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<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nMICHEL BANABILA \u2013 UNSPEAKABLE VISIONS<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\nShortly after Michel Banabila<\/a><\/em><\/strong> dropped The Unreal Realm<\/a><\/em>, he\u2019s back with a new album titled Unspeakable Visions<\/em><\/strong>. This new album shows a completely different side of Banabila<\/em><\/strong>\u2018s <\/em>music, demonstrating his musical versatility.
Unspeakable Visions <\/em><\/strong>is his second release on the Amsterdam-based Knekelhuis<\/a><\/em> \u2013 a label \u2018motivated by conflict and surprise, [releasing music that\u2019s] as alien as it is familiar, as bodily as it is soulful, as bizarre as it is beautiful\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\nUnspeakable Visions<\/em><\/strong> perfectly fits this description. The (eleven) tracks are relatively short this time \u2013 most are under five minutes. All are created around manipulated vocal samples, some of which can be recognized from his earlier work or live performances. It feels as if these samples come from about every corner of the world, but I assume Banabila<\/em><\/strong> created most of them \u2013 if not all \u2013 himself.
Paired with fitting instrumental arrangements, the tracks range from evoking fourth-world atmospheres to ambient soundscapes and lively rhythmic patterns.<\/p>\nWhile his early influences from Eno & Byrne\u2019s \u201cMy Life in the Bush of Ghosts\u201d<\/em> and the spirit of Jon Hassell <\/em>can still be discerned, Banabila <\/em><\/strong>has sculpted his own personal style over the past four decades. His evolution has birthed a genre-defying sound that\u2019s instantly identifiable and impossible to replicate. Unspeakable Visions <\/em><\/strong>presents the kind of music that only Michel Banabila<\/em><\/strong> himself can create.<\/p>\n
Unspeakable Visions <\/em><\/strong>is his second release on the Amsterdam-based Knekelhuis<\/a><\/em> \u2013 a label \u2018motivated by conflict and surprise, [releasing music that\u2019s] as alien as it is familiar, as bodily as it is soulful, as bizarre as it is beautiful\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n
Unspeakable Visions<\/em><\/strong> perfectly fits this description. The (eleven) tracks are relatively short this time \u2013 most are under five minutes. All are created around manipulated vocal samples, some of which can be recognized from his earlier work or live performances. It feels as if these samples come from about every corner of the world, but I assume Banabila<\/em><\/strong> created most of them \u2013 if not all \u2013 himself. While his early influences from Eno & Byrne\u2019s \u201cMy Life in the Bush of Ghosts\u201d<\/em> and the spirit of Jon Hassell <\/em>can still be discerned, Banabila <\/em><\/strong>has sculpted his own personal style over the past four decades. His evolution has birthed a genre-defying sound that\u2019s instantly identifiable and impossible to replicate. Unspeakable Visions <\/em><\/strong>presents the kind of music that only Michel Banabila<\/em><\/strong> himself can create.<\/p>\n
Paired with fitting instrumental arrangements, the tracks range from evoking fourth-world atmospheres to ambient soundscapes and lively rhythmic patterns.<\/p>\n