A Looming Presence, by Banabila & Machinefabriek

A Looming Presence

by Banabila & Machinefabriek

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1.	Fabricated Fables 03:24
2.	A Giant Misstep 04:21
3.	Ambiguous Signals 03:59
4.	A Looming Presence 05:03		buy track
5.	Fractured Dreams 03:15
6.	Oumuamua 03:10
7.	Radiant Mass 05:07
8.	Cracked Dispatch (featuring Maryana Golovchenko & Oene van Geel) 04:54	info
9.	Lyrebird 04:52

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A Looming Presence is the sixth album by Banabila & Machinefabriek.
A playful yet dark soundtrack for a crumbling world.

This is a digital only release.

Previous albums:

Entropia (2019)
Macrocosms (2016)
Error Log (2015)
Travelog (2013)
Banabila & Machinefabriek (2012)

REVIEWS / QUOTES:

AMBIENTBLOG
A pleasant surprise once again: quite different from the previous albums they made together, but still undeniably the kind of work only théy can create.

The first thing I noticed is that most of these tracks are heavily rhythm-oriented, with just a few exceptions (such as the title track and the quiet Oumuamua). The music is playful, but also ‘a dark soundtrack for a crumbling world’.

On Cracked Dispatch the duo is completed by Oene van Geel’s trombone and viola and Maryana Golovchenko singing the Ukrainian traditional In The Sea There’s A Marble Stone. (Peter van Cooten)

credits

released April 8, 2024

All music written & performed by
Michel Banabila & Rutger Zuydervelt february – april 2024.

Maryana Golovchenko: vocal on Cracked Dispatch.
("In the sea there is a marble stone”, Ukrainian traditional)
Oene van Geel: viola & trombone on Cracked Dispatch.

Artwork by Rutger Zuydervelt.
Mastering by Michel Banabila.

Cat. nr. TR080424.
UPC 198391784521.
Tapu Records ℗ 2024

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