One of our records of 2018.
Michel Banabila
Trespassing / Marilli (2Lp)
LabelSeance CentreGenreElectronic
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The latest release on Canada's Seance Centre label focuses on the work of long-serving Dutch experimentalist Michel Banabila, gathering together examples of his "excursions into otherworldly and imagined realms". The first record boasts tracks recorded between 1987 and 2017, shuffling between humid, percussion-led workouts, exotic ambience, dark and creepy soundscapes and sticky electronic/acoustic fusion. The second record (clips of which are not featured here) replicates the track list of the Rotterdam artist's 1983 album Marilli, a sought-after, LSD-inspired trip into Brian Eno and David Byrne territory that remains one of the most thrillingly odd (but pleasingly beautiful) ambient albums of the period. In other words, it's an absolutely essential package.
Release notes
Tracks A1, A2, A3, A4, B1 and B4 are previously unreleased. Track A1 is a mix of 3 tracks: sound for "Infinite Road", a video by [a3344456], sound for "Big Data Poetry", an AV performance with [a4564124], and a rhythm track by M. Banabila from 1989. A5 and B3 taken from [r=1734791] (1985, [l78332] / MB 300585). B2 taken from [m=363068] ([l55756] / TRBOP 07). B5 taken from [m=867616] ([l55756] / TRBOP 02). Trespassing was recorded, composed and produced by Michel Banabila in Rotterdam. All…
| Trespassing | |||
| A1 | Where Old Meets New | 7:40 | |
| A2 | The Attic | 3:13 | |
| A3 | Our Alien Voice | 3:16 | |
| A4 | The Mandolin Tape | 2:41 | |
| A5 | Des Traces Retrouvées 2 - II | 3:23 | |
| B1 | Melodica & Bells | 5:06 | |
| B2 | In A Language I Can Understand | 3:18 | |
| B3 | Des Traces Retrouvées 2 - VI | 3:46 | |
| B4 | Woob Blip Blip | 2:44 | |
| B5 | Innercity | 4:25 | |
| Marilli | |||
| C1 | Marilli - 1 | 2:18 | |
| C2 | Marilli - 2 | 5:25 | |
| C3 | Marilli - 3 | 3:23 | |
| C4 | Marilli - 4 | 2:56 | |
| C5 | Marilli - 5 | 4:20 | |
| D1 | Marilli - 6 | 2:10 | |
| D2 | Marilli - 7 | 4:25 | |
| D3 | Marilli - 8 | 3:16 | |
| D4 | Marilli - 9 | 4:14 | |
| D5 | Marilli - 10 | 4:13 | |
- Cecil Wespel
- Bass (B3, C1, D2, D3, D4)
- Niek Stafleu
- Cello (D2)
- Michel Banabila
- Composed By, Producer, Percussion, Effects [Voice FX], Melodica, Bass, Synthesizer [Yamaha DX7], Synthesizer [Omnisphere], Synthesizer [Ensoniq ESP 16+], Sampler [Logic], Electric Guitar, Sounds [Field recordings], Synthesizer [Korg MS20], Synthesizer [Arp Solina], Balafon, Acoustic Guitar, Flute [Mexican Turtle Flute], Electric Piano [Yamaha CP70], Voice, Banjo, Xylophone, Tape, Turntables, Mbira, Recorded By (A1 to B5)
- Alan Briand
- Design
- Willem De Melker
- Drums (D2)
- Radboud Mens
- Edited By [Audio Restoration]
- Brandon Hocura
- Edited By [Audio Restoration], Mastered By, Executive Producer
- Atti Bauw
- Electric Guitar (D4)
- Piet Lichtveld
- Electric Guitar (A2, B5)
- Paul Newsum
- Electric Guitar, Percussion (C5)
- -LVC-
- Lacquer Cut By
- Willem Cramer
- Mandolin (A4)
- Martijn Veldhoen
- Percussion (D4)
- Olaf Keus
- Percussion (B3)
- Eduard Vingerhoets
- Photography By
- Bart Hermelijn
- Recorded By (D1)
- Hero Wouters
- Recorded By (C1, C2, C3, C5, D3, D5)
- Peter Hoeks
- Recorded By (B3)
- Wijnand De Groot
- Recorded By (C4, D2, D4)
- Lesley Joseph
- Steel Drums (C2, D5)
- Cok Van Vuuren
- Steel Guitar (A4)
- Rita Kuppens
- Voice (D2)
