Banco de Gaia - Last Train To Lhasa [20th Anniversary Edition] (2015)

Originally released on Planet Dog in 1995, Last Train To Lhasa was one of the classic electronica albums of the '90s, touching on ambient and trance. It was often mistaken as a Tibetan-themed record, but only the title track featured any Tibetan sounds (and it was famously featured towards the end of Sasha & Digweed's influential 1996 mix CD Northern Exposure).

Now, Banco De Gaia founder Toby Marks's Disco Gecko label is giving the album a lavish 20th anniversary boxset. The first disc offers a remastered version of the entire album plus unreleased track "Eagle," while discs two and three offer a jumble of previously-released extended mixes (some from the original multi-disc issue of the LP) and new ones, including a 44-minute version of "Kincajou" and a "Very Extended Ambient Mix" of "Last Train To Lhasa." The fourth comprises a handful of remixes, including a few that were originally issued earlier this year on a 12-inch for the title track.

Tracklist:

CD 1:

01. Last Train To Lhasa
02. Kuos
03. China (Clouds Not Mountains)
04. Amber
05. Kincajou
06. White Paint
07. 887 (Structure)
08. Eagle

CD 2:

01. Kuos (Gnomes Mix)
02. Kincajou (Duck! Asteroid - Extended Version)
03. Eagle (Small Steppa Mix)

CD 3:

01. China (Follow The Red Brick Road)
02. Amber (Insect Intelligence)
03. 887 (Darkside Return)
04. White Paint (Where's The Runway Dub)
05. Last Train To Lhasa (Very Extended Ambient Mix)

CD 4:

01. Last Train To Lhasa (AstroPilot Remix)
02. Kuos (Bluetech Remix)
03. China (Andrew Heath Remix)
04. Amber (Andy Guthrie Mix)
05. Kincajou (M N Taal Mix)
06. White Paint (Alucidnation’s Remix)
07. 887 (Sonasha Remix)
08. Eagle (Nick Manasseh Dub)