The story behind “You Don’t Know Me” with Duane Harden | Muzikxpress 092

[@muzikxpress]

Do you remember hearing "You Don't Know Me" for the very first time?

[@klankie1]

it was one of its kind, sticking in your head all day, the cherry on a good night out at the club

[@suzanacuravic]

Yes, in a local club which played house and trance, in 1999, sadly now it's pizzeria :D. DJs were great and You Don't Know Me was sort of our anthem back then, everyone of us youngsters could relate!

[@MichaelOglesby]

Yeap. My local nightclub at the time, Icon, Norwich, UK, around late 1998. When the tune dropped, the club went mental. Sadly, Icon closed in the early 2000.

[@tredfxman]

You are the Discogs of KZbin man! You bring up artists that im unsure if i heard of or not.. Interesting research as always! 👍

[@stevenmcguinness4751]

Yes I do, first time I went into a Club was in January 99, it was played in the warm up, I had no idea what it was but it blew me away

[@JohnnyHousno]

Classic. That was the first song of Armand Van Heldon that i heard with verses and chorus. Most of the time, it was dubs. ❤

[@Mazza666]

3:51 a track that was written in 15 mins, decades later and every word in this song still.relates to my life.

[@DJYuppie]

He still sounds so down to earth (i do not think you can make this up in an interview), deserves every cent he makes with it. Great contribution to thousands of peoples' club life, enjoying themselves.

[@bigsteve1966]

none of my kids will know what it was like to be in a club dancing and feeling good ... this song and ones like this are epic and shaped my life thank you for given me the best life

[@Andrij_Kozak]

This song is legendary and timeless. I loved it back in 1999 and still love it.

[@Peter1999Videos]

1999, december, me wacthing in the TV, ¨You Don’t Know Me¨ video MIND BLOWS

[@mrt445]

Armand Van Helden's best song and one of the best songs ever made regardless of genre

[@amoloney1984]

This was the song aged 15 that got me hooked on dance music and it still is so fresh. Incredible house record.

[@muzikxpress]

What a track right? Still amazing to hear it these days :)

[@AntonyDeQuin]

Absolutely it's about the stories as Duane said. I just moved to Paris January 1999 and heard it for the first time at Les Bains nightclub. It was the place to be at the time and the crowd went wild when this song played. I had just met my soon to be best friend Iman Tabassomi with a friendship that has lasted 25 years. Best times of my life when this song came out, and every club in Paris couldn't play it enough. Thanks Duane and Armand the stars were truly aligned when you created this masterpiece.

[@callsignvibe]

It’s still one of the most meaningful songs of my life! Everything just hits home every time I listen to it! Instrumentally and the lyrically! just the perfect match!

[@GrahamGroovyUK]

Duane has such an infectious smile :)

[@jayscribe7547]

I discovered this song very late, like two years ago. It's awesome, a real house banger

[@thealan8998]

This is like next level music, Insomnia, music sounds better with you, around the world, top tier bangers for eternity

[@djemmay]

Amazing tune. I remember buying it on the Saturday before it charted, in Jan ‘99. Nothing like that feeling of playing a new tune, which you couldn’t play before the release date, and only heard it on the radio.

[@andyb311]

Duane seems like a really nice guy! Absolute classic track and very informative video as ever!

[@muzikxpress]

Oh yes he is, super relaxed and down to earth guy! And super talented!! Glad you enjoyed the video, thank you!

[@lai_raw]

comes across as so genuine and humble! Bigups Duane

[@petermartin2924]

Duane you are Amazing , your Soulful Vocals have got me through some tough times in my life , thank you for sharing that backstory . I am sorry to hear about the loss of your brother , i am sure he would have been so proud of you. 👍

[@consuelocanovese4349]

Awesome masterpiece. And the interview too...so, I will try to write a song in 15 minutes, but Duane took the better words to explain our deep soul, when we think nobody can understand us...from Barcelona (In a music shop near plaza catalunya where i listened these words for the first time) to Padoa, I have been falling in love vith this song since 1999. Well done!

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you so much!

[@justcaremoves]

Yes, when we were about to do its dance choreography in a studio because it was being launched on national television, MCA Universal Philippines gave us this music piece as we are their house dancers. I was 19 years old, it was 24 years back then, but it's one of the nostalgic tracks. Peace

[@suzanacuravic]

You are killing it Twan 👌!!! Big big fan of your interviews, keep going with fantastic work!

[@muzikxpress]

Thanks a lot Suzana!!

[@johnpetty9310]

This AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME TRACK ... came out at a time in my life when things were really really crazy, i was almost homeless and SCARED. Never been homeless before but i kept praying ... The rest is history, all worked out.

[@SwissMarksman]

💪💪💯💯

[@DJHazzaBeats]

Amazing interview, a brilliant classic. I love Arman Van Helden, he did some amazing remixes of great classics like Tori Amos Professional Widow.

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you! And yes, that's an amazing remix he did! His remix even made it to the charts here back then!

[@DJHazzaBeats]

@@muzikxpress You're welcome, the bassline is so catchy you can't get it out of your head.How many weeks did it spend in the charts? Do you remember his remix of Spin Spin Sugar BY Sneaker Pimps? Another brilliant remix.

[@megabass]

Fantastic interview

[@muzikxpress]

Thanks a lot!!

[@digitalism86]

Legend! ❤️🤘🙏

[@NilesCooper]

Legend!

[@gwEmbassy]

What a chill guy. Love it!

[@NiamorH]

Roger Sanchez - Another Chance next from this era

[@muzikxpress]

I would love that, so I hope he is up for it once he's back in The Netherlands. Unfortunately he is not having any (confirmed) gigs in The Netherlands at the moment. But hopefully somewhere in the near future. Fingers crossed!

[@DreamyDawnMusic]

Agreed!

[@justcaremoves]

Thank You very much for this information as a dancer this was one of the greatest. We promoted this music here in Manila under MCA Universal Philippines in early year 2000 included in the BIG 2 Dance Album.

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you so much!

[@carolyncardone9711]

Never heard of him or the song but it is so great lots of energy

[@mjade1673]

I have always loved this man!!!🌠🙏🤓💥💓🤩 Thank you so much for this!!💓💓

[@DreamyDawnMusic]

I loved that one so much and still one of my fav classics of all time!

[@muzikxpress]

Same, one of my favorite Ferry productions!

[@DreamyDawnMusic]

Yeah, the one he did with Ferry was amazing too!!

[@limitedslip]

Great interview! Can't believe it has only 2k views. Duane seems like such a cool dude.

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it! And Duane is great, super down to earth guy! He's great!

[@mat41174]

Simply the best but let's not forget about i got what you been looking for! ❤

[@maraboshi]

Your interviews are amazing!

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you so much! Hopefully more to come soon!

[@truthinhistoryinitiative5912]

What a sweetheart of a man Duane is....and yes lived that "house/techno" vibe in Boston during the same time...like up and down Landsdowne St (gay night @ Avalon (Sunday night), AXIS Monday night and that other club that was small and shut down fast................Duane DELUSIONAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...only because he thought and still thinks Armand made him......Duane you were the man then and still......Armand just another high end DJ without you......with his biggest claim to fame being the Ali G model....

[@sveinfriborg4]

Fantastic person 😀

[@marklewis35]

Absolute classic track and great interview as always.

[@muzikxpress]

Thanks so much Mark!

[@Tamborin]

beautiful story about the song

[@charlesnunes1712]

Great interview.

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you so much!

[@amygradybsw]

Got to see him perform it live right in front of me. I was losing my mind!! Lol live feed in my live tab on my KZbin channel. Wonderful interview! The song is so special to me as well. Sharing! ❤❤

[@muzikxpress]

Nice one! And thank you very much!

[@amygradybsw]

@muzikxpress I didn't know he was going to perform at the Powertools Festival and he jumped off the stage and sang the song right in front of me!!! Needless to say I was living my best life that night lol 😆 🙃 😅 😂 🤣

[@amygradybsw]

@muzikxpress I'm watching it right now as a matter of fact lol 😆 😂 🤣

[@minarose3193]

this was so sweet and heartfelt I loved listening to him! This track is a feeling not a song and has memories that run deep!

[@NNokia-jz6jb]

#1 MOS Bangkok tune.

[@EduardoFGomez-kc7gr]

waiting for that collaboration release

[@seeyouintheeighties]

You meet some really cool people, another outstanding interview! I can think of a few I’d love to interview.. Patti low I think is in Europe original front woman for the band GRACE with that big hit ‘not over yet’... so many artists come to mind, even JX and OLIVE

[@muzikxpress]

seeyouintheeighties Thank you so much! And I can only interview people that live close to me or people that visit The Netherlands, since I don’t have a travel budget for these vlogs. But there’s a lot of people that I have confirmed already for the next few weeks, so there will be plenty of new interviews at least until the end of March 😉 Stay tuned!

[@samrose3205]

Great interview 👍

[@muzikxpress]

Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it!

[@christopherbailey5145]

Awesome interview!!

[@emphatic001]

What a sweet man.

[@muzikxpress]

emphatic001 yes he is!

[@roserocedu]

My son Cedric's funeral was on a Wed n Duane graduated Sunday of same week from Boston University

[@muzikxpress]

❤️

[@retrob9346]

I had this song for my space lol

[@muzikxpress]

Ah, the good old Myspace days hehe

[@retrob9346]

@@muzikxpress lmfao but it is a great song a classic

[@YershJRSZ]

Still waiting for that Duck Sauce song :D And i really hope for the new album

[@mrfleamino9350]

This guy is really big and happy guys when i was dancing near him in wamsterdam he jump

[@muzikxpress]

mrfleamino he’s amazing!

[@NNokia-jz6jb]

Does Armand still make or made bangers like these?

[@Kimo_sabe]

epic

[@ericcookson168]

❤❤❤

[@NMGN0403]

Three o Three by Public Energy (Speedy J), please. That would be awesome! 😎👍

[@muzikxpress]

NMGN0403 Well, I would love to interview him about this one and “Pullover”, but Jochem hardly does interviews unfortunately...

[@NMGN0403]

@@muzikxpress aww man, too bad.. well I'll keep my fingers crossed 😉 Three o three is such an epic track to this day still!

[@muzikxpress]

NMGN0403 for sure! And he’s on my wish list, but I don’t expect it to be happen tbh hehe

[@JTinGR]

The interviewer sounds just like Midge Ure. From Lanarkshire, Scotland as well?

[@muzikxpress]

JTinGR nope, I’m from the south of The Netherlands 😉

[@StigmaNYC]

Ah yes DC. Home. 1980 - 1999

[@johnpetty9310]

You MISSED IT ... if you weren't going out to NYC/NJ nightclubs when this was first out, the DJ would turn it down at certain parts and a crowd of 2,000 or better would be signing : YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW ME ... wow, you missed it!!!

[@Stereo_type1982]

Do you think he actually played him Carrie Lucas or do you think he played him Johnick :D?

[@muzikxpress]

👀

[@TimWayneSF]

"Just some stuff I was going through at the time" - THAT is the story behind this song. Why no follow up on that?

[@Luvie1980]

I think you can take a wild guess on what was going on in his life.

[@djdedan]

Duane is a stellar song writer, this cut is one of my favorites but also this one as well: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXyyqYaalM2jf7s

[@JTinGR]

8:07 gesundheit!

[@muzikxpress]

JTinGR 😂

[@truthinhistoryinitiative5912]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..great introspective....thank you indeed ................

[@tomix3b]

I’ve heard that Duane Harden refused to collaborate with daft punk last album because they were too electronic.. does anyone know if it is true?

[@muzikxpress]

Now that would really surprise me, Duane is involved in a lot of electronic projects, so this rumour doesn't really make any sense to me

[@tomix3b]

muzikxpress I Thought the same thing, wich singer would refuse the RAM collab for that reason..

[@coolershaker]

Oh sorry AVH but such a ripoff, you don't get same approach to that specific sample yourself, he basically sampled a sample which makes it bit too much

[@truthinhistoryinitiative5912]

Duane SOOOO likeable and humble....reminds me of Kim English in terms of just being great gospel singer hooking up with a DJ and their songs becoming iconic in the mixed ckub world...wonderful indeed AND great inyerview Muzikxpress \

[@muzikxpress]

He’s great indeed, super nice guy! Glad you enjoyed the interview!

[@truthinhistoryinitiative5912]

@@muzikxpress you did a great job as the interviewer indeed..perfect actually....Duane did the rest in an incredible forthcoming way............thank ya'll..

[@muzikxpress]

@@truthinhistoryinitiative5912 Thank you!!

[@truthinhistoryinitiative5912]

You all are the best!!!!!!!!!..in terms of most thoughtful and in tune....mad props to you guys behind the scenes..@@muzikxpress

[@truthinhistoryinitiative5912]

@@muzikxpress Came back around to watch this interview once again (after listening to the vocals and watching the videos).....nice to see your face and be able to put it to your response.....YOU and your interview did and still do have me in a quandry????....