Muzikxpress

17/08/2024

Over 10.000 views for my interview with Yves Deruyter and the story behind the Cherrymoon Trax classic "The House Of House", what an anthem!!! 🙌

Subscribe ► https://www.youtube.com/muzikxpressIn 1994 Yves Deruyter, Axel Stephenson and Franky Kloeck teamed up for a project which they called Cherrymoon ...

16/08/2024

𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗠𝘂𝘇𝗶𝗸𝘅𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀! 🥳

Today on this day in 2017 I started my Muzikxpress YouTube channel. It took another month before I posted the first actual vlog, but on August 16 in 2017 I set up all social media accounts and made a post on my own personal socials about the channel. I only knew I wanted to post some music related things on the channel, but I had no idea yet what and how often and also, I had no clue if people would even watch my videos haha!

And here we are, 7 years later, over 30.000 subscribers, 250 videos on the channel (180 of those are interviews!), I’m getting close to a total of 3 million views and…. A lot more in the works! My goal is to have at least 250 interviews online one day, plus (long shot, but never say never!) hopefully I can reach the magical amount of 100.000 subscribers! But most of all, I’m trying to keep delivering content which you won’t be able to see anywhere else. Interviews with legendary producers / vocalists / artists and more. Some big names, some lesser known names, some very hard to find names, as long as they have a good story to tell about one of their biggest hits / classics.

I want to thank all my subscribers, all artists I managed to interview (and their managers etc!), all my Patreon members, plus all people who have supported me financially so I can keep doing this. Also if you ever watched, liked, shared or commented on one of my videos, everything helps and thanks to you Muzikxpress is what it is now, on its 7th birthday! And a very special thank you to my wonderful girlfriend Nicole, who must be getting tired often listening to me talk about Muzikxpress haha ;-)

Thank you all, I really do appreciate you all! ❤

Twan

16/08/2024

I've been lucky enough to do some interviews with a few "hard-to-find" people. There are a few interviews available on my channel, with people who never really do / did interviews.

One of these people, is producer Matthias Hoffmann, the brain behind Cygnus X! A few years ago I managed to track him down (with a little bit of help from one of my subscribers!) and.... he was very enthusiastic when I asked him if I could do 2 interviews with him. One of those interviews (the one about "The Orange Theme"), just got over 15.000 views!

Thank you all for watching, make sure to check it out if you haven't done so yet!

Subscribe ► https://www.youtube.com/muzikxpressCygnus X was a project from German producer and composer Matthias Hoffmann. Cygnus X was mostly known for trac...

15/08/2024

I have about 15 videos (mostly interviews) to edit and post still for Muzikxpress... 🙈 This month I will post at least 2 new interviews, plus I'm working on some new recordings as well.

BTW, I'm not doing interview requests or looking for suggestions. Just being honest, these interviews take a lot of energy and time, so I'm pretty picky with the people I do ask. My time (and also my budget) is pretty limited these days and I still have a wish list with over 100 names on it, so ideas enough, hence I'm not looking for suggestions, thanks for your understanding!

13/08/2024

Today 31 years ago the Twenty 4 Seven classic “Slave To The Music” came out! Curious about the story behind this massive Eurodance track? Check out my interview with Stacey Seedorf here!

(Also make sure to check out my interviews with Nance and Twenty 4 Seven producer Ruud van Rijen, links in comments!)

Subscribe ► https://www.youtube.com/muzikxpressStacey Seedorf is a Dutch singer and songwriter, who’s active in the music scene for more than 30 years. He’s ...

12/08/2024

The next interview I'm gonna work on (editing!) is the one with Leon Bolier / BLR / Bolier. I spoke to Leon about the "Inner Stories" track "Beyond", taken from Tiësto's "In Search Of Sunrise - Latin America" mix compilation, what a beauty! Of course we spoke about his BLR project as well and much more!

Keep in mind that this will be a 50+ minute video, so not sure yet when it will be finished, but.... stay tuned! 🙏

11/08/2024

I just did 4 (yes, four!) interviews with Nic Vegter about some of his biggest tracks. Nic hardly does interviews and as far as I know there are no interviews with him available on YouTube, so I'm very happy he took the time to visit me and talk about the following tracks:

Classified Project - Resurrection
The Infernal Machine - Realistic
Solid Globe - North Pole
Solid Globe - Sahara

Really enjoyed listening to his stories! The first interview (the one about "Resurrection") should be online soon on my Muzikxpress channel.

Nic, thanks again for your time, much, much appreciated!

11/08/2024

Today on this day in 2018 I recorded my interview with the late Faithless vocalist Maxi Jazz ... ❤️

Subscribe ► https://www.youtube.com/muzikxpressIn this week's vlog you'll see the interview that I did with Maxi Jazz of Faithless. "God Is A DJ" turns 20 th...

10/08/2024

Tomorrow I will do 4 (!!!) interviews for Muzikxpress with a Dutch producer. At this moment he has 0 interviews on YouTube, so it is about time that someone will change that ;-)

Maybe his name is not super familiar, but if you're a trance fan, I'm pretty sure you have heard at least 1 or 2 of his tracks!

He did release music under his own name, but also under lots of different project names.

Some of his productions ended up on mix compilations from Sasha, Digweed, Tiësto and others...

He did remixes for trance legends such as Armin van Buuren and Ferry Corsten for example, plus he even had a #4 hit in the Dutch Top 40 in the mid 90s! One more hint, one of his tracks was release on Paul van Dyk's label Vandit, with a cool techno remix on the B side.

He's not really making new music anymore, but in the last years he mostly works behind the scenes as freelancer for Dutch TV.

Any idea who I am going to interview tomorrow?

10/08/2024

More than 50.000 views! 🙏

The story behind Veracocha's "Carte Blanche", as told by Ferry Corsten himself!

Subscribe ► https://www.youtube.com/muzikxpressIn 1999 Ferry Corsten and Vincent de Moor teamed up for "Carte Blanche"; a massive trance classic which they r...

09/08/2024

Here it is, the first of 2 interviews I did with none other than Torsten Stenzel! In this week's episode he shares the story behind the YORK classic "The Awakening" and more....

Enjoy and thanks for watching!

Subscribe ► https://www.youtube.com/muzikxpressTorsten Stenzel is a German DJ, producer, composer and songwriter. He is active in the music scene since the e...

08/08/2024

Happy birthday to U2's The Edge! 🥳

Subscribe ► https://www.youtube.com/muzikxpressIn this episode I’ll show you some of the most important U2 landmarks that you can find in Dublin, Ireland.The...

06/08/2024

Happy birthday Sunny Lax! 🥳

What is your favorite track or remix made by him? Drop it in the comments!

Subscribe ► https://www.youtube.com/muzikxpressThe very first ever release of Levente Márton a.k.a. Sunny Lax, was in the year 2005; a beautiful trance track...

04/08/2024

Another interview almost finished! Hopefully I will have this one online next weekend! The first of 2 interviews I did with Torsten Stenzel! He is behind soooo many project and remixes, super active (and super nice!) guy. In the first interview we did, he shares the story behind the YORK debut track "The Awakening" and more....

Stay tuned for more details!

04/08/2024

Happy birthday Mark Otten! 🥳

What is your favorite production or remix made by Mark?

Subscribe ► https://www.youtube.com/muzikxpressMusic has always been a part of the life of Dutchman Mark Otten. Coming from a rich musical background, he get...

03/08/2024

𝟯𝟬.𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗧𝘂𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀!!!! 🥳

Thank you all for the support! ❤

Plus a bit of info what you can expect on Muzikxpress in the next weeks...

03/08/2024

Wow.... so many great reactions already on my Muzikxpress interview with Paul Oakenfold! Make sure to check it out if you haven't done so yet! ❤

Link in comments!

01/08/2024

ONLINE NOW: My interview with the legendary Paul Oakenfold! Last month I sat down with Paul in Amsterdam, to ask him about the story behind "Southern Sun". A beautiful track, for which he did work together with singer / songwriter Carla Werner, who also took care of the vocals of this classic.

Don't miss out, make sure to check the interview on my Muzikxpress channel!

Thanks for tuning in, enjoy!

Subscribe ► https://www.youtube.com/muzikxpressPaul Oakenfold is for sure one of the most well known DJs in the world of dance music. During his impressive c...

01/08/2024

Online this evening; the story behind "Southern Sun" as told by none other than the legendary Paul Oakenfold! Don't miss out!

31/07/2024

I just sat down for an extended interview with Leon Bolier ! We spoke about the story behind his track "Beyond", which came out under the project name "Inner Stories". This one was featured on Tiësto's "In Search Of Sunrise - Latin America" mix compilation back then!

Of course we also spoke about Leon's BLR project and much, much more!

Online soon via my Muzikxpress YouTube channel. Thanks a lot for your time and stories Leon! 🙌🏻

30/07/2024

Guys, I have so much stuff in the works for Muzikxpress, it is insane haha! I wish I could do this for a living, but Muzikxpress is still a passion-project for me. I'm actually finishing some questions for a new interview which I will record tomorrow, plus I have stuff in the works for early August as well! As if I didn't have enough edit and preparing to do 🤣

But, I'm not complaining! Thursday the Paul Oakenfold interview goes live, plus less than 75 subscribers before I hit the 30.000 subscribers on YouTube, whoohoow! Exciting times!

28/07/2024

Wow, over 20.000 views! My interview with Ray Slijngaard and the story behind 2 Unlimited's debut track "Get Ready For This".

Which other 2 Unlimited track(s) should get an interview?

Subscribe ► https://www.youtube.com/muzikxpress2 Unlimited started back in 1991 as a project from Belgian producersduo Jean-Paul de Coster and Filip de Wilde...

27/07/2024

Happy birthday Erik van Vliet!

Here's my interview with Erik, in which he shares the story behind the 1986 Laserdance classic "Humanoid Invasion".

Subscribe ► https://www.youtube.com/muzikxpressDutchman Erik van Vliet is active in the music scene for a very long time already. During the years he has bee...

27/07/2024

The story behind “My Lexicon” with Sander Kleinenberg, still such a beautiful track! ❤️🎹

Subscribe ► https://www.youtube.com/muzikxpressIn this week’s vlog you’ll see the interview I did with Sander Kleinenberg, about his beautiful progressive tr...

26/07/2024

Do you remember when you subscribed to my Muzikxpress channel? Which was the first vlog you did watch?

25/07/2024

Working on the final edits for this one....

The story behind "Southern Sun", my interview with the legendary Paul Oakenfold! Hope to have this one online on my Muzikxpress channel in August! Trust me, this is going to be an interview you really want / have to see!

25/07/2024

Happy birthday DUNE! 🥳

What's your favorite Dune track?

Subscribe ► https://www.youtube.com/muzikxpressOliver Froning is a German DJ and producer who’s active in the music scene for a very long time already. You m...

24/07/2024

Happy birthday Robert Smit! 🥳

Subscribe ► https://www.youtube.com/muzikxpressIn 1999 Robert Smit produced the track "Where Are You Now?", a trance classic which came out under the project...

23/07/2024

Today 13 years ago singer / songwriter Amy Winehouse passed away at the age of 27….

Subscribe ► https://www.youtube.com/muzikxpressIn this week’s vlog I will show you some of the most important Amy Winehouse landmarks in Camden, London in th...