Banabila is a Rotterdam composer, producer and musician who makes extensive use of electronics, field recordings, radio, television and film fragments and voice transformers. He usually seeks collaboration with acoustic musicians, for example trumpet player Eric Vloeimans and Sufi singer Bahia El Idrissi. The music that is thus created can be described as cinematic and atmospheric. Banabila made
… many musical contributions to films, television, theater, video art and dance. He also produced his own albums, including the VoizNoiz and Spherics series. Banabila made a compilation of old and new work for the double CD Precious Images. The first disc contains highlights from his extensive oeuvre, all remastered. The second CD consists of new material with a variety of guests, including Eric Vloeimans, guitarist Anton Goudsmit, ud player Yasar Saka and singer Sandhya Sandjana. Much of this work comes from a performance by theater group Orkater. With its fascinating blend of ambient, world fusion, nu jazz and idm / electronics, Precious Images offers an ideal introduction to Banabila's imaginative world. (HB)more