Grootmeester Mark Farina komt terug naar Leuven en daar moet je natuurlijk bij zijn! Sunnyside Up boekte ook Massimo Dacosta en What’s Cookin’? residents Jack ‘n Jazz.

What’s the plan? Heel simpel : We leggen met What’s Cookin’? een bus in vanaf Gent die jullie veilig en wel naar Leuven brengt. We spreken af om half 10 en keren terug om 7u!
De service wordt geleverd door de mannen van Partybus dus er is muziek en drank in overvloed!

Schrijf je in via busmarkfarina@whatscookin.be

Update busreis!

Hey Guys,
De bus zit bijna vol! Er zijn nog 4 plaatsen vrij.We vertrekken iets later dan voorzien dit om de Gent supporters tegemoet te komen.De bus vertrekt om 23u aan het ‘Geel kot’ op het einde van de overpoortstraat.Ik moet jullie niet vertellen dat je op tijd moet zijn.Mocht er een probleem zijn kan je mij bereiken op het volgend nummer:0484/75.39.80

De eindprijs bedraagt 20 EURO en daar zit in de busreis, toegang tot het feest en een glas cava op de bus.Je kan storten op de rekening van What’s Cookin’? 001-5912639-80 met vermelding busreis + NAAM
Mocht je om de één of andere rekening niet in de mogelijkheid zijn om te storten kan je ook betalen op de bus.

We voorzien drank op de bus, dus eigen drank meebrengen is niet nodig/toegelaten. Er zal Cava (€ 15 fles), bier (€ 1.5) en water (€ 0.50) voorradig zijn.

Tot volgende week!

J&J

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Check out the photo’s of New Year’s Eve in our media section or via the event page.

We’ve opened a youtube channel with all the latest movies uploaded by various users and of course all the old footage is present too!

Check it out at youtube.com/mrwhatscookin

Thanks to all of you who attended our New Year’s Eve edition….we’re still recovering!!!

See you soon, keep it cookin’!

Always a special night for most people, What’s Cookin’? now offers the possibility to all quality-concerned party people to come down for a unique New Year’s Eve night. Convinced that this night is not only about superficiality and mindless entertainment they have cooked up a menu you will never forget.

Special guests for the night will be Red D feat Lady Linn, the dj + singer collective that has been causing quite the storm over the last years. This summer Red D and his singing angel Lady Linn were all over the place, taking one festival after beach party by storm with their selection of live vocal house classics known and unknown. As far as pure house music fun goes you cannot get any better than that…or can you?

About half a year ago proof was delivered that house things could indeed get even better. For that you would need the extraordinary talents of someone like, let’s say Kerri Chandler? Well, that’s exactly what happened at the 10 days Off festival and the last edition of The Sunday Matinee at Charlatan, the unique Sunday concept set up by Red D and Jan ‘Jack’ Deruyck. Kerri joined Red D and Lady Linn for a live performance filled with improvisation, fun and most of all fabulous house music.

And so What’s Cookin’? is pretty damn proud to announce the VERY special guest for New Year’s Eve: The Godfather of Soulful House, a living legend, Mister Kerri Chandler!!
This NYC home-based dj/producer/singer will once again take the stage together with Red D and Lady Linn to bring you what could very well be the best quality New Year’s Eve performance ever.

This line-up alone should have your house glands salivating like never before, but just to make sure that happens What’s Cookin’? has also ensured that you will be warmed up perfectly by young Belgian prodigy San Soda, main member of Red D’s We Play House Recordings collective.
Dessert as always will be hot and swe(a)et(y)! The What’s Cookin’? Residents Jensen, Bugsy and Jack will make those belts burst and leave you with a few extra pounds to carry home! Live visuals and special effects by JokJok!

So there you have it. A New Year’s Eve night for quality seekers, a New Year’s Eve night to look forward to, a New Year’s Eve night Ghent has rarely ever witnessed before.

WIN WIN WIN

We are giving away several prizes including Vinyl, Mix CD’s and Free-Tickets but this is New Year’s Eve and it ought to be a special night! On December 31 2009 Kerri Chandler will join us at Music Mania Record store for an afternoon of crate digging and soul searching and you can be there too! Win a meet and greet with the grandmaster of house! Do you a have a special Kerri Record that you’d like to be signed? Do you have a question about producing or dj’ing? Now is the time.

Mail to wedstrijd@whatscookin.be with the answer to the following question : What is Kerri Chandler’s nickname?
First prize wins a meet and greet and free entrance to NYE. Second and third prize win an exclusive We Play House record and free entrance to NYE. Fourth and Fifth win a What’s Cookin’? Mix CD and free entrance to NYE.
Let the games begin!

RSVP at our facebook event page

More info click event section

BUY YOUR TICKETS IN ADVANCE!!!

What’s the deal?
€ 20 per ticket. Monday 23 November at 12 am till Thursday 31 December 31 till 6 pm.

Where?
Music Mania Record Store (Walpoortstraat 3, 9000 Gent Open tuesday til saturday)
musicmaniarecords.com/

Le Pain Total (Last day : Friday December 18th )
Corner of Blandijnberg & St. Pietersnieuwstraat (Open Monday till Friday 8 am till 8 pm , Friday closed at 4 pm)

All Fnac outlets in Belgium and France

By Phone 0900.00.600 (0.45 EUR/MIN)

Online
Fnac.be

Get them while they’re hot!

What’s Cookin’? Pres. Franck Roger  (Realtone Records, FR)

28 November 2009 – ICC Ghent – Doors 23.00 Close 06.30

House house house!!!  You want more house parties in Ghent?! Well here we are with another killer line up.

Franck Roger hailing from France has been around for many years. Although he may have earned early attention for his classic vocal productions  (No More Believe, If I), his work soon gave way to a multicolor sound that now finds home in venues from Berlin afterhours club Panorama Bar  to Parisian cosy and intimate Djoon Club.

David Foyh and PJay are no strangers. These ‘Knokke House Mafia’ jacksteppers will serve a wide variety of house appetizers and fire up this parteh.
Jensen & Bugsy and Jack ‘n Jazz complete this house flavoured dish with fresh beats, beats and more beats!

We’ve heard rumours about a special guest all the way from Spain…something with drums and tangerines…who knows…we’re in for a treat!

Only 10 EUR before midnight!

Presale at Le Pain Total – Music Mania – Fnac (Fnac.be & 0900/00.600 0.45 EUR/Mins)

Come early    Pay less    Party more!

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Franck Roger (Real Tone, FR)

It must be deliciously bewildering to get recognition from those who inspired you in the very beginning. French House Music DJ - producer Franck Roger is no stranger to this feeling. When not travelling the world accepting club invitations, this devoted crate digger (don’t ask him about Serato) spends time in his Parisian studio messing with beats and loops. Never not working, Franck Roger is about to take things to another level as beat maker, a talent scout (through his Real Tone Records label), and the DJ you want to dance to. More beats, more gigs, more love.

In the beginning was… the Beat.

Was little Franck Roger hit by a disco ball when his parents weren’t watching? No one knows, but there were definitely a lot of signs in his early years that indicated future life developments. As a kid, Franck remembers playing around with his audiotape recorder, editing radio hosts voices out and making sure the beat matched when taping the next song…  A D.Y.I. introduction to DJing that soon translated into a mission. It was already about natural instinct: a need for beats, loops and some sounds interfering.  The starting point of house music in the first place. “I don’t think I was made to do anything else but making music.” From hypnotic, stripped-down and minimal productions – the ubiquitous “M word”, to steamier, deeper or more sophisticated moods, Franck Roger has managed, in less than ten years, to create a distinctive musical signature that earned him ongoing praises and respect from the likes of Kerri Chandler, Laurent Garnier, Louie Vega, Osunlade and more… Although he may have earned early attention for his classic vocal productions  (No More Believe, If I), his work soon gave way to a multicolor sound that now finds home in venues from Berlin afterhours club Panorama Bar  to Parisian cosy and intimate Djoon Club.

Looking for the perfect beat.

In the last few years Franck developed and redefined his musical landscape, through travelling, experimenting and more importantly beat making. It comes as no surprise that today, party promoters from Japan to South Africa (where House music reigns supreme) invite him regularly. With a studio as his best friend, Franck Roger fears nothing: “Most of the time I use my studio as a sanctuary, a shelter from city mayhem or life complications… I search for a beat and build the tracks from here”. This is what you would call the Beat approach to production. “You never know where it’s going to take you”, he warns. “Sometimes it doesn’t go far at all, simply because it just doesn’t have to.”  Luckily for us, this ability to create severe club bangers comes with an insatiable need to rock the crowd.

Making you sweat in the club, and getting a kick out of it.

Music and dancing have always been inseparable for Franck Roger, like that night he first entered a club in the mid 90’s: “I started going out in the mid-90 when I wasn’t even legal - I was one of those club kids. That’s when it all became clear to me what I was gonna do with my life”, he recalls. At the time, the loudest place to hear House music was the legendary Rex Club in Paris. Folks such as DJ Deep and Laurent Garnier would play there all the time. Fast forward to 2008: the Rex Club is now home to Franck’s successful Real Tone Records party “The 5 Beats” showing club kids du jour how it should be done, alongside prestigious guest dj’s he can also call friends.

As Franck Roger plays more and more club gigs throughout the world, sharing his love for music, the more firm his position remains in the great legacy of DJ’s that matter.

LOVE

The Crew

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Up yours Belgian Modesty because we are proud to announce one of our own latest sensations in house land. San Soda aka Nicolas Geysens is Red D’s protégé and produces for the Belgian based label ‘We Play House’. His tracks are being played to the masses by the likes of Jimpster, Ame and even Laurent Garnier…no need to say more, just close your eyes and let the music control your body. Of course your favourite residents, Jack ‘n Jazz and Jensen & Bugsy will spice up this night with their well known style.

Get your presale tickets now at Le Pain Total (Blandijnberg) or all Fnac outlets (even in Lille) Fnac.be or call 0900.00.600 (0.45 EUR/Mins). If you live in Ghent go to Le Pain Total because there is no additional fee!

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Playlist

1. Filthy – Shake Your Booty – Private Box
2. Larsen & Luca Marano – Se Puedo Morrir – Question Mark Rec.
3. Rainer Truby – To Know You – White Label
4. Frank Roger – My Name Is – Frank Roger Prod.
5. Popular People’s Front - Work The (Fuzz) Box” - Popular People’s Front
6. Kris Wadsworth – Motown Revival – HyperColor
7. Motor City Drum Ensemble – Raw Cuts 5 – MCDE
8. Larsen & Luca Marano - La Vieja Escuela – Question Mark Rec.
9. Miles Maeda – Bell Boogie (Phil Weeks rmx) – PROMO Back To The Future Rec.
10. Leon Feat. Corrina Joseph – I Follow You (Deetron mix) – Rebirth
11. Tony Lionni – Running Away - PROMO Freerange
12. Phlash & Friends - Runnin - Archive
13. San Soda, Lady Lynn & Red D - Let’s Go - Unreleased We Play House

For starters we are having Nacho Marco at Decadance this Saturday with all the What’s Cookin’? residents and Raoul Belmans! An appetizer to set the right mood for this year. After you’ve done your Laundry (Day), it’s NACHO TIME at Decadance! Check out his latest release ‘Move You’ (OM Records) with remixes from Soul Migrantz.

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Next up we present one of Germany’s latest hit producers, Marek Hemmann, from the German imprint ‘Freude Am Tanzen’ with a LIVE set. His track ‘Gemini’ from the Gemini EP (FAT 42) has been played around the world and moved thousands of people with its funky tech house drive. His love for house music can be clearly heard through his live sets. Those of you who attended the Sonnemondsterne festival might remember the atmosphere, those of you who didn’t are in for a ride down house lane!

Up yours Belgian Modesty because we are proud to announce one of our own latest sensations in house land. San Soda aka Nicolas Geysens is Red D’s protégé and produces for the Belgian based label ‘We Play House’. His tracks are being played to the masses by the likes of Jimpster, Ame and even Laurent Garnier…no need to say more, just close your eyes and let the music control your body. Of course your favourite residents, Jack ‘n Jazz and Jensen & Bugsy will spice up this night with their well known style.

http://www.myspace.com/marekhemmann

http://www.myspace.com/sansoda

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From September on we will host a monthly radio show at Ghent’s finest radio station Urgent. Expect the latest tracks, reviews, interviews, party calendar, and follow and comment live during the show. More news soon to be announced!!!

 it’s been more than a week now but here they are!

We want to thank everyone for showing up last friday.  We worked hard to make this an unforgettable night and it sure was!

Thank you and see you after summer recess!

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