Last Train to Lhasa

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Last Train to Lhasa
Studio album by Banco de Gaia
Released	1995
Recorded	???
Genre	Trance
Length	120:55 143:20 (limited edition)
Label	Mammoth Records/Planet Dog Records
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Banco de Gaia chronology
Maya (1994) Last Train to Lhasa (1995) Live at Glastonbury (1996)
Limited triple-CD edition
Cover from limited triple-CD edition

Last Train to Lhasa is a double CD by Banco de Gaia which was released in 1995 (there was also a single-disc version). A "Special Limited Edition Triple CD" contained three additional remixes.

The album's techno and ambient compositions contain sampled chantings of the people of Tibet.

Contents 1 Influence 2 Track listing 2.1 Disc one 2.2 Disc two 2.3 Disc three (of the limited edition) 3 Singles 3.1 Last Train To Lhasa 3.2 Kincajou 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Influence

After a big success of the debut album Maya and a European tour with Transglobal Underground Toby Marks travelled the world collecting inspirations. He joined The Tibet Support Group, a part of International Tibet Independence Movement. As a response to the Chinese government's decision to build a railway track to Lhasa, the heart and traditional capital of Chinese occupied Tibet, in 1995 Marks recorded a 12-minute long track with looped chants from Tibet. It soon appeared to be a start for the whole project, eventually creating a new album. As Marks said, the compositions were made as a result of political and human sensitivity.

Amber contains a sampled line: My god, it's full of stars... from the Stanley Kubrick movie 2001: A Space Odyssey.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc one

1. "Last Train to Lhasa" – 11:44
2. "Kuos" – 6:56
3. "China (Clouds Not Mountains)" – 7:30
4. "Amber" – 7:34
5. "Kincajou" – 6:48
6. "White Paint" – 6:05
7. "887 (Structure)" – 14:17

[edit] Disc two

1. "Kuos (Gnomes Mix)" – 11:19
2. "Kincajou (Duck! Asteroid)" – 36:09
3. "Eagle (Small Steppa Mix)" – 12:33

[edit] Disc three (of the limited edition)

1. "China (Follow The Red Brick Road)" – 9:30
2. "Amber (Insect Intelligence)" – 10:23
3. "887 (Darkside Return)" – 22:32

[edit] Singles

[edit] Last Train To Lhasa

1. "Last Train To Lhasa (Radio Edit)"
2. "Last Train To Lhasa (Album Version)"
3. "Last Train To Lhasa (Ambient Version)"

[edit] Kincajou

1. "Kincajou (Oliver Lieb Remix)"
2. "Kincajou (Here Come the Norse Gods)"
3. "Kincajou (Speedy J Remix)"
4. "Kincajou (Album Version)"

[edit] See also

• Tibet
• Music of Tibet
• International Tibet Independence Movement
• Free Tibet Campaign in London
• Students for a Free Tibet
• Central Tibetan Administration

[edit] External links

Toby Marks' Reflections on Tibet