The story behind "Waterfall" by Atlantic Ocean | Muzikxpress 041
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- Опубліковано 3 вер 2018
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For this week's vlog I got to visit Lex van Coeverden and René van der Weijde; 2 Dutch producers who had a massive hit in 1993, exactly 25 years ago, with "Waterfall", which came out under the project name "Atlantic Ocean".
I spoke to Lex and René about how the track, which was actually meant as a B-side (!!!), was born, how long it took them to finish it, what happened after the release (some great stories of their visit to the Stock, Aitken & Waterman studio / PWL Recordings) and more ...
Of course you will also hear what Lex and René are up to these days; Lex owns a vinyl cutting and mastering studio and René is still very active with DJ-ing and producing as "Dave Leatherman".
Enjoy and thanks for watching!
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Man, what you're doing is amazing! Keep those interviews coming. :)
Thank you Antonis!
Echt hè! Maar nieuws # geweldig
One of my favorite dance tracks of my youth. Fast, hard, melancolic and dreamy. So unique and timeless.
When I heard this track i was instantly hooked on it. It has and will always will be my favourite track.
Massive piece of my childhood. The Kiss 100 dance chart was a highlight of my week and it felt like Waterfall was in it for months, whatever the reality. It's so euphoric and like nothing else.
Waterfall..... such a huge part of my life
What a fantastic tune... the start of it all
Thank you so very very much 100% 👍
Thanks for your comment, hope you enjoyed the vlog and interview! :)
Yeah, nothing ever sounded anything like it. Totally original.
A icon! Like in the beginning in the house muziek 😎
Atlantic Ocean - Waterfall. So many memorable moments around early 1994. There was pure happiness on the dance floor, in the club - magic! 😍
I've been searching for this track for over two decades ! Best song ever! Thank you very much for the interview !
Thank you Max, glad you enjoyed it!!
These interviews are awesome. So many and they always focus on well-selected tracks!
Thank you very much for the kind words! Always happy when people do appreciate my work. Thanks a lot!!
Hi! Ben Liebrand shared on Facebook your video with Maxi Jazz, and i instantly watched it, and also watched the other videos. I think you are doing a excellent job providing us with some insights that otherwise can't be found on the internet. As an active DJ who is playing music for 30 years, i'm grateful for all that .I wish you grow big on UA-cam. Also i subbed :) and.. keep them coming :D
Thank you Gio! And thanks to your message I found out Ben also shared it, how nice, he's such a great guy! And thank you for the kind words, I started this because I'm very passionate about music as you might have noticed hehe ;-) So some people told me I should start a music vlog. I had no experience with video editing or vlogging in general, so it took a while to get things the way I wanted. I'm still not a pro, but I hope people enjoy the content, since I think that is what matters most ;-) I'm happy with everybody who is commenting and subscribing, that keeps me motivated! And of course all people that agree to let me interview them, so we all can find out more about their tracks :)
My childhood song in 1994 thanks for them.
Ahh! Memories! Remember listening to that specific tune as a child and loving it instantly! Amazing you got to speak with the guys behind it!
Thanks Jack! And yes, I think this is the first / only video interview of them together, so I'm very happy I managed to speak to them together. And what a track right??
Yeah i know!! :) So simple but it works!
This track always makes me happy and was the reason I started to love dance music. Thanks for your interviews, so many tracks I'm in love.
Thanks so much!
Stil playing Waterfall in my sets ( retro) 🙌
Good choice!!! 🔥
I was about 11 or 12 when I heard it first time at my older cousins house and it got me instantly into electronic music. I also loved the clip which I could watch at VIVA's "Housefrau" show with Mate Galic.
Such down to earth guys. never had any arrogance in them. Especially Rene has had a BIG influence in my career. I very well remember how Rene was putting last tweaks on the high pitched organ sound of Waterfall gheghe. Great interview!
I agree, both super nice guys! Really enjoyed listening to them and hear them share the story behind this great classic! And than you, glad you enjoyed the interview!
I was giving it large to this tune on the dance floors of The Dome, Snobs and Liberty’s in Birmingham after first sinking a few pints of larger at 50p a pint at Central Park...
Always reminds me of been a kid in the 90s❤
A brilliant interview - thanks! I remember when this track was released in the UK as I had an acquaintance with the 3 guys who made the video for Waterfall much of it was a telecine conversion of Super-8 film footage. I have fond memories of that era. Atlantic Ocean project - thanks 😀
Thank so much! And how cool you got to meet those guys! Still a classic after all these years! :)
@@muzikxpress I was working in the television production/post-production industry in central London/SoHo in the early 90’s. 2 of the 3 guys from the production team who made the video for Waterfall had previously worked as creatives for a very well-known London/West-End advertising agency they left to start their own production company. Waterfall was one of their productions. London’s SoHo was, at that time, home to numerous television & film production & post-production companies & freelancers.
@@sgr9400 so cool! Thanks for the extra info / details!!
@@muzikxpress you’re welcome! 😀
William Röttger of Lowspirit Recordings in Berlin once told me in 94 he had an eye on that Great Song about a possible licensing Deal 👌
What a tune. Classic.
Old but gold!😍
It’s unique alright. I’m 34 and It sounds as fresh as the day it was released.
Timeless classic, it gets played wherever I go in the world and always gets me i the mood all these years on.
A masterpiece, Amen 🙌🏼
Yeah, such a good and damn original song! Can't compare it with any other song really, still love it myself as well after all those years!
90s what a great time to grow up!! Sound of our youth
Really interesting, nice guys. Two hours?!? Awesome.
I remember when this came out here in the UK it flew off the shelves one guy bought 3 copies in one go I saw 7 copies sell in 2 minutes of me standing there but I agree its a very unique release nothing sounds like it even at that time
I miss the days of buying new CD releases from Netherlands every Monday..
Remember hearing this in 1993 when I was a kid and remember when trying to ID it years later well before UA-cam I described it from memory in a record shop and they said it was this tune. I promptly ordered it on vinyl and went to collect it the next weekend :)
Such a summer tune!
Haha nice one! Yeah it wasn't that easy to ID instrumental tracks back in the day hehe
@@muzikxpress I said it sounded like some waterfall, came out around 1993 lol 😂 that was it the guy knew what I meant.
Actually, it was on most compilations in that era.
Hello MuzikXpress, A record that was requested many times When I use to broadcast on the FM dial back in 1994. Great track, Good video ! Thank you !
Thank you! A great track indeed, but there wasn't much to find about it online, so because of the 25th anniversary, I thought it would be a good idea to ask Lex and René if they wanted to tell more about this classic. Glad you liked it, thank you!
My childhood tune❤
Classic tune
Great memory watching these two legends!
Waterfall was literally a trance track back in time, and yes it was huge. Every ''trance'' dj's was playing it. I never liked it so much though, so i was getting tired of being played again and again back in time. I'm not into trance music.
Now due to this interview, i'm hearing their second single ''Body In Motion'' for the first time, and what a fantastic track is this! It's completely different than ''waterfall''. ''Body in motion'' is a house/euro house jam highly uplifting and energetic track, and i cannot forgive myself that i didn't know it before. I need this ''Body in motion'' track on 12''vinyl.
So i really thank you for this interview that made me discover ''Body in motion'' track.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed the interview! Check out the album "Waterfall" as well, some pretty good tracks there too! :)
I never knew the name of that track....CHEERS!!!! Good interview....
Thanks so much!
Daaamn this track! Amazing memories, I was only starting to go to gigs age 14 back then. Great times!
Vd week, met René gesproken! Wat een held! Gewoon in Rijsoord
Gewoon “in het wild” tegen gekomen? Haha
Jep bij Bardot .dus wilder Krijg je het niet 😁
@@ronaldmulukom7477 gaaf man!!!
Loved their music back in the day, and still do today. Thank you for sharing this.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great interview as always. Two really good blokes!
Amazing to see this. I bought the CDM as soon as it was available in Sweden, and was totally in love with this song as well as the music video. To me, this song will always be associated with dolphins. If I see a dolphin, I hear "Waterfall" inside my head.
Fascinating interview!
Thank you so much, I really love your channel!
I am so sad that I can't find the original on spotify, truly a euphoric experience listening to Waterfall.
Great channel love all the interviews 👍
Thank you very much!!
What a track 🎶 🎶 🎶
musical genius.. Beautifully put together,
still sounds amazing today,
Well done guy's 👍 👍
Wonderful video! Thank you very much for it!
Thank you Borislav! Glad you like it!
Great interview! Thank you for doing this. Keep up the great work!! :)
Thank you very much!!
Leuk interview!! So 20 years later I find out that both gentlemen also made The Morphanage - Your Mind which I have on maxi cd for all those years :)
Dank je! And correct, that's another of their many collabs! :)
Hope you can do an interview of BBE, regarding their 1996 hit, Seven Days and One Week.
I wish, I love that track! But they're not living anywhere close to me or perform in The Netherlands ever... But more important, I know at least 2 of the 3 producers don't speak English and I'm not 100% sure if the other one does :( So that all makes it pretty much impossible unfortunately :(
And one of them is also behind "Age Of Love", so that would have been an amazing one as well....
@@muzikxpress , thanks for the reply!, Oh too bad! That track is still as fresh as ever!
Iffy Yeah it sucks, I think they only speak Italian / French. But indeed, still 2 amazing timeless classics!
Tuneage!
Great interview! And wow, never knew they were all right around the corner from where I lived 😂
Thank you! And I think in that studio complex a lot of hits were made! :)
MAXIMUM RESPECT FOR WATERFALL
What a track right???
@@muzikxpress Got lost in this track many times in the 90s era Awesome
This track is a DJs dream when it comes to mixing. I remember when Mark Goodier from BBC Radio 1 had a section on his radio show called In The Mix. This track used a lot however the beat they used it could mix with most tracks. It appears on the In The Mix 90s hits CD compilation the end of the tune is mixed with Pulps Disco 2000 (Motiv8 mix). The mix of the two tracks lasts for over a minute. It’s one of my favourites.
Still sounds class all these years later
great interviews!
Thank you! Got some more great names confirmed for the next few weeks! :)
It hit all the clubs when i was working in the canary islands and was a total floor filler ❤
Love this track..great memories from this one!
Same here!
Great! Thanks for uploading.
Thank you!!
@@muzikxpress no! Thank you 🙏
Waterfall! LOVE!!! 😍😍😍
Legends
Love this channel. can you interview mauro picotto one day and talk about lizard please thanks
Ross Patzelt thank you! He is on my wish list for a while already, but he hasn’t been to The Netherlands in a while unfortunately. But when he does, I’ll ask and hope he is up for it, so fingers crossed!
muzikxpress I agree with Mauro but I’ve always wanted to know how him and Ricardo made ‘New Time, New Place’ ;-)
Lovely guys
brilliant! i've always wondered who are behind music like this and where are they now
Hope you enjoyed it! I have some more stuff in the works for later this year with people who hardly ever do interviews 😉
@@muzikxpress thankyou💙
Waterfall is an amazing track 💜 it
Fantastic tune.
steve smith oh yes it is hehe
Absolutely love this!
I was wondering if you could do ‘Luvstruck’ by Southside spinners.
Peace
Thanks Pieter! And that one is on the wish list for 2020 ;-) Already spoke to Benjamin about it, so hopefully we can make it happen next year!
muzikxpress Looking forward to it! :)
m.ua-cam.com/video/y11o4Bvuv5s/v-deo.html
If you like Luvstruck made a track in a similar fashion 🎹😎👍
MTV Party Zone miss that time
Memories!
2hrs...man i can toil over one track for days!!
Crazy right? haha
@@muzikxpress ye like eqing takes me around 1 to 2 hours alone..
Great track.
Heard this track on “Work This pt.2 mixed by St.John.”
Freaking Dutch...You've made so much for dance music. :)
I was a nightclub doorman when this was released .. I had the DJ playing it all the time 😂😂...
You know :) Besides that, great track!
Brainwaves know what? lol
Whys this song not on Spotify anymore
I would love to see a video about Chestnut - Pot Of Gold.
Haha, René did a remix for that one too under his TFX alias ;-)
Interesting 80s Group Name
[ATLANTIC OCEAN] More Please Really Enjoyable Interviews By You :) Thank You So Much Man 🤝 Bye
90s 😉
@@muzikxpress Oh Sorry My Bad Also If You Want Then There's a Norwegian Band Called [ICE] And They Hit Songs Are Can't Get Over You And Stay
@@muzikxpress Also How Did You Get Atlantic Ocean Booking Agent Or Something Like That?
@@retrocdsunboxing9 social media 😊
@@muzikxpress Ok Thank You 😊
it would be great if you could do an interview with Vincent De Moor, man with no name
Oh trust me, I would LOVE to speak to Vincent De Moor. When I was working for Trance.nu, I did speak to him once for like 5 minutes. I met Vincent at the release party of Armin van Buuren's "76" album at Club Asta in The Hague. He agreed on doing an interview for Trance.nu, but .... that never did happen.... I tried to contact him again later, but... nothing :( It seems he completely disappeared from the music scene. He never did a single interview.... So yeah, I would love to speak to him, even if it is just for 10 minutes. I hope he's doing well and I hope he knows that many people all around the world still love his music a lot.
Please try again :)
I wish I could, but he disappeared, no social media, no LinkedIn, nothing...
Indeed. Vincent de Moor is an icon in trance. He should know that.
One with Dj Quicksilver
Did the new version come out?
I don't think so, so not sure what did happen tbh!
Twan, I've noticed that all tracks spoken of in your vids are made within a few hours. Spooky coincidence?
Haha, well wait until you see the next interview ;-)
Im guessing it is partly because of the equipment used back then. Now you can edit forever, with an endless amount of samples and sounds. But maybe back then you only had 'this' many of options, and it wasn't as "drag and drop" easy as now. So you had a way different workflow.
For some reason I always thought this track was Italian but I was wrong ha ha a masterpiece nevertheless and still sounds amazing
trance master haha no no, as Dutch as windmills, cheese and Heineken 😉
muzikxpress yep Netherlands capital of trance music. Do you think you could do an interview or try to do one with hiver and hammer? Haven't heard from them in years
@@trancemaster871 I would love that, but I don't have a travel budget for these vlogs; so I can only do interviews with people that live close to me (south of The Netherlands), or people that have gigs close to where I live. Second problem, I've heard H&H don't work together anymore, I'm not sure if they are on speaking terms even, so yeah..... gonna be a hard one .... But.... I have a LOT of stuff coming up in the next few months, so I'm sure there will be some you like ;-)
muzikxpress nevermind just always wanted to hear what they had to say about the trance genre as there legends of the scene. So I suppose a bit like Smith and pledger they went separate ways... I'd be up for a ronski speed interview definitely and signum...these interviews are amazing by the way so much information on legendary tracks from the past love hearing about them... 👍
@@trancemaster871 Ronski Speed is also living in Germany, far from where I live.... I'm in touch with Ron from Signum though for a possible interview somewhere in 2020 (my posting schedule is full already with 1 vlog per week until the end of February!), so hopefully he will say "yes" ;-) Fingers crossed!
Fucking class tune
Oh yes, for sure!
muzikxpress been looking for it for ages 😂
Braderss99 haha always difficult with instrumental tracks right? 😂
muzikxpress difficult isn’t the word 😂
I,m not even a Dance music fan.
I have always hated Disco, House etc but Waterfall is so much more than just a Dance tune. It's an instrumental masterpiece almost by accident and it's gorgeous.
The only other tunes of this type that compare is Van McCoy's the Hustle and the Goodmens Give it up....both stunning Tunes that totally transcend their so called genre,s and are so much more that Dance or Disco.
Hey Muzikxpress I Have a Question For You
Hey man , I would very much like a ' story behind ' of those 2 guys from DOOP - DOOP . Keep up the good work !
Contacted 1 of them not too long ago, so let's see if it is gonna happen ;-) If people say yes, I also need to find time for the interview appointment since I'm working 2 jobs and I'm usually only free in the weekends.
@@muzikxpress It's funny that I'm not the only person who'd be interested in seeing Doop, although it's at the top of the league of cheesey hits I still love it, nostalgia gets me every time!
stunning 😀
Ik ben ook een hagenees en ik woon in Zoetermeer al best lang
Gezellig ;-) Hopelijk kan ik binnenkort weer die richting op om wat interessante mensen te interviewen :)
@@muzikxpress dit nummer is wel mijn favoriete nummer om op het strand te luisteren in de zomer
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you caught my eye for being a cutie. 👀 but i like even more how you're providing the history behind a lot of tracks/artists i grew up with. maybe some hands up, hardstyle will appear in the future too? 😏
Haha thank you! And never say never ;-) I like all kinds of music, so who knows! :)
More Rene than Lex i guess.