums, 1 live album, 1 live DVD and 15 EP’s and also runs his own label, Disco Gecko Recordings. He went back to basics in 2014 with a sold-out 20th Anniversary CD-only (no streams or downloads available) release of ‘Maya’, followed by similar 20th Anniversary editions of ‘Last Train to Lhasa’ in 2015 and ‘Live at Glastonbury’ in 2016.

Pink Floyd and psychedelia remain a constant influence: Banco’s cover of Echoes in 2007 helped shape the ‘Memories, Dreams, Reflections’ collection in 2009 and Floyd’s legendary saxophonist Dick Parry was one of Marks’ special guest collaborators (alongside no-man’s Tim Bowness and Zero 7’s Sophie Barker) on his ‘The 9th of Nine Hearts’ album, which came out in October 2016.

“A continuation of the consistently high form Toby Marks has shown throughout a long and illustrious career” (Total Music Magazine), The Crack described ‘The 9th of Nine Hearts’ as full of “dubby loveliness that fuses psych, spiky rock, acid and ambient” while the Ambient Music Guide hailed it as “Banco's strongest album of new material in 15 years”.

BANCO DE GAIA - My Little Country

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