Rotkat Sessions #1

Rotkat Record session with Benny Bang & special guest Aldo Struyf

But first some questions for Benny.

1. What was the first sound you remember?

Intro Klein Klein Kleutertje 

2. And the first sound that you recognized as music, never to leave your heart/head again?

Tim Visterin – De Vogel 

3. What did you want to become as a kid?

To do whatever I wanted to do. When I’ve heared the lyrics of The Vogel when I was 3 years old, that was gonna be my life. It still is. 

4. Who do you look up to and why?

Tom De Weerdt, mentor in music and so much more. 

5 Who should play you in the movie about your life?

My son Sarven 

6. What annoys you the most? About others? About yourself?

Money and superficiality in the world. Laziness for myself 

7. Choose one superpower if you were a comic book hero?

Flying 

8. What is your trademark joke or trick?

Dumbhead 

9. Did video really kill the radio star?

No 

10 Who are you favorite table guests, dead and/or alive?

Tom De Weerdt together with John Lennon, Jesus and Boris Van den Eynden 

11. Where would you rather be right now?

Long beach, Koh Chang in Thailand with the owners Salama and Joe  

12. How close did you ever come to death?

Gun against my head after dj set in a club robbery 

13. What is the craziest thing you ever saw on the internet?

Frans van Roosmaelen on Second life when he was between 65 and 70 years old. 

14. Do you dance to your own music?

Why (not)? 

15. How often do you dance? Where and when?

When i’m playing records as a DJ and at home when i’m alone in my livingroom 

16. Embrace Today! But what genuinely used to be better back in the days?

Less rules and I was younger 

17. What is your biggest achievement?

Staying myself 

18. What was your most shameful moment?

Playing at the opening of a new packed club. Within an hour it was empty. 

19. Are we alone in the universe?

No.

20. Which habit do you want to kick?

Smoking 

21. What should they play at your funeral?

Tim Visterin – De Vogel, John Lennon – Working Class Hero, Borokov Borokov – Dansende Mensen. The rest must be a surprise for the people…