Last Train to Lhasa

Last Train to Lhasa
Studio album by Banco de Gaia
Released	1995
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)

Last Train to Lhasa is an album by Banco de Gaia which was released in 1995. It was released as double CD or triple LP. A "Special Limited" 3 CD/4 LP edition contained three additional remixes.

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

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 decision to build the Qingzang railway between the cities of Xining and the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, 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.^{[citation needed]}

"Amber" contains the sampled line "My god, it's full of stars…" from the Peter Hyams movie 2010: The Year We Make Contact.

Track listing

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

Disc two

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

Disc three (limited edition)

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

Special Edition (2011 Digital Release)

1. "Last Train to Lhasa" - 11:44
2. "Kuos" - 06:56
3. "China (Clouds not Mountains)" - 07:30
4. "Amber" - 07:34
5. "Kincajou" - 06:48
6. "White Paint" - 06:05
7. "887 (Structure" - 14:17
8. "Eagle" - 07:31
9. "Kuos (Gnomes mix)" - 11:19
10. "Kincajou (Duck! Asteroid)" - 36:09
11. "Eagle (Small Steppa mix)" - 12:33
12. "Amber (Live in Seattle)" - 07:32
13. "White Paint (Live in Seattle)" - 07:10
14. "Kincajou (Live in Seattle") - 07:58
15. "Last Train to Lhasa (Radio edit)" - 03:47
16. "Kincajou (Here Come the Norse Gods)" - 05:22

Singles

Last Train to Lhasa

1. "Last Train to Lhasa (radio edit)" – 3:45
2. "Last Train to Lhasa (original version)" – 12:03
3. "Last Train to Lhasa (extended ambient mix)" – 12:15

Kincajou

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

External links

• Toby Marks' Reflections on Tibet