{"product_id":"farewell-ferengistan","title":"Farewell Ferengistan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Banco De Gaia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 04-07-2006\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Product Description\n\n\nToby Marks, the creative force behind Banco De Gaia, is one of the world's leading exponents of globally inspired eclectic electronica. He mixes electronic and acoustic instruments and His distinctive vocal style has influenced an entire generation of artists. Banco de Gaia's latest, Farewell Ferengistan, once again mixes up sounds from around the planet with slamming grooves and ambient meditations. From the Bhangra-esque dance monster, 'Kara Kum' to the epic 'Saturn Return', Ferengistan is filled with the kind of fresh won Banco a rabid fan base around the world.\n\n\nAmazon.ca\n\n\nThere are a few artists in the swirl of U.K. electronica that keep trying to push the boundaries, and Banco de Gaia is one of them. The ethno-techno design that founder Toby Marks debuted some 15 years ago was already a broad palette to draw upon, but Marks goes beyond that. He's still using the Middle Eastern grooves and chants which may or may not be fake, but there's also the dreamy atmospheres of the title track, a drifting ambient tonic that segues into an almost '50s-style rock piano riff on \"Ynys Elen.\" Like most of Banco's music, there are always hidden touches and references. \"Flow My Dreams, the Android Wept\" not only nods to Philip K. Dick, but the vocoder vocal on Wendy Carlos's\nA Clockwork Orange score as well. Marks has said that he doesn't want to just make \"wave your hands in the air\" music, but he does do that so well, including the epic \"Kara Kum,\" with the pounding Qawaali drumming driving the track into ecstasy. But as\nLast Train to Lhasa illustrated, Marks has always been a musician who puts his politics into his music.\nFarewell Ferengistan pushes even deeper into themes of globalization, nation-building, and mechanization. In a mostly lyric-free music, those concepts are implied more than proselytized, and even when he makes a political comment, it's often with a wink. He relates that \"Ferengistan\" is an ancient Arabic name for the West. I can find no corroboration for that claim, but knowing Marks, it's really a nod to\nStar Trek and its venal Ferengi race. Like all Banco de Gaia's albums,\nFarewell Ferengistan is a journey, sometimes joyful, often bittersweet.\n--John Diliberto\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUPC:\u003c\/b\u003e 657036112827\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 0657036112827\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e english\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Audio CD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eItem Condition:\u003c\/b\u003e UsedVeryGood\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ID Shop.ca","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45943913414690,"sku":"OL-5AGL-96AH","price":4.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0889\/9428\/3554\/files\/61q8XF7x7XL.jpg?v=1783609071","url":"https:\/\/kastor.club\/fr\/products\/farewell-ferengistan","provider":"Kastor","version":"1.0","type":"link"}