Banco de Gaia - Obsidian

Taken from Igizeh
Originally released 26 September 2000
Rereleased 11 October 2011
Available from bancodegaia.bandcamp.com/

[@michaelokeeffe5252]

This whole album meant a lot to me. I had just got out of jail in october 2000, the nights in Vancouver were cold, I had only one friend left. I remember those Camels on his roof-top at 5 am, waiting for curfew to end, staring out to Downtown from False-Creek, thinking about the past and the future. This all seemed to fit the bill.

[@andrewbates8076]

I've had a similar situation. Here's hoping this album takes you into your future as much as it represents your past!

[@tylero8595]

I feel your past brother. Im from Van too. Pigeon park weed, Commercial drive hippies, yaletown warehouses before they were condos. The prostitutes along Richards street outside Richards on Richards. Graceland, Mars, Celebrities. East HAstings before it fell off to hell. The old electric trolly buses that always broke down. The raves in the Burnaby warehouse district. Raves at the Riverside Banquet Hall in Richmond. PNE on acid. English Bay at sunset. Being stoned driving around Stanley Park at night in my shitbox of a car. Hope you are doing well in your life brother. Peace. Never stop dancing brother.

[@Zouso2010]

It helps, eh?

[@Spiralogy]

@@tylero8595 Write a book, man

[@kirkdecker6228]

I discovered Banco de Gaia back in the 90's when I picked up a double CD called Transmissions From The Planet Dog. He had a few tracks on there and I've been hooked on Tobys music ever since. Timeless. Thanks Toby for all that you have done and will hopefully continue to do. Much love!!

[@BababooeyGooey]

Green ham and eggs and salt, and buttah buttah buttah.

[@jadegecko]

I heard "Gray holiday, let's go to Walla Walla Walla" ...come to think of it, I do have a friend who moved to Portland because he liked rain

[@daytonaaaargh]

That's right sir. Green ham and eggs with salt. And butter, butter. :)

[@thetilo8682]

thank you for putting this into my brain 😂 it cannot be unheard 😂🤪

[@abhigya6]

😂

[@multithreadedgames5776]

Doesn't get much better than this

[@MarcusEye]

Toby Marks is Amazing….30 year listener here… From the Ambient Dub Daze…Still takes You Away..

[@Deader87]

One-Word: Epic!

[@slaanastancic5673]

Nuclear-Skull87 we love you

[@doink4997]

KZbin disabled dislikes, but last time I saw this video it had 0 dislikes.

[@medullah]

This track feels godlike wow

[@alejandrodelrio8302]

Vocals by Jennifer Folker. Part of this album were recorded inside the Great Pyramid at Giza, The Temple of Seti at Thebes, and another locations in Egypt.

[@vanzolone]

I can't find lirics . Can you help me? Thank you

[@alejandrodelrio8302]

@@vanzolone Sure: There's a pulsating white light but it's beautiful It's like a tunnel of colors And it's like I'm floating up Through a tunnel of colors They move and they flow into each other And sometimes they mix And sometimes they don't They're changing and it looks like They're flowing through each other And on top of each other and sometimes mixing And making the colors and sometimes not Will I be able to fly through the different colors? The ounce of perfection You worried away After our reflections Of yesterday, yesterday, today

[@vanzolone]

@@alejandrodelrio8302 thank you much. The final sung part, after 5.30 minutes, are they just vocalizations?

[@alejandrodelrio8302]

@@vanzolone Indeed, those are just random vocals, unless Jennifer or Toby Marks, aka Banco de Gaia knows what she´s signing on that ""chorus"

[@andrewbates8076]

That is the kind of statement that people make on the internet that I would usually call bullshit on, but I did a shit ton of research (I Googled it once) and it appears to be true... Cool!!!

[@Hotzi1980]

This is diamond, timeless. Doesn´t get better than this, Thanx :)

[@catherinescruggs3945]

EXTREMELY talented DEFINITELY tuned in to some higher frequency

[@lukiano9803]

if you cant help it but to stand up from your desk when this plays then i dont know if you are human!

[@gabrielpagnotti2918]

Perfection

[@gaborpetroci]

Genius

[@andrewbates8076]

I'm not a religious man (Quite the opposite in fact), but this song exists, so maybe...

[@asemic]

awesome

[@marcmcleanphoto]

Timeless :)

[@patmackie3499]

Sublime ....1luv 😎

[@12345fowler]

Been listening to it on some web radio for years in and out , couldn't manage to download it. Now I could and I would like to thank you for that. Good quality too !

[@Splinkvision]

So you could not go on the artists website and buy the tune .... always looking for the free download the problem is you people need to support these artists and buy the tracks or we will all be stuck with twee songwriters droning on about some girl they had a night out with or dancers looking at asses....buy music if you love it tight arse.

[@Knards]

@@Splinkvision Fact

[@Spiralogy]

Better than the 4 minute version

[@alanblay2803]

Beautiful music

[@omegatomhanksfgc]

Art.

[@jeremyblandford7669]

This excites ones' auditory receptors rather nicely

[@badreligionbomb]

cant wait til the 20th of this comes out

[@SahumerioDub]

Great song. Also B2, sublime!

[@jadegecko]

That refrain though Man

[@GiorgioMagnani-gy7uw]

Bellissimo brano ,voce cielestiale

[@nemetnyelviskolabudapestne5485]

waaa perfect

[@iainhartshorne9001]

Toby, you are my favourite musical artist ever. Please keep finding the soul and energy to make music like this.

[@dietermaus7267]

Zeitlos, rhythmisch, Groovic, magisch

[@tou4stone]

Мне было 13 лет когда я услышал этот трек. Потом слышал в миксах с ибицы! Просто мурашки по коже!

[@niqart]

Дааа ! Ремикс от The Light Vs PFN просто феноменальный на него

[@deepquartradio7828]

prelepo!

[@xBrabus76]

I still have the Cd single

[@zootchannel380]

COOL

[@Laone08]

What is she repeating in the chorus? I swear ive heard "i want I want I want 3 ham & egg croissants" since 2003.

[@ohfuku]

Anyone coming here for a bit of glory days listening ... Check out the Braxton Remix of this tune if you like your breaks :)

[@lorenalopezmarmol7900]

Me gusta la canción 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@domenicoagostini4009]

what goes up

[@matthawkes1399]

Holy Shit! This is MEGA

[@andrewbates8076]

If you look up "Banco de Gaia" in the dictionary it says "See - Nostalgia" (Yeah, I made that up - Bite me)

[@mutedisease21]

What remix is thia? If any.

[@MaxmaxOFF81]

We have a dance?

[@iriselectra1502]

I used to really like this album until the police trashed my entire CD collection.....

[@stardust691000]

ACAB

[@Timmertube75]

I fucking hate Sting. A very jealous man.

[@user-yh7nx9vl5f]

Чудова пісня!!!

[@chillosophification]

it's about drugs