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
Jabun's Home (single) featured on The Tribune Phonograph Vol. 27 here on Newgrounds!
Hello everyone and a quick bit of cool news to share with you today! Jabun's "Home" (the 2014 single version) was featured in this week's @TheTankTribune's Tribune Phonograph playlist Vol. 27 here on Newgrounds! Thanks so much for sharing the music, and check out the full playlist below:
That's it for this quick post, but I'll be back next Wednesday at the latest for another set of Patreon rewards! Until then, I hope you have a great week, and thanks as always for supporting my projects in all the ways you can! Take care!
Jabun's 15-4-20 album receives a Front Page Award here on Newgrounds.com!
Hi everyone and hope you're having a great day so far! Some amazing news to share today: Jabun's 15-4-20 album just received a Front Page Award here on Newgrounds.com! Thanks so much for the love folks!
Hope you enjoy the music, and if you like it, pick up a copy on Bandcamp below:
Or grab it with the entire Jabun and Better Than The Book discographies + all past rewards for your tier when you become a supporter on Patreon for as little as $1 a month! More music to come soon!
That's it for today and it's looking to be a busy one so I'll be off promptly, but until next time, thanks as always for supporting Jabun, Better Than The Book and my various projects however you can and I hope you have a great week to come! Take care!
Jabun's full 15-4-20 album is now streaming and playlisted on YouTube and Newgrounds!
Hi everyone and hope you're having a great start to 2021 so far!
The final (for now) weekly new music upload is here and Jabun's full 15-4-20 album is now available for streaming on YouTube and Newgrounds! Check out and relax to the full 15-4-20 album below:
Or grab it with the entire Jabun and Better Than The Book discographies + all past rewards for your tier when you become a supporter on Patreon for as little as $1 a month! More music to come soon! Hope to see you there!
And that wraps up the promo posts and uploads for Jabun's 15-4-20 album! I hope you've enjoyed these ambient soundscapes and I'll be back shortly for the next batch of Jabun tracks in the spring! The next set of Patreon rewards will be out at the end of January as usual, but until then, I hope you have a great month ahead and thanks as always for suporting Jabun, Better Than The Book and my various projects in all the ways you can! All the best, take care, and enjoy the music!
Announcing PATREON REWARD ARCHIVE posts for 4th October 2018 -> 1st January 2021 including the full Better Than The Book & Jabun Discographies, Mp3s, WAVs and Art + behinds the scenes articles, demos and more!
Hello everyone and a happy New Year for 2021! Today I announce the second set of Patreon reward archive posts for all rewards covering from 4th October 2018 (when I started on Patreon) to 1st January 2021 for the convenience of Patreon supporters and new patrons!
These months' rewards cover the full discographies (as of 1st January 2021) for my ska punk / pop punk project Better Than The Book and electronic / cinematic / ambient project Jabun, as well as a few bonus tracks and covers, and the REWARD ARCHIVE is here for your convenience so you can pick up all these rewards (Mp3s, WAVs, artwork and more depending on your tier) in one place when you sign up. No need to search through all the posts manually: Just click the link to the REWARD ARCHIVE below (which will be pinned to the top of your feed when you sign up), select the archive for your tier, dig in and enjoy the music! Hope to see you in the comments!
Become a patron for as little as $1 a month to access the REWARD ARCHIVE below and all new music as it's released:
Better Than The Book's full discography (as of 1st January 2021):
One Small Step EP
Heartbeats [The Knife] + GG [Good Game]
Meteor Shower 2017 demo, MLGG + Stars Racing {Patreon exclusive}
Two Years On album
Two Years On [Instrumentals] album
A selection of pre-BTTB demos {Patreon exclusive}
Hopes and Dreams album + press photos, lyric sheets, and a behind the scenes studio photo and story
Get A Haircut [Radio Edit] {Patreon exclusive}
Hopes and Dreams [Radio Edit] {Patreon exclusive}
Mark Your Wall & The Bigger Call, Maybe... {Patreon exclusive}
Hopes and Dreams [Instrumentals] album
Jabun's full discography (as of 1st January 2021):
Bergamot
Diamond Eyes - Nine Fifteen Ft. Jess (Jabun Remix)
3rd September 1939
Apollo
Clare Jeffrey - 60 Days [Jabun Orchestral Mix]
Distance
Home
Verlies Projekt - (Feels Like) Heaven [Jabun Hardcore Remix]
The Ocean Above + Noir
Jabun [Alternate Reality] - Warrior (Kesha METAL Cover) {Patreon exclusive}
Daydream album
15-4-20 album
As well as:
Erase Stuff (Mashup) {Patreon exclusive}
Nick Standing - Nothing Else Matters (Metallica cover) {Patreon exclusive}
For those of you on the $10+ DEMOlition Pigeon tier, you'll also have access to all the work in progress, demos and behind the scenes monthly articles too including:
A sneak peek at Better Than The Book's "(The Travelling To See Eva Song)"
Journey into Better Than The Book's "Get A Haircut"
Better Than The Book - One Small Step's artwork story + a new mix
A deep dive into Better Than The Book's "Meteor Shower"
More Better Than The Book artwork stories + another first(ish) draft mix from the new album
Work in progress artwork for Better Than The Book's upcoming Hopes and Dreams album + a demo master for track 06 "Get A Haircut"
An in depth look into the creation of Better Than The Book's Hopes and Dreams album cover (+ demo alternatives)
A behinds the scenes look into Better Than The Book's "The Hardest Part"
A behinds the scenes look into Better Than The Book's "Artificial Ignorance"
A behinds the scenes look into Better Than The Book's "And I Fear"
A behinds the scenes look into Better Than The Book's "Brighton"
A behinds the scenes look into Better Than The Book's "GG"
A behinds the scenes look into Better Than The Book's "You've Got A Lot to Say"
A behinds the scenes look into Better Than The Book's "Hopes and Dreams"
10 minutes of exclusive demos for upcoming Jabun tracks
Another behind the scenes look at an exclusive Jabun demo
Another behind the scenes look at an exclusive Jabun demo
Another behind the scenes look at an exclusive Jabun demo
Another behind the scenes look at an exclusive Jabun demo
Another behind the scenes look at an exclusive Jabun demo
A look into the artwork for the 2nd Jabun album
A sneak peek demo at an upcoming cover song
A behind the scenes breakdown of Jabun [Alternate Reality]'s Kesha Warrior metal cover
An exclusive sneak peek at next year's 3rd Jabun album, demo + photo
Another sneak peek demo from next year's 3rd Jabun album
An exclusive first sneak peek demo from Better Than The Book's next album
More Better Than The Book will be coming soon as I'm busy writing the project's 3rd album, but the next few months will be focused on my "other" music as plain old Nick Standing, as well as Jabun's upcoming 3rd album which is due for release spring 2021! Until the next post and then, thanks so much for supporting Better Than The Book, Jabun and my various music projects, I hope you enjoy the music (and articles) above and to come, and take care!
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 quick post! Next week I'll be putting up a full album stream for 15-4-20 (the final video in this 15-4-20 series), but until then, I hope you have a great New Years celebration however you're appropriately able to, and thanks as always for supporting Jabun and my various music projects! See you in 2021 and take care!
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!
