Silent Waves! And what a good interview! I have all his releases on vinyl and even his only album on CD. I was a big fan back then and was spinning all his tracks in my DJ sets. It was actually a question on reddit back in 2019 about where he was gone. Great to see his still around! Hope to hear more from him in the future!
Now he's got an AMAZING channel in which he showcases his new productions, recreates old sounds, shows his gear and some production tricks. Truly recommended.
Pretty much everything he made until 2006-2007 or so was amazing. Music like that hasn't been made in a very long time. My favorite of his is probably Fable - Above
I love how excited he still talks about music like a teenage kid talks with his friends about the seasonal hobby that keeps them obsessed for some months. That's a genuine expression of how much he loves making music, or at least about that he created years ago.
Enjoyed this one, Jonas seems like a very genuine and nice guy, both tracks Castamara and Silent waves were part of that period, enjoyed the stories as well
Love those two remixrs for Roger M. "By Your Side (Jonas Sterur Night Guide Remix)" and Lost my Way (Jonas Steur Remix) Trance scene needs more tracks like this nowadays, music made with passion. Now I'm waiting for more oldschool Jonas Steur :)
He seems so passionate, I love it! Silent Waves one of my top trance tracks ever, and Fall To Pieces one of my all time vocal trance favorites. I'm so happy to get to know a little bit better the guy behind them. Also, I only noticed the cat in the background halfway into the video after it opened its eyes hahaha
Thanks again Twan, for another Trance interview brought to us all. I found Castamara as some form of a white label, in a bargain bin of all things back in early 2006. I bought it without even listening to it, it was $2 from memory. And when I cleaned it and played it it blew my mind!!
awesome!!! i did not browse enough. i wish he was more active in the scene but shoot i’ll take whatever he gives! castamara is prolly one of my top 5 tracks of all time … pure trance man!!!!
Amazing interview, Jonas is a really cool guy! :) To be honest I always preferred Silent Waves over Castamara but he produced so many amazing tracks back in the days! I think my favourite is Fable-Above
Great interview. Very informative. He seems very enthusiastic and passionate about his work. He is an amazing producer. I enjoy his music. He has produced some great tunes. It's too bad he lost interest in and motivation for making new music. I understand his reasoning though. I had a pleasure to see him perform and meet him at Lumi in 2017. I was bummed that I didn't have his debut artist album with me to get his autograph. He should make a comeback, hopefully sooner rather than later.
I like what he said 'If you don't feel it, you stop. Otherwise you do the same melodies/tracks'. Nowadays you see this... should be quality over quantity but.. labels rules I guess.
Another wonderful interview!Jonas seems incredibly passionate abt his music or just music in general so it must have been an absolute joy to interview him 😁.The fact that Vangelis had so much influence on him and his career is highly commendable 🙏... much respect for that!
There was the time that Jonas was my musical guru. Now I have gone into progressive sounds but tracks from J. Steur/Estuera/Propylon are still in my heart
Amazing interview hence we trance raver lovers cherish this music :) and the guys/girls who created and creates these awesome tracks which become timeless and makes a huge impact in our day to day life! Keep them coming
Cool interview Twan! Thanks. I have Silent Waves on ATB DJ in a mix vol.3 compilation. It's my favorite track of him. Also I spoted this cat only on 5 minute or later ha ha
This guy made some bangers. I still add it to my playlists. Trance still lives!!! TG 😂. This interview wet my appetite for these tracks. Thanks Twan!! Keep it up.
He is such an amazing producer and as I can see from this interview great person. Thank you for this interview. Back then I had a trance radio show on my local radio station, and Castamara was voted for the trance track of the year. Totally deserved.
Glad you enjoyed it!!! And good choice ;-) Fun fact (which I told Jonas as well hehe); I used to do a show on local radio as well with 2 friends. Every Saturday night we had a "party update", with which events people could visit in our area. We used "Castamara" as filler-music haha :D It was such an energetic track, so it was perfect for that :)
@@muzikxpress Hehe nice. I even found in my email archive TOP 5 from 2005 which was played on the show: 01. Jonas Steur - Castamara 02. Inertia - The System 03. Jochen Miller - India 04. Nikola Gala pres Perasma - Swing 2 Harmony (Deserves An Effort Vocal Mix) 05. Giuseppe Ottaviani - Linking People Damn what a trip down the memory lane. :) Info for Jonas - Paul van Dyk used to play Silent Waves a lot in his extended sets. :)
This interview is best for me so far as Jonas Steur is one of my fav producers and his tracks are something very special and with unique atmosphere! Great work Twan! This one is huge and best one for me! Your vlog interviews are best now on youtube about that greatest trance period of early 2000s till around 2010....
This has got to be up there as one of the most enthusiastic and fun muzikxpress interviews! Really cool guy that seems alot of fun. A real shame he is no longer making music. Both of these tracks are beautiful (and have stood the test of time. Still sound great in 2020) another great one Twan! 👌
The "Velocity Base" patch is available on the Korg Legacy Cell vst plugin (part of the Korg Legacy Collection) under the performance menu as patch 034.
Haha yes he told me he was so inspired after this interview, so he started to make music and a TH-cam channel! Time for a follow up interview I think 😉
Jonas is still one of those memorable young talents in the trance periode 2004-2010; together with guys like Paul Moelands, Menno de Jong, Leon Bolier, Finne de Jaeger and Orjan Nilsen. Almost every track Jonas created is a personal favorite and reminds me of a period of experimenting with new sounds from digital vst's developed that time. Somehow it's complete reasonable to be conservative with this sound, but I still wonder what Jonas would produce nowadays. I expect something like the Anjuna Label sound or Armada.
Does someone know what synth we can see in the foreground? (for example at 12:27) The knobs are the one used by Yamaha but probably used by many other brands... Thanks.
Two things I learned from this interview that I didn't know from before: 1) Jonas is from Belgium and 2) Paul Moelands was 1/2 of Intuition (I don't know how I didn't know this? Maybe I forgot it? 🤷🏽🤔). Maybe Jonas can collab with M.I.K.E. Push. 😉 And regarding his desire to make soundtracks, maybe he can have a chat with artists like Ferry Corsten or Roger Shah who have done that kind of work?
cmon Jonas, Tiesto played both Silent Waves and Castamara in spring 2005. Silent Waves featured in the Euro Disney live broadcast though, maybe thats why it stood out more.
FYI, it was a warm day, we were talking in English, it is over 15 years ago and he had a camera pointed at him.... Pretty sure it is possible some people forget some things at times like that ;-)
I still cannot understand this song. I have allways hear it wrong and now it still not make sense. All these years. It is such a weird fight. I love the main synth melody. But something is wrong...
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Which Jonas Steur production / remix is your favorite one?
Castamara for me 🔥
Tales from the south. Always loved the melodic journey it took you on
Castamara for me. I love all of his records, really. What an enthusiastic and energetic guy he is.
Silent waves! Beautiful track.
Silent Waves! And what a good interview! I have all his releases on vinyl and even his only album on CD. I was a big fan back then and was spinning all his tracks in my DJ sets. It was actually a question on reddit back in 2019 about where he was gone. Great to see his still around! Hope to hear more from him in the future!
had the main melody of this track as ringtone for about 5 years..amazing
Now he's got an AMAZING channel in which he showcases his new productions, recreates old sounds, shows his gear and some production tricks. Truly recommended.
most underrated Trance DJ. Still listening to his album on repeat
..This guy produces so melodic , emotional , "touch" ..................... and outstanding tracks!
Jonas, please come back to producing and publishing music.
Silent wave is a master piece...
Estuera - Tales from the south is one of my all time fav .
Pretty much everything he made until 2006-2007 or so was amazing. Music like that hasn't been made in a very long time. My favorite of his is probably Fable - Above
He looks like a cool fella! Very energetic and very eager when he explains :D I can totally see that in myself! Lovely interview Twan!
I love how excited he still talks about music like a teenage kid talks with his friends about the seasonal hobby that keeps them obsessed for some months.
That's a genuine expression of how much he loves making music, or at least about that he created years ago.
Enjoyed this one, Jonas seems like a very genuine and nice guy, both tracks Castamara and Silent waves were part of that period, enjoyed the stories as well
Jonas Steur is Great musician. A unique artist.
Great interview. Thanks.
Thank you so much!
Love those two remixrs for Roger M. "By Your Side (Jonas Sterur Night Guide Remix)" and Lost my Way (Jonas Steur Remix) Trance scene needs more tracks like this nowadays, music made with passion. Now I'm waiting for more oldschool Jonas Steur :)
Darn, 30 minutes in and only then I realised the black cat!
I was about to write the same 😄
Haha, thank you for noticing!
Only 23 minutes for me 🤘
about 5 minutes for me, but I got impressed when I noticed about it!
LoL I am 12 minutes in and I still hadn't noticed. ! 😂😂😂
Castamara. Love it so much. Best tune during the club nights in 2005.
Castamara was one of my favorite tracks, I'd forgotten it for a long time until recently and remembered how much I liked it. A classic for sure.
I can remember reviewing a track he made back in the day called ‘Simple Pleasures’. Such a beautiful production.
Jonas Steur, what a legend
Hodel Thanks man!!!!!
He seems so passionate, I love it! Silent Waves one of my top trance tracks ever, and Fall To Pieces one of my all time vocal trance favorites. I'm so happy to get to know a little bit better the guy behind them. Also, I only noticed the cat in the background halfway into the video after it opened its eyes hahaha
Jonas Steur
Thanks again Twan, for another Trance interview brought to us all.
I found Castamara as some form of a white label, in a bargain bin of all things back in early 2006. I bought it without even listening to it, it was $2 from memory. And when I cleaned it and played it it blew my mind!!
Silent Waves - what a unbelievable beauty especially a mashup version called "Silent Side of the moon" , and Estuera - 7 Clouds
awesome!!! i did not browse enough. i wish he was more active in the scene but shoot i’ll take whatever he gives! castamara is prolly one of my top 5 tracks of all time … pure trance man!!!!
If any interesting, the "Silent Waves" main theme pluck is a Native Instruments synth "Absynth" factory patch called "Space pluck"
he still has so much enthusiasm watching this.. amazing thanks muzikxpress
Waaaaaaaw, the MC-303. That was my first synth as well. Then I bought a Yamaha CS1x and later on a MC-505. Which I still use 👍 Good memories.
Castamara, one of my fav ❤️🙏
Haha I only noticed the cat by the end of the video!
Good stuff once again Twan.
Massive artist!
Thanks a lot for this interview with one of those heroes from back in the days!
Amazing interview, Jonas is a really cool guy! :) To be honest I always preferred Silent Waves over Castamara but he produced so many amazing tracks back in the days! I think my favourite is Fable-Above
OMG, that cat freaked me out. I thought it was a shadow at first. ;)
me too lol i just saw some eyes in the back ground ha ah ah
jonas steur is a underated character i believe he is one on the best undetected
Great interview. Very informative. He seems very enthusiastic and passionate about his work. He is an amazing producer. I enjoy his music. He has produced some great tunes. It's too bad he lost interest in and motivation for making new music. I understand his reasoning though. I had a pleasure to see him perform and meet him at Lumi in 2017. I was bummed that I didn't have his debut artist album with me to get his autograph. He should make a comeback, hopefully sooner rather than later.
Fable - Above ❤
That’s him? Damn, had no clue. Top track!
Great interview as always. His enthusiasm is infectious :-D
Please release these on vinyl again for 2024 Jonas. A comp vol with the Jonas tracks and remixes
Excellent job as always. Silent Waves got me buying vinyl 🙏🏼
I like what he said 'If you don't feel it, you stop. Otherwise you do the same melodies/tracks'. Nowadays you see this... should be quality over quantity but.. labels rules I guess.
What a positive vibe!
Another wonderful interview!Jonas seems incredibly passionate abt his music or just music in general so it must have been an absolute joy to interview him 😁.The fact that Vangelis had so much influence on him and his career is highly commendable 🙏... much respect for that!
There was the time that Jonas was my musical guru. Now I have gone into progressive sounds but tracks from J. Steur/Estuera/Propylon are still in my heart
Amazing interview hence we trance raver lovers cherish this music :) and the guys/girls who created and creates these awesome tracks which become timeless and makes a huge impact in our day to day life! Keep them coming
Cool interview Twan! Thanks. I have Silent Waves on ATB DJ in a mix vol.3 compilation. It's my favorite track of him. Also I spoted this cat only on 5 minute or later ha ha
Casi todos los track de este productor son buenos tienen mucha tecnica y peso y se va por lo clásico y eso me encanta ⭐
This guy made some bangers. I still add it to my playlists. Trance still lives!!! TG 😂. This interview wet my appetite for these tracks. Thanks Twan!! Keep it up.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! (So did I, Jonas can talk for hours haha)
Groove box 303 was also used by Sander van Doorn in his early Tech Trance days 😎😎
Such an energetic and humble guy
Armin, bring this Trance legend back for ASOT 1000!
Would be nice however, Armin Is More focused on the mainstream. Armin sucks nowadays.
He is such an amazing producer and as I can see from this interview great person. Thank you for this interview. Back then I had a trance radio show on my local radio station, and Castamara was voted for the trance track of the year. Totally deserved.
Glad you enjoyed it!!! And good choice ;-) Fun fact (which I told Jonas as well hehe); I used to do a show on local radio as well with 2 friends. Every Saturday night we had a "party update", with which events people could visit in our area. We used "Castamara" as filler-music haha :D It was such an energetic track, so it was perfect for that :)
@@muzikxpress Hehe nice. I even found in my email archive TOP 5 from 2005 which was played on the show:
01. Jonas Steur - Castamara
02. Inertia - The System
03. Jochen Miller - India
04. Nikola Gala pres Perasma - Swing 2 Harmony (Deserves An Effort Vocal Mix)
05. Giuseppe Ottaviani - Linking People
Damn what a trip down the memory lane. :)
Info for Jonas - Paul van Dyk used to play Silent Waves a lot in his extended sets. :)
Very cool! Always loved Jonas' productions. Thanks again for a nice interview!
Thank you for the interview!
This interview is best for me so far as Jonas Steur is one of my fav producers and his tracks are something very special and with unique atmosphere! Great work Twan! This one is huge and best one for me! Your vlog interviews are best now on youtube about that greatest trance period of early 2000s till around 2010....
So good to know a bit more about Jonas and his music !
Thanks a lot Lev!!
My hero in the trance world
This has got to be up there as one of the most enthusiastic and fun muzikxpress interviews! Really cool guy that seems alot of fun. A real shame he is no longer making music. Both of these tracks are beautiful (and have stood the test of time. Still sound great in 2020) another great one Twan! 👌
The "Velocity Base" patch is available on the Korg Legacy Cell vst plugin (part of the Korg Legacy Collection) under the performance menu as patch 034.
Both great tracks on the release but I think I prefer silent waves
Agreed
One of the best so far! Thanks for this!
Now he is active on TH-cam trying to recreate old rave music 😎👌
What a nice lad!!
Haha yes he told me he was so inspired after this interview, so he started to make music and a TH-cam channel! Time for a follow up interview I think 😉
@@muzikxpress Oohhh I can't wait for that! Now I'm digging a lot of Estuera tracks now 😍
Brilliant interview ! Thanks guys!
That was great that, what a likable guy!!
Thank you Simon! And I agree! ;-)
Jonas is still one of those memorable young talents in the trance periode 2004-2010; together with guys like Paul Moelands, Menno de Jong, Leon Bolier, Finne de Jaeger and Orjan Nilsen. Almost every track Jonas created is a personal favorite and reminds me of a period of experimenting with new sounds from digital vst's developed that time. Somehow it's complete reasonable to be conservative with this sound, but I still wonder what Jonas would produce nowadays. I expect something like the Anjuna Label sound or Armada.
Omg I suddenly noticed the cat after like 12 minutes 😂 those eyes were staring right at me lol
Haha pretty funny right? 😂😂 🐱
didn't know him or the track, was not anymore in trance scene back then, but looked up and nice track.
Seems nice guy and serieuze babbelaar :-).
Does someone know what synth we can see in the foreground? (for example at 12:27) The knobs are the one used by Yamaha but probably used by many other brands... Thanks.
Flow & Above 💎😉👌
Sizzling tune
38:40 -> Let's say it really did happen faster than expected. :D
Two things I learned from this interview that I didn't know from before: 1) Jonas is from Belgium and 2) Paul Moelands was 1/2 of Intuition (I don't know how I didn't know this? Maybe I forgot it? 🤷🏽🤔).
Maybe Jonas can collab with M.I.K.E. Push. 😉 And regarding his desire to make soundtracks, maybe he can have a chat with artists like Ferry Corsten or Roger Shah who have done that kind of work?
Great job again, Twan! 👍🏽
Who did they make sound tracks for?
Ferry made the entire soundtrack of the movie "Don't Go" in 2018 (soundtrack came out early 2019)
Thanks so much Hersh!
@@muzikxpress thnx for the info 👍
Castamara is Nice but silent waves is one of the most melodical and a stormer for the ear
after 3years later watching this video again I noticed that there was a cat... :D
😂😂😂
Grappig dat hij Volendam noemt. Steur is echt een naam daar vandaan idd 😆
@26:00 - I wonder if this is the interview he means :D th-cam.com/video/E9lhErIQiKc/w-d-xo.html Superb producer and great interview. Thanks Twan!
Haha that's the one!
OMG I never saw the cat until 8:33 seconds in! LoL!
😂😂😂
Palma Solane and Tales from the South
9:00 Leon Bolier made his "Beyond" using this patch... Actually it seems like he made almost everything using Castamara as an example/template.
I hope to do an interview with Leon next year about “Beyond”, let’s see what he has to say about it 😉
Whoho :)
a guy with a MC303 is a good guy.
Curious about what Castamara means,can't find a translation,meaning,image or anything lol.
Something tells me, he was about to say Marino Stephano. ❤
what timestamp?
@@MissDolcenGabbana at like 3.30 secs in when he mentioned M.I.K.E and Airwave from the 90's.
th-cam.com/video/qxpMT3OnOMs/w-d-xo.html Is set from this event in Poland that Jonas talks about-:)
cmon Jonas, Tiesto played both Silent Waves and Castamara in spring 2005. Silent Waves featured in the Euro Disney live broadcast though, maybe thats why it stood out more.
FYI, it was a warm day, we were talking in English, it is over 15 years ago and he had a camera pointed at him.... Pretty sure it is possible some people forget some things at times like that ;-)
Hamét! :)
th-cam.com/video/SnyIJar45NM/w-d-xo.html This is a link to the interview he talks about. Very funny in the context he puts it in this video
I think you refer to interview in here th-cam.com/video/E9lhErIQiKc/w-d-xo.html
Correct! Someone posted it already not long after I posted this interview, see the comments 😉
I still cannot understand this song. I have allways hear it wrong and now it still not make sense. All these years. It is such a weird fight. I love the main synth melody. But something is wrong...
Haha I love this song 😂
This guy talks to much.