Reggae Nights (Soca Reggae Nights)
As you know for the past few month Van B. King has been in the sudio a lot. It seemed a kind of silent around Van B. King but the long wait has come to an end with the release of "Reggae Nights (soca reggae nights)

We understand that Van B. King will let himself be heard and be seen from now on. So we will a very a hot summer!

We heard that there also will be a special limited edition available of "Reggae Nights". Once we know more about this you can read it a news at VanBKing.Com.

Van B. King in the studio
Last couple of days Van B. King has been seen in the studio. We think that he is busy recording an album. We will try to found out what he has been recording and what it is all about.

As soon as we find out you will find it in our news section at VanBKing.Com.

Negotiation Latin remix for VanBKing.Com
At this moment the new CD-Single is coming out of the factory. On this single are some great remixes (club, 2-step).
We of VanBKing.Com wondered why there wasn't a pure Latin remix on the CD. Okay, we know that there are Latin influences in "Turn Around" but we want some more.

After calling the record company we found out that mainly the limited length of a CD-single is the reason for this. Because of this we got a great idea! (that's what we thought) Why don't we get a special Latin remix exclusively for VanBKing.Com

As most of you know you get a lot of troubles with copyrights when you want to put something like this on the Internet. But we don't get scared very fast so where out looking for a solution.

The way things are going right now it seems that we can get this deal closed. So pay attention to our news section and perhaps we can come up with a special release of "Turn Around" before the end of the month!

Chacaron
If you have been drinking you can understand these lyrics!! ;-)
It also allows fans to create their own lyrics!

For a preview: www.berkmusic.nl

Turn Around
Tonight at 12:00am at Gooiland Theatre, Hilversum, the Netherlands the new single "Turn Around" will be presented to the press and fans.

There will be a big show where Van B. King and his Soca Girls will perform all the biggest hits.

When it is not possible for you to join us tonight you can read all about it at VanBKing.Com

CD-Single Presentation: Turn Around
As expected the show of Van B. King and the Soca Gang was great! One by one all the hits where played. Although the entertainment before the show was a bit boring (a lady with a very good voice but with only slow repertoire), everybody jumped up and started dancing after the beat of Van B. King started playing. De ladies of the Soca Gang put down a spicy dance show for us, and their energy was send across the audience where a lot of us forever enclosed them into our hearts.

It is impossible to stay cool in the presence of Van B. King. When Van B. King shouts 'A-Haaaa !' or 'Deoooo !' the audience can not refuse to react and to join with the party. This was again shown when Van B. King came back for a final encore and the audience was invited to come on stage and to join the party. After a few seconds the stage was full with 'party-animals' who where going crazy together with the Soca Gang.

After the show it was possible to buy the single while the party just went on and on...

Pictures of the show will soon be placed at the 'Pictures' section of VanBKing.Com

Van B. King in the studio Part 2
Continuing news: Van B. King in studio

We contacted Van B. King and asked him why he spend so much time in the studio the last couple of weeks. It seems that we were partially right about the reason, Van B. King is recording a new album. But he is also working hard on new material especially for the live shows.

We are very happy when during our conversation Van B. King invited us to come to the studio to listen to the new material. And maybe to put some previews on the website.

We are going to make an appointment this week and as soon as we find out you will find it in our news section at VanBKing.Com.

It is here !!! Turn Around - The Cops R Coming - Remix
In between the recordings of the new album and the productions for the new live-shows, the Van B. King and the Soca Gang production team found some time to create this special remix for VanBKing.Com. And what a mix it is !
As you will hear this mix is great! We are very happy that this mix was made exclusively for VanBKing.Com but on the other hand we regret that this mix is not on the single. Maybe that on future single releases, or else on a new album "The Cops R Coming Remix" can be added as a bonustrack. (Hint)

But for now we are very happy with the result. Klick here to download "Turn Around -The Cops R Coming- Remix" or go to our audio webpage.

We hope you can send us an email on what you think of this remix.

For a preview: www.berkmusic.nl

Sentello
english version of this text will be available soon

SENTELLO is de onbetwiste zomerhit in de Zuidelijke vakantie oorden en gauw zullen alle andere landen in Europa, Zuid Amerika, Afrika, Azie, het Caraïbbisch gebied en de Verenigde Staten volgen.

Van B King bekend van de wereldhit "Follow The Leader" doet weer van zich spreken met zijn nieuwe CD Single, de bubbling versie van het nummer, SENTELLO. Voor de meeste mensen die zanger/ entertainer Van B King nog niet kennen , even een kleine opsomming uit zijn verleden. Van B King kwam en overwon in 1998 met het nogsteeds immens populaire nummer 1 hit, "Follow The Leader", die een nieuw "volkslied" werd. Follow The Leader bleef alleen in de Nederlandse hitlijsten 5 weken op nummer 1 staan door de verkoop van meer dan 60.000 Cd-singles en verscheen op tal van goedverkopende compilatie Cd's in binnen– en buitenland. Voor deze mijlpaal mocht hij een Gouden CD in ontvangst nemen en als hoogtepunt in zijn carriere de nummer 1 TMF award bemachtigen!! Daarna volgden andere lande! n in Europa, om vervolgens over te waaien naar Zuid Amerika en het Caraïbbisch gebied.

Vlak daarna volgde iets opmerkelijks, want nadat Follow The Leader een hit was ge-worden, werd besloten om een Spaanstalige versie op te nemen, die vervolgens ook een gigantische hit werd in alle Spaantalige landen. Een kroon op het werk werd bereikt toen Follow The Leader in Canada en de Verenigde Staten een hit werd en volgden hierdoor honderden optredens en toernees in Nederland en ver daarbuiten.

Na een periode van omzwervingen besloot Van B.King zijn geluk te gaan beproeven bij de nieuwe platenmaatschappij in Weesp, E-Sound Music/ Club Tropical geheten.
E-Sound Music/ Club Tropical biedt naast vele muziekstijlen ook nog mogelijkheden voor tropische en Zuid Amerikaanse musici om zich te profileren waaronder de populaire muziekformatie Trafassi. Van B.King besloot een samenwerking aan te gaan met de nieuwe platenmaatschappij uit Weesp en er ontstond een nieuwe samenwerking tussen beiden. Na de eerste kennismaking om de CD-Single, Soca Reggae Nights uit te brengen, werd tussentijds besloten om een 2e nummer op de markt te brengen met als titel SENTELLO. In het nummer SENTELLO die door Van B K! ing in het spaans is gezongen, zijn alle ingrediënten aanwezig voor het uitproberen en dansen van de vernieuwde bubbling en zoals Van B King zegt zal dat gaan gebeuren met zijn sexy ogende danseressen.

De reakties in de uitgaans discotheken zijn nu al overweldigend te noemen en enkele radiostations hebben reeds toezeggingen gedaan SENTELLO te gaan draaien, maar ook aan de vakantie oorden is aangedacht, dus bij terugkomst in Nederland hol je naar je CD winkel om SENTELLO aan te schaffen.

Met SENTELLO wil Van B.King weer nationaal en internationaal gaan scoren.

Van B.King is er klaar voor en gaat de komende tijd weer touren in Nederland en in het buitenland met zijn Soca Gang en verwachten wij weer een dampende en snik-hete periode tijdens de vele optredens die komen gaan, ook als de winter in aan-tocht is, want ook in de winter maanden hebben wij in ons koude kikkerlandje een beetje warmte nodig.

Pictures & Music
Recently we had a sneak preview of some new material for the new album of Van B. King. We heared a great Latin song and a beautiful ballad. This new album is gonna be hot !! We hope that we can put some pieces of the new tracks on the website. When we get a chance we will visit one of the studios where Van B. King is recording and we will try to get some material with us to put on VanBKing.Com

We also received some new photo material from different festivals with different artists and V-Jays. These pictures will be put on the web the next week.

If visitors of VanBKing.Com have pictures that can be put on this website, please let us know. You can e-mail them to webmaster@vanbking.com.

Update: Special Latin remix for VanBKing.Com
We finally did it !

As we mentioned before on our website, we were busy trying to get a pure Latin remix of "Turn Around" for VanBKing.Com.
Because of the copyrights it was no easy task to get things done, but we finally did it!

At this moment in a studio the remix is being made. "Recordings started yesterday evening", Van B. King told us.

So it seems that VanBKing.Com will get the premiere of the Latin Remix. So keep checking the VanBKing.Com News the next few days and get the "Latin Remix" at home.