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Franky Jones is an alias of Frank Sels, a DJ, producer and labelowner from Mechelen in Belgium. Frank is a well known name in the dance music industry for more than 35 years already. As a DJ he did perform in many famous clubs and at lots of major festivals, all around the world.
In 1993 Frank and David Brants a.k.a. Axel Stephenson teamed up for a project which they called Jones & Stephenson. The result of their first collab was the track “The First Rebirth”, which came out via Bonzai Records. And that one became a massive success in the rave scene back then. And even now, 27 years after the original release, the track is still as popular as ever.
During the years “The First Rebirth” got several re-releases with remixes from people such as Red Jerry, John 00 Fleming, Airwave, Danjo & Styles, Charlotte de Witte and a brand new remix from techno producer Reinier Zonneveld came out in June 2020.
I spoke to Franky about the story behind "The First Rebirth", his future plans and more!
Enjoy and thanks for watching!
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What is your favorite remix / version of "The First Rebirth"?
Not an official remix( I think) Markuzz Fame remix is really good and also Lange remix is amazing ❣️✨
This th-cam.com/video/652iGwfwH9g/w-d-xo.html&feature=emb_title
The techno version from Charlotte de Witte..
Original only
Original and Noom mix, other versions are not that interesting in my opinion.
This track is nothing short of a masterpiece! It’s that good!
Recorded and mixed in 1 hour! Incredible!!
Franky Jones, a true legend !! I am 47 years old now but still enjoying his live sets @ the oldschool parties in the Netherlands!! 🎉🎉🎉
The greatest track of all time! Original of course!
100%👌
Classic is the future again!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The First Rebirth is probably the most important Hard Trance track ever created. It still sounds pretty fresh even today. You can't say the same for many tracks that are almost 3 decades old.
Hello Frank, every single time I hear your track my skin tingles - I am 44 years old and this track still does what it did to me when I first heard it in 1993, it is my favourite piece of music of all time.
Thank you for producing such an amazing piece of music. I never ever tire hearing this xx
Exactly same dude . Im 45 . 46 in june an loved it since 93 when i started clubbing
@@djdanfetish1 I’m 46 in June as well :)
@@LeonEdwards1976 dont saythe 8th ? 😆
@@djdanfetish1 Haha no the 20th.
Fantastic interview as always Twan, and what a massive track. Absolutely timeless and that original '93 version doesn't sound out of place even in many of todays Techno sets
Really excited about that CJ Bolland collab coming up!
Trance Classics thanks so much Daz!
Yessss Dazzza once again. I still play this on a regular basis when I'm feeling not myself. When the bass kicks in, it's like a kick up the ass that I needed. See you soon on your channel mate.
So 30 years this year! We need to celebrate! :D
Very special track to me that never ages. Years ago I sold my vinyl collection. I kept 3 records and one of them is the yellow vinyl pressing of the first rebirth he is talking about 🙏👌
wow 😯
Dohan lucky you!!! Keep it safe 😉
Amazing hearing Franky talk about listening to Age of Love around the time they created The First Rebirth. Those two songs are two of my favorites ever.
This became such a classic in the hardcore scene. It happened on Mystery Land 1998. There was a big soccer match for the World Cup that day. Boris Valeo played the track and the people started to shout ‘Holland! Holland’ to support the football team. After that, at every major party The First Rebirth was played and the ‘Holland’ thing became a big thing. I remember at every rave, from Masters of Hardcore to Thunderdome, from Nightmare to Ghosttown, it was played and it always was a special moment.
To be honest: the “Holland” shouting started with The World Cup, but in the following years it was mostly a group of nazi’s/nationalists shouting that.
DANM I KNOW… was there…REMEMBER THAT GIG. That feeling😍😍😍
Awesome interview!!!! Everytime I discover a new classic, I see you already interviewed the makers!
Haha, doing my best to cover as much as I can ;-)
Franky, this tras was a masterpiece from the very first time: Clubs weren't ready at that time yet, most Dj's werent too, music policies didn't match ... but time has proven that everyone bends the knee on your creation.
Speed was right, track structure too, synth patch "Rave Choir" from Korg M1 explains how many electronic instruments had to be used in a different way for this "different music styles".
The First Rebirth will be remembered as one of the most brilliant and simple (in an good way) electronic music dance tune ever, and through the years you can see more and more attempts to bring all the splendor over the prejudices it had from the very beginning.
wow wat een anekdote over hoe die 303 sample er bijna niet in kwam en ook het 160 bpm en lege dansvloer in cherry moon. Hoeveel zijpaden ervoor zou kunnen hebben gezorgd dat deze geweldige plaat nooit zo'n breed bereik zou hebben gehad. En dan nog dat het live in 1 take erop was gezet met 15min setup en 1 uurtje daarna. Bazen 😎
Mooi he? Daarom is het zo gaaf om deze interviews te doen en al die verhalen te horen! Zoveel mooie anekdotes die vaak nog onbekend zijn / waren bij het grote publiek. Ben zelf een grote muziek nerd en in bijna ieder interview hoor ik wel wat nieuws :)
Nice one, Muzikxpress. I really enjoyed it.
These interviews, with these amazing music creators & true electronica living legends, are excellent, absolutely great.
'The First Rebirth' is an extraordinary, essential, immortal and timeless electronic music gem. I absolutely love it. It is, and it will always be, in my top 5 best electronic music tracks ever. People with good musical taste, who love listening to good music, will also listen to, dance to and love this extraordinary track in the future.
Franky Jones and Axel Stephenson are really talented and have big merit. Having been able to create such a masterpiece deserves all the recognition and praise that it has received and that it will keep getting (for eternity), because it has made (and it will continue to make) many people happy, due to its high-quality and because, thanks to it, many people fell in love with electronic music back then and it will happen too in the future.
These amazingly well made electronic music tunes, from that golden era, such as 'The First Rebirth', 'Age of Love - The Age of Love', 'Cherrymoon Trax - The House of House', 'Blue Alphabet - Cybertrance', 'Push - Universal Nation', 'Criss Source - Sunrise', 'B.B.E. - Seven Days and One Week', 'Energy 52 - Café del Mar', 'Three drives on a vinyl - Greece 2000', 'Interfront - Strange' (this one is high-quality electronic music from Spain), and many, many more, all of them superb tunes, and of course the highly talented creators & artists that produced them with huge talent & passion, have done A LOT both for electronic music and for people who love music & (high-quality) electronica. From me, huge and eternal respect and a massive thank you to all of these creators & artists who have managed to produce such fantastic, essential immortal and timeless electronic music gems, for people to enjoy for eternity. The huge happiness that good music and high-quality electronica give to so many people, all around the world, is priceless, money can't buy that.
Highly talented music producers & DJs from Belgium like Franky Jones, Axel Stephenson, Yves Deruyter, M.I.K.E. Push, etc, have done SO MUCH for Belgian & European (high-quality) electronic music.
Likewise, them and many others from other countries have done A LOT for (high-quality) electronic music, for (good) music, for music lovers, for electronic music enthusiasts, for quite a few music labels, for so many clubs, for clubbing... Their contribution, at various levels, is huge, it can't be measured in all of its greatness.
Moreover, all of them have indeed made many people happy, all over the world, with their music creations and with their music sets. Well done guys. Their legacy will last and their music will keep both making many people happy & having a big relevance and influence.
Long live these amazing music creators / producers and DJs and all the great ones out there. Long live Bonzai Records and its amazing legacy. And long live good music, high-quality electronic music and heavenly Trance music.
Listen to good music!. And never stop doing it.
🙂🎛🎚🎵🎶🚀🌌
Oh jeezzz.. my jouth! I love it.❤
It’s crazy that I randomly looked up this track that I grew up with and I find this interview that was done only a few weeks from my search.
This tune is so special to me. I was just getting into dance music when I first heard this. I love the melody, the bpm. It’s pure perfection.
I owe these two sooo much for all the bangers.
one hour production - so many memories. one take love! thank you 🙏🏼
Absolutely class Twan. Can't believe that this seminal track was made in 1 hour. Brilliant backstory and please keep up the great work. Massive respect
Nothing cant beat the Orginal Respect !!!
Agreed!
Thank you for the interview. Thank you Franky Jones & Stephenson for this legendary track. So many fond memories of First rebirth. Enjoyed this song at so many parties. This song will always have a special place in my heart. I still listen it regularly. The ultimate hardtrance track. Just timeless and matchless👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it!! :) Thank you!
Franky Jones - Overwhelming rain (love mix) is also one hell of a track, have a listen
Don't forget to have a listen at DJ Franky Jones - Trancid Overdose (1994 Extreme Mix) :-)
Totally agree. My fav track from him.
1st and 3rd rebirth original mixes OMG 💗
DJ mzone made sure all the uk ravers got to experience this classic as this is one of his most important tracks in his arsenal
Thanks for the memories
...tattoowed an TB-303 and an TR-606 on his arms ❤ ..saw him 1st time in cologne back in 1992.
Pretty cool right??
@@muzikxpress ...i am thinking about this the last ~15 years, to have on my inside arm ^^
Legendary!!!!!!!! My all time favorite track!!!! Enjoy!
Heard it 1st time in 1993 in the open air megarave Maasvlakte Rotterdam. It was like stepping into another dimension. Just unreal
This track brings back great family memories for me. I'm born in 2002 and I really really love this track. The original the most!
Aaah, got this track on a cassette, Megarave 93. Rewinding as soon as it was over, :D. Magical track, still gives me that kick after all these years. That melody, that siren (is that really a 303?). Crazy to learn they did this live in one take. And in half a day.
Great interview btw.
Glad you enjoyed the interview, thank you!!
Ooh yeah i love this song.. to many memories.. still goes wild on classic parties
Remember hearing it first tim at MAYDAY rave...was played several times..it was THE anthem of that rave,and people went more and more bonkers each time it was played !
The ultimate hardtrance classic for me, perfection. I love the Airwave remix. But the original played at 160bpm is the best :) :)
Belgium & Germany got such a massive Hard Trance goldmine.
@@Cykelpump33 Agreed. Where i live there were only hardcore parties which were great. But when i heard hardtrance i got hooked . Germany and Belgium are the best in this kind of music indeed
@@Cykelpump33 Don't forget the UK!
WHAT A TUNE.....CLASSIC
One of my favorite tracks ever. What an amazing track, truly special. Many thanks Twan for this amazing interview. ❣️✨
A 45 inch vinyl. That's a big record!!
thats a big record player too hahaha
no need to take the piss, english is not his native language, he isn't media trained, its just a slip of the tongue, please encourage others in their attempts at speaking English, criticism is off-putting. Franky Jones is well known in the industry as being a top lad. Bonzai forever
@@spngled8654 Amen! We all know the dutchies en belgium people are not always be the best English speaking ....Otherwise we are the best in producing and dj'ing!
The First Rebirth was so stunning that was played at a beginning of aThunderdome!
Wow das waren noch Zeiten. The first Rebirth habe ich damals geliebt. Ich habe diesen Track sogar noch auf irgendein altes Rave Club Tape. Damit in einem Golf 2 durch die Gegend fahren. Das war noch Freiheit.
Greatest track of all time and my funeral number so Than I can begin at my first rebirth🤘
Absolutely perfect hardtrance piece, it has a big place in my heart because I was just starting to get interested in trance when I heard it for the first time.😍 Greetings from France.
Brilliant !
This masterpiece has been and will remain for me musical perfection ever since man began to play music on rocks deep in a cave and for centuries to come! incomparable, inremixable without distorting it, just the HOLY GRAIL!
awesome tune! A true classic One of my all time Hardcore/rave favourites.
Such a massive track. Not out of place in a hardcore rave. I remember this being dropped at Masters of hardcore and many other parties 😁
What a force! Keep up the good work Jones, the first time I heard that track I couldn't believe it was from 93, so incredibly ahead!
I am beyond jealous of how the music scene was those days
I think the sixth rebirth in the early raze mixe popped up in my plalyist one day and I kept it. I heard other verisons since, but always getting back to that one.
Great to hear the stories behind it, I really curious to see if it had any connection to the rebirth music program from the earlier Apple Macintosh. but doesn't seen to be the case.
What a track !!!!
Funny thing that he didn't expect at all this track will become such popular, he didn't like it and the public didn't like it at first but.. look at it right now! But maybe doing what needs to be done consistently (not changing just because someone else would prefer it differently) is one of the ingredients of biggest success ;) Great interview, keep it up!
Great interview Twan, very insightful, I grew up with the Airwave mix as Tiesto was playing that one in 2002. Brilliant track, makes you sad then picks you up to another level!
heel nice weer twan! biggest tune in rave history
Great interview. So much history in this one. An iconic, golden, mega classic. It's in the upper echelon of great classics. Good to hear props to Jam & Spoon, Yves Deryuter and others. I found out about the other Rebirth tracks that are out so far only a couple of years ago.
thx for the sound -was my young lives - my english is bad sorry!!
"techno and acid ... was all the same at that time." and that is how to understand electronic music in a single half sentence - awesome
Brilliant interview!!!
As a music fan in the US, this song needs to be archived in the US Library of Congress. This song changed my life and so many other people's lives when I finally got a hold of a Bonsai vinyl.
@13:22 Yep, 🇩🇪 love this song!!
Great story Frank and great interview Twan. Thanks for it.
a hymn ....
Great interview. I still play the vinyl on Bonzia out at parties as well as the remixes on Prolekult. Always been one of my top 10 tunes.
Very excited to watch this, thank you for putting this together. First heard this on a radio mix off Galaxie 95.3 in 1994 when I was visiting a friend in Cysoing (a village outside of Lille). Easily in my top 5 techno/trance records ever made. Not interested in any of the remixes.
EXCELLENT! You've done it again... another of my favourite tracks!
Thanks, I've wanted to know the story behind this track since I was in high school.... I have been listening to this ever since the day I first heard it.
...Love your channel!!!!!!
Heard in the afterdark.night club in my home town morley in leeds ..AKA the orbit . Best techno club ever. When i heard it in 93 it was an still my fav techno track its fcking epic 😎
45 yr old now an i still get goosebumps 🥳
YES! Now that’s a classic!
Cannot stop listening to these interviews when i first get going, really good interesting interview :)
Thanks so much Morten! :)
Great interview
Belgian Hero! Nice episode 👊
thank you!
my Fav Channel.
my favorite version of REBIRTH is the original version :)
No tengo palabras para agradecerle su trabajo. Este hombre sólo sabe crear obras de arte.
Gracias crack
Damn!! Echt een hele vette aflevering!!
Deep South 010 dank je!!
First time hearing this at Trade, Turnmills, London.....shivers!!!!
talking of yves deruyter, the story behind "calling earth" would be interesting!
Already in the works, so hopefully that will happen later this year ;-)
@@muzikxpress awesome! looking forward to it.
@@muzikxpress The Rebel and Feel Free are my favourites :)
@@muzikxpress so cool, I was about to ask if you plan to make an interview about that song too. Subscribed to your channel, you're doing great job btw, keep it up!
TomCruise thank you so much!
Great interview. Big up Muzikxpress. :)
Louise PlusOne thank you!!
Great interview, inspirerend zelfs! Very good 'concept', I must say, the story behind the classics. Keep up this good work, you're making a lot of people very happy with this.
🖖😘👍
Glad you enjoyed it! More to come soon! :)
After following you for well over a decade it seems now! I got a real feel for your tracks, even being a generation behind this scene. I LOVE IT. and so greatful i connected with all you guys in the past on Facebook to study your sounds. I can't remember which set i played first rebirth in or when i featured it. But Jones & Stephenson - The Third Rebirth (Cortex Thrill Mix) went amazingly well with World Inside The Music Featuring Dj Panda It's A Dream (Remix) th-cam.com/video/s_VpCcaAacM/w-d-xo.html !!!!
i was very lucky during the 90's to be at around 20-25 years of age. i was also lucky to have been able to go to "the big clubs" in belgium. not in size, but in name.
cherry moon, la rocca, extreme, la bush, la goa, carat, bocaccio , bal moral, montini... ive been in all of these, and more!
little did i know back then that i was actually living the history. i mean, when i talk about those days to younger people, they go crazy, and are so jealous that i was able to go to all these clubs during the best days of techno, trance, acid, whatever "genre" you want to put the music in.
all i cared about was going out, have a blast, and listen to music. i didnt care about what kind of box this or that song belonged in. it was EDM, all of it.
also, even today, "retro" parties, they just cant bring back the feeling, the spirit of back in those days, they just are not able to do it.
all i know is that im happy and proud to have lived as a "youngster" back in those days, seeing the dj's at work that now have become legends!
Oh wow, I’m a bit jealous haha! Unfortunately I never did visit any of those clubs back then. Only heard / read the stories, I really do regret not made a visit to the legendary clubs in Belgium back in the day, especially since I live kinda close, (near Eindhoven) but oh well 😂🙈
@@muzikxpress missed opportunity, but lets call it the ignorance of being young right? how could any of us know back then that some of the clubs we went to would turn out to be such legends? all we wanted was fun ;)
@@fartex1 that’s very true!
Good lord wow, nice work twan 🤩
CLASSIC TECHNO....
Très souvent les remix subliment ou apportent une plu value au matériel d'origine, mais concernant The First Rebirth , impossible d'apporter quoi que ce soit d'autre à ce morceau, il est le roi majestueux sur son trône et n'a besoin de rien d'autre. Sublime et intemporel.
This is absolutely amazing! Please keep these coming!
Thank you! Saturday a new interview will be posted! 😉
muzikxpress I can’t wait! I will keep my eyes 👀 peeled for it 😊
Toffe kerel die Franky, had hem eens aangesproken toen ik nog werkte in La Rocca in Lier. Niet hoogmoedig, zalig❤
He looks like a fun an nice guy.
Classic of classics😎
Those remixes on Prolekult are fabulous!! No surprise cause Prolekult is amazing in itself!
hi twam...the guys behind shimmon and wolfson......bangin tracks they made
Since these interviews take a lot of time and energy, I focus on the bigger hits / classics that are known to a bigger audience as well. If I do interviews about lesser known tracks the interviews simply don't get enough views to keep doing these interviews. This is "just" a hobby and more views means more subscribers and more revenue (which isn't much anyway). Thanks for your understanding!
First tale n written in 1 hour🤗🤗🤗🤪. Timeless. Check 4th rebirth. Nice n dark.
Toute mon enfance ♥️♥️♥️
Twan
Ik vind uw interviews TOP!!!!
MERCIKES XXX
Dank je wel! Super om te lezen!!
Nice!
love it! :)
THXXX for RMX RN!
‘Germany was ready’ 13.46
Love it
So war es🔥🖤🔥
One of my favorite ever techno records first heard the original mix played by Carl Cox at Electric Kingdom in 93 blew my mind, the slower baby doc/dentist remix is a classic too
Choooooon! It's still a banger!
Oh it is for sure! :)
Trance, hardcore or whatever? People didn’t care about styles back then.
Now everything has to be put in boxes.
One more reason to say that 90’s were just magic!
Kultsong den man nie vergessen kann
Me and my ex girlfriend fell in love with this track when we heard it on house party 10,,
Very nice concept these interviews,great to hear this story's . Many thanks! Would be terrific to hear the story behind Destiny by Insider, my favourite old school track!
Edward R thanks so much! And that one is on the wish list, maybe one day 😉