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Banco de Gaia is an electronic music band from England, formed in 1989 by Toby Marks (born 1964, South London).
The music of Banco de Gaia is best categorized as ambient dub, but Marks works to cross genres, often using Arabic and Middle Eastern samples against a bass heavy reggae, rock, or trance rhythm to produce deeply textured tracks that progress layer upon layer.[citation needed]
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History [link]
In 1978, Marks began his musical career as a drummer in a heavy metal band.
Marks moved to Portugal in 1986 and played Beatles music for tourists. He first delved into electronic music in 1989, when he bought a digital sampler. The first tune he recorded on it was called "Maxwell House."
In 1997, Banco De Gaia put together a five piece band that included Ted Duggan (drums), Ashley Hopkins (bass), Larry Whelan (wind synth, saxophone and ethnic flutes), and Gary Spacey-Foot (percussion and saxophones).
The band reduced in number to just Marks, Duggan, and Hopkins in 1999, and then just Marks and Duggan from 2000 until 2003; when Marks went back to being a solo artist.
On 20 September 2009, Banco De Gaia played an album launch show for his album, Memories Dreams Reflections at Dingwalls in London. This show was to celebrate twenty years of Banco De Gaia. Marks was joined on stage by three members from the original five piece band, Hopkins, Whelan, and Duggan and vocalist Maya Preece, who sang on the latest album.
Discography [link]
Early cassettes [link]
- Medium (World Bank, 1991)
- Freeform Flutes and Fading Tibetans (World Bank, 1992)
- Deep Live (World Bank, 1992)
These first three albums existed only on tape and are no longer being sold due to copyright issues with several of the samples used on them.
Albums [link]
- Maya (Planet Dog, 1994) - UK #34[1]
- Last Train to Lhasa (Planet Dog, 1995) - UK #31[1]
- Big Men Cry (Planet Dog, 1997)
- The Magical Sounds of Banco de Gaia (1999)
- Igizeh (2000)
- You Are Here (2004)
- Farewell Ferengistan (2006)
- Memories Dreams Reflections (2009)
Live albums [link]
- Live at Glastonbury (Planet Dog, 1996)
Compilation albums [link]
- 10 Years (2002)
- 10 Years Remixed (2003)
- Songs From The Silk Road (2011)
EPs [link]
- Desert Wind (1993)
- Heliopolis (1994)
- Last Train to Lhasa (1995)
- Drunk As a Monk Mixes
- I Love Baby Cheesy (1999)
- Obsidian (2000)
- Zeus No Like Techno / Gray Over Gray (2004)
- Kara Kum Remixes (2006)
- Echoes (22-minute version of the Pink Floyd song)
References [link]
- ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 41. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
External links [link]
https://wn.com/Banco_de_Gaia
Final Frontier
Final Frontier may refer to:
Places
- "The final frontier", a description of space used in the opening narration of the science fiction TV series Star Trek
Literature, films, and TV
Music
- "Satellite 15... The Final Frontier", a song from the above album
The Final Frontier
The Final Frontier is the fifteenth studio album by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released on 13 August 2010 in Germany, Austria and Finland, 17 August in North America, 18 August in Japan, and 16 August worldwide. At 76 minutes and 34 seconds, it is the band's second-longest studio album to date, a duration surpassed only by 2015's The Book of Souls. Melvyn Grant, a long-time contributor to the band's artwork, created the cover art.
The album received largely favourable reviews from critics and peaked at No. 1 in 28 countries. This included the United Kingdom, where it became the band's fourth release to top the UK Albums Chart following 1982's The Number of the Beast, 1988's Seventh Son of a Seventh Son and 1992's Fear of the Dark. On top of this, The Final Frontier also charted at No. 4 in the United States, marking their highest placement on the Billboard 200, in addition to gaining the band their first Grammy Award in the Best Metal Performance category for the song "El Dorado", released as a free download on 8 June 2010.
The Final Frontier (Keel album)
The Final Frontier is a 1986 album by the American glam metal band Keel. It was the band's second album to be produced by KISS bassist Gene Simmons. Videos were filmed for the tracks "Because the Night" (a Patti Smith Group cover) and "Tears of Fire".
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by Anita Baker
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by Iron Maiden
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by Keel
The Final Frontier
by: Anita BakerTell me why
I love you like I do,
Tell me who
can stop my heart
as much as you,
Tell me all your secrets, and I'll
tell you most of mine,
They say nobody's perfect,
well, thats really true this time
I dont have the answers,
I dont have a plan
All I have is you,
So darling, help me understand
(What we do) - you can whisper in my ear
(Where we go) - who knows what happens after here
Let's take each other's hand as we jump
in to the Final Frontier
I'm mad about you baby,