Last Train to Lhasa

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.

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 capital of Tibet (Tibet Autonomous Region), 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 a sampled line: My god, it's full of stars... from the Stanley Kubrick movie 2001: A Space Odyssey.

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 (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

Singles

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)"

Kincajou

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

See also

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

External links

• Toby Marks' Reflections on Tibet

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