PORCELAIN TOUR

This year, Belgian Raoul Belmans celebrates twenty years of working as a house dj and producer. This will be done with several activities under the aptly chosen name ‘Porcelain’.

Biography

As a material, porcelain is strong and potent yet at the same time having the characteristics of brittleness and fragility. Sometimes it is decorated in a sober, minimalistic way, often it bears thoroughly frivolous adornments. Described as such, one might, with some effort, see the analogy between porcelain and house music with its firm beat and yet delicate melody lines, habitually added with vocals. Furthermore, porcelain is indeed used as a symbol for a twentieth anniversary, for instance of a wedding. Belmans’ Porcelain Anniversary will include a tour in his native country as well as several gigs in Europe, the U.S. and Asia. On top of that, there will be a special series of EP’s on his label Swirled Music.

While Raoul Belmans’ career as a disc jockey, producer and label owner goes back two decades and this celebration is an excellent moment for retrospection, there is of course a lot to look forward to as well. Always being one of the pioneers and advocates of the house scene in Belgium, Belmans has no intention whatsoever to rest on his laurels. In proof of this, his recent solo productions preserve the funkiness and catchiness of older work but a certain evolution in sound is recognizable: less sleek and clearly referring to deep house from the 1990s, in other words to house from a decade Belmans has lived to the fullest musically. Evidence is to be found on the four digital EPs containing fresh material specially produced on the occasion of this Porcelain Anniversary.

In addition, Belmans still keeps a keen eye and ear on the local scene. During the ‘Porcelain Tour’ in Belgium, he will be flanked by carefully selected young, upcoming disc jocks. Moreover, every attendant to one of the parties will be offered a ticket with a website link and a unique code from which an hour long set from the respective party can be downloaded during the following week. A lovely treat for sure!

Discography
Check out Raoul's releases here:

Raoul Belmans Discography

Mixes

Live at Sunnyside Up in Belgium

LIve on Groove City Radio

LIVE from MONTREAL

Live at Bump (Boston)

Live at Next Door (Honolulu)

Press Kit
Complete BIO

Porcelain EP Artwork

Artist LOGO1 - Swirled Music

Artist LOGO2 - Aroma

Artist Photo 1 (hi-res)

Artist Photo 2 (hi-res)

APT LOGO

Links
Raoul Belmans Blog

Swirl People

Aroma Recordings