13/09/2024
Tonight we have Thang as guest !
& Castor W. will play some Deephouse
Bio Thang: How exactly does a DJ make a whole room fall in love? Alas, there’s no simple way to explain, even for a dedicated stalwart of Belgian night life such as Thang. Born and bred in Ghent, Thang offers up some key understandings: first up, you need a certain level of empathy. A DJ must ‘feel’ a room, as they say. They are right. Second, balance is key. Give and take. Teasing and crowd pleasing. No balance, no dynamic, no party. Third, versatility. Very important, this one. A good DJ always has a plan B, plan C and a plan D. Be prepared, but also be prepared to boldly go where you haven’t been before. Every weekend offers a different story.
Over the years, since his starting days around 1998-1999, Thang has built up quite the
versatile résumé. From his residency days in the once notorious now defunct Culture Club, to festival slots such as Pukkelpop, Laundry Day, and WeCanDance, to releasing and remixing tunes under the Villa moniker (together with his production buddy François Demeyer), more recently, playing petite but quality clubs such as Antwerp’s Kelly Palmer, being part of the team behind the new Ghent hot spot Kompass (and it’s techno concept ‘1988’) and landing a new residency with ABSTRKT, a collective organising art and music events in Belgium. Together with veteran promotor and onetime mentor Oliver Tjon, teaming up as Darkroom DJ’s, Thang also hosts ‘Luid, Vuil, Traag’ (‘Loud, Dirty, Slow’), a club night of slow techno, rave and a musical mish mash the duo have christened ‘now beat’. After more than 25 years tuning in to dance floors everywhere, the hunger in Thang is far from satisfied.
And so, the beat goes on.
