Michel Banabila - Marilli Remixed

Tracklist

1	–Hanyo van Oosterom & Koos Derwort*	A1. Marilli Rmxd 1	2:37
2	–Michel Banabila	A2. Marilli Rmxd 2	3:50
3	–Roel Meelkop	A3. Marilli Rmxd 3	4:04
4	–Peter Van Cooten	A4. Marilli Rmxd 4	7:15
5	–Hero Wouters	A5. Marilli Rmxd 5	3:34
6	–Radboud Mens	B1. Marilli Rmxd 6	4:56
7	–Hanyo van Oosterom	B2. Marilli Rmxd 7	4:51
8	–QST	B3. Marilli Rmxd 8	3:48
9	–Wouter Veldhuis & Michel Banabila	B4. Marilli Rmxd 9	4:46
10	–Hanyo van Oosterom & Michel Banabila	B5. Marilli Rmxd 10	3:46
11	–Machinefabriek	A2. Marilli Rmxd 11	3:38
12	–Bogumil Misala*	A2 + B1 + B2. Marilli Rmxd 12	3:29
13	–Naoyuki Sasanami*	A1. Marilli Rmxd 13	6:00
14	–Marc Weidenbaum	A4. Marilli Rmxd 14	3:46
15	–Martin Hoogeboom & Theo Calis	A3. Marilli Rmxd 15	5:30
16	–Jos Smolders	B2. Marilli Rmxd 16	5:33
17	–Andrés Jankowski*	A3. Marilli Rmxd 17	5:15
18	–Andrew Lagowski*	A5. Marilli Rmxd 18	6:52
19	–Arno Peeters	B5. Marilli Rmxd 19	4:16
20	–Zenial	B4. Marilli Rmxd 20	2:39
21	–Core Shift	A2. Marilli Rmxd 21	7:58
22	–Michel Banabila	B3 + B1 + B2 + B4 + A1 + A4. Marilli Rmxd 22	3:16
23	–Hanyo van Oosterom & Michel Banabila	A2. Marilli Rmxd 23	2:00
24	–Unknown Artist	End	0:13

Credits

• Compiled By – Michel Banabila

Notes

"Remixing the Past"

Michel Banabila - Marilli was the first full-length album that I self-released as a 33 1/3 rpm vinyl LP. It dates back to the very first time I began to experiment in a studio.

I was like a kid entering a toy shop, totally excited and, of course, I got hooked forever. Anyway, Marilli consists of quite simplistic and somewhat hilarious recordings. It was recorded on 8-track tape in three studios across Amsterdam: Hero Wouters, WHG and SPN.

The sounds include balafon, kalimba, a Korg MS-20, voices, bird calls, tape, keyboards, percussion, and a Mexican turtle flute, plus contributions from musician friends on bass, cello, drums, steelpan and guitar.

There was no sampler used, but I "borrowed" some voices from other records. The sounds on Marilli were nice and organic, but my "composing" process was not. The overall effect is extremely naive, an act of musical global tourism perhaps best compared to "Tintin en l'Afrique," or the "piña colada Jungle Book version of My Life in the Bush of Ghosts." Quite embarrassing, really. Anyway, you can't change the past. This is simply how and where I started.

Nevertheless, what happened was that to my great surprise several labels asked me, quite suddenly, in 2015 if they could re-release Marilli. There was even a little article about it on the Resident Advisor website: www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?2530.

I certainly don't want to re-release it. However, Hanyo van Oosterom and Jacobus Derwort made a beautiful remix of track A1 that more or less launched the idea for starting this remix collection. So, instead of thinking about a re-release of the original, I thought it could be interesting to ask some friends for their vision and then remix it. This was also inspired by the way the Disquiet Junto music project series works. I had just one copy left of Marilli, and Radboud Mens ripped, de-noised, and de-crackled it into WAV files. I feel quite honored and grateful for the immediate response, as 20 talented artists came up with these really amazing works to transform the album into a more minimalist 2015 version. I asked them to skip the voices in their remixes, and to only use sounds from the record itself. We started with the order of songs from the original album, and then more versions followed.

Actually, I suppose you can change the past, because although I am not so fond of the original, I am now very fond of this remixed version. What a great solution. Much thanks to the participants for their creative reworks.

I also like to thank all the wonderful musicians who contributed to the original album, and whose sounds are now re-emerging here in a totally new way:

Lesley Joseph - steelpan
Piet Lichtveld - guitar
Cecil Wespel - bass
Willem De Melker - drums & guitar
Paul Newsum (R.I.P.) - guitar & percussion
Niek Stafleu - cello
Martijn Veldhoen - percussion
Attie Bauw - guitar

A special thanks to Eduard Vingerhoets and Richard Johnson.