We Play House Recordings

On our many adventurous travels in nightlife and music  San Soda and I meet a lot of people. A lot of very cool people who just wanna party and talk about music, a lot of people who wanna 'hang out' and a lot of people who want to give us music, tip us the next 'big thing', etc. Next to that we get swamped with people sending us links, asking us our opinion on tracks, or tracks from their friends, etc, etc. This is all highly appreciated, but we have to be honest, it's simply impossible to be available for everybody, and it certainly is impossible to listen to everything we get sent or agree to everything we are asked.

But sometimes even we get an offer we cannot refuse, and one of those offers came during our last weekend in Berlin at Wilde Renate. We met him in that hazy period between night and morning, that point in time where you are still in the nightclub while that light of day is desperately trying to invade the room you are partying in. He introduced himself as a connoisseur in music and nightlife, and blatantly said WPH needed him. Polite as we are we smiled and said that he can always send us his demo or idea and that we would try and get back to him asap, but no promises. But he insisted that this was different, that we really needed him. And there was something about him that made us more curious than usual. A certain flair, a certain panache, a certain not-quite-your-typical-drugged-up-groupie-je-ne-sais-quoi. And so we started talking more intimately, and he introduced himself as Baron Johan Van Kortknapen, a noble living in Australia from Austrian decent with connections in Berlin and beyond, who has specialized himself in underground communication with a mainstream approach. He insisted that he could be of help in spreading the WPH gospel and explained at length his extensive know-how and original approach.

Back in Belgium I thought long and hard about his offer, and discussed it with San Soda. We agreed that this character deserved a chance, and so we decided that Baron Johan Van Kortknapen will become part of the official WPH Blog Writers guild.

Baron, take it away!

RD 

Just a quick word to let you know that the pressing of WPH Pink is almost ready. The vinyl should be in all physical and online stores by early June, and of course it'll be available in our webshop first, and in our official WPH store Music Mania in Ghent.

As with all vinyl only releases on WPH this one is limited to one pressing only, so get it while it lasts :-) And yes, we are one of those rare labels that when something is limited, we keep it limited, and not start repressing because it sells well...

As a little extra enjoy the picture of Mr Dynamodyse & myself, taken before we were too drunk to be published last Saturday at Ghent's Culture Club :-)

RD

Curious why you will want to get your hands on one of the 100 available copies of the WPH V.I.P. Series? Check the video recorded last weekend of a Collectief De Ruyter (aka San Soda & Gratts) dj set in Nijmegen...

RD

In the next months we will release the first issue in the V.I.P. - vinyl is personal - Series, a vinyl only forum for tracks that we believe to be very special. So special that they will only be pressed up on 150 copies, 50 of which we will give away to vinyl DJ's we love and respect and 100 that will be available for sale on our website and in our official WPH outlet Music Mania in Ghent, Belgium's finest vinyl shop. This is a way to thank the growing number of Belgian vinyl freaks that have been buying our stuff in the last years.

The first release is being finalized as we speak and will become available in the next months. Keep an eye on this blog or our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/We-Play-House-Recordings-Official/146994568730524

Be aware: both on our website as in the shop this one will be strictly 'one copy per customer' to avoid some Discogs shark wanting to make a big profit that neither benefits the artist nor the label. Yes, you greedy f*cks, sometimes people just do something because they love it, not because they want to get rich...

RD

Over the next months there are some parties where San Soda and/or Red D will be spreading the WPH gospel. A selection:

- Friday 20 April: San Soda, Gratts & Red D @ Farbfernseher Berlin

- Saturday 21 April: San Soda, Dynamodyse & Red D feat Lady Linn @ WPH Night Wilde Renate

- Friday 27 April: Red D @ Woodstock Bloemendaal (beach pre-party) & Cartel Amsterdam (Chicago Social Club)

- Monday 30 April: San Soda & Red D feat Lady Linn @ 8Bahn Queensday Arnhem

- Saturday 5 May: San Soda @ Freejive Bristol

- Wednesday 16 May: WPH night @ Decadance Ghent with Levon Vincent, Jensen & Red D

- Saturday 26/Sunday 27 May: Red D @ Panoramabar (hours tbc)

- Sunday 27 May: San Soda @ Dublin

- Sunday 3 June: FCL @2020 Vision Party London

If you are in the area, drop by for a drink and a dance. We have limited guestlist for all these nights, feel free to ask (nicely)!

RD

Up next in our vinyl only coloured series is the return of Dynamodyse. Back in 2009 he surprised everybody with his killer 'Gare Du Nord E.P.' on WPH, and now he's back for more!

Three original tracks and a Red D remix on this release. Should be available in all vinyl shops by the end of May.

Preview on our Soundcloud page!

RD

The plot has thickened... But in short I can say that at the moment I have roughly 60 combi tickets left for Tomorrowland 2012. The price is around 175 euro, give or take a few euro. Extra camping tickets are also still available.

The people that have replied to my mail requesting their preferred day and details should not worry, apart from a few exceptions (who have been notified by email) everybody will receive a link from ID&T/Timoco to get the tickets they requested. This will be sent as soon as all the tickets are gone, because that's when I will send them all the details.

So where are we at now? Well, send an email to info@weplayhouserecordings.com saying why you think the WPH stage is the sh*t, and mention your full name, email address and the number of combi tickets you want, and if you are among the first 60 people to do so...we can play house together this summer :-)

RD

Please disregard all previous blog items, all tickets are gone. 

RD

Ladies & gentlemen,

Seeing as the tickets for Tomorrowland 2012 sold out faster than you can say 'anti disestablishment terrorism' the good people at ID&T have been so wise to give every stage host a limited amount of tickets to be sold to the friends and fans of that stage. 

And it so happens we have our stage there on Friday 27th July (check the line-up in another blog post), and so we can make some more people happy with this.

Beware: these are normal paying tickets, and you will have to take action yourselves to get them. There are both three-day tickets as well as day tickets available, a maximum of 4 tickets per person.

What do you need to do? Send an email to info@weplayhouserecordings.com and tell us why you think WPH has the best stage on Tomorrowland, and just maybe you will receive a link around 21h tonight with a link to the ticket shop... :-) Later on tonight I will post the link on this blog and on our Facebook, so you know it'll go fast after that... I'll give all the people receiving the email a head start of a couple of hours...

RD

Just like last year I'm very happy to announce that We Play House Recordings will once again be hosting a stage at the infamous Tomorrowland Festival, which is probably one of the most talked about festivals in Europe and beyond, and which surely is one of the biggest and most spectacular festivals ever.

Trying to equal the line-up of last year was not easy, but I think you will agree that we succeeded. Here are the names that will be making our stage the place for lovers of the deeper and rawer stuff on Tomorrowland 2012, on the first day, Friday 27th July:

Martyn, Solomun, Ame Live, Wax (a.k.a. Shed-the-house-dj), Deetron, San Soda Live, Red D feat Lady Linn, Gustaph & Saxman

If you want tickets you will have to be up early and patient on Saturday 7th April 11AM Belgian time. The Belgian-only presale sold out in a day (40% of the tickets) with people waiting for up to 10 hours... Check www.tomorrowland.be and register for the presale. No guarantee, but a better chance! Or you could try and hide in one of our vinyl bags :-)

RD 

A quick notice to let you all know that there has been a 'repress' of the WPH label t-shirts. A better word might be a slight 'edit', because the text on the sleeve has been changed from 'Some Of Us Claim To Be House' to 'But We Are Simple About Good Music'. This allows us to know who was 'with it' from the beginning :-p But it also completes the very last 'Some Of Us...'-quote that started on WPH 000. Collect them all, learn them by heart, and live by them!

And for the very first time we also have a limited batch of ladies shirts available. Tank top style with the WPH logo on the front and the words 'R LDS LK BTTR THN YRS' just above the bottom seam. Because your lady will look better than others wearing this...

We have also succeeded in getting some copies in of WPH-related releases WBPH 02 (by MKDA) and Refused & Revinylized Volume 1. Happy shopping!

RD

After - dare we say it - superb label nights with Steffi and Prosumer, and after the bomb edition with 'locals' Lady Linn, Gustaph and Saxman in January, WPH is back at Decadance on Saturday 31st March.

Main guest for the night will be Move D, who should need no introduction at all if you are even vaguely into what we are doing...

Support from Decadance main man Jensen, and as always San Soda and myself won't be able to resist playing a couple of tunes :-)

RD

The follow-up to 'Vocals For Everyone E.P.' is here, and it's called 'More Vocals For Everyone E.P.', we don't really think hard about our track and E.P. names :-p

Featuring Lady Linn, 'Used To Be' is doing the round with lovers of smooth and sexy vocal house, while 'Back' on the b-side is more vintage FCL rawness. Topping it off is the Arto Mwambe remix of 'Back'.

Get it at Music Mania in Belgium on vinyl, or via Juno, Decks, Hardwax and all the other fine vinyl shops in the world. Digital via Junodownload, Beatport and all the other portals I myself never visit... But hey, just get it officially and we'll be happy!

RD

First a website, then the artwork, and then the music? No way! Since the start of We Play House Recordings the focus was on music, with a neat package. Oh sure, we've had a website since day one, and we were on MySpace and all that, but the music always came first. And it will always come first, but social pressure and the fact that people keep on bugging us for old releases and more info has led to what you are seeing right now: the one and only official We Play House Recordings website. Well hurrah!

All info on our artists and our releases, a webshop where you can find vinyl and goodies, and this blog which will become not only your musical guide, but also your travel guide and bible to what's hot and what's not in our slightly ironic view, this is what our website has to offer.

Enough with the banter, just surf away and enjoy.

RD

PS I cannot be held responsible if your lack of a sense of humour leads you to be offended in any way by the content of this blog. 

Studio footage from Sebastien San @ Bass Park Studio. Behind the screens footage, only reserved for V.I.P.'s :-p

This Friday the legendary Vooruit Balzaal in Ghent will be the scene for the second edition of It's... A party concept by Democrazy in cooperation with WPH & Lany Recordings.

Tickets & info via www.democrazy.be or at Music Mania, Walpoortstraat 3 in Ghent.

Good to know: tickets for the Michael Kiwanuka show (also on 2 December @ 20h, Charlatan, Vlasmarkt in Ghent) also give you entrance to It's and vice versa.

BEWARE: WPH is giving away 5 x 2 free tickets to the first 5 people who send their name to info@weplayhouserecordings.com

RD

The follow-up to 'Vocals For Everyone E.P.' is here, and it's called 'More Vocals For Everyone E.P.', we don't really think hard about our track and E.P. names :-p

Featuring Lady Linn, 'Used To Be' is doing the round with lovers of smooth and sexy vocal house, while 'Back' on the b-side is more vintage FCL rawness. Topping it off is the Arto Mwambe remix of 'Back'.

Get it at Music Mania in Belgium on vinyl, or via Juno, Decks, Hardwax and all the other fine vinyl shops in the world. Digital via Junodownload, Beatport and all the other portals I myself never visit... But hey, just get it officially and we'll be happy!

RD