Michel Banabila - Just Above the Surface (2018)
Michel Banabila - Just Above the Surface (2018)
world, experimental, ambient, electro, acoustic, minimal | 46:11 min | WEB FLAC (tracks) | 200 MB
Label: Tapu Records
world, experimental, ambient, electro, acoustic, minimal | 46:11 min | WEB FLAC (tracks) | 200 MB
Label: Tapu Records
Just Above the Surface werd voor een deel geschreven voor het Haperende Mens Festival in Amsterdam, in december 2017. Het album kwam uit in januari 2018 en je kunt het bij BandCamp kopen vanaf 6 euro. De muziek van Michel Banabila is fantastisch tot in de allerkleinste details, en zo magnifiek uitgebalanceerd dat ik er elke keer weer met open mond naar zit te luisteren. Fraaie spanningsbogen die mooi vastgehouden worden, prachtige melancholieke strijkers, elektronika waar het nodig is, percussie die de perfecte accenten aanbrengt, verrassende wisselingen en overgangen en meeslepende stukken. (Holly Moors)
Why isn’t Michel Banabila more famous? This is music which deserves large cinema screens and at least as much press as Nils Frahm and his Erased Tapes cronies! I’ve a few of Banabila’s releases – I came across them through my buddy Rutger Zuyderveldt aka Machinefabriek – very attentive Netherlands sound designer folks the pair of them – and their four albums together. Banabila is more overtly ‘musical’ than Rutger, and these tracks present a nice worldview and warm electronics which you could imagine being on reel to reel tapes. And one thing I like about Michel’s work is that it’s not afraid to be emotional at times… very warm. There’s impressive instrumentation and very good mixing.
Listing boats, field recordings, loops, polyrhythms and sonic incantations. I wrote that without even reading the title ‘Just Above The Surface’ and it does what it says. I feel I am following a day, perhaps a few, from boats on surfaces of different depths. It’s as if we start on marsh land with all the rich birdlife and move through passages where we witness – from a distance – activity far out at sea. Can’t always make out the horizons as the album but I’m happy at this surprise release and the journey I’ve been on. Ferry to Holland please (Dr. Chris Dooks)
Tracklist:
01. Michel Banabila, Gareth Davis - The Ripple Effect
02. Michel Banabila, Oene Van Geel, Salar Asid - Snake Bite
03. Michel Banabila - Out of Sync
04. Michel Banabila - Spider, Spit and Broken Bells
05. Michel Banabila, Marcin Barski - Cassettes and Polaroids in the 21st Century
06. Michel Banabila - Hope (Disquiet 0271 Prison Sky)
fooCDtect - foobar2000 + auCDtect, baralgin.
auCDtect: CD records authenticity detector, version 0.8.2
Copyright © 2004 Oleg Berngardt. All rights reserved.
Copyright © 2004 Alexander Djourik. All rights reserved.
mode: 0
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Track: 02. Michel Banabila, Oene Van Geel, Salar Asid - Snake Bite
Processing file: [02. Michel Banabila, Oene Van Geel, Salar Asid - Snake Bite.aucdtect]
Detected average hi-boundary frequency: 2.028955e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-boundary frequency: 1.435303e+004 Hz
Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.072903e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 1.237339e+004 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.189100e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 1.049668e-001
First order smothness: 4.444082e-001
Second order smothness: 6.525714e-001
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This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%
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Track: 04. Michel Banabila - Spider, Spit and Broken Bells
Processing file: [04. Michel Banabila - Spider, Spit and Broken Bells.aucdtect]
Detected average hi-boundary frequency: 2.079668e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-boundary frequency: 1.608856e+004 Hz
Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.167862e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 1.304800e+004 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.189100e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 9.712406e-002
First order smothness: 5.192440e-001
Second order smothness: 5.319588e-001
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This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%
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Track: 01. Michel Banabila, Gareth Davis - The Ripple Effect
Processing file: [01. Michel Banabila, Gareth Davis - The Ripple Effect.aucdtect]
Detected average hi-boundary frequency: 2.005791e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-boundary frequency: 1.365204e+004 Hz
Detected average hi-cut frequency: 1.993974e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 1.084779e+004 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.189100e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 3.060613e-002
First order smothness: 4.201602e-001
Second order smothness: 6.467300e-001
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This track looks like CDDA with probability 43%
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Track: 03. Michel Banabila - Out of Sync
Processing file: [03. Michel Banabila - Out of Sync.aucdtect]
Detected average hi-boundary frequency: 2.032844e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-boundary frequency: 1.371760e+004 Hz
Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.094090e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 9.343405e+003 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.189100e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 1.112511e-002
First order smothness: 4.533187e-001
Second order smothness: 4.917943e-001
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This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%
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Track: 05. Michel Banabila, Marcin Barski - Cassettes and Polaroids in the 21st Century
Processing file: [05. Michel Banabila, Marcin Barski - Cassettes and Polaroids in the 21st Century.aucdtect]
Detected average hi-boundary frequency: 1.995548e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-boundary frequency: 1.183136e+004 Hz
Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.119521e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 8.699549e+003 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.189100e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 1.318640e-001
First order smothness: 3.332627e-001
Second order smothness: 6.578390e-001
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This track looks like CDDA with probability 99%
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Track: 06. Michel Banabila - Hope (Disquiet 0271 Prison Sky)
Processing file: [06. Michel Banabila - Hope (Disquiet 0271 Prison Sky).aucdtect]
Detected average hi-boundary frequency: 2.014123e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-boundary frequency: 1.286771e+004 Hz
Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.145548e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 9.241203e+003 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.189100e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 1.687148e-001
First order smothness: 3.397221e-001
Second order smothness: 7.575467e-001
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This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%
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auCDtect: CD records authenticity detector, version 0.8.2
Copyright © 2004 Oleg Berngardt. All rights reserved.
Copyright © 2004 Alexander Djourik. All rights reserved.
mode: 0
===========================================
Track: 02. Michel Banabila, Oene Van Geel, Salar Asid - Snake Bite
Processing file: [02. Michel Banabila, Oene Van Geel, Salar Asid - Snake Bite.aucdtect]
Detected average hi-boundary frequency: 2.028955e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-boundary frequency: 1.435303e+004 Hz
Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.072903e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 1.237339e+004 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.189100e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 1.049668e-001
First order smothness: 4.444082e-001
Second order smothness: 6.525714e-001
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%
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Track: 04. Michel Banabila - Spider, Spit and Broken Bells
Processing file: [04. Michel Banabila - Spider, Spit and Broken Bells.aucdtect]
Detected average hi-boundary frequency: 2.079668e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-boundary frequency: 1.608856e+004 Hz
Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.167862e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 1.304800e+004 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.189100e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 9.712406e-002
First order smothness: 5.192440e-001
Second order smothness: 5.319588e-001
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%
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Track: 01. Michel Banabila, Gareth Davis - The Ripple Effect
Processing file: [01. Michel Banabila, Gareth Davis - The Ripple Effect.aucdtect]
Detected average hi-boundary frequency: 2.005791e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-boundary frequency: 1.365204e+004 Hz
Detected average hi-cut frequency: 1.993974e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 1.084779e+004 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.189100e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 3.060613e-002
First order smothness: 4.201602e-001
Second order smothness: 6.467300e-001
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
This track looks like CDDA with probability 43%
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Track: 03. Michel Banabila - Out of Sync
Processing file: [03. Michel Banabila - Out of Sync.aucdtect]
Detected average hi-boundary frequency: 2.032844e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-boundary frequency: 1.371760e+004 Hz
Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.094090e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 9.343405e+003 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.189100e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 1.112511e-002
First order smothness: 4.533187e-001
Second order smothness: 4.917943e-001
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%
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Track: 05. Michel Banabila, Marcin Barski - Cassettes and Polaroids in the 21st Century
Processing file: [05. Michel Banabila, Marcin Barski - Cassettes and Polaroids in the 21st Century.aucdtect]
Detected average hi-boundary frequency: 1.995548e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-boundary frequency: 1.183136e+004 Hz
Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.119521e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 8.699549e+003 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.189100e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 1.318640e-001
First order smothness: 3.332627e-001
Second order smothness: 6.578390e-001
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
This track looks like CDDA with probability 99%
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Track: 06. Michel Banabila - Hope (Disquiet 0271 Prison Sky)
Processing file: [06. Michel Banabila - Hope (Disquiet 0271 Prison Sky).aucdtect]
Detected average hi-boundary frequency: 2.014123e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-boundary frequency: 1.286771e+004 Hz
Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.145548e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 9.241203e+003 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.189100e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 1.687148e-001
First order smothness: 3.397221e-001
Second order smothness: 7.575467e-001
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%
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