Through Global Frequency

(A poem largely composed from the titles of some of my recordings made over the years.)

'Shockingly beautiful ' (Randall Roberts / In Sheeps Clothing HiFi)

'A beautiful work of poetry set in to ambient which creates a warmth like no other!'
(Hidden Sounds London).

 

 

 

We are in a crowd, 

we are in noise - 

can you still hear, 

my trembling voice 

 

Speaking in tongues, 

where old meets new, 

in made-up language, 

just to reach you 

 

Sounds arrive, 

from an unforgettable place, 

receiving the whispers, 

of a vanishing trace 

 

Ancestors murmur, 

in global frequency, 

our alien voice, 

rises secretly 

 

From echo transformations, 

to bones of the past, 

a signal buried - 

but built to last 

 

One moment in time, 

still out of place - 

may our ears tell us, 

where we are in space

 

 

12th Isle



  Also available on METALABEL

 

 

 

     

Trespassing

Trespassing is out now. A Séance Centre release. Available at Rush Hour

2LP vinyl record in a gatefold sleeve, featuring with archival pics, essay and artwork by Alan Briand.

Just in, this double LP with works by @michel_banabila.. LP1 is a comp. of works spanning over 20 years that acts as a bridge between his earliest work and his contemporary practice. LP2 is a reissue of his early masterpiece Marilli. Nice one on @seance_centre ! #rushhourstore

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After a seemingly endless wait 02SC Michel Banabila’s Trespassing 2LP is finally available and sounding incredible! #michelbanabila #seancecentre #02SC

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#TTLexpansions: Collection of genre bending material from long-serving Dutch experimentalist Michel Banabila. The release compiles examples of Banabilla's "excursions into otherworldly and imagined realms," and the results will take you there along with him. "Trespassing" includes tracks recorded between 1987 and 2017, which move between humid, percussion-led workouts, exotic ambience, dark and creepy soundscapes and sticky electro-acoustic fusion. The second record, "Marilli," was originally released in 1983 and appears as an LSD inspired DIY tribute to David Byrne and Brian Eno's "My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts." The highly sought-after album is presented here in its entirety for the first time since its original release. If you've been feeling the releases on Music From Memory or any of the recent spate of Japanese reissues we recommend you check this one out. Twenty tracks in all. Released by Seance Centre on double vinyl housed in a gatefold sleeve.⠀ ╲➸link in bio╲⠀@michel_banabila @seance_centre

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C020TR: Sound Years limited edition cassette tape

Out now Sound Years on cassette




RUSHHOUR: MICHEL BANABILA - SOUND YEARS - TAPU RECORDS: Sound Years is a Michel Banabila sampler, segueing selected tracks from ten previous albums along with one new work into two gentle, chilled-out continuous pieces. This has the diversity and variation of a various artists chillout compilation, but impressively, it’s all the work of one man (and a couple of guest appearances). Smoothness is the order of the day here. Gentle piano melodies, occasional plaintive guitar strums, and found sounds including the classics such as falling rain ambiences and tropical birds, blend with the mellowest flavours of electronica chill-out such as the deftly twisted and re-pitched vocal samples in “Earth Visitor”. Other sections are more pared-down, simple warm drones, deep vocal sustains and cultured resonance.

Banabila & Saka

"Imagine O Yuki Conjugate meeting Cluster? The electronics are dark and moody, brought to life by ethnic/acoustic instruments. The sound is full of strange vibrations. A great listen! " (rodd707)



AUDION #25 Curiously esoteric
Rich instrumentation featuring traditional instruments like melodica, saz, banjo, guitar, etc, are combined with high-tech elements (synthesizers, samplers, etc) and yet mostly the mood is neither ancient nor modern, but curiously esoteric and out of time. (Alan Freeman).

WESTZEIT (december 1994) Variety
The Turkish saz-player Yaşar Saka and Dutch-Yemeni keyboarder Michel Banabila get a hand from a bunch of friends on guitar, hammond, percussion, etc, to mentally decorate their second album The Dreamfields. All ten instrumental tracks, written by the Rotterdam based duo, have a strong meditative quality. This is where traditional instruments collide with electronics in the nicest way possible. Unlike other ambient projects, variety is the spice of this album. Highly recommended. (MH)






Photos by Matthieu Benistant.

OOR (9 Juni 1998) Exotische avonturenfilm
Sinds 1993 wijdt dit duo zich aan wereldse ambient, geinspireerd door Erkan Oğur, Brian Eno, Can en The Orb, maar door een oorspronkelijk instrumentarium voorzien van een geheel eigen Arabische / Aziatische draai. A Living Thing is een degelijke compilatie opgevuld met nieuw materiaal en geremixte oude composities. Banabila & Saka chillen op on-Nederlands hoog niveau.



Discogs - Nightmirror



GONZO CIRCUS (#13, 1998) betoverende ambient
Op The Dreamfields werkt Michel Banabila voor de tweede keer samen met de Turkse muzikant Yaşar Saka. Diens instrumenten (zoals de saz, kemane en ud) zorgen voor een boeiende contrast-werking met Banabila's moderne technologie. De plaat si bij Banabila thuis op een 8 sporen recorder opgenomen en dat is een waarborg de intimiteit en soberheid van de muziek. Op The Dreamfields vind je pakweg drie 'songtypes'. Vooreerst heb je die zalige combinatie van opzwepende ritmes en oosterse mystiek ( een beetje zoals die van Jah Wobble ten tijde van 'Without Judgement'). Slepende drums, een ronkende bas en arabische melodieen voeren je weg naar hogere sferen. Daarnaast zijn er de betoverende ambient stukken. Met Turkse instrumenten en etnische percussie op de voorgrond maakt het duo zalige en zeer suggestieve klankweefsels, ideaal voor een soundtrack.

Discogs - A Living Thing



A compilation from Banabila & Saka recordings from 1993 - 1994.

Michel Banabila : synth., sampler, percussion, slide, treatments, drumloops, melodica, voice, radio, found objects.
Yaşar Saka : oud, saz, flute, banjo, mouth harp, zurna, programming,mey, ney flute, sipsi, found objects, electronics.
Joshua Samson : percussion.
Hans Greeve : drums.
Erkan Oğur : fretless ebow guitar.
Edu Calicher : stratocaster.
Derk Groen : guitar.
Marleen Knap : violin.
Nahim Avci : kemane.
Pepijn Zwaanswijk : percussion.
Remco Deyl : bass.
Yavuz Duman : trumpet.
Willem Cramer : guitar, bass, percussion, artwork.




Yaşar Saka

Discogs - The Dreamfields



Steamin' Soundworks

Sony ATV Publishing.