Collaborations between electronic artist Michel Banabila, 14 tracks in total along with 16 musicians of experimental electronic, compositional, and electronica forms, inspired by the Disquiet Junto project and with artists including Machinefabriek, Radboud Mens, violinist Oene van Geel and Mayana Golovchenko, each track revealing different aspects of Banabila's broad interests.
Label: StealthRec Catalog ID: CD 01 Squidco Product Code: 29634
Format: CD Condition: New Released: 2020 Country: Netherlands Packaging: Digipack Recorded in March and April 2020, except: 'Organ Music Softly' recorded in 2012. 'Sun Shade Parasol' and 'Amal' recorded in 2015.
3. Mood Swings (Phase II Disquiet Junto 0430 Solitary Ensembles X2 Mix) 5:02
4. Organ Music Softly 3:17
5. Sunshade Parasol 5:30
6. All Connected 6:27
7. Amal (Edit) 5:55
8. Intermission 3:50
9. April 2020 2:15
10. Calm After Storm 5:05
11. A Quiet Mantra Of Hope 6:23
12. Lacandon 6:16
13. April 2020 (Alternate Mix) 1:58
14. The Start And End Of My R&B Vocal Career (Phase III Disquiet 0431 Solitary Ensembles X 3 Mix) 4:36
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"The first release is not a new Michel Banabila as such, even when most of the releases have not been heard before, but it is rather a primer for what Banabila does. And that is a lot of different things. He has a lot of solo releases, which go all over the place, from straight ambient music to modern classical, rhythmic music (techno, world) and even a bit more brutal electronic music. Then there are also many collaborations he does, some of which can be found here. With electronic musicians such as Machinefabriek and Radboud Mens, but also with violinist Oene van Geel or Mayana Golovchenko. If Michel Banabila is a name you heard but not the music that he made, then this is a great place to start. It may move all over the place, from the slow-developing techno beat of the title piece to introspective violin in 'Amal' (with Salar Asid), strange organ stabs of 'Intermission' (inspired the Residents, perhaps?), voice improvisation with Golovchenko, the slow ambient rhythms he produces with Radboud Mens in a fine ambient house mode. One could think that Banabila touches upon many grounds and that it is perhaps too much. I would take a different position, however, in this case. If the musician wants to dip into so many styles, we simply have no alternative than to follow him and enjoy his many musical interests. It is not for the narrow-minded, I'd think, but for those people who are always open to experiencing something new. Just as Banabila is on a similar path of discovery. Sported by a lovely cover of Banabila's studio, re-created in cardboard by his daughter Nina."-Frans de Waard, Vital Weekly