Jan-B, also credited as Jan B and as Janbalik, is an Andalusian producer and DJ. His civil name has not been published, and neither has a hometown: Kultür's site calls them "these two Andalusian producers" without naming a town. Joint activity is documented from early 2003. He is not a name that stops at the Spanish compilations of that decade: there was international vinyl, a sustained production partnership and, in 2026, a new track on DIRTY KITCHEN RAVE.
With Kultür he was already a production pair in 2003. Kultür's site lists earlier joint work such as "Groovy South", by Ka-j Maniaks, and "Elevate My Mind", by Monstah Freakz. In May 2004 the two were signed to EMUOR, a California label run by Madame Mercury and DJ Whatt, on a catalogue that also included 2 Bad Mice, Jim Hopkins / Electroliners and Momentum. The label was looking for breakbeat variants distinct from English nu-skool and spoke of dark beats. In August 2004 "Organika" (Kultür + Jan-B) came out on Intertwine / EMUOR, with the original and a Nu Remix by both. It was Kultür's first vinyl released in the United States and catalog 001 of Intertwine. The same month, on Broken 4 / USA, Madame Mercury's "Mad Style" carried the Hard Mad and Low Style mixes by Jan-B + Kultür. The Hard Mad remix later appeared on Beat Dis! 2005, compiled and mixed by Kultür. "Elevate My Mind (Higher)" is another joint remix and production.
The Beat Dis and Kick Zone series place Jan-B in the Spanish breakbeat compilation network of those years. They are scene context. The weight of his own work is in the singles: Organika, the Mad Style remixes and, later, Spektra Recordings. Reflexmusik belongs to that same historical label stretch.
Spektra is the long chapter after 2005. Beatport shows a wide relationship with the label: "The Crash" (21 October 2009, with a DJ Fen remix), "Ghost Breathe" and "Shiper" (27 November 2013) as his own releases, plus appearances on Spektra Series, Spek10, Spektra's History, Spektra Classic Remixes and the 2013 best-of annual. Mr. Fli's remix of "Ghost Breathe" is still in the artist's current Beatport top and in the label's.
He is still playing. In 2023 he published the full two-hour set with which he closed the Sabåtic Breakbeat Festival, from 4:00 to 6:00, at the Málaga drive-in: that is a booking, not a hometown. In 2026 he is on the Raveart Summer Festival, at Área's 24th anniversary, at 19:00, and at Híbrida Fest b2b with Mr. Fli at 22:30.
The track that reopens the reading is "Mamacita", with J-Break and Afghan Headspin, released by DIRTY KITCHEN RAVE on 20 August 2026 at 138 BPM, filed as Breaks / Breakbeat / UK Bass. LW Recordings also issued it on 4 September. It is number one on his Beatport top. The same record puts an Andalusian veteran, a Florida breaks name and Afghan Headspin on one release.