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Last post of the year and many surprises to share! New World Beyond album: Mindshell, first teaser for the new Jabun album, One Small Step four year anniversary, BTTB featured in a video games video + more!

23/12/2016

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It's the last blog post of the year, and it's coming a little earlier than usual since I'll be heading back to Sussex tomorrow for the Christmas break! What a year it's been at JabunAudio and to end things, I have some awesome things to share and reflect on for the final post of 2016. Let's get to it!

Firstly this week, and this has been something which has been in the works for a long time, I'm so pleased to present on behalf of Vlad from World Beyond, the new World Beyond soundtrack album: Mindshell! I've been working with Vlad since our first collaboration "Mountains of Gold" in early 2013, and I must say, this guy is not only talented and hard working, but also just a fantastic guy to hang around and make music with! The album itself combines all the usual things I've come to expect from World Beyond: cinematic and orchestral elements with electronic and heavy rock elements in a seamless and epic way, and at over an hour long with 21 spectacular tracks, I'd say it's one heck of an achievement! In terms of my involvement with the album, I'm playing guitar on track 13 "The Rescue" and helped Vlad with the testing and finalisation of the audio in the past few weeks, acting as his second set of ears so to speak. It's great to be part of such a project! A huge well done to Vlad for all his hard work putting this together (go catch up on that sleep my friend) and if you'd like to read more about the album, I encourage you to visit this post on the World Beyond website. Without further wait, here's Mindshell (available on Bandcamp)!


Next this week and the other main surprise, as promised for before this year was out, I present to you today the first teaser for the new (and debut) Jabun album! Initially I'd hoped to have this all finished and out by the end of the year, but circumstance and work has delayed things and I figured it's much better to take my time to make it sound its best. I will not however leave you hanging and waiting for at least a taste of what's to come! There's still a fair bit of composition work to do on the album as well as production, but it's certainly coming along and I'm aiming to have it all finished by Spring 2017. Still need to think of a name too! Anyway, without further wait (as you'll have to wait a little longer to hear the full thing anyway), I present to you a taste of whats to come from Jabun in 2017! Hope you enjoy it:

Also if you're wondering, the video is a compilation of demos from the album featuring the tracks: Dreaming Pt. 1, Morning, Distance, Anxiety, Palindrome, Home, and Dreaming Pt. 3. A few more tracks are to be added to that list, as well as some which are already done but just aren't in the teaser! Keep your eyes on this blog for more updates and I'm looking forward to working more on the album in the new year!

Next this week, some Better Than The Book news! It's not often I get to look back and celebrate a big milestone for a project, but would you believe that 4 years ago this week, BTTB put out its first release, the One Small Step EP! So much stuff has happened since then, not only for BTTB but also for me and JabunAudio as a business. Heck JabunAudio didn't even EXIST back then! Since the One Small Step EP, Better Than The Book has cut its very first CDs (and yes there are still a few available), recorded its first cover song, cut it's first vinyl (none to give away I'm afraid), had songs performed live by another band, made its debut full length album Two Years On, had its first typography video, beeninterviewed in blogs and been even played on international radio! It's crazy to think what can happen in 4 years, and it's nice to look upon the thing which started it all. I certainly was a younger producer back then and had very little idea what I was doing, but One Small Step will always hold a huge place in my heart. Happy fourth anniversary, and I look forward to taking the project even further in the years to come! If you've yet to hear the One Small Step EP, then what are you waiting for? Check it out on bandcamp below, and I hope you enjoy it!


And lastly this week for things to share, more stuff from Better Than The Book! Earlier this week I received a message from Eric Conroy on Newgrounds asking whether he'd be able to use Make Your Mark (from the Two Years On album) in a video, and naturally I said "sure thing"! This morning he sent over a link to the video and I must say it is simply wonderful! Featuring clips from a whole plethora of well loved games, the music fits the video so well and so I just had to share it on the blog this week! Big props to Eric for putting this together and really glad you liked the music. Feel free to check the video below and visit the full post on Facebook here:


And I guess that means I can can add being featured in a(n animated) video to the list of BTTB achievements too! I'd love to see more of these with Better Than The Book playing in the background!

And that's it for this week and this year (no post next week)! It's been a crazy one but there's still a little left to go, so I'll reflect on 2016's achievements in the first post of 2017. It'll likely be a short one as I wouldn't have even had a full week back in the studio, but I'll also use it talk about my plans for 2017 and other stuff like that (hint: Jabun album in case it wasn't obvious and BTTB will be back too!) Until then, thank you for all your support during 2016 and years past and I hope you enjoy the new album, the new album teaser, the old EP and the new video! Happy Holidays and best wishes for the winter break and thank you as always for supporting JabunAudio and all of my projects. Take care and see you in the new year!
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Cyber link
22/12/2016 22:30:02

That's a pretty impressive soundtrack from World's Beyond, both orchestral and tribal influences, lots of energy; sound that seems to speak through nature. Awesome work Vlad... if you happen to read these comments!

Nice teaser for the new Jabun project too, feels unnaturally mild compared to the recent BTTB. :) But not bad! Was expecting some Yu-Gi-Oh! mentioned here too btw, all well with that?

And finally, wonder if there's supposed to be an embed above the 'And I guess that means I can can add being featured in a(n animated) video to the list of BTTB achievements'? There's a big empty space there, for me at least, hope it's no malfunctioning/missing plugin playing a role.

Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! And hopeful New Year! :) Looking forward to what inspiring musical ventures may rise in the dawn of this new 365 day era.

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Jabun
22/12/2016 23:57:07

It really is something to behold! I'll pass your words onto the man himself :D

Hehe, yeah my natural state as Jabun is usually pretty chill, and indeed it's a big contrast to BTTB (in a good way I hope :D) Got my first YGO episode all finished and sent off. Waiting for the next set of source materials, but it's holiday time now so it'll be back to it in the new year :D I'll keep you updated, no worries XD

Hmmm the embed is working on my end, it should be a Facebook video. Might be a missing plugin as you say, or maybe try refreshing the page? The video's in the Facebook post link just before it if you're having trouble though. Hope you manage to figure it out and enjoy it when you get around to seeing it :)

Indeed a very Merry Christmas and New Years to you too, and same I'm very much looking forward to what adventures await in 2017! Hope yours is a fantastic one, and no doubt our musical paths will be crossing again at some point in the next 365 days :D Happy Holidays!

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Cyber link
30/12/2016 20:44:14

Aha, I figured out why the embed didn't show. I have a plugin to block all third-party tracking scripts included on the sites I browse, and it seems that FB might have some of that stuff included. Guess I'll check it out via FB directly. :)

LIkewise, again! XD It's closing in with leaps and bounds now. Looking forward to tomorrow, though wish I'd had a few more spare days before the time was nigh. Well, see you next year! It'll be grand.

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Jabun
3/1/2017 11:49:24

Ah that makes sense :D Hoped you managed to check out the video :)

And a belated Happy New Year to you! Hope you had a great Christmas and New Years and looking forward to catch up with you very soon :D Let's make 2017 a great year for collaborations again :D

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Cyber link
3/1/2017 18:59:58

Finally watched it now. :) Was a bit weird seeing videogame footage along with that music, but a good montage/medley. Wonder if the included titles are specific games your fond of? And looks like... a Zelda anime?! Not bad!

Most definitely! :D

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Jabun
3/1/2017 19:16:41

I didn't have any input in the video creation (apart from music permissions) but I thought it fit really nicely :) There's a lot of games there that I like (Zelda and Pokemon, and various Smash Bros. characters indeed). I think that Zelda anime segment might have been a cutscene or promo footage for one of the smash bros games :)

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Cyber link
3/1/2017 22:35:52

Ah, cool. Good to know. :)

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