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Banabila

About Me

Composer / producer, best known for his VoizNoiz 1 .
Besides acoustic instruments , Banabila uses found objects, electronics, field recordings, shortwave /tv/ film recordings, and vocoder-plugs.
His recordings can often be discribed as cinematic and atmospheric.
Banabila has composed musical scores for numerous films, documentaries, video art, theatre plays and choreographies.
In 2000, Banabila produced Arhil , the critically acclaimed debut album from Moroccan singer Ali Bahia El Idrissi (Boudisque recordings).
On the same label Banabila released his 2 electronic dark-ambient works ; Spherics , part 1 & 2. (Boudisque recordings)
In 2001 Banabila joined Holger Czukay 's internet collabs for the track "10 Steps to heaven" on the cd Linear city (InsideOut Music).
In 2003 Banabila received the prestigious Dutch Edison Jazz Award for the cd VoizNoiz 3 , with trumpet-player Eric Vloeimans (Challenge).
The abums Voiznoiz 1 & 2 and Spherics 1 were also released on Tone Casualties (L.A.) and Pork recordings (Hull/London).
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BUY BANABILA TRACKS AT :

'Eiland' ; music for a theatre show by Orkater (2005) :
'Low pulse & high noiz' clip by Olga Mink & Irena Mihalinec :
Live sound-collages and images with video-artist Olga Mink :
'Milarepa' ; music for a theatre show by Het Waterhuis (2006) :
'Het huiskameronweer' ; music for a theatre show by Orkater (2008) :
'Voice print' , music for a video by Olga Mink (2008) :

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Music:

Member Since: 2/16/2006
Band Website: banabila.com
Band Members: Collaborations with : Geert Mul, Salar Asid, Olga Mink, Eric Vloeimans, Yasar Saka, Ria Marks, Robin Schaeverbeke, Sandhya Sanjana, Angelika Oei, Erkan Ogur, Roel Twijnstra, Solu , Joshua Samson, Titus Tiel Groenestege, Marije Meerman, Tanar Catalpinar, Ali Bahia El Idrissi, Holger Czukay, Hannes Vennik, Arend Niks, Hester Overmars, Ernst Reyseger, Anton Goudsmit, Hanyo van Oosterom, Maaike Engels, Pablo Nahar, Derk Groen, Mohammed Benchackchack, Bregtje van der Haak, Alex Eind, Ben van Lieshout, Conny Janssen, Claudia Hauri, Luc Pilmeyer, Zenial, Monoscope, Tami Ravid, Jord den Hollander, McCoy Mrubata, Peter van Straaten, Rotterdam Improvisation Pool, Willem Cramer, Omar Ka, Pops Mohammed, Florian Magnus Maier, Piet Legerstee, Koos Derwort, Dj Genetic Factor, Ben Lutam, Denise Anken, Shervin Nekuee, Michel van Schie, Jasper Soffers, Chris Grem, Hans Greeve, Jurgen Brouwer, Rob Kamer, Remko Deijl, Arthur Flink, Age Kat, Lieber Gorilla, Jorien Muste, Piet Lichtveld, Cecil Wespel, Paul Newsum, Robbie Muntz, Oscar Peterse, Guus Bakker, Bob Ruijzendaal, Frank vd Kooij, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa.
Influences: All collaborators mentioned above, Holger Czukay, Brian Eno, Nino Rota, Tom Waits, Jon Hassell, Sussan Deyhim, Eric Dolphy, Alain Bashung, Michael Brook, Lo’jo Triban, Anouar Brahem, Haale Gafori, Rabih Abou Khalil, Atom Egoyan, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Mychael Danna, Beck, Cliff Martinez, Don Cherry, Fela Kuti, Mark Isham, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Gabriel Yared, Djamel Ben Yelles, Steve Tibbetts, Jan Jelinek, Collin Walcott, Milton Nascimento, Thelonious Monk, Federico Fellini, New Composers from St Petersburg, Jim Jarmusch, Can, Erkan Ogur, Farid el Atrache, Alvin Curran, Solex, The Orb, Oscar Niemeyer, Steve Reich, Mouse on Mars, Woody Allen, Cornelius Cardew, John McLaughlin, The Clash, Hiroshi Teshigahara, Robert Wyatt, Jah Wobble, TC Matic, Erik Satie, Michael Hedges, JS Bach, Weather Report, Spinvis, Scanner, Lou Reed, Pere Ubu, Joni Mitchell, John Cage, Leonard Cohen, Orchestre National de Berbes, Coil, Bob Ostertag, Karlheinz, Markus + Simon Stockhausen, Radiohead, Taraf de Haidouks, McCoy Tyner, Wim Wenders, Troitsa, Genesis, David Liebman, Jaap Blonk, Jean Dubuffet, Morton Feldman, U2, Peter Gabriel, Daniel Lanois, Abdel Halim Hafez, Panamarenko and .......:
Sounds Like: Melancholic. Exotic electronica. Post modern assemblage of found sounds and vocal fragments. Atmospheric soundtracks.
Type of Label: None

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Posted by Banabila on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 01:43:00 PST