Songs From The Silk Road

Tracklist Hide Credits

1	Farewell Ferengistan	6:14
2	B2	6:17
3	Last Train To Lhasa (Live At Glastonbury)	12:36
4	Sheesha	7:59
5	Tempra Vocals – Maya Preece	7:25
6	Glove Puppet (Dreadzone Remix) Remix – Dreadzone	6:07
7	Not In My Name	10:48
8	Big Men Cry	6:15
9	Amber	7:37
10	Touching The Void (Smells Like Salvation)	8:21

Credits

• Artwork By – Dave Whitehead
• Producer – Andy Guthrie (tracks: 4, 9), Rob Risso (tracks: 8)
• Written-By, Producer, Mastered By – Toby Marks

Notes

Farewell Ferengistan – 2006
Is Ferengistan a real place? Do we live there? This album, and track, consider our modern westernised world in the early 21st century.

B2 – 2000
Named after a dream in which I was discussing J.S. Bach’s 2nd symphony (he didn’t write symphonies). I’m not at all sure this is what it sounded like.

Last Train To Lhasa (Live at Glastonbury) – 1996
Recorded live at Glastonbury Festival in 1995; a fantastic gig caught on tape by pure chance.

Sheesha – 1994
One of the earlier Banco tunes, originally on the 1993 Beyond Records compilation ‘Ambient Dub vol. 3’. Inspired by Bach (again), JFK and a bit of William Burroughs. And a helicopter.

Tempra – 2009
Another very early tune, originally written in 1990. Vocals on this version by more recent collaborator Maya Preece.

Glove Puppet (Dreadzone Remix ) – 2003
First recorded as an instrumental on ‘The Magical Sounds of Banco de Gaia’ then with vocals by Jennifer Folker on ‘Igizeh’. This remix of that version captures it’s essence beautifully.

Not In My Name – 2004
As the title might suggest, this track was inspired by the invasion of Iraq in 2003. The album as a whole was driven by the political and moral upheavals of the period.

Big Men Cry - 1997
It’s not that long ago but it still wasn’t too cool for men to cry in public back then. Also inspired by The Cure mentioning Banco in a song. Those are Beluga whales at the beginning.

Amber – 1995
A totally irrelevant title but a long-standing favourite. Bet you can’t guess what language the vocals are in.

Touching The Void (Smells Like Salvation) – 1999
A rare remix of a track not particularly about falling down mountains. If you know the book/film of the same name then the remix title might make sense.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 5 038719 001426
• Label Code: LC13206
• Matrix / Runout: DISC MANUFACTURING SERVICES WC2249
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI LD02

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
GKOCD011	Banco De Gaia	Songs From The Silk Road ‎(CD, Album, Comp)	Disco Gecko	GKOCD011	UK	2011
DSCGCKDIG001	Banco De Gaia	Songs From The Silk Road ‎(13xFile, FLAC, Comp)	Disco Gecko	DSCGCKDIG001	UK	2011
GKOCDJ-011	Banco De Gaia	Songs From The Silk Road ‎(CD, Album, Comp)	Disco Gecko	GKOCDJ-011	Japan	2011