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BJSC 187 Entry (August 2026) Host Country: Skall ============================== Artist: The Black Mighty Orchestra Song: Ocean Beach [Cybophonia Cinematic Remix] Origin: 🇮🇹 Italy The Black Mighty Orchestra is an Italian music project best known for blending house, disco, funk, jazz, and soul into sophisticated dance music. The project was launched by Cesare 'Black Mighty Wax' Cera, Irma Records producer and label manager, together with some of the musicians who have contributed to develop the label profile over the years. Formed to pull together live collaborators and contributors from various Irma Records releases, they went on to release their defining 18-track album To the Sky in 1999, spanning funk, disco, nu-jazz, and soulful house. Ocean Beach is one of the group’s standout tracks, capturing the relaxed spirit of a coastal sunset with warm percussion, gentle flute melodies, and soulful jazz influences. It samples a classical piece by American composer Henry Mancini called "Lujon" which is the percussion instrument featured throughout the song right from the beginning. Original Release Date: 6th September, 2002 Grouping: Semi Final 2 (27/30) Result: 11th (Qualified) Points: 67 Votes: 12 (1x10, 4x8) BJSC 187 Final: (16/42) Result: 25th Points: 152 Votes: 19 (1x18, 3x13) Votes Given: Semi Final: +12 HENGE – Mushroom One {FSR Rontvia} [QUALIFIED] +10 Collide – Freak Like Me {Deandria} [QUALIFIED] +8 Chayla Hope – Love In Lo-Fi {East Rukahavian} [QUALIFIED] +7 Isabel LaRosa – Her Face {Bronzil} [QUALIFIED] +6 Shye – Smoke {Sovarasma} [QUALIFIED] +5 RMB – Experience (Follow Me) {Land of DW} [QUALIFIED] +4 Stand Atlantic – Lucid {Taahino} [QUALIFIED] +3 Lena Leon – Chemical {Freidland} [QUALIFIED] +2 waist – Bravado {The Spodic Empire} [QUALIFIED] +1 almost monday – No More Regrets {Ben's Sanctuary} [DID NOT QUALIFY] Final: +18 Shye – Smoke {Sovarasma} [13th] +15 HENGE – Mushroom One {FSR Rontvia} [4th] +13 Collide – Freak Like Me {Deandria} [41st] +12 Chayla Hope – Love In Lo-Fi {East Rukahavian} [14th] +11 Domenique Dumont – Visages Visages {Skall} [15th] +10 RMB – Experience (Follow Me) {Land of DW} [35th] +9 waist – bravado {The Spodic Empire} [28th] +8 tlen – patnik {Jadakissnia} [12th] +7 RAY – MOD {Lentyll} [6th] +6 Sophia Stel – Molly In The Club {Neliönoir} [7th] +5 Lena Leon – Chemical {Freidland} [27th] +4 Liminal – The Crop {Danæviia} [20th] +3 Ellee Duke – Adrenaline {Lookylion} [23rd] +2 Roly Porter – An Open Door {Elëdan} [18th] +1 Boys Go To Jupiter – Lovers Always Lose {Herbilore} [40th] Votes Received: Semi Final: +10 {Pestolia} +8 {Deandria} +8 {FSR Rontvia} +8 {Jadakissnia} +8 {Séyetana} +6 {Kluminican Republic} +5 {Dobago} +5 {The Spodic Empire} +3 {East Rukahavian} +3 {Zephyra Continuum} +2 {Neliönoir} +1 {Aeroche} Final: +18 {Pestolia} +13 {Danæviia} +13 {Deandria} +13 {Terra Avium} +12 {New Helvetica} +10 {Fljótavík} +10 {FSR Rontvia} +10 {Kluminican Republic} +9 {Scotland 2} +7 {Aeroche} +6 {East Rukahavian} +6 {Jadakissnia} +5 {The Spodic Empire} +5 {Trifoski} +4 {Aelandor} +4 {Sovarasma} +3 {Séyetana} +2 {Dobago} +2 {Neliönoir}

At this point Lindsey is desperate to say 'good riddance' to entering this contest for good once she's got to that magic century of entries. 😂

@Calum @Tafty

If someone is/has confirmed from NMF today after the window closed it does seem a little unfair to those who confirmed on time and wouldn't have been allowed to pick from those unreleased tracks at the time. Just a thought.

How many vetoes has said member had in 2026 alone?

New rule - if you're vetoed three or more times in a single confirmation window it's an automatic ban!

@Colm will if you ask him nicely.

20 pages and counting now. Not just a long song discussion then but a long thread. I guess someone just joining us will skip the first 19 pages to get here.

Great work Rich, glad you can add that one to your growing discography! A great little retro piece!

So what you're really saying is I should reconfirm to something less than 6 minutes to be moderately acceptable and not dismissed by others... this isn't a serious comment btw because the entry I have chosen has a Q chance of around 0.000642% of making it out anyway.

Is there a record for the longest confirmations thread spanning 17 or more pages?

Here is the result, Now That's What I Call Zanmatony, compiling 50 tracks of most of our history in the competition. Enjoy.

Sounds like Buzzjack Mountain most months when they offer promise of a return and deliver nothing

Not the host getting vetoed.

It still somehow doesn't feel right that Rolloland are not part of the discussion having graced us with multiple long songs over many years and doing it so well too. They are the example we all strive to live up to.

Take note @uhsting and @brave lil toaster as this confirmation thread will go down in BJSC lore in years to come.

Get DAVID BORING on the case.

When will Don Salsa ever be topped for Nelly.

And if you want to veto me for it that's fine too! (In fairness it doesn't need to be that long it could have been shorter). I might reconfirm.

With that logic you could avoid all the long songs in the semis and wait for them to appear in the final and then listen in full! When does a song become a long song? At what exact second of the song?

You know another trick, is use the Spotify/Apple playlist embedded link to preview the songs for about 20 seconds and if you like what you hear then you can listen to the rest of it in full!

Typically how long should each semi last? I know there's no formula for this as numbers change every contest, but let's assume it's 28 per contest... and it's two hours in length... then that gives each participant 4:28 to showcase their entry. Some will be less than this and some will be more, but if the overall semi length exceeds a set time perhaps encourage some of the longer entries to be reconfirmed to shorter ones (or send a radio edit) for the average listeners and then a link to the extended versions for those wanting a more deeper experience. Just a thought, probably unachievable but it's something.

Didn't realise the cover thene was a honeycomb but now it looks quite good and for @nowmusic1993 who likes to spot the pig, there he is!

Come out of retirement @King Rollo 🙏🏼

What in the Rolloland have we all been drinking this month?