It had been a mighty long time since our last episode, but last night we were finally back. The 11th instalment already, which means next episode will be the 1 year anniversary of our show!

The usual mix of local and international hotness, released and unreleased, quite a couple of exclusives, Kid Sublime’s remix of JtotheC’s Sweet Rendez-Vous, De Puta Madre live at l’Ancienne Belgique, Kwabena Adjepong, Ntrek, and a little intermezzo with some live youtube recordings. And a whole lot excellent television skits and interludes, as always. Live from the Prostitution Paradise :

11th edition of our “On-Point invites…” series of nights already. This time around will be a very special installment, as we’ll have Pomrad performing live, for you and yours to enjoy. It was an honour being the first to book Pomrad in Brussels, Belgium a while ago at Release, and now he’s back, with his debut 12″ vinyl under the arm, released last week by the brand new Antwerp-based Oohwee Records. The 12″ is limited to 200 copies, and needless to say, you’ll get a chance to obtain one of those at the gig, this thursday, at Bonnefooi, Brussels, Belgium. See you there!

Dj’s of the night : Oohwee Dj’s / Jazz & Alex
Flyer designed by Title
(ow and it’s a 5 euro entrance from 11pm till 1am)

Pomrad is the alias of Adriaan Van de Velde, a 23-year-old conservatory student turned electronic producer. His music combines a bass orientated club sound with a hefty dose of funk, hip hop and r&b. Think of a Hudson Mohawke or Rustie production, performed live by Dorian Concept on keys, with Dam Funk groovin in the back on talkbox. By adding song structures and progressions not often encountered in electronic music Pomrad manages to create a signature sound that cuts through styles and genres. And live on stage is where he really excels. Over the past year he has been slowly building up an outstanding live reputation. Keys, vintage synths, keytar and talkbox are carried along and add a considerable amount of improvisation to his live set, displaying the true virtuoso and experienced performer he is. This release marks the end of a year of tryouts and experiments, and presents a more mature Pomrad, ready to funk up the atmosphere and make people dance to a different beat.

The Brussels Express short docu about Brussels’ bike messengers was just put online. Check it out.

Dub Echoes is a documentary that traces the origins of the Jamaican dub music and it’s influence on the development of hip hop and electronic music.The film shows how the Jamaican invention called dub ended up influencing much of the music we hear today, from electronic music to hip-hop, transforming the studio in a musical instrument and giving way to all of sonic experiments.

Key names, from both reggae and the electronic music world, talk about the birth of this genre, how it helped to change the way we perceive music and how it’s presence can still be felt today.
Just follow the bass lines!

Last Thursday De Puta Madre performed live at Ancienne Belgique, but you already know about that. Now l’Ancienne Belgique uploaded the entire video of the show, for you and yours to enjoy. Classic from beginning to end. Enjoy!

The Afghan Box Camera Project provides a record of the kamra-e-faoree (instant camera) which as a living form of photography is on the brink of disappearing in Afghanistan.
In this video, Qalam Nabi, one of the last two remaining box camera photographers in Kabul demonstrates how to use his camera.
For more information and videos and a downloadable instruction manual on how to build an Afghan box camera visit afghanboxcamera.com

Theo Parrish speaking truth about the importance of digging and basically his vision on the art of dj’ing. A vision that is pretty extreme, but that’s why we love the man of course. An example, in many ways.

“Im not comfortable with convenience replacing artistry…”

Thursday De Puta Madre is playing their über-classic, legendary, extraordinary brilliant debutalbum Une Ball Dans La Tête at l’Ancienne Belgique, in Brussels, Belgium. (and after-party next door)

If you don’t know about the album, check it, absorb it like a sponge. And see you thursday, for it will without any doubt be a legendary night!

Only a little while ago Baadasssss dropped his online ep, and now he’s back with the Ntrek partners. I like this ep even better, and not only because it’s paying homage to my Roeselare roots, it’s just a-list west-flemish hiphop. Been waiting for “Vandoage doek gin klop” for a while now, haven’t heard anything so soulful in our dialect in ages. And it’s a free download too! Spread the word! Ow, and props for dropping my name, haha!

Monty Python: Almost the Truth (Lawyers Cut) is a 2009 television documentary series in six parts that cover the members of the surreal comedy group Monty Python from Flying Circus to the present day. The series highlights their childhood, schooling and university life, and pre-Python work. It is the first time in two decades that all five surviving Python members have come together for such a project, as well as the archive news footages of Graham Chapman, and interviews with several associated people of the Pythons, including Carol Cleveland and Chapman’s partner David Sherlock, along with commentary from modern comedians.

Unfortunately part 10 has been deleted from youtube.. if you’d find it, please let me know…

Once again we’re giving away 5 x 2 tickets to the screening for this film, tomorrow at Docville in Leuven! Mail alex at on-point.be to win, first come, first served!

This remarkable film chronicles a violent feud between two rival Irish families of ‘travelers’. The conflict first started several decades ago and is literally taken outside. At regular intervals, members of both families face off in one on one bare knuckle fights. A referee oversees the illegal brawls. Director Ian Palmer followed both families for twelve years and paints a staggering but at times comical portrait of the brutal, primitive fights and of the importance of family honor in this traditional community.

The Man Who Prints Houses is a documentary about Enrico Dini, an Italian roboticist who switched tracks to design and build enormous 3D printers capable of outputting houses:

And we’ve got 5 x 2 tickets for the screening of the film at Docville in Leuven this Saturday! Simply send a mail to alex at on-point.be, first come, first served!

Having built his printer – the world’s largest – from scratch, there’s no shortage of work offers for this highly-skilled and imaginative engineer. Throughout the course of the film, we see Enrico embark on an array of innovative projects: constructing the tallest printed sculpture in existence, working with Foster + Partners and the European Space Agency on a programme to colonise the moon, solidifying a sand dune in the desert, and printing the closest thing to an actual house: a small Italian dwelling known as a trullo.

The long-term nature of these projects and the current financial climate take their toll on Enrico and his team of workers, as contracts fail to be honoured and the infant technology stutters. Travel back to 2008 and it’s a different story, as Enrico describes how he was staring a €50m investment in the face. Just as he’s about to sell up and move to London, the stock market crashes… he must rebuild his business all over again.

Nice studio visit to Dâm Funk’s studio. For those out here wondering about what gear he’s currently using.

If you don’t know what this man is standing for, check the interview I shot together with OndaSonora:

Imagine getting on that bus!

In 1976 Stevie Wonder’s record company came up with a pretty hip way to promote his new album Songs In The Key Of Life. They outfitted a bus in Sydney, Australia with a sound system and played the album to the delight (and in some cases, consternation) of the bus passengers. They called it the “Wonderbus.”

Also watch this documentary, telling the story behind and the importance of this more-than-classic album! (And after that, watch the Hotter Than July documentary!)

Apparently this film is one brilliant masterpiece, and from what I’ve heard about, it doesn’t solely talk about sushi. Quite curious to see the entire docu..

In the basement of a Tokyo office building, 85 year old sushi master Jiro Ono works tirelessly in his world renowned restaurant, Sukiyabashi Jiro. As his son Yoshikazu faces the pressures of stepping into his father’s shoes and taking over the legendary restaurant, Jiro relentlessly pursues his lifelong quest to create the perfect piece of sushi.

A History Of The Title Sequence is an ode to a few designers who have left their mark on todays title design. The video is on the shortlist of the Vimeo Awards, if you’re digging it, browse the motion graphics category and vote. Or check this special site he made to get your vote.

Designed as a possible title sequence for a fictitious documentary, this film shows a history of the title sequence in a nutshell. The sequence includes all the names of title designers who had a revolutionary impact on the history and evolution of the title sequence. The names of the title designers all refer to specific characteristics of the revolutionary titles that they designed.

This film refers to elements such as the cut and shifted characters of Saul Bass’ Psycho title, the colored circles of Maurice Binder’s design for Dr. No and the contemporary designs of Kyle Cooper and Danny Yount.
This title sequence refers to the following designers and their titles:

Georges Méliès – Un Voyage Dans La Lune, Saul Bass – Psycho, Maurice Binder – Dr. No, Stephen Frankfurt – To Kill A Mockingbird, Pablo Ferro – Dr. Strangelove, Richard Greenberg – Alien, Kyle Cooper – Seven, Danny Yount – Kiss Kiss Bang Bang / Sherlock Holmes

Thanks Nalden for the tip!

A look behind the scenes at the making of Bobby Womack’s forthcoming album, The Bravest Man In The Universe. Features footage of Bobby in the studio with producers Damon Albarn and Richard Russell during the album sessions in late 2011.

Not sure if this will live up to my expectations, but I’m happy to see Bobby’s coming back!

If you don’t know who Bobby Womack is, watch this documentary:

Watching this documentary at the very moment, on Canvas, it’s excellent!

“Marwencol” is a documentary about the fantasy world of Mark Hogancamp.

After being beaten into a brain-damaging coma by five men outside a bar, Mark builds a 1/6th scale World War II-era town in his backyard. Mark populates the town he dubs “Marwencol” with dolls representing his friends and family and creates life-like photographs detailing the town’s many relationships and dramas. Playing in the town and photographing the action helps Mark to recover his hand-eye coordination and deal with the psychic wounds of the attack. When Mark and his photographs are discovered, a prestigious New York gallery sets up an art show. Suddenly Mark’s homemade therapy is deemed “art”, forcing him to choose between the safety of his fantasy life in Marwencol and the real world that he’s avoided since the attack.

“Marwencol” was released theatrically by the Cinema Guild and aired on PBS. It has won over 25 awards, including two Independent Spirit Awards, Best Documentary of the Year from the Boston Society of Film Critics and Rotten Tomatoes, and the Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary at the South by Southwest Film Festival. The Los Angeles Times calls the film “an exhilarating, utterly unique experience” while the Village Voice says that it’s “exactly the sort of mysterious and almost holy experience you hope to get from documentaries and rarely do.”

Our man Mr.Beatnick is guiding Fact magazine through a bit of a digging adventure in this nice video. You’ve got to love Beatnick. (who was guesting with us and Ahu at Bonnefooi only a couple of months ago, and on redlightradio as well, excellent dj and a brilliant spirit in general!)

Mr. Beatnick has been one of London’s best-kept secrets for years.

A brilliant DJ, producer and writer, Beatnick has quietly ploughed his furrow for well over a decade in the London underground, but found a whole new audience with the release of last year’s ‘Synthetes’ EP. Woozy hardware house, as opposed to the hip-hop that Beatnick has spent most of his career making, its regality resonated with the likes of Jamie xx and Deetron – both of whom included it in mixes – and marked the dedicated digger’s most well-received release to date.

That is, of course, until ‘Sun Goddess’, a step up from ‘Synthetes’ and one of the most immaculate dance records that 2012 has produced so far. We tracked Beatnick down in his local record store, Stoke Newington’s Lucky Seven, for a spot of digging and a run-through of some of the records that he holds dearest.

Time for our monthly Bonnefooi musical extravaganza a go-go. This time we’re pleased to welcome Orpheo, founder of the legendary RedLightRadio, which you’ve all come to love of course.

Make sure to be there, tonight, at Bonnefooi, in Brussels, Belgium!

Flyer designed by Jazz Neversleeps.

Orpheo, alongside Hugo, also founder of RedLightRadio:

Always nice to see Invader doing his thing. Still need to check out his current exhibition at A.L.I.C.E. Gallery over here in Brussels, Belgium though.

What happens when you introduce children to the work of Spanish graffiti don Sixeart? Emmanuelle Priss gave it a shot and these are the results. Simply beautiful. If you don’t know about Sixeart, watch him on On-Point TV a while ago!

May 16 Jazz Neversleeps and I are mixing at a night called Nightbirds, alongside other dons like Stijn, OndaSonora and Errorism. The fine people putting this all together asked us to make a poster for the event. And so it happened that we found ourselves both working a nightshifts over this one, sending blurry preview snapshots to eachother, trying to make sense out of it. In times where too many folks underestimate the art of flyer/poster design and everybody and his momma thinks they’re photoshop jedi’s, we’ve once again decided to do this by hand. So there you have it : Nightbirds : May 16!

Jh Tongeluk presents,

Wednesday 16 MAY NIGHTBIRDS

With:

- Stijn dj-set (Mijn Label)

- Alex Deforce (22 tracks, On-Point)

- Jazz Neversleeps (On-Point)

- Onda Sonora (FM Brussel, 22 tracks)

- ERRORISM (Beat Bang)

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Last month the fine people of Nuff Said in Antwerp and the exquisite Brazzaville invited JtotheC to join them on stage for three songs. Which was brilliant, the video doesn’t really show the love and live energy that night, but you’ll love it nonetheless. Also on stage was Jessica Care Moore, whom you might know from her collabos with Nas and Talib Kweli, to name just a few..

The next edition of Nuff Said is May 4th, do go check them out, with the live poetry, stand-up comedy and house band Brazzaville with special guests, this is one of the nicest concepts I’ve seen in a long time! Classic concept, but fresh nonetheless, and excellent vibes, which is rare too.

And there’s more videos, from the crowd..

The Occult Experience: 95 minute documentary on the international occult scene, filmed in 1984-85.

The Brussels business looks like another must-see documentary, premiering this Thursday, in Brussels of course, right after the premiere of Champions.

In the early 90s two young men discover the enormous influence of lobbying in Brussels.

One becomes the leading lobby-watchdog in Brussels, the other one becomes a top lobbyist on world trade issues, representing 50% of the EU’s economy – banks, insurances, telecoms, touristic operators and a wide range of business federations.

By following one’s investigations and the other’s career this film takes us on a journey into the corridors of power of the biggest economy on earth – the European Union.

In the form of a docu-thriller, THE BRUSSELS BUSINESS tries to answer a question millions of Europeans ask themselves: Who runs the European Union?

In this intimate group portrait, an enthusiastic coach guides us through various boxing matches. We discover that for the victory the young boxers must fight not only with their opponent, but also with their weight, biased judges, the coach and most of all with themselves.

I was happy to have assisted one evening in the making of this documentary following some members of the Brussels Box Academy – although the footage filmed that day didn’t make it to the final cut.

The film is premiering at Millenium Documentary Festival on Thursday in Brussels, and I’m happy to give away 5×2 tickets to the first people that send me a mail and a funny picture and/or video! (Next week it is also screened at Docville in Leuven)

Title says:

Over the past years I’ve recorded a lot of guitar, synths, loopers and stuff, so for my 25th birthday I thought it would be nice to share some of that music with you, instead of keeping it for myself. This mix contains finished tracks, as well as demo’s and live recordings. It’s not the usual Title stuff, no beats this time but I love making this music, it makes me happy and I hope you enjoy it too.

BTW feel free to comment, my plan is to release some of these tracks and perfom them live so all feedback is welcome.

Click the picture above to download Picture This, or listen via soundcloud below..

ScionAV is once again treating us well, after the free Dâm Funk ep and previous projects with Omar S, to name just some. Now download Picture This, from the illustrious Moodymann.

Jazz Neversleeps – Promomix For Joyful Noise (Sat. 21st April 2012) by Joyful Noise on Mixcloud

For the sole purpose of getting you all warmed up for the next Joyful Noise night, Jazz Neversleeps kindly offers you this 45min. mix!

Line-up:
Title, Jazz Neversleeps, Alex Deforce and Neal

See you all on Saturday 21st April…

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