Musician/Producer Reacts to "Next To You" by Dirty Loops 

Thank you Kiat! "Too rich for the senses"...damn I wish I had come up with that! :)

Kiat, great comment. Even another year on you’re speaking for me as well 🙏

Next To You is, to this day, still the best song from Dirty Loops in my opinion. It's like their thesis on how to turn jazz fusion into a pop song familiar enough for any listener. It's filled with chops from all of them, Jonah, Hendrik and Aron. But it's also a such a beautiful tune! There's a certain simplicity to it that makes me go back to this song every once in a while. It's not like some of their other songs (World on Fire, Work Sh*t Out for example) where the theme is mostly a showcase of their musical skills. This one is a pop song at heart, and they nail it. I can't get that "doo doo do doo doo" from the tagline after the chorus outta my head!!!

Thank you! What an EPIC tune! Man, I struggled to find the words to express what I was feeling because it goes beyond words as you know. I can’t wait to hear more!

@@hecdavid11 each song seems to have a life of its own and this has more than anyone could hope for. To fuse pop and fusion influences is something very few have been able to do. DL has found a way!!!

I experience the Loops very much as you do, and I commented quite a while ago that this was their Bohemian Rhapsody (or in a more primitive vein, the Beach Boys' Good Vibrations). Not trying to one-up you, I'm just thrilled by everything you wrote in your comment.

@@theoriginalthinkman5897 No one-upmanship perceived at all. I'm psyched that somebody else caught that same energy and power that I was picking up on. It is one heck of a song. So glad that one was my first!

I absolutely love this comment! Thank you for your words they mean a lot to me. I’m so glad you’re on my channel because I can tell you get it 💯%!!!

Nothing taps my emotions like music. What a blessing to have that kind of connection with anything in this lifetime. ❤️

What?!!! How do it find it? I don’t see it in his Instagram page.

Found it!!! OMG!!!

Love this comment! ❤️

😉 it’s the Original Oxytocin Song 💛

Ah man, thank you!!!

Check out my interview with Jonah Nilsson! 😃

I’ll have to check out Miss Morissette Amon!

Man, these guys go straight to my heart. Like I was saying I’ve heard so much music in my life and it gets harder and harder to find music that’s interesting. When I found these guys I couldn’t believe it. I still can’t believe how they continue to improve.

I relate to you comment so much. To grow up experience music in the 80s was an incredible experience that stays with me. It's been a long time since I've been THIS excited about music. My hat's off to Sweden!!!

Hahaha! Yes, you just can’t help it listening to these guys! 🤪

Dave, my brother, you could have been my bandmate if we lived in the same area. Your experiences are very similar to mine! I continue to keep in contact with Jonah on a regular basis and I'm happy to pass on the sentiment. I'm not sure how deeply you have delved into my videos but if you haven't seen my interview with Jonah it's a must! Hey man if you have any of your music somewhere I can hear you play please let me know. I hope you hang around on the channel for awhile, us old guys gotta stick together. LOL!

@@StrateleStudios Thank-you so much for your quick reply Jeff. I have seen all your Jonah interviews, great stuff. I've also seen pretty much everyhing you done with them or their side projects. How can Jonah be that talented, that humble, so nice and so giving? I've also seen interviews with Henrick and Aron. The same thing. My Daughter and I are both convinced they've hidden their Spacecraft outside Stockholm in a cave. As far as video evidence goes, I'm all over You tube. Mostly older stuff but some good bands (not dirty-loops good but what is?) Check out a band from Halifax N.S. called "Oakley" I got to open for a lot of great groups with that band. Another amazing singer I played with was Frank Mackay. Amazing voice. World class. I'm in a bunch of videos with him. (i'm the guy jumping around a lot) ( I now have 2 hips that I was not born with). Just for fun, check out one we did in "83. It's called Frank Mackay at the Biilly Club. I look like Weird Al Yankovic for some reason. It also features (in my humble opinion) the best Blues drummer and bassist to ever come out of Canada. If your on Face-book, I have some other stuff from later on. Again Jeff, thanks so much for your passionate reactions, your love of the Loops, and for taking the time to get back to me. Where would I find a way to contact you other than this forum? Hope to talk to you soon. Thank's again. Dave G.

@@davegallant987 I’ll definitely check these out. I’ve never seen anything like what Dirty Loops does. It’s overwhelming in the best possible way. Ya man you can email me anytime at stratelestudios@gmail.com.

You get it! Can I tell you how blown away I was to find that he watched and commented on my video on his Instagram account?! What’s even more insane is we’ve been message back and forth. 🤯🤯🤯 I’ll fill everyone in with the next video!

@@StrateleStudios Here's a deliriously happy rant for ya! Woah! That's amazing! Next time you message, pass along our gratitude for all they put into their music! It always leaves me speechless, grinning from ear to ear, soul happy, & teary-eyed at the beauty. Much like you. I'm not kidding, I show people their music all the time on my phone. Last week it took every ounce of fortitude I had to stop myself from chasing down the guy who delivered our siding from Lowes & asking him, "Have you heard this?!" I'm sure he'd have been alarmed at a 52 year old housewife fan girl of a band he hadn't heard of chasing him down the driveway! Maybe the music would have kept me outta jail! Lol! Oh dear. Someday I'm gonna be committed to the haunted asylum, shouting, "IS SHARING MY JOY OF MUSICAL GENIUSES A CRIME NOW?! LISTEN TO THIS SONG!" LOL!

@@lavenderbluemama953 🤣😂🤣😂 love this!

@@StrateleStudios When my father died, Jonah's song Borrowed Time meant a lot to me. I sang it as a way to work with my grief. I wrote to Jonah, because I wanted to express my gratitude. I didn't think he would even read it, much less reply to me! A very authentic, humble and kind man, as they seem to be all three of them.

@@Nixenji wow that is so amazing. These guys are so down to earth. I love that!

Just mind blowing! This was an early video for me, since then I’ve done nearly every song they’ve released and interviewed Jonah. You have plenty to watch my friend!

Thank you Japheth! 😊

Thank you!

I am totally with you for this comment! :) :) :) You're gonna love Part 2 coming up soon! :)

Thank you my friend! Yes, I love following these guys and other incredible artists. That what makes working on this channel so much fun to work on! 😃🎊🎉👏🫶

OMG really!!! This is awesome! Thank you for this comment! :)

We are in the same place Alliston. Words can’t describe…

I’m going to have to changes my citizenship to Swedish now 😄. I hope someday to see them live!!!

@@StrateleStudios we would welcome you with open arms my friend

@@fjn667 yay!!!!!

Såg dem i Lund för några år sedan. Har fortfarande hjärnskador.

@@christofferengstrom4676 hahaha, same with me

Aw thank you!!! Even their ballads are insanely good!

This is truly a special video for me as you well know. It’s great to share it with people like you who get it too!

Thank you David!

My mind was blown to see that! Now we are messaging each other! I’ll fill everyone in with the next video! 🤯🤯🤯

Oh I totally know what you mean. For years I’ve been listening to this kind of stuff in seclusion because no one else around me seems to get it. Then I create a RU-vid channel and voila, I have a ton of new friends who feel the same as I do. 😊😊😊

Вот и я слушаю эту песню в одиночестве, и меня разрывает от эмоций, и до сих пор было не с кем разделить это. Благодарю вас за вашу реакцию. У меня тоже дело дошло до слёз

@Alexandra_R.19 yes it's upsetting in a way that they don't realise what they're missing

Thank you so much! I have arrived at a place where music transcends language, space and time. I struggled to put into words what I was feeling cuz you really can’t. The beauty I experience from listening to their music (especially THIS song) is nothing less than a glimpse of heaven. That’s the only way I can put it.

@@StrateleStudios aptly put! I think you nailed it *:D* ...hope you had a great weekend my friend **^.^**

Absolutely correct. One of the many reasons I love them as I do.

Oh, I believe you CAN rejoice in another's happiness for sure. I do it all the time. hahaha. I'm glad you do too! I just noticed you are into CNC. I'm a Specialist Software Engineer for GibbsCAM. :)

Wow really, that’s what I call multitasking…

@@Rawcnc LOL!!!

I truly believe in what you said. Being happy for and with someone else is an amazing feeling! 💖 Watching reaction videos is like that, isn't it? 😁 Sharing our love for music... 🙏😄💙

Kiat! I love this comment, my friend. Thank you so much!!!

Oh man this makes me so happy! So glad I could help you find new music to get excited about! 😃

I totally agree! I hope more and more people catch on. THIS is the kind of music I’d love to hear more of in the years to come.

@@StrateleStudios They put the bar VERY high for successors ´cause they literally lived by building their skills together for years...

O M G!!!!! I will definitely do this song, I have not heard it yet!

Ah man I’m with you! Thankfully they are hitting it hard right now!

Awwww thank you Anissa! 😊 check out my interview with Jonah Nilsson if you haven’t yet!

It would be wonderful if they were able to bridge that gap…not many Pop/Jazz fusion bands out there. All I know is that it makes ME very happy, hahaha.

Perfectly said my friend! 👏👏👏🎉🎊

Awww you just made my day! 😊😊😊 That you so much! One day I hope to have 100k! 🙏

Thanks Tim!

Hahaha thank you!!! 😁😁😁

@@StrateleStudios So amazing to see a musician get choked up by the sheer musicianship and the FEEL that these guys can bring. Everything is so unbelievably beautiful, yet intricate and complex at the same time, and though I'm a musician myself I couldn't even keep the beat to this with a maraccas to save my life. I've met Henrik quite a few times in other music contexts and through friends, and he's SO nice. Love your channel, everything feels so genuine, keep it up. Cheers from Sweden.

@@johannest3628 Thank you so much for your kind words, it means a lot to me. They all seem like great guys. I’ve been fortunate enough to have conversations with Jonah via Instagram messaging and he is so incredibly kind and thoughtful. Love these guys!

@@StrateleStudios That's so cool. That's what sharing and experiencing music should be all about, very happy to hear that. You have a great day, Sir. 😁

If you haven’t seen my interview with Jonah you should check it out. He talks about their process. 🤯 It’s in 3 parts, this is the first… ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6LCFasB8-oE.htmlsi=Kh7PxV62RhSSabdn

Thank you brother! You are so welcome here! 🫶🫶🫶

Thank you so much Julie. You get it! It really brought me to tears. Potentially life changing for those who hear it! It was for me and for you as well.

Thank you so much! I’m so glad I was able to capture this as I had no idea what I was in for. I sometimes come back to this video and it still chokes me up. 🥺

Oh man…that means a lot to me. Thank you for saying that!

Can this be the future of Hollander? Hahaha 🤯🤯🤯

It’s amazing how these three incredibly talented guys found each other! It’s a Super Group!

Thanks Buddy!

I so totally agree. Henrik goes beyond the call of duty on everything he plays on but in such a tasteful way.

Totally accessible Jazz Fusion, huh?! 😂 They really do make it easy for any level of listener to enjoy!

So damn good!!!

Whoohoo! Hope you both enjoyed it ☺️✌️

@@fiddlestix3025 we did! Got a t-shirt signed by Aron and Henrik after! Wish you could've been there as well. You deserve a ton of DL shows!

That’s one thing that blows me away about these guys. Is seems so effortless but I know how hard it is to pull this kind of thing off! 🤯🤯🤯

@@StrateleStudios they're operating on an entirely different level in terms of musical and compositional capability! Their music is incredibly sophisticated and yet highly accessible. You don't have to be a musician to love Dirty Loops' music, but if you are you'll appreciate it in a way that's above and beyond how the casual listener is hearing it. That's why I so loved your "tear in my eye" reaction at the 9:05 mark. I was similarly affected by this song the first time I heard it. It's so far beyond ANYTHING that passes for popular/mainstream music these days that it's nearly impossible to not have an emotional reaction upon hearing it for the first time.

All of their songs do that crossover thingie tbh...

I so totally agree with you!

Thank you for subscribing! I was blown away that Jonah saw this and responded to it. I’ve been messaging with him 🤯🤯🤯. I’m going to comment about it in my next video. The guys is so freaking nice and down to earth!!!

Thank you my friend 😊😊😊

Mind blowing!!! 🤯🤯🤯

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🤣😂🤣 I think I inadvertently have! 🤣😂🤣

Haha 😂😅😂👍

You get it 💯% that’s how I feel as well!

It’s like taking a ride at an amusement park! I just want to keep getting on again and again! 🎢

I will most definitely be doing videos for Jonah’s album!!!

If you have a soul how can you NOT tear up listen to this? It's funny because when I rewatch my videos to make sure I haven't screwed something up before posting I've notice some discrete gestures I do based on what I'm feeling (I had no idea I was doing). One of them is in the thumbnail of this video when I'm sitting back with my hands over my mouth because I'm so overwhelmed with beauty and I surrender. Man, what a feeling that is. So glad to have you on my channel, my friend.

Thank YOU for this amazing comment, Ludvig! You words are so on the mark and touching and I’m so glad you found this channel! I hope you continue to watch and comment as a skilled musician that you no doubt are! Welcome!!! 👊👏👍🤝🤗

Check out this playlist 😃 ru-vid.com/group/PLlwnPYj0TbtrAfljLEtFaTjHHozNNGkj1

Totally did…I was slain by that point 😭

"Old Armando Had a Farm" is EPIC! It's definitely my favorite from that project.

I’ll definitely be getting into these songs! 👏❤️🎉🎸

So do you though! 😊😊😊

Thank you for this. ❤️

Ah man thank you so much Gary! 😊😊😊

Thank you so much! I hope you stick around and watch more reactions…it’s been such a great ride watching all this incredible music. 🤝

I had no idea Swedish musicians were so damn good!!!!! 👏👏👏

So glad you found this! 😊😊😊

@@StrateleStudios It reminds me your reaction to Eivor "Falling free". You were speechless. I, behind my computer, was shaking, sweating and crying like never before while listening to a piece of music. This is what music is all about...bringing emotions to people. Should we mention "Lingus", "Trinity" or "Shofukan" by those Snarky Puppy musicians ? Naaaa ! We both know it's not necessary ! 😂😂😂 However consider discovering FLOX who explains how he's been working for 40 years (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-k1GBsYOMu_w.html) as a musician, composer and producer. And, last but not least, you have to discover this band ELECTRO DELUXE (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZQU4KT0PCCA.html) Thank you for what you do.

Awwww, I’ll tell you, I really have to hold it together to do these videos…it really really gets to me. ❤️

I hear you. I find myself on an emotional roller coaster in each and every one of their songs. They never fail to surprise. I can enjoy their music as background during my days and be so uplifted - but when I sit down and actively listen I go bananas with emotion. Was listening to them in the car the other day (loud!) and let's just say I'm glad I still have my drivers license. Again, thank you! Cheers 🎵🎶✨

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Right?!! Thank you!!!

+1!

Ahhhhh a ballad! I gotten get into this!

Yes! Breakdown is just as good as Next to You!

@@christianhagegard5323 🤤🤤🤤

Yes!! Pleasepleaseplease react to that! My favorite DL song!

So many emotions!

Totally agree!

I agree 💯% 😊😊😊

I’ve loved them for awhile but getting into their new stuff is completely mine blowing!!! 🤯

Man, I loved them before…now I’m freaking out on them lol. I can’t wait to hear more!!!

Ah man, thank you!!!

Thank you so much!!!!

Me neither 🤣