Nick Standing AKA Jabun: Multi-instrumentalist, Composer & Mastering Specialist at JabunAudio making dynamic, clean and punchy masters to encourage people to turn up your music, rather than turn it down! Creator of the Skapunk project Better Than The Book
Cyberdevil launches his FREE TO DOWNLOAD "INK 19" Mixtape (which I helped with) + happy 8th anniversary to Better Than The Book's Debut EP One Small Step!
Hi again everyone and hope you're ready for more big news in this 2nd post for today!
It is with great pleasure that today I share with you @Cyberdevil's brand new INK 19 Mixtape, a free to download, just shy of an hour long remastered revisit to Cyberdevil's Inktober Challenge raps of 2019! We've been hard at work for the last month polishing this and it's been a great project to be a part of! I've been on mastering and additional mixing duties as well as providing the beat to "Away Fear" which was recently (re/pre)released as a full production track (the version in here is more a legacy mix of sorts)! I highly encourage you to read more about it on Cyberdevil's website here where you can pick up a free download:
And listen to the mixtape in full on Newgrounds! We hope you enjoy it!
In other news, time sure flies past as Better Than The Book's debut EP One Small Step turns 8 years old today! Man it seems like a lifetime ago, a start of something special that's really bloomed into something greater than I'd ever anticipated over the last 8 years! Here's to the past and the future and if you've yet to hear it, check it out on bandcamp:
And/or pick it up along with the rest of the BTTB and Jabun discographies on Patreon:
That wraps things up for this post! I hope you enjoy all the new music and revisits to old and with that I'm going to pack up for a few days and enjoy a well earned break! Until the next post, I hope you have a great holiday season (despite any disruptions that may take place) and I look forward to bringing you new music soon! Thanks as always for supporting Jabun, Better Than The Book and my various projects, all the best, seasons greetings, and take care!
Hi everyone and hope you're having a great December and start to the holiday season so far!
The weekly new music uploads have started and Jabun's 15-4-20 B is now streaming on YouTube and Newgrounds! New tracks from the 15-4-20 album will be uploaded each Wednesday until the first week of January! Check out and relax to 15-4-20 B below:
Or grab with the entire Jabun and Better Than The Book discographies when you become a supporter on Patreon for as little as $1 a month! More music to come next year! Hope to see you there!
That's it for this post! Got another exciting one coming today before I rest for the holidays so I'll see you this afternoon for that one! Take care until then and all the best!
Jabun's 2nd album "15-4-20" has been released! Patreon rewards are out in celebration + an exclusive first sneak peek demo from Better Than The Book's next album for the $10+ patrons!
Hi everyone and hope you’re having a great December so far! Today I’m super excited to finally release my 2nd album as Jabun – 15-4-20! Check out the album teaser video below:
15-4-20 is a one take per track live improvised ambient exploration and the first of its kind in my discography. The entire 33+ minute, 3 track album was recorded on the evening of April 15th 2020 with no overdubs or edits, just a single take for each track. I hope you enjoy the gently changing ambient soundscapes; a snapshot of an evening in lockdown during the strange spring of 2020!
In case you’ve not seen them yet, you can also check out the full album credits, special thanks and descriptions on the Jabun – 15-4-20 Bandcamp page! Read more below and I hope you have fun exploring:
All tracks written, performed and produced by Nick Standing [Jabun] Recorded, mixed and mastered at JabunAudio by Nick Standing [Jabun] Album artwork, images and photography by Nick Standing [Jabun]
Recorded on April 15th 2020
In celebration of 15-4-20’s release, there’s whole handful of rewards for my supporters on Patreon!
For the $1 patrons, you’ve got the full mp3 album and artwork including alternative album covers and the original album cover photo (with no titles)! Pick it up below:
For the $5 & $10 patrons, you’ve got all that + the highest CD quality WAV files for all 3 tracks! The $10 patrons will also be getting an exclusive first look sneak peek demo from the next Better Than The Book album! Check out the rewards below:
If any of that sounds good to you, then become a patron today for as little as $1 a month and remember that you’ll be also getting access to all past rewards for your tier too including the full Better Than The Book and Jabun discographies, many Patreon exclusive bonus tracks and more! I look forward to sharing more music with you in 2021!
And that’s it for this post! Now that Jabun’s 15-4-20 album is out, I’ll be uploading tracks from the album to YouTube and Newgrounds each Wednesday until mid January 2021, and no doubt be sharing other things in the mean time too! With such a big release, I’ll also be taking a short break from rewards to update the Patreon REWARD ARCHIVE posts, but I’ll be back with new rewards for the $5 & $10 patrons on the final Wednesday of January, and the first Wednesday of February for the $1 patrons! Until then I hope you have a great holiday season and enjoy the new music, and thanks as always for supporting Jabun, Better Than The Book and my various projects! More music to come next year! All the best, happy holidays and take care!
Join me for Jabun's 15-4-20 album launch on Wednesday 16th December at 8pm GMT on YouTube!
Hi everyone and hope you're having a great December so far! It's only 2 more days until I release Jabun's 2nd album 15-4-20 to the world and to celebrate the launch with a bang, I've put together a short teaser video which will be premiering on YouTube as the album goes live this Wednesday 16th December at 8pm GMT! Come join me on YouTube via the link below and I hope to see some familiar faces there! Not long to wait!
15-4-20 is a one take per track live improvised ambient exploration and the first of its kind in my discography. The entire 33+ minute, 3 track album was recorded on the evening of April 15th 2020 with no overdubs or edits, just a single take for each track. I hope you enjoy the gently changing ambient soundscapes; a snapshot of an evening in lockdown during the strange spring of 2020!
In case you’ve not seen them yet, you can also check out the full album credits, special thanks and descriptions on the Jabun – 15-4-20 Bandcamp page! Read more below and I hope you have fun exploring:
All tracks written, performed and produced by Nick Standing [Jabun]
Recorded, mixed and mastered at JabunAudio by Nick Standing [Jabun]
Album artwork, images and photography by Nick Standing [Jabun]
Recorded on April 15th 2020
That's it for this post, and I'll be back on Wednesday for the big launch along with more rewards for my supporters on Patreon! Have a great time until then and thanks as always for supporting Jabun, Better Than The Book and my various project however you can! Hope you're as excited as I am and take care!
It's Bandcamp Friday again (and the best time to pre-order the upcoming Jabun 15-4-20 album)!
Hi everyone and hope you're having a great start to December and the holiday season!
It's Bandcamp Friday once again, and in support of musicians impacted by the coronavirus, Bandcamp is once again waiving its revenue share fees on the first Friday of the month from midnight to midnight Pacific Time (that's today)! That means that if you purchase anything from Bandcamp this Friday 4th of December, the artists you support (including myself) will get more of the sales revenue than usual since Bandcamp doesn't take its cut, and you'll be able to support the music you love more directly than ever on the platform!
If you've been itching to pre-order Jabun's upcoming "15-4-20" album or pick up Better Than The Book's "Hopes and Dreams" or one of my other tracks or albums, now's the best time to do so! Check out the Better Than The Book, Jabun and Nick Standing Bandcamp pages below and thanks again for supporting my music in any way you can, it really means a lot:
Less than 2 weeks until Jabun's 2nd album is finally released so I'll be busy making sure everyone knows about it ready for the big day on December 16th! In the mean time, I hope you have a great time until then and thanks as always for supporting Jabun, Better Than The Book and my various projects! Take care!
From Ash To Alabaster featured on Newgrounds' The Tank Tribune Phonograph Playlist Vol. 23!
Hi everyone and hope you're having a great start to December!
It's been super busy over here with various things which will be revealed soon, but I just wanted to share with you a super cool bit of news that came in my notifications today! My old 2014 collab with the one and only @Cyberdevil "From Ash To Alabaster" has been featured in Newgrounds' very own Tank Tribune Phonography Playlist Volume 23! Thanks so much to @TheTankTribune for having us on there and check out the link below for the full playlist! Enjoy!
More stuff from CD and I coming soon and of course it's about 2 weeks until my 2nd album as Jabun is released to the world too! If you've not already done so check it out the pre-order page and single below on Bandcamp:
And of course it's Bandcamp Friday at the end of this week so I'll be back then with a reminder that you can support the artists you love more directly than ever on this special day each month this Friday! Until that post, I hope you have a great week to come and thanks as always for supporting Jabun and my various projects here on Newgrounds! Take care and enjoy the tunes!
The pre-release single "15-4-20 A" from Jabun's upcoming "15-4-20" album is OUT! Pre-orders are now open on Bandcamp + more Patreon rewards are out in celebration! "15-4-20" releases on December 16th 2020!
Hi everyone and hope you’re having a great November so far! After last week’s big announcement of Jabun’s brand new 2nd album “15-4-20”, I’m super excited to share with you today the album’s pre-release single “15-4-20 A” as pre-orders open on Bandcamp! Check it out on Newgrounds below:
Pre-order Jabun’s 15-4-20 album and pick up the pre-release single “15-4-20 A” on Bandcamp:
15-4-20 is a one take per track live improvised ambient exploration and the first of its kind in my discography. The entire 33+ minute, 3 track album was recorded on the evening of April 15th 2020 with no overdubs or edits, just a single take for each track. The pre-release single “15-4-20 A” was the first improvisation of the session and was pitched/slowed down 15 semitones from the original recording for a deeper feel. I hope you enjoy the gently changing ambient soundscape; a snapshot of an evening in lockdown during the strange spring of 2020!
Now that pre-orders are open, you can also check out the full album credits, special thanks and descriptions on the Jabun – 15-4-20 Bandcamp page! Read more below and I hope you have fun exploring:
15-4-20 will be released to the public on December 16th at 8pm GMT, but of course my supporters on Patreon have lots of rewards to grab today in celebration of this new album and single launch!
For the $1 patrons, you’ve got the album cover art and an mp3 download of the pre-release single “15-4-20 A” today + you’ll of course be getting the full mp3 album and all the additional artwork when it’s released on December 16th as well! Only a month more to wait!
For the $5 & $10 patrons, in case you missed it last week, you’ve already been given early access to the full album download package! All 3 tracks (Mp3 & WAVs) and all artwork! For the $10 patrons, you’ve also got another sneak peek demo from next year’s 3rd Jabun album!
If any of that sounds good to you, then become a patron today for as little as $1 a month and remember that you’ll be also getting access to all past rewards for your tier including the full Better Than The Book and Jabun discographies, many Patreon exclusive bonus tracks and more! I hope to see you there!
I hope you’re as excited as I am for the album launch on December 16th and until then I hope you have a great month ahead chilling to “15-4-20 A”! Thanks as always for supporting Jabun and my various projects! Take care, all the best, and have a great time!
Announcing Jabun's 2nd album "15-4-20" (releasing December 16th 2020)! Artwork revealed, pre-orders and pre-release single coming next week + a tonne of Patreon rewards are out in celebration!
Hi everyone and hope you’re having a great November so far! Some super exciting news to share with you today as 3 years after my debut album as Jabun - Daydream, I’m finally announcing my follow-up 2nd Jabun album “15-4-20” to be released on December 16th 2020!
When I first started writing Jabun demos again in November 2019, this was certainly not the album I expected I’d be releasing in 2020, but having said that, 2020 was not the year any of us expected it would be either! As it so happens, 15-4-20 would be the album I knew I could finish before the year was out, and although I’d planned on releasing a more traditional album to directly follow Daydream, I thought I’d release this experimental project first while other albums were still in progress!
15-4-20 is a one take per track live improvised ambient exploration and the first of its kind in my discography. The entire 33+ minute, 3 track album was recorded on the evening of April 15th 2020 (hence the title) with no overdubs or edits, just a single take for each track recorded live. All tracks were recorded with just my Korg SQ-1 sequencer controlling my Yamaha Reface CP electric piano and its built-in effects, directly onto a single stereo track in Ableton where I added some more reverb and echo and the usual master processing for each track including fade outs.
Now I can't quite call this a live album because one minor edit I made to tracks A and B was to simply slow down the recordings in the same way as altering the tape playback speed, so that the pitch drops giving it a deeper / different feel. This simple edit gave a different vibe to each of the tracks despite their similar set-ups.
The project that would become 15-4-20 was originally meant as just a fun experiment for the evening, but the results I liked so much I thought there was no point in keeping it to myself! The challenge was that instead of improvising on the piano's keyboard as I usually would, I would control the piano instead via an analogue sequencer designed for use with synthesisers. The sequencer is an array of knobs which determine the speed and pitch of what notes will be played, as well as some switches and buttons to dictate how the sequencer will operate and perform other functions. I also allowed myself to move the controls for the pianos effects section(s), but not to touch the keyboard at all. Needless to say, it was a bit of an alien experience to me but a very fun and exciting one full of surprises and just the right amount of chaos which was exactly what I wanted!
Whether you sit down to listen intently, have it on in the background while doing something else, or simply relax in the sounds, I hope you enjoy this ambient experimental soundscape, a snapshot from an evening in lockdown during the strange spring of 2020. The photo for the album artwork was taken on the following morning, April 16th 2020!
With just over a month to go until “15-4-20” releases to the public on December 16th at 8pm GMT, there’s an exciting few things happening before then! Pre-orders will be opening next Monday exactly 1 month before on November 16th at 8pm, along with the release of the pre-release single for the album “15-4-20 A” which will be premiering on the HurpADervish YouTube Channel at the moment of launch! Tune in below:
Of course my supporters on Patreon have lots of rewards to look forward to in celebration of this new album launch!
For the $1 patrons, you’re getting the full resolution album art today, as well as an mp3 download of the pre-release single “15-4-20 A” when it’s released on November 16th, and of course the full mp3 album and all the additional artwork when it’s released on December 16th!
For the $5 & $10 patrons, you’re getting early access to the full album download package today! All 3 tracks (Mp3 & WAVs) and all artwork! For the $10 patrons, you’ll also be getting another sneak peek demo from next year’s 3rd Jabun album!
If any of that sounds good to you, then become a patron today for as little as $1 a month and remember that you’ll be also getting access to all past rewards for your tier including the full Better Than The Book and Jabun discographies, many Patreon exclusive bonus tracks and more! I hope to see you there!
I hope you’re as excited as I am for the single launch on Monday 16th November and until then I hope you have a great week chilling in any way you can! See you for the premier and thanks as always for supporting Jabun and my various projects! Take care and all the best!
Hi everyone and hope you're having a great start to November!
It's Bandcamp Friday once again, and in support of musicians impacted by the coronavirus, Bandcamp is once again waiving its revenue share fees on the first Friday of the month from midnight to midnight PDT (that's today)! That means that if you purchase anything from Bandcamp this Friday 6th of November, the artists you support (including myself) will get more of the sales revenue than usual since Bandcamp doesn't take its cut, and you'll be able to support the music you love more directly than ever on the platform!
If you've been thinking of picking up Better Than The Book's "Hopes and Dreams" or grabbing Jabun's "Daydream" or one of my other tracks or albums (Maybe the recently featured "Mr Knife" perhaps?), now's the best time to do so! Feel free to check out the Better Than The Book, Jabun and Nick Standing Bandcamp pages below and thanks again for supporting my music in any way you can:
In case you missed it yesterday too, remember you can grab a free download of my new collaboration with @Cyberdevil "Away Fear" here on Newgrounds.com! Go check it out if you haven't already:
And thanks as always for supporting my projects in all the ways you can! See you next week for a huge Jabun announcement and take care!
A brand new hip hop collaboration with @Cyberdevil: "Away Fear" (Free Download)!
Hi everyone and hope you're having a good day as much as you can! Today I have a long-time-in-the-making hip hop collaboration with the one and only Cyberdevil to share with you, a brand new track called "Away Fear"!
For the past 2 years, CD's been taking part in his own version of the Inktober challenge where he writes, records and releases a new acapella track each day and every day throughout the whole of October, (with the occasional collaborations for good measure)! Last year I created an experimental 808 based instrumental for what was going to be the Halloween grand finale of last year's batch, but due to various circumstances it ended up being placed on the back-burner despite all being written at the time. When I heard that CD was taking part in the tremendous challenge again this year, it seemed a great idea to reignite that collaboration, but since it was all written last year (and keeping true to Cyberdevil's daily writing challenge), we decided to give what was going to be a more rough and ready inktober production the FULL Jabun production treatment, going all out with this revamp of last year's collab that was never released! With hypnotic distorted 808s and vocal editing, thunderous distorted bass guitar slides and of course Cyberdevil's signature intense rap flow, I'm super pleased to present to you our first collaboration since 2016 (?!) "Away Fear"! Head over to the Newgrounds audio page to hear what CD had to say about it and if you enjoy it, it's completely free to download on SoundCloud and Newgrounds too! Check it out below and I hope you enjoy "Away Fear"!
There is the possibility of more Cyberdevil related news coming soon, but I'll be keeping that on the down-low until everything's set in stone!
That's it for this post and I'll be back tomorrow for a Bandcamp Friday reminder before next week's big Jabun album announcement! See you all then, hope you enjoy the new music, and thanks as always for supporting my projects! Take care!
