As heard on FM Brussel’s Laid-back show two weeks ago and as of today to be downloaded and put on loop: your boy JtotheC’s Happy Mix.

I’ve been telling myself I should start digging deeper into the world of afrobeat. With its intriguing sound built upon repetitive rhythms and vocal chants it’s a musical genre still quite new and refreshing to me. Looking for another long play to spice up your lazy day I discovered this brilliant feature on afrobeats most [...]

‘Little brother is watching big brother’ And with that, let me add this to list of my must-see documentary films/books: Captured: A Film & Video History of the Lower East Side “Since 1979 Clayton Patterson has dedicated his life to documenting the final era of raw creativity and lawlessness in New York City’s Lower East [...]

With the forthcoming Go Bang event (this Saturday), our friends from OndaSonora are finally bringing their musical flavour to Brusselstown. Speaking to BLA and Disco Dalglish (aka OndaSonora) about music, you’ll find out that one of their main inspirations is David Mancuso’s infamous Loft parties in N.Y.C. And with that, you might be left with [...]

Just got my hands on the new Pepe Bradock, which seems to be utter brilliance really. As usual, Pepe’s pushing boundaries again – although not as hard as with his previous release, rest assured. Anyhow, check out this old interview with the man, the myth, at Red Bull Music Academy: Watch it. (click on 256k [...]

Kenny Dixon Jr. aka Moodymann – one of the main men behind  Detroit’s legendary house/techno scene – must be one of the most mysterious people in music. Whilst releasing classic after classic, consistently flipping his sound, but always keeping his trademark style he never gave any interviews… (if he did, this was how it went [...]

My beloved hosting company had its server crash for a minute the other day. No harm done, although it seems like my databases are screwed, and with that you’re probably unable to comment. Meanwhile I’m banging my head against HeadQuarters’ walls, it’s becoming ridiculous how many technicalities I’ve had to face over the last months. [...]

This weeks long play isn’t your average feel-good picture. On the contrary, if you’d planned to have a bit of a celebration today, don’t watch. Highly captivating and disturbing: Children Underground:

Every self-respecting male blogger should run a little post on robots from time to time. At least in humble opinion. So here we are, as you’ll witness BigDog, a robotic pack animal in development by Boston Dynamics. Watch its horse moves and how it counters a kick in the side… BigDog is developped for military [...]

By now I guess it has become somewhat of the talk of the town, less than one week to go for Belgikolor to take place. Out of the Knight Light camp comes another video, look closely and you’ll recogn Brussels’ Palais de Justice, and some pedestrian tunnel as well:

It’s been a while since I’ve read an interview like this. Check out this interview with Ma Dukes, mother of J Dilla: Left me quiet. (thx L.)

The Laid-back team is doing it big lately – less than a week to go for Belgikolor… On their weekly FM Brussel radioshow they started running interviews with a neat selection of local cats. The series was to be kicked-off by the OndaSonora duo, but a lousy technician pushed the wrong button. With that the [...]

Less than two weeks left for Belgikolor to take place. Friday 28th of March that is. Looking very much forward to this, it seems like there’s somewhat of a buzz about the project, make sure to get your tickets, or at least come early, I’d say! That being said, this official trailer will make you [...]

Transit Ostende, legendary document of Marvin Gaye’s stay in Ostend, Belgium, in the 80′s. Under the wings of concert promoter Freddy Cousaert, Gaye was a troubled man in Ostend, rebuilding a life away from drugs and women. During that period, he wrote ‘Sexual Healing’. I’ve been looking for this film for a while now, turns [...]

It started in New York City’s Grand Central, boomed on youtube, and since recently Brussels has its own movement. I’m talking Freezing. Imagine a couple of dozens/hundreds of people in a public space, standing still. While the rat race continues, these people decide to press pause for a while. Check out Brussels Central Station, where [...]

It’s been a while since the last episode, but the on-point podcast is back, and back in full force. For this next issue I wanted to have a little challenge going on, so I asked none other than the Onda Sonora Soundsystem (BLA and Disco Dalglish) if they could select a nice blend, bridging the [...]

I’ve noticed over the last two months my RSS stats have been outnumbering the number of visitors on this site. An interesting evolution if you ask me. This is why certain people (me too) predict the end of the browser era as we know it, maybe sooner than some might think… Anyway, the RSS version [...]

I don’t usually post things I haven’t properly checked out myself, but here’s an exception. It’s a classic. Don’t ask me any questions, that’s just how it is: “Sun Ra–space-age prophet, Pharaonic jester, shaman-philosopher and avant-jazz keyboardist/bandleader–land his spaceship in Oakland, having been presumed lost in space for a few years.” Sun Ra’s Space Is [...]

Soon enough Laid-back will have to pick another name, if you’re asking me, they’re going hard, launching killer after killer lately. Neil Armstrong’s Original mixtape, the Belgikolor event, hundreds of mixes over the year, a quality radioshow on FM Brussel (tune in this Sunday to hear the OndaSonora in sound and interview!). I know I [...]

Had the opportunity to attend the press conference of Women Are Heroes – a collaboration between JR and ArtsenZonderGrenzen/MédécinsSansFrontiers. And I must say, I haven’t seen a project as captivating as this in a long while. Check out the trailer, and you’ll get the picture. (Local newspapers LeSoir and DeMorgen are both running specials on [...]

Tomorrow, 40th edition anniversary, on a new location: Bodega. Bernard Dobbeleer and Kwak on the wheels, you know the deal. And if you didn’t know so already, check the podcasts: Kwak’s Hips Fitness Bernard Dobbeleer’s Double Dice