Rahaan in Belgium, a report...

[Red D]

Yes indeed, I'm now as awake as I can be on a Monday morning, so it's report time. Well, half a report, because I wasn't with Rahaan & Lyot all weekend.
All the DHP-Belgium headz had agreed to meet up in the coolest record shop in Brussels, Urban Grooves. When Rahaan arrived he couldn't stop talking about the fact that you could just drink a beer out in the street while passing a cop :D
After that we had dinner with most of the gang, while Rahaan, Lyot and DD Licious went out to the venue to make some adjustments to the soundsystem... (read: add mixer and cd players, because these didn't work at all...)
Around 23h we headed up to the club, and I gave Rahaan a taste of one of our finest beers, an action that would not pass without serious consequences :rolleyes:
I started playing around 00h, and I had a totally wicked time, the place was slowly filling up and Rahaan jumping around the club to William De Vaughn's 'Be Thankful For What You've Got' was superb. By 1h30 the crowd was getting their groove on and I was starting to get sweaty, which is a good sign. By 2h Rahaan was supposed to take over, but Belgian beer-tasting had claimed yet another victim and our Chicago master was down for the count graemlins/rofl.gif
I hadn't brought that many records with me, so improvisation and b-sides had to save my ass, but fact is that I love these kind of situations and I managed to squeeze and extra 1.5hrs out of my box, playing both the dub and the vocal version of Nancy Martin's 'I Can't Believe' :D
After knocking over my records and not finding the headphones jack Rahaan took over and blew it up, Chicago madness that kept my friends, myself and the rest of the crowd going for hours, Chi-town all the way baby!!!
The mandatory nightly kebabs tasted ever so good :D

For the rest of the weekend I'm as anxious as anyone to hear Lyot's report, over to you Lyot!

RD

[Martin Red]

Was it another fame sucks kinky people dhp event ?

[mdpm99]

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[Red D]

Originally posted by Martin Red:
Was it another fame sucks kinky people dhp event ? This was a Fame Sucks event, but the kinkies were there to get their groove on :D

RD

[Martin Red]

.............with a gangster lean

[ardi]

posted March 08, 2003 08:18 AM
...I go where the music takes me... Actually I never planned to go to the party, but couldn't resist so jumped in my car and raced to Brussels. wohoooo what a surprise, Red D handled the decks in a superb way... (Nancy Matin was whooooohooooowhiieeeehiiee can't believe....)
it was nice meeting you guys again!
sr Hadden: thanks for 'de korting'
Tom D: your poster and cd -> 'kzien deran bezigh'
Red D: your spinning made it worth the race to Brussels
Housensual: one more imitation of my clap-dance and you're dead
Unfortunately left too early , we only witnessed that Rahaan has tasted some of our finest beers

IT WAS A GREAT EVENING!!!

ardi

[Red D]

Originally posted by Martin Red:
.............with a gangster lean woo-oo-h :D

[lyot]

hey folks,

not yet recovered..Good I didn't have to work..Rahaan arrived back safely in Chicago yesterday..I hope his videorecorder is still in one piece, because there must be some great footage on the tapes he/we shot.. The party on saturday lasted untill 06h30..The last hour, Rahaan went really deep, blowing my mind with obscure records I had never heard before..Although last year, we had already been in a for a serious treat with Jamie, Timmy, Marbll, Daniel Wang & Izrail, Rahaan is to me the stand-out dj..Maybe his resurrection after he nearly killed himself with Belgian beers, plays a part in my admiration for this guy..His set afterwards was incredible..Practically every record he programmed 'fell' at the right moment..Add to that the he continuously beat the records in a superb way..The video footage will (hopefully)show how the crowd responsed to that..
In the end, he got a massive cheering from the people that were still around..

Next day, Rahaan and I went to this record shop not far from my appartement..We listened and looked at the 2nd hand records, and in the end, he left with about 25 or so ..One of which was the Liaisons Dangereuses album..He negociated 20$ off the official price of 70$ .. Rahaan also promised me to make a mixtape with all the heat he found in Brussels..

After having had some delicious Thai food, we were ready for the party of that evening..It took place at Dali's bar, which is a rather small bar/café..After having played a bit (again, to my own dissatisfaction.. :D ) RAhaan took over...It took him about 25 minutes to have the whole venue get out on the dancefloor..He played a 3hour set, putting down a lot of the stuff he had bought earlier that day..Me and my homies Sr Hadden, DD Licious and David Le C danced our ass off .. Eventually we got back home at about 5h30 AM ..After a very short sleep, we took the train at 7h30 back to the airport.. As usual, the check-in people had to give us a little bit of a difficult time.. Because of a spelling mistake in Rahaan's name on the ticket, they wanted him to know what he had been doing in Belgium..Showing his records, wasn't enough to convince these guys.. So eventually, he had to dig a plugger out of his suitcase to show his name was RAhaan and he was a dj who had been playing on a party.. :D

So, now I can't wait to see the footage we/he shot here..I hope it looks a bit decent .. Rahaan/Sean Sounds, make sure G-man gets it on short notice.. ! smile.gif

peace

[djmarbll]

I'll try to hustle the video footage from Rahaan when he gets back. I'm glad you guys enjoyed another musical attack from the Chi-town. Me and Taija might be coming out there in the summer.

[LEONARD REMIX RROY]

In true Chicago fashon, he left a lasting impression. graemlins/grinyes.gif

[imported_Gman]

Originally posted by lyot:
So, now I can't wait to see the footage we/he shot here..I hope it looks a bit decent .. Rahaan/Sean Sounds, make sure G-man gets it on short notice.. ! smile.gif

peace A copy of the video on VHS will do. Thanks.

-G