Lair of the Asp

I'm always happy to see when new Banco de Gaia comes out, even if the last CD didn't do much for me, I always have faith that he'll return to his former glory musically... Farewell Ferengistan" sees Banco De Gaia returning to the world of electronic beats on June 12th. Toby Marks, under the pseudonym Banco de Gaia, has spent most of his career focusing on issues that he finds bewildering by expressing his thoughts and observations through music. While he wrote his critically acclaimed 1995 album "Last Train To Lhasa" to highlight the plight of the Tibetan people this time Banco de Gaia's concerns are much closer to home: "What are we doing to ourselves? Where is our materialism taking us, would it not be wise to consider our position?" To celebrate the release of the new album the band are doing a couple of launch shows in London on the 9th and 10th of June. On June 9th for example they are presenting a very special exclusive 5.1 surround mix of