The story behind "Everytime" with Lustral | Muzikxpress 084

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Back in the year 1997 "Everytime" by Lustral came out. Lustral is a project from UK based duo Ricky Simmonds and Steve Jones, who also were responsible for other acts such as The Space Brothers, Chakra, Essence, Force Majeure, Ascension and many, many others.
The original version of "Everytime" is a breaks/house track, with beautiful vocals from the hands of singer / songwriter Tracy Lee Ackerman. During the years the track got remixed plenty of times, by people such as Nalin & Kane, Way Out West, Timo Maas, Red Jerry, Mike Koglin amongst others.
In this week's vlog you will see my interview with Ricky and Steve, where they will tell the story behind "Everytime". You will hear how they met Tracy, they tell more about the writing- and production process of the track, how difficult it was to find a label for it, why the track got re-released in 1999, the future plans of Lustral and more!
Also make sure to check out my other interviews with the guys, in which we discuss 2 of their other big classics;
The story behind “The Space Brothers - Shine” and more;
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The story behind "Chakra - Love Shines Through";
• The story behind "Love...
Enjoy and thanks for watching!
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[@muzikxpress]

What version / remix of "Everytime" is your favorite one?

[@sunyalm]

red jerry :)

[@louk2439]

Nalin & Kane

[@TranceClassicsOfficial]

Great interview once again mate. The Nalin & Kane Remix is certainly most popular (and it's brilliant), but personally if I had to choose just one.. it'd be the Mike Koglin Remix. I just feel more of a connection with it. It transports me right back to 1999 with those uplifting, euphoric sounds, and has one of the most emotional breakdowns I've heard. Reduced to tears many a time with it

[@AndrewHudak]

Nalin & Kane and Original. Also the banging modern Sneijder remix is quite good as well!

[@atlantisairwaves2]

Katcha's 'Last Time' Remix

[@pricejoss]

I'd do anything to be in Ibiza right now listening to this surrounded by people, eyes closed, hands in the air, lost in a whole other universe

[@Blaulicht1120]

Almost every story about a Trance Classic has this part: " - Was it hard to get signed / to release? - Oh yeah, almost everyone said No and didnt like it, but then there was some luck with (person / label name) and it finally got signed". Just imagine HOW MANY potential classic tunes we've lost just because these tunes were not so lucky to get signed!

[@muzikxpress]

I know!!! Crazy right? I never forget that when Josh & Dave told me that there were no labels that wanted to have "As The Rush Comes".... insane!

[@Blaulicht1120]

@@muzikxpress Aha, I was shocked to be honest :D

[@stevejones1825]

So right

[@Blaulicht1120]

@@stevejones1825 Aha! Steve! I am still waiting for the answer to my question about the track Shine (the video called Shine (unreleased Paul Oakenfold mix)): I always wanted to know why officially released track was so edited? I can clearly hear cut at first seconds and at the last beat. Have it on vinyl!

[@stevenmcguinness4751]

In reality, Most producers used to Press White labels and send them out to DJs directly, several Tunes were signed because DJs were playing the white labels.

[@supercall157]

It gave me goosebumps and almost put a tear in my eye when I first heard the Nalin and Kane remix I wish I could relive that moment again

[@reneveah440]

The Mike Koglin remix playing in the background was my intry into trance in 1999

[@Fillosophah_king]

I played almost entirely breaks in Florida in the 90s but I would often end sets w koglins version. Chills to this day

[@movingINstere]

I must admit that eveytime definitely put a whole new experience for me in the techno scene ! Love your work

[@magdelayna]

Great interview - the Nalin & Kane / Mike Koglin remixes are what makes the track what it is today - two epic remixes.

[@jarredconnorg2980]

The Nalin & Kane remix is one of my favourites.

[@drewp1974]

I greatly prefer the Koglin mix, 😎

[@baggedr32mk5]

Brilliant interview,they seem a sound pair of guys and great that after all these years they are still tight as the clubscene has chewed up a hell of a lot of dj’s/producers who no longer speak let alone work together

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you very much! And fun fact, they live in the same street, so just a short walk from each other ;-) And yeah, they are still very good friends as well! Amazing right??

[@smileypete4625]

Met Steve Jones on holiday round about 2001, he was just a top bloke, not big headed in the slightest. Futhermore I just cannot believe how good this channel is!

[@markoa.e.5398]

This is so amazing. I have hoped to hear someday the original studio raw vocal track since forever. The search goes on.

[@Mickeebe]

Great interview

[@muzikxpress]

Thanks so much!

[@craigbailey79]

Ahead of its time this track one of the all time classics

[@AndrewHudak]

Another great interview with the legends. Can't wait to hear more 'Lustral' stuff!

[@muzikxpress]

Thanks a lot Andrew!!

[@brad1740]

One of my favourite tunes of all time , reminds me of being young just met the wife … what a time to be alive 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@scrunts666]

I really wish we could get vinyl reissues of their 12" records and the album as well.

[@ChantingInTheDark]

One of my favourite house tracks of all time.

[@frankhonma7586]

I first heard the track on Euphoria compilation mixed by Red Jerry, then I bought a CD single, with the Red Jerry mix, more downtempo slow breakbeat, I still love it.

[@MissDolcenGabbana]

seeing The Space Brothers at Dreamstate was amazing ❣️thanks again Twan 👍🏽

[@muzikxpress]

Ah you got to see them there, cool!

[@MaxExactly]

thank you so much for this!

[@muzikxpress]

You’re welcome! I hope you enjoyed the interview! BTW, there’s 2 more interviews with the guys on my channel!

[@joanneg665]

Great 👍 thank you ❤️

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you too!

[@benmiles00]

I love this tune so much. It's in my top five all time classic tunes. These guys are amazing and responsible for many of my favourite tunes. Thank you guys. You are awesome.

[@user-ze9ll9oi1c]

Just stumbled across this channel, incredible interviews on how my favourite tracks were made, thank you so much!

[@muzikxpress]

david hulme thank you David! Hope you enjoy the content! Much more to come in the next weeks!

[@AirZeee]

great interview! spawned lots of sideways research, and somehow I never picked up (at the time, probably over medicating...) on the fact that some of the other tacks I love were by the same guys under different banners. so thanks for that too!

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you very much, loved talking to these guys, they are awesome and they have so many great stories! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@alanwisdom7777]

Lustral - Everytime is still one of my favorite Vocal Trance track, very positive vibe, good energy.... I just love this track so much 💜

[@bcastromusic]

Awesome interview once again. Like said when the Chakra interview came out I had no idea Ricky and Steve were Chakra, Lustral & Ascension among others! These guys are great.... and how the heck did all those A&R people hear Everytime and say no right away?

[@muzikxpress]

Thanks a lot!!! And yeah, those guys were busy right??? When I was in their studio I also found out more releases they did which I didn't know was them haha (Hi-Lux, an old project from Steve). And well, A&R people can be wrong sometimes.... Back in the day there was even an A&R guy who said "no" to The Beatles! #oops

[@CanafYerHasan]

Great melody and beautiful song!! Such melodies are born only once every 100 years. tHaNks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MichaelOglesby]

Epic interview! Legends.

[@high5compliments45]

Can you imagine that 20 years back in the dayz,artists who made music,wasnt just a artists but you can compare them to artists who made music and real art together.They didnt had the tools back in the days and still they were able to make art what touches every individual person.It was the expression of their own personality what they showed out in music. These days the moderm djs have so many tools,but non of the songs are special ore a piece of fine art.Its just temporary and not personal like the songs back in the days!

[@marklewis35]

Love those guys, every project they did was awesome. Great interview again :-D

[@muzikxpress]

Thanks a lot Mark!

[@jaykay5486]

Top interview... Nalin and Kane would be good

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you! I would love to do an interview with them one day, but as long as there are no DJ gigs happening here in The Netherlands (where I am based) I don't see it happen anytime soon. Fingers crossed though!

[@jaykay5486]

@@muzikxpress Hopefully soon ;)

[@RudgerTroost-ud4rv]

I just found out Tiësto played Kansai - Nitrogene (Original Mix) in his Innercity 2003 set. We always figured it was someone else's production. Was this an obscure CDR handed over to T. back in the day? or was it released as a white label vinyl as well? This is one of the greatest finds ever and a very obscure one, great great production. Shame it never got released!

[@muzikxpress]

👀

[@kimm3757]

Another great interview :) Congrats with 6K subs too :D

[@muzikxpress]

Thanks a lot Kim!

[@stevehenke678]

There used to be a programme on bbc2 I think called rock family trees. This is basically the trance version. Brilliant!

[@muzikxpress]

Hehe, thanks Steve! :)

[@bhaveshshah2604]

Great interview mate!

[@muzikxpress]

Thanks a lot Bhavesh!!!

[@JurassicTrance]

Love it! Would love to see an interview with Oliver Lieb about L.S.G. - Netherworld

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you! And trust me, I would love that too ;-) However, I have no travel budget for these vlogs. Oliver lives in Frankfurt, Germany, so when I get enough donations, I can hopefully make this happen (If he's up for it of course!). And.... there's a lot of other very interesting people living in / near Frankfurt. So.... fingers crossed!

[@kevintaylor4434]

Another great interview Twaan, Everytime is one of favourite tracks.

[@muzikxpress]

Thanks a lot Kevin!

[@fezmania5078]

Wow, another fantastic interview! Good details in it. I enjoyed it. 👍🏽👏🏽

[@muzikxpress]

Hersh Agnihotri thanks a lot Hersh!!!!

[@masqueraver3552]

love your music guys,out of this world haha

[@Johnson09641]

Brilliant Interview, many thanks for your work!

[@muzikxpress]

Johnson09064 and thank you for the nice feedback!!

[@Trancetechniqueradio]

Superb !

[@nomatteruk]

Great job as always Twan!

[@Yeshua-no-Jesus]

Hooj Choons rules, oh yes a Massive Attack remix

[@tomowakaya623]

So good !!

[@jorgearmando3850]

La vercion de NALIN AND KANE es la que más me gusta , después el MIKE KOGLIN remix...

[@markoa.e.5398]

Please PLEASE post the raw vocal studio take of EVERTIME. PLEASE! And dumb question at the end is the lyric “calli’n out to youuu”?

[@muzikxpress]

You should post that on their socials, better chance of getting a reply there! :)

[@Matty99299]

Did this ever get answered? I've always wondered this myself

[@low3freq]

Can't believe Am I On Your Mind by Oxygen didn't come up in this, their Lustral mix was a lovely deeper take on the trance-y original. I have the double vinyl promo pack as well as the cd single and a couple of cd promos too. Very classy track possibly top 3 of all Ricky and Stephen's choons. Well done for getting three parts with them, next one probably the best alias and most prolific 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@muzikxpress]

Well, I can't really mention everything they did, they did sooooo much ;-) And yes, I can't wait to post the last interview with them, which is actually my favorite one! I think I saved the best for last hehe ;-)

[@low3freq]

@@muzikxpress Let's hope it's at least 15 minutes long!! On Everytime I was a bit too young to notice when it was released, the N+K mix was on the radio a lot afterwards and it's a decent mix but when the Oxygen track came out around 02/03 I picked it up the week it was released I think, but I thought the guys would have brought it up in conversation talking about the Lustral project here. Didn't realise at the time too that Oxygen/Lustral/Space Brothers were just the same producers lol Can't wait for the Darren Tate next week!

[@muzikxpress]

@@low3freq I still have to edit it, but I can tell you that the interview part is already 25 minutes at least ;-)

[@low3freq]

@@muzikxpress Sounds more like it. Anything over 15 minutes is welcomed :D

[@andrewdugdale3051]

Legends, original mix for me.

[@markedwards9874]

Hilux ultrahigh chakra all good tunes 😎😎😎😎😎

[@alanwisdom7777]

There was a video of Lustral Everytime on KZbin around 2008, a very solar and very beautiful video, unfortunately this video is gone, if anyone sees what I'm talking about,, let me know I'd really like to see this video again. 🙏💜

[@raffgalway2379]

Great interview, never knew there was an Irish connection(B*witched) to Lustral Everytime 😀😄

[@muzikxpress]

Raff Galway C’est La Vie! 😂

[@bcastromusic]

Twan did you guys do an interview for Ascension Someone too? Would love to hear that to sometime. These guys are great.

[@muzikxpress]

No, I was only in London for a few days and the day I did record this interview, I did 6 (!!!) in total; started with Adamski, then I did 2 with Darren Tate and after that I did 3 interviews with Steve & Ricky ;-) But.... never say never, maybe another time, these guys are awesome and I really enjoyed listening to their stories!

[@CMB_Vinyl]

Thanks Twan

[@muzikxpress]

CMB thank you!

[@trancemaster871]

Great interview 👍wasn't Ricky Simmons in alphazone also?

[@muzikxpress]

Thansk a lot! And no, Alphazone was 2 German guys (Alexander Zwarg and Arne Reichelt), so Ricky wasn't in that project ;-)

[@trancemaster871]

muzikxpress ahh thank you for the clarification now I know 👍

[@muzikxpress]

trance master you are welcome!!!

[@local_celebrity]

Surprising to hear that Hooj wasn't considered a major label. They released all the classics bitd.

[@muzikxpress]

The major labels around that time were Sony, BMG, EMI, Warner Music, Universal Music and PolyGram. Of course Hooj was a well known label in the dance industry, but it definitely wasn't a major label.

[@Kingofkod]

Does anyone know who made the version with they symphony playing at the beginning? It's on the "Deepest, Darkest Secrets" album but I've been unable to find a name attached to it.

[@muzikxpress]

I think that's their own version. The original version of "Everytime" starts with violins etc

[@Kingofkod]

muzikxpress ahh, well it makes sense for their to be no extra producer listed then lol. Thank you.

[@stevejones1825]

That was our original album mix

[@Kingofkod]

Steve Jones thanks or the confirmation. I just recently came across your song just 2-3 months ago and the mix labelled “original” on US itunes store had a bit of a housey sound so I had to dig around and found the symphonic version on the “Deepest, Darkest” album. Thanks again for the confirmation and thanks for just making the song in general.

[@AUDIONOIR100]

Great! Actually remixed this not long ago!

[@muzikxpress]

Oh cool! An official remix?

[@AUDIONOIR100]

@@muzikxpress Interesting story. But will have to DM you You on Twitter?

[@muzikxpress]

@@AUDIONOIR100 Yes, all my socials are in the video description.

[@AUDIONOIR100]

@@muzikxpress Of course!!! Thx done! DM me via Twitter when u can!

[@low3freq]

Link? :P I loved your Sacred Cycles mix if that was you!

[@murrad23]

These videos are great. Matt Darey for some?

[@muzikxpress]

murrad23 thank you! And I already did an interview with him earlier this year, check episode 69 😉

[@paulchambers3]

Ant Jones!

[@muzikxpress]

Haha yes ;-) To be honest, I had no idea about this before I started with the interview. But hey, I'm Dutch and Grange Hill was not on TV here ;-)

[@angiehazelaar]

😆 omg!

[@insidethemind6727]

CORRECTION - Bewitched were not a British girlband . They were an Irish girlband . 2 members of the 4 piece band were sisters of Shane lynch , who himself was and still is a member of Irish boyband boyzone . Just thought I would clear that up .

[@danielcraig9666]

Oh sweet. Did you do multiple interviews with some other people as well? Could we possibly get the stories behind some other BT tracks besides Flaming June at some point too?

[@muzikxpress]

BT lives in the USA and I live in The Netherlands. He was here for the Amsterdam Dance Event last month, but only for a very short amount of time. So there was only time for 1 interview (which I am still very happy about!!!). I would love to sit down with him for more interviews in the near future for sure! But FYI, it depends on a lot of things, but yes, I would love to talk with him about some other classics for sure! Fingers crossed ;-)

[@danielcraig9666]

@@muzikxpress I was just hoping you managed to pile on a few more... :)

[@muzikxpress]

@@danielcraig9666 ADE is always very busy for artists etc, so I was already very happy he said "yes" to this one since his schedule was crazy busy ;-) But during my London trip I did 2 interviews with Lange, 2 with Darren Tate (next one will be online next week) and 3 with Steve & Ricky ;-)