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Michel Banabila
Marilli Remixed

Album NL 2015 on Tapu Records label
Dance (Ambient, Experimental, Minimal, Tribal, Drone)

"Remixing the Past" 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.

Musicians

	Michel Banabila , *1961 NL compiled by, album by
	Hanyo van Oosterom b, NL performer on track
	Roel Meelkop syn, *1963 NL performer on track
	Peter Van Cooten , performer on track
	Hero Wouters voc, syn, performer on track
	Radboud Mens acg, p, NL performer on track
	QST , performer on track
	Wouter Veldhuis g, fl, p, performer on track
	Machinefabriek eg, NL performer on track
	IP , performer on track
	Naotko , performer on track
	Marc Weidenbaum , *1966 performer on track
	Martin Hoogeboom g, b, performer on track
	Jos Smolders , *1960 NL performer on track
	1605munro , performer on track
	Lagowski syn, g, GB performer on track
	Arno Peeters , *1969 NL performer on track
	Zenial , PL performer on track
	Core Shift , performer on track
	Unknown Artist , performer on track

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