Description
A sound UFO mixing new wave, psychedelic,krautrock, experimental and free jazz.To be labeled 'OTHER'
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Formed in Brussels in the early 2000s by Gabriel Séverin and Michel Duyck, Babils is a collective that emerged from the Belgian underground scene.The group quickly expanded to include Patrick Bellefroid, Étienne Vernaeveand Lukas Vangheluwe, before becoming a sextet with the arrival of Stephan Barbery in 2009.Active in various influential bands on the Brussels scene - Stephan Barberyand Michel Duyck in Digital Dance, Étienne Vernaeve in Isolation Wardand Gabriel Séverin in Silk Saw - the musicians share influences suchas Can, Nurse With Wound and The Olivia Tremor Control.Babils builds its body of work around free improvisation sessions, whichare regularly recorded and archived. The group thus develops a dense,hypnotic and organic sound, at the crossroads of psychedelic rock,krautrock, new wave and experimental music.In 2009, Stephan Barbery officially joined the collective. This line-up gaverise, in particular, to the albums QTAB (2011) and WAH! (2013), whilstthe double LP Prime Babilu Microcosm captures some of the mostmemorable moments of this period. However, the band would neverperform as a six-piece on stage.Michel Duyck, whose health was gradually deteriorating, left the bandand passed away on 8 November 2014. His passing had a profound impacton Babils, which nevertheless continued as a quintet. In 2017, Ji Ameetowas released, the first album recorded without Michel Duyck. The 16-minutetitle track was played in full on the programme hosted by Tom Ravenscroft,son of John Peel, on BBC Radio 6 Music.Even today, Gabriel Séverin, Patrick Bellefroid, Étienne Vernaeve, Lukas Vangheluwe and Stephan Barbery continue to keep Babils alive, remainingtrue to this collective approach to improvisation and to a sound that evolvesat the crossroads of rock, experimental music and hypnotic textures.
The double album Prime Babilu Microcosm is dedicated to the memoryof Michel Duyck.
Titles
01. Shabèno (Baba Tunga)
02. Sssuperson
03. Eia Eia Shou No Kou
04. Habe Shabo
05. Shabemo Jabù
06. Moûn Cha
07. Aha-Ôm
08. Nessu Nah
09. Ancesta
10. Ha Ja!
11. Ère De La Contrée Redoutable
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BABILSJi Ameeto14.50 €
BABILSWah!3.00 €
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