Breathe (Compilation) by Michel Banabila

Compiled with a focus on classical orientated tracks.


Reviews / quotes:

DRAGONFLY;
'Very mysterious, cinematic and beautiful' (FdW / Vital Weekly)

'A delicate fluttering instrumental with sawing strings and clarinet' (Henry Schneider / Exposé Online)

'Featuring bass clarinetist Gareth Davis, it recalls something that might have appeared on an early 90s Made to Measure album' (Brian Olewnick / The Squid's Ear)

CRÉPUSCULE;
'Characteristically beautiful and intriguing' (Marc Weidenbaum / Disquiet)

'A composition beautifully colored by Maarten Vos (cello), Oene van Geel (violin, viola, 5-string violin, trombone) - extremely mesmerizing and passes by like an exciting film' (JanWillem Broek / Subjectivisten)

SINUS EN SNAAR / HEPHAESTUS;
'An expansive, stylistically omnivorous affair' (Nathan Thomas / Fluid Radio)

'Music for barren trees and weakening temperatures, shuttered doors and deserted streets. The humility of each performer is apparent, as composition, improvisation, and shaping duties shift from song to song, man to man: a fluid trade that yields far greater dividends' (Richard Allen / A Closer Listen)

SECUNDE PIANO VERSION;
'A very modest and balanced approach by Van Vliet, known for his poetic, velvet playing, which is beautifully expressed here' (Ben Taffijn / Nieuwe Noten)

SOLAR WAVES / BREAKING POINT / BREATHE;
'The music of Banabila is a microcosm of itself, a complex interplay between acoustic and electronic, found objects, field recordings, and unnamed unheard of textures produced in a combination of all of the above' (Mike Lazarev / Headphone Commute)

BREATHE;
'Subdued and orchestral sounding modern classical, minimal and ambient, culminating in the dramatic “Breathe"' (Oscar Smit / OOR)

In addition to acoustic instrumentation, Michel Banabila uses samples, electronics, synths, found objects and field recordings.

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