Michel Banabila is a master of sound and music, having composed a wide range of musical scores for films, documentaries, theater productions, and choreographies. His artistry spans a diverse array of genres, from minimal loop-based electronica and fourth world compositions to neoclassical pieces, drones, and ambient soundscapes. Banabila’s works have been released on labels such as Bureau B, Eilean Rec, Knekelhuis, and Séance Centre.
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Where are you from ?
MB
Amsterdam, Netherlands. Dutch mother, Yemeni father. Now I live in Rotterdam.
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Earliest musical memory?
MB
Help! - The Beatles, Hanukkah songs, Funky Street- Arthur Conley, Qongqothwane - Miriam Makeba.
Oddity Influence Mix
Michel Banabila
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Wouter van Veldhoven
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(un)Finished Contraptions 1
Steve Argüelles, Pierre Bastien, Benoît Delbecq
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Sonance
Gaspar Claus
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Astragale
Roberto Musci
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Claudia, Wilhelm R and Me
Meitei
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Sakai
Jonathan Scherk
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A2
Brian Eno
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M386
Raed Yassin
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The Cyber Oracle
Savant
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Using Words
Sussan Deyhim vs Bill Laswell
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Bade Saba
Bismillah Khan
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Kajari
Ryuichi Sakamoto
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Full Moon
Jon Hassell
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Wilderness Psalms
Dialect
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Mesa
Oren Ambarchi
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II
Steve Reich, Ensemble Intercontemporain
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Cross Fades
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Why and when did you start making music?
MB
I think I must have been about 20 when I entered an 8 track studio, to see how it works. That made a huge impression, it was all very exciting to me. From then I just knew that recording ideas was what I wanted.
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How did you connect with Knekelhuis?
MB
Mark contacted me once about a possible reissue of Marilli. Then later we talked again and we discussed a possible LP for Knekelhuis Records. Eventually that became Echo Transformations.
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Some insight of the mix you recorded?
MB
Some tracks that I love and that influenced me or tracks that I am just currently listening to.