The story behind "Your Own Reality" by Kai Tracid | Muzikxpress 119

[@muzikxpress]

What is your all-time favorite Kai Tracid production / remix? BTW on my Patreon I will give away a signed Kai Tracid CD soon! Link to my Patreon in the video description!

[@KingLizard616]

Trance & Acid

[@HQMusicBrain]

too many times

[@eikostiltzkin1602]

@@KingLizard616 Indeed!

[@VigilantGuardian6750]

4 just 1 day

[@ar_nim]

Your Own Reality Tracid Mix

[@sdghsadfjadfjd785]

Kai Tracid - TranceEscape Live at MAD Lausanne 03-25-2005 i will never forget this mix

[@spacedout2405]

We need a Kai Tracid + Jam El Mar collab

[@fezmania5078]

I thought I had read somewhere that it was in the making. I think Rolf had alluded to it earlier this year or last year.

[@angersashka]

If Kai goes to hardstyle today, he will be a long time on the hearing.

[@hissatme]

Not only is Kai an amazing producer but is also such a genuine person, which is sadly an incredibly rare sight these days. This is exactly why I decided to stick with his music for so many years. Thank you for this great interview and good luck with all future projects!

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed the interview! Can't wait for Kai's future work, I'm glad he's back making music!

[@MaximumEfficiency]

yes, I like his decision at around 17:00 min, he didn't sellout to EDM ;)

[@markusweber1703]

"Express your hidden passion" is one of my favorit.

[@Spektrumdj]

Legend! One of my heroes in the Hard Trance music. And yes! He made his own sound his own mark

[@gainmaster1]

One of my favorites, he's a legend

[@daode9361]

Kai Tracid sound is back to 2020, its lika a phoenix reborn again! This is a future, this is maybe something huge!

[@dizisnotavailable]

finally ... an artist who didn't produce his big track in only a few hours.

[@muzikxpress]

Haha I know right? See, writing / producing music is a creative process; some people are fast and others need more time.

[@SavedByGrace_CitizenEmperorユウ]

And maybe it's an artist who did most of the work of his tracks by himself. Because though in the EDM scene it seems like every DJ is almost doing everything by himself, it's usually a lot of teamwork, vocals are bought and the music is written around it and so on. But back in the days when Kai produced his music, things were simpler I guess.

[@magyar77]

@@SavedByGrace_CitizenEmperorユウ EDM\Electro House is mainly produced in America and is a mutated by product of electronic music from EU, thanks to the likes of people like David Guetta\Afro Jack.

[@alpcelebi4759]

@@muzikxpress Well, combining a couple simple layers in a few hours and not asking "how can I improve the soundscapes I want to paint - let me try a couple of different things here and there" sounds more like a lazy production to me than "creative process"

[@Robert_Babicz]

kai is cool in his own way

[@fezmania5078]

A very engaging interview. It's very informative. He was frank and open in his conversation with you. It was good to know all the details. I didn't know he made a remix for La Bouche until recently and also, that he knows Lane McCray. I have had the pleasure to meet Kai as well as Lane. Kai is a cool, down to the earth person. He is a legend and among the best artists. He has a unique sound and that's what great about his productions. His Dreamstate 2019 was among the top 5 sets and was unreal. People went nuts and couldn't stop raving about it. I was looking forward to some of his other U.S. gigs this year. It sucks that Corona had to ruin everything. 😡 Great interview. 😍🙌🏽👏🏽

[@wowerman]

Legend. Tb 303 and 909 and vintage synth to be more cool!He mentioned Talla and Taucher.At that time they made "Together",great track too.Viva and MTV in 90's were something now you can dream only about .

[@muzikxpress]

So many memories!

[@Nerdamania]

I became interested in this "new" techno hype when I discovered when I discovered Charlotte De Witte playing Kai Tracid. And Lo and Behold, after not too long Kai made a comeback with Techno. When i saw DT64 in the charts I went bananas. :D

[@magyar77]

Watched Kai at Sunshine People 2004 NYD in Melbourne, was a great day.

[@martywhitaker85]

Great day!

[@magyar77]

@@martywhitaker85 yeah it was, seriously sun burnt, someone reversed into my car and I started to chuckle haha. Sadly those days are long gone.

[@teleportedfunk]

Kai Tracid was my childhood idol...well he still is one of my favorite producers

[@magdelayna]

My favourite version is the Tracid Mix. What a great combination of those soaring pads and acid.

[@chriswilton9976]

A "German Elvis" would be an interesting sight. Great interview, Twan.

[@yaghiyahbrenner8902]

18:04 This guy has to be hands down the one who carries the most life wisdom ever interviewed on this show, its almost like he's speaking from the context/perspective of he's track "Kai Tracid - For Just One Day" and Kai Tracid - Too Many Times.

[@steenhouwerstefan]

indeed.....& i always love the song so much & still am

[@SavedByGrace_CitizenEmperorユウ]

Thank you for this interview. Kai Tracid seems to be a really nice guy. Though he kinda stopped releasing music after his 3rd album or at least in his signature style, I consider his Kai Tracid stuff of his 3 albums as absolut classics. I don't know why his tracks are so good. It's probably because they have a lot of depth in them. Good melodies is one thing, nice beats and synths another thing. But having good thoughtful lyrics is something special, especially in dance music but honestly for most genres. I'm still listening to his tracks from around 1999-2003 regularly and they don't seem to get old.

[@ItsPainnz]

BRO WHAT? IT STILL BANGS!@Strange Feelings!!!!!!!!!! Oh and chicago hears ya

[@andyb311]

What a great interview! He is a very cool down to earth guy. His music has always been really special to me. It was a time when I was playing clubs every week and his tracks were always in my record bag. It almost makes me feel sad now hearing the tunes as it reminds me of how passionate I was about all the new music coming out at the time and how it's not quite the same for me any more. I don't know wether the new music just doesn't strike the same chord in me or if the drugs I was doing every weekend played a part in making me more into the music. Either way it's great news that he is still making music. Since hard trance of the era came to an end, nothing else quite gave me the same feeling since!! Great interview Twan ! Looking forward to the next 2.

[@muzikxpress]

Thanks a lot Andy! Very happy with the 3 interviews I did with Kai, glad he had so many amazing stories he wanted to share, what a legend!

[@demonkoryu]

I feel the same and I didn't do drugs. This music was its own kind of drugs

[@WilliamDanielMusic]

The best thing about this interview is how humble and down to earth Kai actually is. An Artist which you can tell doesn't have any ego and genuinely makes music for the love and passion. A true legend of the music scene who deserves the utmost respect. Thank you Kai for your contributions to music over the last 3 decades.

[@muzikxpress]

He's great isn't it? Such a nice and humble guy!

[@royaljelly1722]

At least he isnt egoistic unlike Tiesto because I have lost so much respect for him fo decades ago. Unfortunely he is doing for money and fame now but not for creative talent anymore unlike Kai does so I decided to stop follow him or do not want to hear anything from him.

[@idealfather3547]

The studio really fits his music.

[@Computercontrolled87]

Hope to see an interview about "Too Many Times"

[@muzikxpress]

There will be 2 more interviews, I also spoke with Kai about "Life Is Too Short" and in the third interview we discussed his classic "Trance & Acid".

[@sascha_van_der_blondhorst]

@@muzikxpress Thank you so much, Twan, for bringing these good news! "Life is too short" is my favorite Kai Tracid's track, even though the main theme is a cover from the "Der Flug auf dem Glücksdrachen" from the legendary movie "Neverending Story". My mind always keeps drifting away, when I'm on the road while listening to this track in my car. One of the Hard Trance classics OAT for sure!😉

[@muzikxpress]

@@sascha_van_der_blondhorst You are welcome! Of course I did ask him about that as well! Let's see how you all like my German pronunciation attempt of that title :P #staytuned

[@soundpuzzles7935]

Was about to drift into a very bad mood, but then I remembered that there was a new episode today! :-)

[@muzikxpress]

haha I hope you enjoyed it!!!

[@soundpuzzles7935]

@@muzikxpress Of course, as always! Fantastic! Still remember buying that CD-single back then, when you knew nothing about those guys beyond the photo on the cover. Therefore, they were surrounded by a pleasant form of mystery. Hardly anybody even knew how vinyl-DJing worked, or how they made the tracks. Most probably you will have asked them once in a while, but it would of course be great to peek into the sequencer sessions a bit. Most will not have the old software running today, but they will have stems at least for the hits. Would have been fun if Kai could have shown what bothered him in the new DT64 track on screen. However, many of the old guys perhaps don't want to share the secrets as everybody today does. The mystery shall remain. ;-)

[@tranceairwaves8342]

who's like me saw the whole interview 43min ?

[@muzikxpress]

Me! :P

[@fezmania5078]

Me and the time flew by.

[@jankalinowski6767]

Very interesting! My years! I starteed to hear techno in 1993!so,yeah,tracid,its my time!

[@johnjudge2831]

I listen to the music you've done to this day! Tracid the best! : D

[@emanueldevos]

Again a awesome interview, thanks Twan!

[@realdjfire]

Great interview, always huge productions by Kai! I remember buying all his releases back in the '90's in my local recordstore (of course Bonzai Records/Blitz Recordstore). Been following him since his 1996 (So Simple), but also still buy his current releases (like his bomb made together with Ramon Tapia, a friend of mine). Congrats Kai!

[@muzikxpress]

Thanks a lot Jurgen! And indeed, the track with Ramon is just wow! Glad Kai is back after his break from the music industry :)

[@djfredleo]

Very interesting interview, thank you, Twan! I clearly remember that "Skywalker 1999" and "Trance & Acid" were huge among the Trance-music fans in my country. I wasn't, really, much into Kai's music, although, I respect him a lot. But I do remember, that at one of the, early, party's in my life (I wasn't even a DJ, by that moment) someone played "Liquid Skies" and it completely blew my mind! There was some speculation around the town, that some promoters going to book Kai for his live show, but, sadly enough, It never happened, I guess those were the "finest hour" years for Euro-Trance / Progressive-Trance. I'm wishing a Kai best of luck with the process of creating a new album! Once again, thanks for the interview, it was very interesting and well-cognitive!

[@OZSA87]

Lovely guy, I used to worship his early tracks, for me acid was always Kai Tracid!

[@trancemb]

Amazing interview Twan! Kai really had a lot to tell, loved it!

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you! And yes! I'm super happy he was excited to tell all these stories! And....good news, 2 more interviews with Kai to come later this year! :)

[@MissDolcenGabbana]

Love Kai Tracid, all his tracks are amazing. Great interview as always. I love how down to earth he is. ❣️✨

[@p1277480]

Thanks - I enjoyed this interview a lot! This and the BT interview I find fascinating

[@matthiaswagner3556]

Love the interview! It would be great that if artists offer you to show you around their studio or the storage room like Kai did for you to capture that too. Thanks

[@muzikxpress]

I did 3 interviews with Kai and since I was running out of time (I had another interview appointment afterwards) so there was no time anymore to see the storage room, otherwise I would have captured that for sure. There's more studio footage which I will show in the other interviews I did with him :)

[@ameyahofficial7963]

@@muzikxpress looking forward :o thanks for all the interviews!

[@airwave4428]

Real Kai! Thanks for all your tracks which bring us to Trance and Acid!

[@Bsimracingnews]

Huge respect for this dude. Always his own story. Loved it back then, love it now.

[@cottoo1]

Thank you for making this video and thank you Kai Tracid for agreeing to that interview. I was so inspired by your tracks when I was a teenager and being able to watch this interview now is a bliss. I remember listening to "destiny's path" on repeat for weeks.

[@paulcopping1659]

Always pleasantly surprised how nice these guys seem!

[@veg7nlif376]

Legend

[@bootsector5647]

Kai Tracid was my favourite back in the days. And nowadays listening to his tracks. Legend for me!

[@martywhitaker85]

One of the best yet! Could have listened to him another hour. So good that he's stuck to his guns, and there's a 303 front n center. Looking forward to the other 2 with him, hope his album comes out sometime soon.

[@muzikxpress]

Thanks a lot Marty! I did 2 more interviews with Kai, which should be online in the next 2 months :) Loved his stories, can't wait to post the other 2 interviews!

[@mortenhn1981]

Amazing interview, love all of his stories and the willingness to just keep telling his stories. Really hoping that Trance and Acid is one of the 2 upcoming interviews!

[@muzikxpress]

Thanks Morten! And yes, I did announce which 2 other interviews I did with Kai at the end of the video ;-) "Trance & Acid" is one of them :)

[@mortenhn1981]

@@muzikxpress Sorry was too excited, so wrote before i finished the interview :) he seem like a very nice guy, i love seeing these legends and get a sense of how their personalities is, and just to hear about they producing lives. Your videos are by far the onces i enjoyed the most on KZbin. I hope you keep this up for a long time. Thank you for taking your time to make these videos for us :)

[@hissatme]

So excited for the interview!

[@baggedr32mk5]

Used to love Kai Tracid 💚

[@ameyahofficial7963]

wow thank you Twan, was waiting for u to interview Kai Tracid :o

[@muzikxpress]

Hope you enjoyed it! There will be 2 more interviews, I also spoke with Kai about "Life Is Too Short" and in the third interview we discussed his classic "Trance & Acid".

[@Pixiukas]

Nice and warm interview. Thank You 👊🏽

[@MrMihaelp]

Just such a lovely interview ! Kai is a superb inspiration and a true youth hero of mine as well! So nice hearing those stories.

[@djgrase883]

Tracid Sound is the best💪

[@mxck.]

Too many times! But every Kai production is a masterpiece.

[@mackdiesel4440]

A genius! Fantastic interview one of your best to date!

[@StigDesign]

Your passion is also your style :D

[@dcmania25]

great interview. one of my heroes from back in the scene. great to see you doing well Kai.

[@MirajMusicUSA]

The sound of my childhood

[@boddhis]

Thanks for this amazing interview! :-)

[@deepakranasingh5252]

Oh I had missed it☹ didn't see the notification....sorry😪 Thank you Muzikxpress for this amazing interview 😄🙌🏻♥️🕺🕺🕺🕺 Thank you Kai Tracid for those memorable tracks you created during 90's😄🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺 because of that I still remember my childhood fun times and the 90's music 😄♥️🙌🏻🤩

[@XiaoAn2012]

I have subscribed to your channel, very good content, I'm watching the videos.

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you very much!!

[@JarrouaniFan]

Always nice to see him. Hope he can handle his perfectionism. I like his style.

[@donkeydrop]

Oh yes Twan! Another solid interview! Look forward to hearing more from him on your show if possible! Keep doing wat you do best!

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you! And yes, there will be 2 more interviews with Kai, check the end of this video and you will see what to expect soon ;-)

[@markymark8685]

What a genuinely nice, down to earth guy! I remember hearing Trance and Acid back around 2004, absolutely loved it. Awesome interview Twan ❤

[@djsethbe]

super interview! heel boeiend en veel te vertellen. Lijkt mij echt heel sympathiek persoon ook.

[@XxJallballxX]

Kai Tracid Liquid Skies

[@kimm3757]

Great interview. Thank you :)

[@hodelmusic]

Loved this interview! Funny as hell and very honest. Was laughing a lot 🙂 Kai is an amazing artist. Its so nice to hear his old stories.

[@muzikxpress]

Thanks man! The 2nd interview with Kai should be up next weekend hopefully!

[@hodelmusic]

@@muzikxpress Thats awesome! Looking forward to it! :)

[@TwinwavesDJs]

One of the best interviews with all the histories around the great tune "Your Own Reality", of course one of my favourite Trance producers from years ago :) My favourite original tune from his is "Your Own Reality" and Arrow - Back In The House (Kai Tracid Mix), one of the best remixes too :) Thanks a lot for this, Twan :D

[@wrmusic8736]

I was never interested in La Bouche back in my teen years, but "Be My Lover" was sounding good and everybody was blasting it out of their speakers. But only now, in 2020, I learn that it was never an original version and, in fact, a remix by Kai Tracid. Better late than never I guess, thanks!

[@muzikxpress]

No no, let me explain. The original is not done by Kai, but on the CD Maxi there was a remix called "Trance Remix". And that one was done by Kai, so not the original version you heard on the radio etc :)

[@wrmusic8736]

@@muzikxpress that's exactly what I mean. I always thought it was just another tune by LaBouche themselves that was sounding like something I like. But 25 years later I learn it always was a remix.

[@muzikxpress]

@@wrmusic8736 I don't think you understand me correctly; the version on the radio is NOT done by Kai. One of the remixes on the CD Maxi single (called "Trance Mix") is the version Kai did. That's why he also said in the interview it was not his song that became a hit. He "just" did one of the remixes that did appear on the CD Maxi of "Be My Lover", but he wasn't involved with making the original (radio) version.

[@AntonioOyarce]

Muy buena entrevista. Felicitaciones !

[@nima7505]

legend! ❤️

[@PlanetLoveRecords]

Great interview! :)

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jtparker4978]

Awesome interview, thanks Twan and Kai ✌🏻😎

[@muzikxpress]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@MaximumEfficiency]

yes, great details!

[@TheBigNoize.]

this is NICE

[@camilocorredor7157]

Thanks for always saving the most important question until the end, pineapple on pizza forever!!

[@muzikxpress]

Haha you know it ;-)

[@marklewis35]

Another great interview.

[@rainerkofficial]

Can't wait!

[@Oliver-OBM]

Thanks for this video!!!

[@otpornik]

33:26 the truth has been spoken

[@Foxy_2008]

Long and interesting interview..🙂

[@dynamica_hun]

Really nice interview Twan. Kai has so many good stories to tell. It's just me but I feel that Your Own Reality (and Dance 4 Eternity) took a very common inspiration from B.B.E 7 Days And One Week?

[@simonpittdj]

This was amazing!

[@MichaelOglesby]

Kai is right, there is no money in producing music today. The money is in the touring and merch.

[@ozorg]

great stuff!

[@Cykelpump33]

I wanna see one with Yoji Biomehanika! The king of Sensation Black! 🖤🤓

[@muzikxpress]

He lives in Japan and he hasn’t been doing many gigs in The Netherlands the last few years, so....

[@TheDoctorRedstone]

This is almost as good as your SIRIS comeback 😉

[@muzikxpress]

Hahah jajaja! ;-) Bedankt nog he!!

[@faizanmir2671]

Perform story of music

[@bjornroesbeke]

Kai: "Do you want to hear the story?" Me: There is no word "no" in my dictionary. YES!

[@muzikxpress]

Haha exactly!

[@gainmaster1]

Your own reality

[@SilverSai]

Wait, I thought Kai MacDonald was an alias and his real name is Kai Franz?

[@sascha_van_der_blondhorst]

Right you are, mate!)

[@mariusej]

Correct :). Kai MacDonald is a producer crediting alias.

[@DrGrooveBeat]

@@mariusej if you search Kai Franz you’ll find his yoga music.

[@johnjudge2831]

I have a good idea, a super good !!!

[@element0071]

Better idea for a this episode is track Life Is Too Short 🙂

[@muzikxpress]

I guess you didn't watch the end of the video ;-)

[@stavroshardcore]

Where does his name come from? Kai MacDonald isn’t very German 😂

[@Underbelly1120]

His surname is Franz. He uses "Kai McDonald" as a production alias.

[@YouTubeSupportTeams]

​@@Underbelly1120 strange choice lol, scottish inspiration??

[@DrGrooveBeat]

@@KZbinSupportTeams he likes cheeseburgers 🍔

[@spngled8654]

Hi could you get x-press 2 (muzik x-press, London x-press, say what, muzikizum etc.) or react 2 rhythm (intoxication) or looney tunes (workstation)

[@muzikxpress]

I'm afraid not.... This is "just" a hobby for me and I don't have a travel budget for these vlogs / interviews. That means I can only do interviews with people that live close to me (I'm based in the south of The Netherlands). The producers I spoke to already which come from abroad were mostly here for gigs or for example the Amsterdam Dance Event etc. So I am dependent on people that visit The Netherlands for gigs / events. But as you know there aren't any gigs / shows unfortunately. Also from what I can see is that the last time X-press 2 did a gig in The Netherlands is over 10 years ago..... So I'm afraid an X-Press 2 interview is not gonna happen..... But.... I still have a lot of stuff coming up in the near future. There's plenty of people that live here in The Netherlands or right across the Belgian / German border. I have some more interviews lined up for later this year, so hopefully also some stuff you like :)

[@spngled8654]

@@muzikxpress cool,l thanks anyway, love the series

[@muzikxpress]

@@spngled8654 Thank you so much!

[@lormisplayz9981]

Tiefenrash deep blue

[@johnjudge2831]

Let's talk about Kai Tracid! But who did as much as he did ?

[@royaljelly1722]

He is way better than Tiesto because I used to love Tiesto so much but until he is dropping his big room house shit I have lost so much respect for him and thats it.