The abbreviation JSBL is neither a four letter word that can be looked up in dictionaries, nor a secret pin code to a voluminous bank account on the cayman islands. The Jacobs ladder stands for the way up to heaven or the never ending musical development. The religious connotation is spared out here. Its simply the symbolic character of this funky ladder. Speaking of Funk, our ladder is a bit Salty too. Obviously the way up is hard and gets you well sweaty. Bamboozling, because of the bands potential and ability to surprise and reinvent, spontaneously as well as composed.

Jacobs Salty & Bamboozling Ladder are specialists for a certain serious unseriosity, which lets the bands notion of Donald Trump, Micheal Jackson and Brigitte Bardot getting drunk together break through sometimes. What counts is, that JSBLs juicy orange beats, minty green low ends and yummy purple middles provoke a certain spiciness that rushes through the body. This musical output manifests itself in the charming live performances and the future releases at JSBLs home label Affine Records.

Their music features jazz from late 60s to early 70s funk, cluborientated instrumental hiphop stuff, broken beat extravaganza and disco madness featuring their trademark: razor-sharp grooves, tight beats and the special JSBL sound aesthetics

Line up:

Clemens Bacher (drums),

Oliver Johnson (keys and synths),

Paul Movahedi (guitar and samples),

Willi Rosner (fretless bass, low end manipulation)