Wah-Wah Whispers

Tic Tac

In Other words

MltVz 5

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Banabila & Machinefabriek : Travelog (snippets)

Descending the Mountain

Descending The Mountain (feat. Oene van Geel)

Drowning Angels

https://soundcloud.com/maartenvos: cello.
Michel Banabila: sine tones.
Artwork: Tatiana Kranz .
Marlon Wolterink: mastering.
https://maartenvos.bandcamp.com/track/still

Composed & performed by Maarten Vos & Michel Banabila

Still

with Maarten Vos: Still

https://banabila.bandcamp.com/track/orbital-resonance

Artwork: Shane Davis.
ZIno Mikorey Mastering Berlin.
Composed & performed by Michel Banabila.

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UPC 196626499271.
2022 ℗ Tapu Records.
Catalog nr. 18022022TR.

Orbital Resonance

https://banabila.bandcamp.com/album/monochromes


composed & performed by Michel Banabila.

Monochromes

Monochromes (snippets)

01. Dragonfly II - excerpt (Movements - 2019)
02. Nothing Left (Monochromes - 2022)
03. Radio Sky (Feedback + Modular + Radiowaves II - 2015)
04. Primitive Lab (Spherics - 2001)
05. Alien World (More Research From The Same Dept. - 2014)
06. UAV (Spherics II - 2003)
07. Retreat (Always There - 2020)
08. Glass (Monochromes - 2022)
09. MltVz 10 (47 Voice Loops - 2013)
10. Between Sweet and Salt (Stop Motion: music for videos by Gerco de Ruijter - 2011)
11. Infinite Road (Stop Motion: music for videos by Gerco de Ruijter - 2011)

Mashup - 04, 06 & 10 are mixed with fragments from 'Echo Transformations' (2021)
and with some previously unreleased material.

banabila.bandcamp.com

September 2022 Mix

September 2022 mix

E.T. is available on a vinyl compilation LP via Knekelhuis:
https://knekelhuis.bandcamp.com/album/va-and-felt-like (2021 remaster)

Please check also this awesome mix by Rone for Tsugi Mag. (n°66 - oct 2013) ; (E.T. included) https://www.discogs.com/Rone-Boarding-Pass/release/5033436.  With tracks by Autechre, James Holden, Clark, Caribou, Jon Hopkins, Downliners Sekt, Michel Banabila, Kuage, Rone, Blind Digital Citizen

And Felt Like...

E.T.

E.T. (Knekelhuis, VA - 'And Felt Like...' / June 2021)

Jasper Soffers : piano.
Michel Banabila keys, electronics &amp; composition.
Original version ; http://soundcloud.com/michel-banabila/lapidarium
http://banabila.bandcamp.com/album/fields-of-flowers

With Jasper Soffers ; Lapidarium (piano version)

Joshua Samson ; percussion
Michel Banabila ; keys
http://banabila.bandcamp.com/album/fields-of-flowers

With Joshua Samson ; Big Sky

Eric Vloeimans ; trumpet
Michel Banabila ; keys & electronics
http://banabila.bandcamp.com/album/fields-of-flowers

With Eric Vloeimans ; Early Morning Light

Mete Erker ; soprano sax &amp; bass clarinet
Eric Vloeimans ; trumpet
Joshua Samson ; percussion.
Michel Banabila ; keys, percussion and electronics
http://banabila.bandcamp.com/album/fields-of-flowers


With Mete Erker, Eric Vloeimans & Joshua Samson ; Geese Flight

Mete Erker ; soprano sax
Michel Banabila ; keys & composition
http://banabila.bandcamp.com/album/fields-of-flowers

With Mete Erker ; Tirza Scene

https://banabila.bandcamp.com/album/tightrope

Tightrope

1. Mayssa Jallad - Mudun
2. Faten Kanaan - Trenchcoat
3. Marcel Khalife - Haifa Started Here
4. El Funoun Palestinian - Lover's Hymn
5. Bergsonist - Control Over The System
6. Youmna Saba - Ahad
7. Deena Abdelwahed - Complain
8. Azu Tiwaline - Golden Dawn
9. Wadih El Safi - Lebnan Ya Ot'et Sama
10. Mohamed Murshid Naji  - Daar Al Falak
11. Asmahan - Enta Hataraf 
12. The Soft Pink Truth - Locked (Yusaid Mix)

January 2024 mix

https://banabila.bandcamp.com/track/stop-the-genocide-end-the-occupation-now

Stop The Genocide / Ceasefire now.
END THE OCCUPATION - END APARTHEID.
100% of proceeds will go towards Gaza / Lebanon relief funds.

Or consider to donate directly:
gofundme.com/f/global-urgent-gaza-appeal-mansour-shouman
gofundme.com/f/rebuild-hope-in-gaza-support-bisan-and-families
launchgood.com/campaign/save_lives_in_gaza__lebanon_with_khaled_beydoun#
donorbox.org/support-delia
https://hrdglobal.org

Cengiz Arslanpay: rebab & ney flute.
Michel Banabila: sampler & synths.

with Cengiz Arslanpay: Stop The Genocide! End The Occupation Now

The Unreal Realm

Lineage (feat. Salar Asid)

01	Yara Asmar - It is 5-00 pm and nothing bad has happened to us (yet).
02	Rim Banna - The Absent One.
03	Faten Kanaan - Spy Films.
04	Sussan Deyhim & Richard Horowitz - Tear.
05	Moor Mother - Maroons.
06	Raja Basudan - رجاء باسودان | زي بعضه | زمن عدن الجميل Alzaman Aljamil
07	Nico - The Fairest of The Seasons.
08	Wamkelwa Nkone - Thokoza.
09	Fairouz - Khedny.
10	Shirley Krenak - Subindo ao Céu.
11	Haale Gafori - Navayee.

March 2024 Mix

https://banabila.bandcamp.com/album/t...
Hand-numbered limited edition cd, and digital, out April 5th.

If you would like to review this release, please mail to: 
https://www.banabila.com/contact-michel-banabila

1. The Unreal Realm *
2. Lineage (featuring Salar Asid) *
3. The Process From Birth **
4. Timeless Tide **
5. Bogus Dominion (featuring Mete Erker)
6. Banabila & Machinefabriek: Inward Spiral
7. Pierre Bastien & Michel Banabila: Ambiance Subaquatique
8. Dave Liebman & Michel Banabila: Night Eyes
9. Mind Shifts *

* Excerpt from a score for Yin Yue's choreography 'Somewhere', premiere New York Live Arts - New York, june 17 - 22, 2024.

** Excerpt from a score for Yin Yue's choreography 'Timeless Tide', premiere BalletMet - Columbus, march 15 - 23, 2024.

All tracks written & performed by Michel Banabila, except
06 written & performed by Michel Banabila & Rutger Zuydervelt,
07 written & performed by Pierre Bastien & Michel Banabila,
08 written & performed by Dave Liebman & Michel Banabila.

A special thanks to Maryana Golovchenko for the contributed sample (vocal snippet in Timeless Tide).

Design / artwork by Rutger Zuydervelt.
Mastering by Marlon Wolterink / White Noise Studio.

Night Eyes with Dave Liebman was previously released as a digital single (june 2023)

Music for Yin Yue commissioned by YYDC, New York, august 2023.
Compiled & produced by Michel Banabila, 2024, Rotterdam.

Salar Asid: kamancheh.on 2.
Mete Erker: tenor saxophone on 5.

The Unreal Realm (album snippets)

https://banabila.bandcamp.com/album/a-looming-presence

Written & performed by Michel Banabila & Rutger Zuydervelt.
@maryanka_g: vocal on Cracked Dispatch.
("In the sea there is a marble stone”, Ukrainian traditional)
@oenevangeel: viola & trombone on Cracked Dispatch

A Looming Presence

Cracked Dispatch

Banabila & Machinefabriek: Cracked Dispatch (featuring Maryana Golovchenko & Oene van Geel)

Ambiguous Signals

Oumuamua

A Giant Misstep

Lyrebird

Radiant Mass

Fractured Dreams

Fabricated Fables

Cracked Dispatch (feat. Maryana Golovchenko & Oene van Geel)

Cut up voices, tuned, with some electronic treatments.
The voices were recorded from radio, I chose most of them based on their sound, emotion, timbre, the melody of speech, regardless of any literal meaning of the words.
New  (non existing) words and phrases were formed with the rearranging of tiny samples.

Available as digital download = http://banabila.bandcamp.com/album/in-other-words
On CD: banabila.bandcamp.com/album/tapu-sampler-2016
On vinyl: https://knekelhuis.bandcamp.com/album/echo-transformations

http://disquiet.com/2011/08/25/michel-banabila-2

In Other Words

In Other Words (Web SDR Mix)

Maryana Golovchenko: vocals. https://soundcloud.commaryanka_g
Maarten Vos: cello. https://soundcloud.com/maartenvos 
Michel Banabila: keys.

Ой на горі сухий дуб
A morning session, improvised around the theme of a Ukrainian traditional entitled "Oj, Na Gori Suhyj Dub" (A dry oak on the mountain) from the Carpathian Mountains..

Available on CD; banabila.bandcamp.com/album/home-cd
at the live perfomances of HOME by Conny Janssen Danst.

ZO 30 APR 2017 14:30 ROTTERDAMSE SCHOUWBURG 
ZA 29 APR 2017 20:15 ROTTERDAMSE SCHOUWBURG 
VR 28 APR 2017 20:15 DE MEERVAART AMSTERDAM
ZA 22 APR 2017 20:15 STADSSCHOUWBURG GRONINGEN
VR 21 APR 2017 20:15 ’T SPEELHUIS HELMOND
DO 20 APR 2017 20:00 ZUIDERSTRANDTHEATER DEN HAAG
WO 19 APR 2017 20:15 DE FLINT AMERSFOORT
ZA 15 APR 2017 20:15 THEATERS TILBURG
VR 14 APR 2017 20:00 RABOTHEATER HENGELO
WO 12 APR 2017 20:15 SCHOUWBURG ALMERE
ZA 08 APR 2017 20:15 JUNUSHOFF WAGENINGEN
VR 07 APR 2017 20:15 ISALA THEATER CAPELLE A/D IJSSEL
DO 06 APR 2017 20:00 DEVENTER SCHOUWBURG DEVENTER
WO 05 APR 2017 20:15 POSTHUISTHEATER HEERENVEEN
VR 31 MRT 2017 20:00 THEATER CASTELLUM ALPHEN A/D RIJN
DO 30 MRT 2017 20:15 THEATER DE VESTE DELFT
WO 29 MRT 2017 20:15 STADSTHEATER ZOETERMEER ZOETERMEER
ZA 25 MRT 2017 20:30 TONEELSCHUUR HAARLEM
VR 24 MRT 2017 20:30 TONEELSCHUUR HAARLEM
DO 23 MRT 2017 20:30 TONEELSCHUUR HAARLEM
WO 22 MRT 2017 20:00 DE GOUDSE SCHOUWBURG GOUDA
ZA 18 MRT 2017 20:15 HOTEL THEATER FIGI ZEIST
VR 17 MRT 2017 20:30 VERKADEFABRIEK DEN BOSCH
WO 15 MRT 2017 20:15 THEATER DE STOEP SPIJKENISSE
VR 10 MRT 2017 20:15 THEATER DE SPIEGEL ZWOLLE
WO 08 MRT 2017 20:15 TAQA THEATER DE VEST ALKMAAR
VR 03 MRT 2017 20:15 SCHOUWBURG KUNSTMIN DORDRECHT
DO 02 MRT 2017 20:00 PARKTHEATER EINDHOVEN
VR 24 FEB 2017 20:00 STADSSCHOUWBURG UTRECHT
DO 23 FEB 2017 20:00 STADSSCHOUWBURG UTRECHT
WO 22 FEB 2017 20:30 STADSSCHOUWBURG AMSTERDAM
DI 21 FEB 2017 20:30 STADSSCHOUWBURG AMSTERDAM
ZA 18 FEB 2017 20:15 LEIDSE SCHOUWBURG LEIDEN
VR 17 FEB 2017 20:15 DE MEERSE HOOFDDORP
DO 16 FEB 2017 20:00 THEATER HANZEHOF ZUTPHEN
WO 15 FEB 2017 20:00 SCHOUWBURG AGNIETENHOF TIEL
ZA 11 FEB 2017 20:00 STADSSCHOUWBURG NIJMEGEN 
VR 10 FEB 2017 20:15 THEATER AAN DE SLINGER HOUTEN
DO 09 FEB 2017 20:00 DE LAWEI DRACHTEN
WO 08 FEB 2017 20:15 SCHOUWBURG OGTEROP MEPPEL
ZA 04 FEB 2017 20:15 SCHOUWBURG ARNHEM
VR 03 FEB 2017 20:30 CHASSÉ THEATER BREDA
DO 02 FEB 2017 20:00 SCHOUWBURG AMSTELVEEN
WO 01 FEB 2017 20:00 STADSSCHOUWBURG MIDDELBURG
DI 31 JAN 2017 20:15 THEATER DE PURMARYN PURMEREND
ZA 28 JAN 2017 20:00 THEATER AAN HET VRIJTHOF MAASTRICHT
VR 27 JAN 2017 20:15 DE HARMONIE LEEUWARDEN
ZO 22 JAN 2017 14:30 ROTTERDAMSE SCHOUWBURG 
ZO 21 JAN 2017 20:15 ROTTERDAMSE SCHOUWBURG 
ZO 20 JAN 2017 20:15 ROTTERDAMSE SCHOUWBURG

Home - 25 Years Conny Janssen Danst

OJ NA GORI SUHYJ DUB

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Maryana Golovchenko, Maarten Vos, Michel Banabila:  Oj, Na Gori Suhyj Dub (Ukrainian folksong)

The Latest Research From The Department Of Electrical Engineering

I Wont Play Your Game

https://banabila.bandcamp.com/album/uprooted

Peter Hollo: cello.
Gareth Davis: bass clarinet.
Gulli Gudmundsson: double bass.
Oene van Geel: viola and stroh violin.
Michel Banabila: midi instruments, sampling, electronics.

Artwork by Gerco de Ruijter.
Mastering by Marlon Wolterink / White Noise Studio.

Composed & produced by Michel Banabila.

Uprooted

Dragonfly

BUY AT: alexhaas.bandcamp.com/track/the-woods
Also available on CD: https://banabila.bandcamp.com/album/singles-2020-2022

The Woods is a single from the upcoming album 'Lithium' by @alex-haas-955682367.

Alex Haas (born 1963, NYC, USA), label owner of Sonicontinuum, has been working with many renowned artists including U2, Brian Eno, Eric Clapton, Kronos Quartet, Pat Metheny and Bill Laswell. His first collaboration with Dutch composer Michel Banabila started in April on Collector, a track from Banabila's album Uprooted (Tapu Records / 2019). They then decided to renew their collaboration on The Woods, and Alex invited his long time collaborator, Bill Laswell, to join this recording.

The Woods became an atmospheric organic blend of experimental ambient, 4th world exotica and lush electronics: synths and treated guitars by Alex Haas are mixed with Banabila's electronically processed voices, keys and field recs, together with spacey bass sounds by Laswell. Mixed and produced by Alex Haas. Mastered by Marlon Wolterink.

Alex Haas: synths & treated guitars.
Michel Banabila: voices, keys & field recs.
Bill Laswell: bass.

Photo and design: Alex Haas.
Mixed and produced by Alex Haas.
Composed by Alex Haas & Michel Banabila.
Mastering by Marlon Wolterink / White Noise Studio.

Catalog nr. AHS30917.
2019 © Sonicontinuum.
ISRC: QMBZ91910100.
UPC: 194491426477.

alexhaas.com
sonicontinuum.com
banabila.com
billlaswell.net

Ruins - Alex Haas

The Woods

Alex Haas, Michel Banabila, Bill Laswell: The Woods

DL & cassette: https://banabila.bandcamp.com/album/one-moment-in-time
On CD: banabila.bandcamp.com/album/hidden-patterns

The first time Stijn Hüwels and Cok van Vuuren collaborated with Michel Banabila was in April 2020. They made this extremely peaceful 12-minute track in reaction to all the upheaval in the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic, to soothe some of the stress and calm you down. The track was picked up by Apple Music and added to one of their playlists, 'Pure Meditation', resulting in over 665.000 streams in just a few months, still increasing to this day. Droney synths and imaginative electronics are mixed with space guitars, all infused with analog elusive layers of tape echo and reverb.

Michel Banabila: keys, sampler, granular fx.
Stijn Hüwels: el. guitar & pedals. @steiner
Cok van Vuuren: dobro & mando guitar. @user-472747517

One Moment In Time

with Stijn Hüwels & Cok van Vuuren: One Moment In Time

A collaboration between Tanya Kalmakova, Valera Alakhov, & Michel Banabila.
Yes, this track could be monetized

Svakha: Tanya Kalmakova, Valera Alakhov, Michel Banabila

The first time Stijn Huwels and Cok van Vuuren collaborated with Michel Banabila was in April 2020. They made an extremely peaceful 12-minute track in reaction to all the stress in the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic, to soothe some of the stress and calm you down. The track was picked up by Apple Music and added to one of their playlists, resulting in over 655.000 streams in just a few months, still increasing to this day: https://soundcloud.com/michel-banabila/one-moment-in-time

'Across The Sky' is their second collaboration, maintaining a positive vibe, this time with a little more emphasis on rhythm. Droney synths and imaginative electronics are mixed with space guitars, all infused with analog elusive layers of tape echo and reverb. 

DL & cassette: https://banabila.bandcamp.com/album/one-moment-in-time

Michel Banabila: keys & sampler.
Stijn Hüwels: el. guitar & field rec. @steiner
Cok van Vuuren: el. guitar. @user-472747517

Produced by Michel Banabila.
Mastering by Marlon Wolterink / White Noise Studio.

Across The Sky

buy on bandcamp

with Stijn Hüwels & Cok Van Vuuren: Across The Sky

Michel Banabila, born 1961, is a sound artist, composer, and producer. Banabila has released music since 1983 and has produced musical scores for numerous films, documentaries, theatre plays and choreographies. His music varies from minimal loop-based electronica, fourth world, and neoclassical pieces, to drones,  experimental ambient,  and punk-as-fuck tape music. His work have been released  internationally by labels like Bureau B (DE), Eilean Rec (FR), Knekelhuis (NL), Pingipung (DE) and Séance Centre (CA)

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