I guess I should start with a warning for regular visitors: this mix is different from what you’re used to. First: it’s definitely not an “ambient mix”, although there’s quite a lot of ambience involved in this music. Second: it’s not a compilation mix, but a mix featuring the music of one artist only: Michel Banabila. — originally published on Ambientblog —
This mix is not a ‘Best of Banabila‘, neither is it a collection of personal favourites (in that case it would be a lot longer!). Looking back on this mix, I see a painful amount of tracks-that-should also-have-been-included…. But it covers a lot of different aspects of Michel Banabila’s musical world.
A world built from “Streets, Dreams and Memories”, waiting to be discovered by those with open ears..
Playlist:
- 00:00 T A P E (Mix 2), Unreleased, 2008
- 00:23 Intro Harbour Set, Harbour Set, 2010 (for Geert Mul)
- 02:07 Phonema 2, Phonema, 2003 (with Rotterdamse Improvisatie Pool)
- 02:36 Satellite Queens, Satellite Queens, 2007
- 04:11 Phonema 4, Phonema, 2003 (with Rotterdamse Improvisatie Pool)
- 05:31 A Man in a Room, Precious Images, 2008
- 06:30 My Mother’s Voice, Vuka! Vuka! theatre show, SA, 2005
- 08:51 Watercolour, A Living Thing, 1998
- 10:14 UAV, Sperics, 2003 (+ UAV – Sanjana Mix, 2006)
- 13:42 Buildings, Changing Structures, 2008
- 14:23 A Strong Sense of Urgency, Spherics, 2002
- 17:47 Babylon, Precious Images, 2008
- 17:56 Untitled, Unreleased, 2010 (with Mehmet Polat)
- 22:12 Azmignie, Voiznoiz – Urban Soundscapes, 1999
- 24:02 Do Something About it, Voiznoiz – Urban Soundscapes, 1999
- 25:05 SMS-ing, Hilarious Expedition, 2005
- 26:06 Quietly Descending, Changing Structures, 2008
- 27:20 My Name is Johnny, Banabila-Monoscope live, 2005 (with Anton Goudsmit)
- 29:04 Lost in a Big Building, Changing Structures, 2008
- 30:40 Bicycle Exotica (reworked), Hilarious Expedition, 2005
- 35:25 The Perfume Route (for Maher Al Sabbagh), O.S.T. The Perfume Route, 2010
- 36:20 X-Zone, A Living Thing, 1998
- 37:04 Friedrich Remixed, Recyclopedia, 2009 (with Eric Vloeimans & Frans Friedrich)
- 41:37 Voices from a Secret World, A Living Thing, 1998
- 43:06 Intro, Vuka! Vuka!, 2006
- 45:47 Hosanna, Voiznoiz – Urban Soundscapes, 1999
- 47:00 The Monitor is Dead, Spherics, 2003
- 51:24 Zeer Duister (Voor Peter van Cooten), unreleased, 2007
- 53:06 My Brain is Electric, Hilarious Expedition, 2005
- 54:30 Magical Day (Huiskameronweer Mix), Precious Images, 2008
(+ Voix du Fou Remix, with Eric Vloeimans) - 56:52 Small Talk (Off Balance Quasimodo Mix), Drone Download Project, 2009
- 58:26 The Holy Mountain, Precious Images, 2008 (with Eric Vloeimans)
(c) All compositions by Michel Banabila