Thank you very much! In 2 weeks there will be a new interview online, about a techno/tribal house techno track with trance influences. From a Dutch producer who later worked with names such as Prince and Falco ;-)
Personally DJ Jurgen should of gotten way more recognition for his brilliant creations Better Off Alone, It seems at the time it was a good idea to change it to Alice Deejay making it more popular and commercialized but it got so big who knows what cut DJ Jurgen got out of it. I hope it was worth it cause I hear horror stories with music industry contracts ripping off artists.
One of my favourite ever dance tracks. Still listen to it constantly. First heard it on a lads holiday in Benidorm, August 99 in the nightclubs. Tuuuuuuuuunnnnneeeee!!
@@muzikxpress Like i said obsessed, still the music has an influenced to me. Personally i want to create a song that is equal to Better Off Alone with the same impacted but aged really well.
If Judith is now open for a interview now that she made a reunion…I like to hear her perspective about providing the vocals and more involvement in the group as a face.
It's debatable whether or not she provided vocals for any of the singles. Back then producers were incessantly churning out new singles hoping for the next big dance hit. They worked with a pool of studio singers that sounded good and knew the process (we've seen this with VARIOUS projects, Corona and Whigfield are two of the best known examples). Given what the original video to Better Off Alone consisted of, I think that this record was another case of throwing spaghetti at the wall and then the back story being created AFTER it stuck, not before. Even now that they're back to doing 90s shows with the original Alice Deejay lineup, the vocals have been rerecorded (and used over and over) to provide the illusion of live singing, but was she actually ever the singer in the studio? I have doubts, but until the actual singer pipes up (though is probably sworn to secrecy by an NDA), we will never know for sure.
@@DirtyZ Apparently the reason there are 2 music videos for Better Off Alone is that Judy missed her flight to where they were filming, so they had to have a model stand-in. However, Judy is now performing with a hand-held microphone, as opposed to a head-set microphone. This has me confused... is she singing live now? Another example of faces/models lip-syncing to a different person's vocals is Ian van Dahl's "Castles in the Sky". Cindy Mertens lip-synced in videos/performances to vocals by Marsha (Martine Theeuwen). Both Cindy and Marsha then got dropped and Annemie Coenen was brought in to lip-sync to Marsha's vocals, before they then recorded Annemie's vocals for a revised version of CitS.
She recently did a podcast that she talked about Alice DJ and what else she is doing. It's about an hour long divided up into 4 pieces I think. The first one she talks about Alice DJ.
Thank you kindly for doing this video! I loved this song when I was 13! All of these classics made their way onto Canadian Top 40 radio back in the day.
This is just like how Jo Bogeart from Technotronic fame released the original Pump Up The Jam instrumental via the name The Pro 24's back in 1989 titled Technotronic. I didn't know Better Off Alone was originally an instrumental track.
I really need help, guys. Hello, it was 2002 or 2003 when I heard this Electronic/Dance song playing, once at a show called The Roof at channel MUN2. I also had it as an MP3 song as a remix played along with the Ecuador song I downloaded from a P2P program back in the day. Since then, I haven't heard it again but is stuck in my head. I have searched everywhere, and it's like it never existed. I know it was kind of famous song as I hearded playing in several occasions. Most likely it was Trance, Dance or Electronic song, same genre as Better off Alone or Sandstorm.. After researching the show The Roof, I was able to find out that DJ Tiesto seemed to be the only DJ that visited the show around 2002 and 2003. I believe he is the one that plays this song but I could be wrong. I even was able to find out a 15 minute video on youtube of when he played at The Roof, but it was only a small fraction of the 30 minute video. I don't know nothing about music and this might be stupid but I dont have another choice. The song sounds something like this. Da Da Da Daraaa Daraaa, Da Da Da Daraaa Raaaran. Or something like this TaTa Ta Taraaa Taraaa, Ta Ta Ta Taraaa Raran. I would be able to replicated a bit better with my voice if I make a little recording. But this is all I have. If someone knows the song I am please let me know. As I have been searching for it for over 20 years. I have listen to hours upon hours of music from that era. Its making me crazy is like it never existed. Has never come out at a movie, show, radio, no where, and it's been over 20 years. The song sounded really good. Like I mentioned earlier, it was as good as better off alone or sandstorm. Please, someone help me! Here is the video of the show I am talking about. th-cam.com/video/V2e2F1nVSUo/w-d-xo.htmlsi=SZSS1epcF1_feEyL
With the turn of the century, "Better Off Alone" has been described as a turning point in the development of a commercialized techno sound / Entertainment Weekly described the song as "techno-pop" (wikipedia) nice interview for this classic dancepop-techno tune
I was just listening to Brennan Heart's remix of Martin Tungevaag's song 'Ride With Me' (Which is a remix of Better Off Alone) that got released on Spinnin' Records about a month ago. Better Off Alone is one of the rare examples of modern melodies that will stick for years and years. Heck, even after 20 years we still got remixes.
Thank you very much! I have some interviews lined up for the next weeks, plus I still have some that I did record in the last months, so if all goes well there's at least a new vlog every single week until early March 2020 ;-) Thanks for the support!
Great interview. DJ Juergen seems like a really genuine guy. Another Positiva release that I bought in its first week in the shops. Some great memories of it getting played in my local nightclub too.
Great video :) Please do another one about Age of Love - The Age of Love (Watch Out for Stella Remix) ! :D This masterpiece is so important for the electronic and dance music.
Thank you very much! That one is definitely on my to do list, love that track! Later this summer I will interview another trance legend about a massive trance classic btw. And... I have plans for a vlog about "Stella" by Jam & Spoon with Jam El Mar. Thanks for subscribing btw, I appreciate it! :)
You totally deserve it ;) I didn't watch all your videos but you seem to have a preference for electronic music (and trance as well). Any reason for that ? :) Were you DJ yourself ?
Thank you! And yes, I've always been into all kinds of electronic music myself. I used to work as a DJ for a local radio station, I was a volunteer at Trance.nu back in the day, plus I work part-time in the dance industry as well. But I also love pop / rock etc. (Big fan of U2, Coldplay, The Killers amongst others).
DJ Jurgen says he worked at Stads radio Den Haag. I remember that every year, this radio station from The Hague broadcasted ‘De flitsende 50’, a countdown of the best club hits of the year. In 1999, ‘Better off alone’ was in it so they interviewed DJ Jurgen. It was a really cool show, they asked to a lot of Dutch producers to say something, because they personally knew all these guys. I still have fragments of this show, somewhere on a casette.
I think that has to be fixed. Alice Deejay went from "Alice Deejay" to "Alice DJ" leaving Judith Pronk behind too, however that was fixed some months ago.
I don't like the vocal one but the regular trance track was big. What helped with this track was actually the name "Alice" as in Alice in Wonderland... which truly described the rave scene of the 90s.
I remember Jurgen for 3 songs that I really like and still love now. "Better off alone", "Higher and higher", and "AIDA 2000". When I started getting into the dance music scene these 3 songs changed my path. Huge fan of "Better off alone", Jurgen, and Alice Deejay and their impact on Dance Music. I really believe Alice Deejay's album "Who needs guitars anyway" became a huge success and really made a mark for dance music during that time frame. I still listen to the album, and dance music and I honestly believe that nothing compares to it.
Nice interview; thank you! One version I like that you didn't mention is the one by the Canadian duo Purity Ring. They put it out during the height of the COVID pandemic, so the video is humorously low-budget (on purpose), but it's a good one.
Thank you! And the reason I ddi not mention the Purity Ring version is because this interview was posted in May 2018, way before the pandemic started ;-)
I think you may of tried 2 years ago about geting Judy Pronk do to an interview, would you try again i really would like to hear what her thoughts are on the future of Alice Deejay as well as past stories, we never thought she would return and after 20 years she shocked us all.
DJ Jurgen hit the jackpot producing that monster hit. OMG, Better off Alone by Alice Deejay was HUGE, a bomb! BTW, What happen to Alice Deejay, she disappeared suddenly, I wonder
I know it's not the main topic of the video, however I would have loved to hear about some details about the beginning of Alice Deejay with Judith Pronk, that girl was a total talent, pure energy and charm, so sad Alice Deejay project was left behind and Judith is now focusing on other projects.
I did ask Judith for an interview a few years ago, but she replied and said "no" because (as you wrote already) she wants to focus on other projects now. I tried to find Pronti & Kalmani as well, but they have no social media / LinkedIn or whatsoever. Also Wessel van Diepen (who got a mention from Jurgen in this interview as well) doesn't want to do an interview. So yeah, not everybody wants to talk about it it seems lol ;-)
@@muzikxpress So sad, it seems that something not so good happened there. Nice video by the way, glad to hear something about those ages when media wasn't a thing and acts were pretty far from the audience. Judith Pronk in an interview, I think the only interview she ever made after the split, when she was asked about it, she said "Those days are pretty much gone". However it seems that Judith and Alice DJ made some talks because the Instagram profile (the one that was trying to pretend since it's first days of made that the new girl was the singer since always) is now showing many pics of Judith Pronk and viceversa un Judith Pronk Instagram account. So fingers crossed for them.
@@MortenLongbottom As far as my information / sources go, everyone is on speaking terms. I think Judith left to focus on her new career or something like that. I'm more than happy to do an interview with her if she does change her mind, but of course I'm not gonna keep asking her over and over again hehe.... Hopefully one day!
muzikxpress this is my kinda music. I think I’ll very much enjoy your content. I hope your channel becomes big. Good interviews. Here’s a link to one of my songs. Feel free to listen to my stuff if you feel like it 😊 th-cam.com/video/YhBabScWQsU/w-d-xo.html
I am from Brazil and I love this song. It was a big hit around here in 1999. Please tell me who is the real singer of "Better Off Alone" (Judith was just the model and dancer)
Still being debated to this day and beyond. And now that Judy has given her last performance of this reunion tour, that's it. No more Alice Deejay. I doubt she will come back again in more years time...
Correct, Pronti & Kalmani (Sebastiaan Molijn and Eelke Kalberg) are the producers indeed. Later they formed Dash Berlin and they did the productions, while Jeffrey Sutorius (the DJ), was the face of the group.
For this interview there wasn’t really much I could ask Jurgen about her to be honest. I did ask Judith as well for an interview as well, but unfortunately she said “no” 😕
@@muzikxpress I saw Alice Deejay in concert like 20 years ago, in a small club, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, and it was unbelievable. The ENERGY Judith and her dancers put out was unreal. The entire set was like a medley, for 40-50 minutes or whatever, non-stop. She was unworldly BEAUTIFUL, and really sweet. She laughed and squeezed my arm, when I was stunned, at a loss for words when I went over to her to say "hello," and thank her for Alice Deejay. I can still hear her laugh.
When he had a show here last year I did request an interview with him, but nobody replied to any of my emails... I’m not sure if he speaks English btw...
He gave me a sigarette when I met with him at this small local club where I was a resident dj back in the day one night when he was headlining. I didnt even smoke, but I kindly accepted and shook the mans hand lol Kinda funny story.. :)
@@muzikxpress For millions she was Alice Deejay, for me She was Alice Deejay, i didn't even know that it was a project until one year ago. Godd to know. However i feel that that the Girl on the cover doesn't count nor our opinions as fans. THANKS.
Sebastiaan Molijn and Eelke Kalberg a.k.a. Pronti & Kalmani did co-produce "Better Off Alone", plus they are responsible for the Dash Berlin productions as well.
Did I hear him say he didn't actually created this song by himself? He heard it from two guys in their studio above the club where he was playing, right? And he joined them because he could get this song to Wessel van Diepen, who could publish it. So, who were these 2 guys and shouldn't they get some credit for it?
@@CademanLillywhite no worries! I hope you enjoyed that one and noticed it’s all a bit better these days haha 😉 I’m doing this as a hobby, so I’m not a pro 🙂
Pronti & Kalmani wrote and produced it. I believe Jurgen may have helped with production, but also put them in touch with Danski & Delmundo (Vengaboys) and helped promote the track with his name as "DJ Jurgen *_presents_* Alice Deejay" rather than "DJ Jurgen *_featuring_* Alice Deejay". Jurgen seems to be the only one willing to do interviews and discuss the song. Pronti, Kalmani, Danski, Delmundo, and Judy are not so willing.
@muzikxpress Which instrumental version are you playing in the background of the video and what's the exact length of it ? I am only aware of 2 good instrumental versions, here's the length of the ones I know, 6 :39 and 5 :38, and is there any other official sounding instrumental versions ?, thanks.
![R E T R O W A V E °° F E E L I N G °° UpBeat Sax [ O R A N G E : J U i C E : S P A C E : D i S C O ]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/X8TOWzaRFBM/mqdefault.jpg)
Nice work Twan,another interesting insight into one of the early 'commercial' Trance anthems - keep it up!
Thank you very much! In 2 weeks there will be a new interview online, about a techno/tribal house techno track with trance influences. From a Dutch producer who later worked with names such as Prince and Falco ;-)
Song literally is THE SONG THAT SUMS UP THE 90s.
@lextreasure5537
Why literally?
The greatest trance-track in history!
its ok but not that good.
This track pretty much defines late 90s commercial trance everyone liked this track from what I remember.
Personally DJ Jurgen should of gotten way more recognition for his brilliant creations Better Off Alone, It seems at the time it was a good idea to change it to Alice Deejay making it more popular and commercialized but it got so big who knows what cut DJ Jurgen got out of it. I hope it was worth it cause I hear horror stories with music industry contracts ripping off artists.
Nice interview.Interesting story behind this tune! Dutch producer.Quality
This was the song that got me hooked into trance. It was the first single I purchased and played it over and over. Good memories.
Hope you enjoyed the interview Aidan!
This song is so addictive even my mom whistles its melody still to this day. (she was about 50 y.o. at the time)
One of my favourite ever dance tracks. Still listen to it constantly. First heard it on a lads holiday in Benidorm, August 99 in the nightclubs. Tuuuuuuuuunnnnneeeee!!
Haha nice one!
Mark Brocklehurst heck yes
These classic trance tunes are just so good that no remix would be better than the original. Keep them untouched to be vert honest.
Judith comeback!!!
Lots of fun times n memories in the 90s tripping to this at the raves Mia fl - where’s the Time Machine
20 years old , losing it to that track on the dance floor.... these were the days! Thank you dj Jurgen for the ever lasting memories ! :)
One of my favorite songs of all time plus can't get enough of it.
So catchy right??
@@muzikxpress Best song in mankind's history, honestly I'm so obsessed I have over 200 remixes and versions saved on my channel.
@@keynanmartinez Wow, that's a loooot! :O
@@muzikxpress Like i said obsessed, still the music has an influenced to me. Personally i want to create a song that is equal to Better Off Alone with the same impacted but aged really well.
@@keynanmartinez me too, three days ago I made a 5 hours "better off alone" video 😎
Fantastic, so much of EDM is here today, gone today, good to have some backstory.
Thank you very much!!
Love at first listen, Back in the 90’s, it was a banger!❤
Great track, like wine - better and better! Классный трек.
If Judith is now open for a interview now that she made a reunion…I like to hear her perspective about providing the vocals and more involvement in the group as a face.
She’s not doing interviews unfortunately.
It's debatable whether or not she provided vocals for any of the singles. Back then producers were incessantly churning out new singles hoping for the next big dance hit. They worked with a pool of studio singers that sounded good and knew the process (we've seen this with VARIOUS projects, Corona and Whigfield are two of the best known examples). Given what the original video to Better Off Alone consisted of, I think that this record was another case of throwing spaghetti at the wall and then the back story being created AFTER it stuck, not before. Even now that they're back to doing 90s shows with the original Alice Deejay lineup, the vocals have been rerecorded (and used over and over) to provide the illusion of live singing, but was she actually ever the singer in the studio? I have doubts, but until the actual singer pipes up (though is probably sworn to secrecy by an NDA), we will never know for sure.
@@DirtyZ
Apparently the reason there are 2 music videos for Better Off Alone is that Judy missed her flight to where they were filming, so they had to have a model stand-in.
However, Judy is now performing with a hand-held microphone, as opposed to a head-set microphone. This has me confused... is she singing live now?
Another example of faces/models lip-syncing to a different person's vocals is Ian van Dahl's "Castles in the Sky". Cindy Mertens lip-synced in videos/performances to vocals by Marsha (Martine Theeuwen). Both Cindy and Marsha then got dropped and Annemie Coenen was brought in to lip-sync to Marsha's vocals, before they then recorded Annemie's vocals for a revised version of CitS.
@@UMBR. I’ve heard the missed flight anecdote before and I’m suspicious of it being made up.
She recently did a podcast that she talked about Alice DJ and what else she is doing. It's about an hour long divided up into 4 pieces I think.
The first one she talks about Alice DJ.
Thank you kindly for doing this video! I loved this song when I was 13! All of these classics made their way onto Canadian Top 40 radio back in the day.
the genius behind the hit
This channel is so underrated
Thank you! The channel is still growing, so more and more people seem to find it. So that’s good hehe.... it takes some time I guess 😊
DJ Jurgen for All of His contribution as an Artist and also a Dj is one of the best legends living .. Big Respect!
Most people don’t even recognize his name. He’s a legend, a real one !
Love To Love You Baby !!! Thank You For The Interview !!! from San Fransisco, calf
This is just like how Jo Bogeart from Technotronic fame released the original Pump Up The Jam instrumental via the name The Pro 24's back in 1989 titled Technotronic.
I didn't know Better Off Alone was originally an instrumental track.
I really need help, guys.
Hello, it was 2002 or 2003 when I heard this Electronic/Dance song playing, once at a show called The Roof at channel MUN2. I also had it as an MP3 song as a remix played along with the Ecuador song I downloaded from a P2P program back in the day. Since then, I haven't heard it again but is stuck in my head. I have searched everywhere, and it's like it never existed. I know it was kind of famous song as I hearded playing in several occasions. Most likely it was Trance, Dance or Electronic song, same genre as Better off Alone or Sandstorm.. After researching the show The Roof, I was able to find out that DJ Tiesto seemed to be the only DJ that visited the show around 2002 and 2003. I believe he is the one that plays this song but I could be wrong. I even was able to find out a 15 minute video on youtube of when he played at The Roof, but it was only a small fraction of the 30 minute video. I don't know nothing about music and this might be stupid but I dont have another choice. The song sounds something like this. Da Da Da Daraaa Daraaa, Da Da Da Daraaa Raaaran. Or something like this TaTa Ta Taraaa Taraaa, Ta Ta Ta Taraaa Raran.
I would be able to replicated a bit better with my voice if I make a little recording. But this is all I have. If someone knows the song I am please let me know. As I have been searching for it for over 20 years. I have listen to hours upon hours of music from that era. Its making me crazy is like it never existed. Has never come out at a movie, show, radio, no where, and it's been over 20 years. The song sounded really good. Like I mentioned earlier, it was as good as better off alone or sandstorm. Please, someone help me! Here is the video of the show I am talking about.
th-cam.com/video/V2e2F1nVSUo/w-d-xo.htmlsi=SZSS1epcF1_feEyL
How many times I rolled listening to this song. 😍🥰 good times.
Man, you're triggering me.
Man, this was my jam back in the day.
This is my favorite song! Thank you for posting this. It means a lot to learn more about this great song!
Thank you, glad you like it!! :)
Seems like a very humble and cool guy! Awesome interview!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!
Thats sweet he seems down to earth too!
Always polite. Had him sign a cd when I met him at a club. My favorite track at the time. Thanks for the memories! :)
With the turn of the century, "Better Off Alone" has been described as a turning point in the development of a commercialized techno sound / Entertainment Weekly described the song as "techno-pop" (wikipedia) nice interview for this classic dancepop-techno tune
Great interview. Thanks for doing this!
Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed it!
Great interview...timeless track.
Thank you so much!
He Jurgen....man man....de KB was ook een tijd he... :)
Groet Paul
The Best :) Good Memories
What a legend!
Awesome! this is one of my all time favorite tracks
thank you.now i know who DJ JUERGEN IS.was a huge hit in South Africa.greetings from Cape Town
I was just listening to Brennan Heart's remix of Martin Tungevaag's song 'Ride With Me' (Which is a remix of Better Off Alone) that got released on Spinnin' Records about a month ago. Better Off Alone is one of the rare examples of modern melodies that will stick for years and years. Heck, even after 20 years we still got remixes.
He should collaborate with Judy (judith?) Again on a new song for Alice deejay
Amazing interviews, so authentic - and I think that is really hard to come by. Don't stop with this!
Thank you very much! I have some interviews lined up for the next weeks, plus I still have some that I did record in the last months, so if all goes well there's at least a new vlog every single week until early March 2020 ;-) Thanks for the support!
Thank you so much for these videos!
Thanks a lot Jhon, more to come soon ;-)
Thank you for a great interview! Remember when the song came out. Back to youth :)
Thank you Kim!
Immortal beat he created just wow
Great interview. DJ Juergen seems like a really genuine guy. Another Positiva release that I bought in its first week in the shops. Some great memories of it getting played in my local nightclub too.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed the interview!
Great video :)
Please do another one about Age of Love - The Age of Love (Watch Out for Stella Remix) ! :D This masterpiece is so important for the electronic and dance music.
Thank you very much! That one is definitely on my to do list, love that track! Later this summer I will interview another trance legend about a massive trance classic btw. And... I have plans for a vlog about "Stella" by Jam & Spoon with Jam El Mar. Thanks for subscribing btw, I appreciate it! :)
You totally deserve it ;)
I didn't watch all your videos but you seem to have a preference for electronic music (and trance as well). Any reason for that ? :) Were you DJ yourself ?
Thank you! And yes, I've always been into all kinds of electronic music myself. I used to work as a DJ for a local radio station, I was a volunteer at Trance.nu back in the day, plus I work part-time in the dance industry as well. But I also love pop / rock etc. (Big fan of U2, Coldplay, The Killers amongst others).
Great Track (Dj Jam X And De Leon's Dumonde Mix) Great Video ! Thank you !
Really interesting! Glad you got the opportunity to do the interview :)
Ryan Schell Thanks Ryan! Me too 😉
I'm from Singapore and the thing about this song is it doesn't matter where you're from, people know this.
Haha true story!
Legend!
Thanks🤍
Another amazing person and producer Twan!
Love your interviews! 🙏
Thank you!!
DJ Jurgen says he worked at Stads radio Den Haag.
I remember that every year, this radio station from The Hague broadcasted ‘De flitsende 50’, a countdown of the best club hits of the year.
In 1999, ‘Better off alone’ was in it so they interviewed DJ Jurgen.
It was a really cool show, they asked to a lot of Dutch producers to say something, because they personally knew all these guys.
I still have fragments of this show, somewhere on a casette.
Same here, saturday flitsende 50 day... ready with the taperecorder and hearing who was playing where Barocca boat, nighttown etc. Cool times
It’s funny how this went from “DJ Jurgen” to “DJ Jurgen Presents” to absolutely no mention of him at all in the writing credits!
I think that has to be fixed. Alice Deejay went from "Alice Deejay" to "Alice DJ" leaving Judith Pronk behind too, however that was fixed some months ago.
He really needs to team up with Judy Pronk and bring out an anniversary version it would be such a big thing
Not gonna happen since Jurgen isn't involved in the project anymore since they changed it to Alice Deejay.
I don't like the vocal one but the regular trance track was big. What helped with this track was actually the name "Alice" as in Alice in Wonderland... which truly described the rave scene of the 90s.
I remember Jurgen for 3 songs that I really like and still love now. "Better off alone", "Higher and higher", and "AIDA 2000".
When I started getting into the dance music scene these 3 songs changed my path. Huge fan of "Better off alone", Jurgen, and Alice Deejay and their impact on Dance Music. I really believe Alice Deejay's album "Who needs guitars anyway" became a huge success and really made a mark for dance music during that time frame. I still listen to the album, and dance music and I honestly believe that nothing compares to it.
I hear the Roland JP8000
Thank you for the interview. Awesome
Thank you Ruan, glad you like it!!
Nice interview; thank you! One version I like that you didn't mention is the one by the Canadian duo Purity Ring. They put it out during the height of the COVID pandemic, so the video is humorously low-budget (on purpose), but it's a good one.
Thank you! And the reason I ddi not mention the Purity Ring version is because this interview was posted in May 2018, way before the pandemic started ;-)
@@muzikxpress Unforgivable that you could not see the future!!! ;-)
@@noneofyourbusiness4616 I’ll jump into my DeLorean and will make it right soon 😜
I think you may of tried 2 years ago about geting Judy Pronk do to an interview, would you try again i really would like to hear what her thoughts are on the future of Alice Deejay as well as past stories, we never thought she would return and after 20 years she shocked us all.
I did, but she doesn't do interviews unfortunately.
No Alice DJ without Judith,she IS unique
Great interview about a great song!
Short and sweet!
Thanks a lot! :)
Having a great time watching all of these interviews! Thanks!
Thank you so much! More to come soon ;-)
I love this channel Ceep up the good work.Greatings from Croatia.
Thanks so much!!
Great track,got it on cd
DJ Jurgen hit the jackpot producing that monster hit. OMG, Better off Alone by Alice Deejay was HUGE, a bomb!
BTW, What happen to Alice Deejay, she disappeared suddenly, I wonder
Pre-COVID Alice Deejay was still performing. There haven’t been new tracks though and the line up changed as well 😉
Хит который будет кормить всю жизнь, в хорошем смысле))
this is history class right here gen z
I know it's not the main topic of the video, however I would have loved to hear about some details about the beginning of Alice Deejay with Judith Pronk, that girl was a total talent, pure energy and charm, so sad Alice Deejay project was left behind and Judith is now focusing on other projects.
I did ask Judith for an interview a few years ago, but she replied and said "no" because (as you wrote already) she wants to focus on other projects now. I tried to find Pronti & Kalmani as well, but they have no social media / LinkedIn or whatsoever. Also Wessel van Diepen (who got a mention from Jurgen in this interview as well) doesn't want to do an interview. So yeah, not everybody wants to talk about it it seems lol ;-)
@@muzikxpress So sad, it seems that something not so good happened there. Nice video by the way, glad to hear something about those ages when media wasn't a thing and acts were pretty far from the audience.
Judith Pronk in an interview, I think the only interview she ever made after the split, when she was asked about it, she said "Those days are pretty much gone".
However it seems that Judith and Alice DJ made some talks because the Instagram profile (the one that was trying to pretend since it's first days of made that the new girl was the singer since always) is now showing many pics of Judith Pronk and viceversa un Judith Pronk Instagram account. So fingers crossed for them.
@@MortenLongbottom As far as my information / sources go, everyone is on speaking terms. I think Judith left to focus on her new career or something like that. I'm more than happy to do an interview with her if she does change her mind, but of course I'm not gonna keep asking her over and over again hehe.... Hopefully one day!
@@muzikxpress Hopefully one day! Fingers crossed for that, I will be expecting the interview on your channel! 🤞🏻
This is super interesting. I absolutely loved alice deejay and this song. It’s one of the reasons I got into music production. Love it
Olivia Moore Thank you Olivia!! There’s a whole bunch of other interviews on my channel btw 😉
muzikxpress I just discovered. You got your self a new subscriber :D
Olivia Moore well thank you very much! I hope you enjoy the content! Lots to come in the next few weeks!!
muzikxpress this is my kinda music. I think I’ll very much enjoy your content. I hope your channel becomes big. Good interviews. Here’s a link to one of my songs. Feel free to listen to my stuff if you feel like it 😊 th-cam.com/video/YhBabScWQsU/w-d-xo.html
muzikxpress here’s another of my songs th-cam.com/video/uxSuekhaBSI/w-d-xo.html
Great guy!
Very interesting interview, thank you!
Thank you! :)
such amazing insights
Eres grande maestro
I am from Brazil and I love this song. It was a big hit around here in 1999. Please tell me who is the real singer of "Better Off Alone" (Judith was just the model and dancer)
Good question, I have no idea tbh!
muzikxpress Thanx
Innes Mac Never say never 😉
Innes Mac already spoke to 2 people involved and both said “no” unfortunately 😟
Innes Mac correct, but they both weren’t interested so they said “no” unfortunately...
I was hoping he'd say who's voice they used over the instrumental track of Better Off Alone 😔
I say they used Kim's from the Vengaboys
Still being debated to this day and beyond. And now that Judy has given her last performance of this reunion tour, that's it. No more Alice Deejay. I doubt she will come back again in more years time...
What doesn't get mentioned was the guys he made the track with were two of Dash Berlin before they were apart of Dash Berlin.
Correct, Pronti & Kalmani (Sebastiaan Molijn and Eelke Kalberg) are the producers indeed. Later they formed Dash Berlin and they did the productions, while Jeffrey Sutorius (the DJ), was the face of the group.
Pronti & Kalmani also formed Candee Jay.
Wish there was more talk of Judith!
For this interview there wasn’t really much I could ask Jurgen about her to be honest. I did ask Judith as well for an interview as well, but unfortunately she said “no” 😕
@@muzikxpress I saw Alice Deejay in concert like 20 years ago, in a small club, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, and it was unbelievable. The ENERGY Judith and her dancers put out was unreal. The entire set was like a medley, for 40-50 minutes or whatever, non-stop. She was unworldly BEAUTIFUL, and really sweet. She laughed and squeezed my arm, when I was stunned, at a loss for words when I went over to her to say "hello," and thank her for Alice Deejay. I can still hear her laugh.
Can you interview the master of italian dj? I’m speaking of Gigi D’Agostino
When he had a show here last year I did request an interview with him, but nobody replied to any of my emails... I’m not sure if he speaks English btw...
Pronti & Kalmani
Edit: das een goeie radio-stem
Good
Good channel!
Thank you!
He gave me a sigarette when I met with him at this small local club where I was a resident dj back in the day one night when he was headlining. I didnt even smoke, but I kindly accepted and shook the mans hand lol Kinda funny story.. :)
Bakko 😂😂😂
5:13 what was the other track? 6:50 Doing your own thing means ...you are better off alone LOL
Is this guy also behind the Dash Berlin project???
No, that's not Jurgen, but Sebastiaan Molijn and Eelke Kalberg a.k.a. Pronti & Kalmani.
@@muzikxpress thanks ✌. You take amazing interviews..so much source of information.
You are welcome, glad to hear you enjoy them! New interview will be online this Sunday!
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@@muzikxpress it is so insane to know pronti and kalmani is actually dash berlin xd
Why didn't they speak about Judith Pronk, the singer???
She wasn’t involved with the writing / composing of the track, so not really part of “the story behind the track”, that’s why 😉
@@muzikxpress For millions she was Alice Deejay, for me She was Alice Deejay, i didn't even know that it was a project until one year ago. Godd to know.
However i feel that that the Girl on the cover doesn't count nor our opinions as fans. THANKS.
What's the connection with Dash Berlin?
Sebastiaan Molijn and Eelke Kalberg a.k.a. Pronti & Kalmani did co-produce "Better Off Alone", plus they are responsible for the Dash Berlin productions as well.
@@muzikxpress Which one of them came up with the lyrics "better off alone" after a breakup with his partner?
I am amazed DJ Jürgen didn't get a credit on Alive Deejay version!
If you check the Alice Deejay releases on Discogs you do see DJ Jurgen is in the credits as well ;-)
@@muzikxpress That's true. I guess I only ever knew it as by Alice Deejay, don't remember Jürgen getting much of a mention
@@philrichardson99 his name is still in the credits and the first versions were released as “DJ Jurgen presents Alice Deejay” as artist.
What equipment did he use to produce this song?
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Did I hear him say he didn't actually created this song by himself? He heard it from two guys in their studio above the club where he was playing, right? And he joined them because he could get this song to Wessel van Diepen, who could publish it. So, who were these 2 guys and shouldn't they get some credit for it?
If you check the credits on the CD Maxi and the vinyl of "Better Off Alone" you see that everybody who wrote / produced on the track got credited.
How I interpreted it, is that those 2 guys made "something else". And later they made several tracks "together", including Better Off Alone.
Was at a party with him in 99. Such a kind man.
ah nice! And yes Jurgen is great!
The background is too loud mate, might wanna lower it the next time. Can be distracting.
Thanks for the feedback, this was one of my first vlogs from a couple of years ago. I’m sure it’s a lot better now in my current videos 😉
@@muzikxpress Didn't notice the date mate. I watched the Ralph Barendse one and that was cool :)
@@CademanLillywhite no worries! I hope you enjoyed that one and noticed it’s all a bit better these days haha 😉 I’m doing this as a hobby, so I’m not a pro 🙂
@@muzikxpress You are doing a great job mate
@@CademanLillywhite thanks so much!!!
Did he say he got the song from 2 other guys?
I’m so confused did he produce it or the guys he met at the club?
Pronti & Kalmani wrote and produced it. I believe Jurgen may have helped with production, but also put them in touch with Danski & Delmundo (Vengaboys) and helped promote the track with his name as "DJ Jurgen *_presents_* Alice Deejay" rather than "DJ Jurgen *_featuring_* Alice Deejay". Jurgen seems to be the only one willing to do interviews and discuss the song. Pronti, Kalmani, Danski, Delmundo, and Judy are not so willing.
Thank you
@muzikxpress Which instrumental version are you playing in the background of the video and what's the exact length of it ?
I am only aware of 2 good instrumental versions, here's the length of the ones I know, 6 :39 and 5 :38, and is there any other official sounding instrumental versions ?, thanks.
I made my own edit of the instrumental version that you can find on the German CD Maxi single ;-)