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The freshest music Mustik's got his hands on, u can now learn about in our Review Corner. New reviews include.... Nicola Conte, Uncle Funkenstein, Azymuth's delicious 'butterfly' album, The Matthew Herbert Big Band, Thievery Corp., and his shortest ever Mr. Scruff. Buy 'em all!!   The Five Corners Quintet have a new album coming out on nov. 14 ! On that exact same date, they are performing at de kreun, so if you are in the neighbourhood, don't miss !!! If you want to know why, maybe our Review Corner can tell you. Two weeks later, on the 28th Trio Valore is playing there. Being the new project of Steve White (he played drums for The Style Council while still a teenager !), this funky band should peek your interest...  We've been axed to play at this crazy festival of experimental music... Artist for the nite are Dat Politcs, Somatic Responses, µ-ziq, Counterstrike, dj Hidden, Global Goon, Ceephax Acid Crew, platendraaier Skallie ànd Soon, and many others... Check it all out on clashofthecultures.be  A new BIG, AFFORDABLE, and GOOD SOUNDING speaker is born. We know JBL from those days they were the only real speaker-builders on the market. If you had no JBL, you were not hip nor did you have a good sound in your house. After decades of trying out new ranges and models, we didn't hear much good from JBL with their low-cost models for the consumer market. You had to go for a JBL PRO monitor or a high-end and -accordingly high price - model to get good performance. Over the last 15 years they must have had over 30 lines with over 100 types of speakers, from small bookshelf speakers to large surround systems. One of the last ranges that had an 'acceptable' sound and were 'affordable' was the so called 'Northridge' series. But no one I know who heard them was actually enthusiastic about them. So they upgraded the line a bit and called them the E-series. These E-series still are available, but now there is the new line ES-series. The added S stands for 'Super-tweeter', but this can't be the only thing that has changed. One way or another, by changing the cross-over frequencies, they managed to get a sweet sounding system that just reveals enough to call them almost 'high-end'. In the ES line, there are small bookshelf speakers, subwoofers, large speakers and also 'very large' speakers. We are not that fund of subwoofers, so a speaker that gives the bottom octave without a subwoofer would be nice, and here JBL managed to make a speaker system capable of delivering real bass without loosing the transparent medium and detailed highs for a price of about 900 Euro (pair) ! All right, 900 Euro for a set is not that cheap, but considering what you get, it is. So here is a short description : 5 loudspeakers in one cabinet of 1.5 meters high. Two 10'' woofers, a 4'' medium, an aluminium dome tweeter and a Super Tweeter ! Two 10'' woofers ??!! Yes ! And they can deliver enough power to make you feel in a live concert ! Whether you like to play them soft or loud, listen to jazz, classics, rock, disco or dub, the power is there, details are there and what's most important, it is always fun ! I won't go deep into specs nor sound descriptions but these words should cover it : Relaxed listening while hearing details, you are 'in' the music (yes, audiophiles will say this is a contradiction : relaxed listening and 'forward sound', but the ES100's manage to deliver both), no dynamic compression, full range and deep bass, good sound staging though not expressively 'present'. I enjoy these speakers over many other more expensive hi-fi sets. I put them under my old good 4312 MKII studio monitors. They are a great stand for them, and more than half the time they do the job of delivering full bodied grooves. More goodies and specs on www.jbl.com. (august2008, JL Daumerie) .jpg) JBL ES100. 4-way dual 10" floorstanding loudspeaker. |
 MUSTIK'S NOVEMBER SPENDERS - the jazz (instr.) : KASHMERE (karamak 7’’) brilliant hiphop instrumental. . . - make the road by walking : THE MENAHAN STREET BAND (from ‘Make The Road By Walking’ daptone lp) the massive mystery sample from Jay-Z’s ‘Roc Boys’. . . - mutualism : DAISUKE TANABE (dancing turtle 2x7’’) and another excellent detailed instrumental from japan. . . - resurrection (STEVEN-J’s deep ryokou remix) : SLEEP WALKER (jazzmin 12’’) totally refreaked with dirty bass stabs for extra dancing fun. . . - calypso on-seng : DUBDUB ON SENG (japonica 12’’) mad distorted steeldrum ‘n’ percussion workout. . . - pimp : BACAO RHYTHM & STEEL BAND (mocambo 7’’) 5O onna di steeldrum. . . - soul power : KOKOLO (record kicks 7’’) the JB’s get done over. . . - core : RAMADANMAN (soul jazz 12’’) future beats from outer space. . . - toda mojaita (DANNY LEWIS afrofuturistic mix) : GECKO TURNER (lovemonk 12’’) pumpin’ afrolatino, huey. . . - cartagenera (RAY MANG remix) : DUTCH RHYTHM COMBO (highscore 12’’) like Durutti Column meets Baleraric bliss. . . - sou de verao : 7 SAMURAI (from ‘El Mundo Nuevo’ poets club 2lp) more excellent reworking from the crew. . . - dancehall : CHANCHA VIA CIRCUITO (zzk 12’’) hiphopdancehallbhangracumbia argentina, viva. . . - el sapo/crees que soy sexy : BANDA LOS HIJOS DE LA NINA LUZ (soundway 7’’) yes it’s rod stewart on ayahuasca. . . - seigaiha : IMPERIAL PALACE BAND (from ‘Sprigs Of Time – 78s From The EMI Archive’’ honest jon’s 2lp) strange exquisite beauty from 1903 (!). . .   SpicyPimps All about the nujazz, soul, brokenbeat, dancefloor jazz 'n hiphop.. Lady Linn Check out the cool swing sound.. Metronomic family A labour of love by Philarmonix.. Damberd café Legendary Jazz Café in Gent..  After the demise of our favourite music-rag Straight No Chaser, our hunger for letters on paper was only fed by Wax Poetics, a worthy substitute, but not exactly snooping out the latest trends in the development of the jazz spirit... Well, now Shook has come to the rescue ! Put together by some of the SNC regulars, Shook is exactly what the doctor ordered and we at BTJ wish them a long life and many copies sold. Be sure to get yours ! And for all you people getting hit by the credit crunch : all issues are now entirely downloadable...for free ! AKA .COM&THNK Check the THNK podomatic right here! ROLLKAGE Demomx still available as a free download by dope demand! For promotional use only.. HERE you go!  |
 WEEKLY SATURDAY JAZZ EVENING WITH THE BTJ-DJ'S.... November/ 01/ Burd 08/ Soon 15/ Sweet M&M 22/ Giovanni (tbc) 29/ Soon Starts around 9pm. Romen, Nonnenstraat, Roeselare! FULL CALENDAR ON CALLING ALL CATS. BTJ's radioshow on Urgent 'FREESTYLE FUSION' hosted by Sir Dancelot now has his weekly spot on friday. For all your FutureFunk, BreakBeat, Balearic, Drum 'n Bass, House,Brasil, Eclectro, Idm, Ambient, Jazz, Funk and Groovy tunes, tune in to www.urgent.fm . That's every friday from 10 till 11 pm.  3 Funky Dudes... Sonny Rollins, Ramsey Lewis & Don Blackman... Word! Can't get enough of the BTJ sound.... Can't wait for a new show on yer BTJ*RADIO... Then check out this cool thing.. It's called a pod and you can play music on it. In other words, we've put some old and other shows on the BTJ*PODOMATIC and you're invited for a spin. Only 4 dollar 99, so check it out now. Well, we couldn't be the only ones out of the loop, now could we... Here is where you'll find us.... Oh, be sure to check out our friends there, as we're connecting (??!) to the most interesting artists and bands...for example : The Naciente Quartet (one of the hottest tickets...), Rory More (he of Les Hommes...) or Pink Monkey Flower (some Paulistas onna housey trip...) If you're good, who knows you'll even make it to our "top friends" (arf, arf) ! .jpg) Our fantabulous Grafic Designers from Animus (aka the Bone Factory, aka Gonzo & Elke) started their own bizniz! For all your visuals, designs, interior decoration, logos, publicity and custom made furniture, do check out animus-design.be, and hire them. You wont regret it!!!!  |
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