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'Tiësto' (born 'Tijs Verwest' on January 17, 1969 in Breda, The Netherlands) is one of the world's most famous trance DJs. Although he has used many aliases in the past, he is best known for his work as 'DJ Tiësto'. On his latest productions, however, he has dropped the "DJ" label and he is now known simply as "Tiësto", an alias which is an Italian twist on his childhood nickname.
Globally, Tiësto is best known for being the first DJ to play live at an Olympic games opening ceremony, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and he has also been voted "best DJ in the World" 3 consecutive times by DJ magazine. He is also known for his first production, an acclaimed remix that thrust him into the sphere of world-renowned DJs. As of May 2006 Tiësto is the official worldwide ambassador for the Dance4Life foundation, fighting the spread of HIV/AIDS, for which he recorded the track "Dance4life".
His hit singles include "Flight 643," "Lethal Industry," "Suburban Train," "Traffic," "Just Be," (vocals by Kirsty Hawkshaw) and his interpretation of Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings." "Flight 643" was voted as the second most influential dance track of all time by ID&T fans.[1] "Lethal Industry" has one of the most identifiable climaxes in trance, "Traffic" was the first instrumental track to reach #1 in the Netherlands in 23 years.[2] His artist albums, ''In My Memory'' and ''Just Be,'' together contain these mentioned songs in addition to more of Tiësto's better known productions. His ''Magik'' CD series of 7 albums, beginning with '' in 1997 and essentially ending with ''Magik Seven: Live in Los Angeles'' in 2000, was the best selling trance mix CD series of all time.
Besides his solo efforts he has also worked with the support of Cor Fijneman, DJ Montana, DJ N.Cribbs, DJ FastX, Mauro Picotto, and he has collaborated with Benno De Goeij under the name Kamaya Painters and Control Freak, Armin van Buuren under the alias Major League and Alibi and also BT Brian Transeau. He has previously worked very successfully with Ferry Corsten under the name Gouryella (which is now Ferry Corsten alone) and Vimana.
Tiësto's motto is: "I feel the energy from the crowd and I try to give it back."
Tijs Verwest began DJing professionally at school parties and then moved on to become a resident DJ between 1985 and 1993 at several clubs in The Netherlands. During these years, he produced hardcore/gabber tracks under the aliases Da Joker and DJ Limited. However, it was at the Spock[1], a small club in Breda, where he was able to fine-tune his own style by playing in a separate room from 10 pm until 4 am on weekends. In the mid 1990s, he started to produce trance, and in 1997 he and Arny Bink co-founded Black Hole Recordings to support his work releasing a series of singles under various aliases. Black Hole Recordings and its sub-label Magik Muzik continue to sign Tiësto's vision of trance – producing musicians and DJs such as Cor Fijneman, Ton TB, and Mark Norman.
Tiësto's fame started to rise in the late 1990s after his set at the first ID&T Innercity party, and it continued to skyrocket in the early 2000s following his six-hour "Tiësto Solo" sets which he performed without other DJs or opening acts. This idea, of one DJ playing alone to a large crowd, was brought to its pinnacle when Tiësto was the first DJ to hold a solo concert in a stadium; on May 10 2003, he performed for over 25,000 people in Arnhem's Gelredome. Dubbed "Tiësto in Concert", the event was an enormous success. He repeated the same type of concert the following year during two consecutive nights in late October. In addition to holding these two concerts for 35,000 of his fans, he held another concert for a crowd of 20,000 in Hasselt, Belgium the following week. DVDs of both his May 10 2003 and October 30 2004 concerts have been released.
On August 20 2005 Verwest took "Tiësto in Concert" to the United States when he played to thousands of fans in Los Angeles, California in the Los Angeles Sports Arena. For the second year in a row he performed live for a New Year's Eve/New Year's concert in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Orleans Arena to a sell-out crowd. Despite his four-city American tour being postponed due to the hurricane damage in New Orleans and Miami, playing such cities in the United States further expanded and cemented his popularity among more mainstream audiences. In the fall of 2005 he went on a very successful tour across Central and Eastern Europe where he played once in each country to crowds of 10,000 to 15,000 fans. Stops were made in Slovakia, Serbia, Macedonia, Romania, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Turkey, Poland, and Croatia. Tiësto also performed at the UNITY festival in South Africa where he played a show at the Gallagher Estate Arena in Midrand, a suburb of Johannesburg, to over 18,000 fans.
The pinnacle of Tiësto's career is often considered to be his performance at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, another first for a DJ. A studio-recorded rerun of his Olympic set, including new songs especially composed for the occasion, was released as a nonstop mix-CD entitled ''Parade of the Athletes'' in October 2004.
On April 6 2007 Tiësto began presenting a new weekly two-hour radio show called "Tiësto's Club Life" on Dutch radio station Radio 538. XM Satellite Radio in the United States later started broadcasting the show on Channel 81 BPM as part of their "Global Domination" lineup on Saturday nights. The show is broadcast on Radio 538 on Friday nights between 22:00 CET and midnight and on BPM on Saturday nights between 8:00 PM EST and 10:00 PM EST. The first hour is also available as a podcast on the Radio 538 website.
In late May 2007 the international DJ scene was in a state of alarm after a Lebanese site, Ya Libnan, announced that Dutch DJ Tiësto would be targeted by the radical islamist group Fatah al-Islam. There would exist plans to kill DJ Tiësto during his DJ set in Byblos on Monday July 2 at the Eddé Sands Hotel & Resort. This announcement was later retracted as spurious and based on rumours.[3][4] Tiësto completed the Byblos gig which turned out to be a huge success and according to Ya Libnan it has "officially become the biggest event in Lebanon’s history" breaking the venue's previous record of 16,000 by several thousand – at 2 a.m. the Eddé Sands beach and the neighbouring beach had reached maximum capacity and thousands had to be turned away having to watch from nearby roads and surrounding areas[5]
On July 4 2007, Tiësto failed to show up at his scheduled Elements of Life tour concert in Bahrain's capital Manama. Without prior warning, the DJ left a crowd of over 3000 fans waiting until the closing hours. Ticket prices went up to $250, and fans from across the region flew in to Bahrain just to attend the concert. The concert was clearly scheduled on his website, and tickets were still being sold until the last moment by local organizers Prime Time Entertainment and promoter Ayman Al Hamad. Apparently, Tiësto waited until the final hours to get paid in full by the organizers prior to his performance, but according to Tiësto himself they never did. Shortly before closing moments, the crowd started rioting demanding Tiësto's appearance, which forced the local police to intervene.[6][7][8] On July 6 Tiësto provided an explanation of what had happened on his website:
Later, promoter Ayman Al Hamad told Bahrain's Gulf Daily News newspaper that Tiësto was very stupid for the statements he provided on his website, and that he believes that the DJ refused to perform because he was expecting more than 3000 fans to show up at his debut in Bahrain. Ayman also said that the DJ was offered the full payment in parts of different currencies, but refused to receive part of the payment in Bahraini Dinar because Tiësto was not willing recognize it as a valid currency. Al Hamad strongly refutes Tiësto claim that there was nobody to transport him from his hotel to the venue: "Even if I didn't have a car for him any of the fans would be happy to offer one of theirs." He has announced that legal action will be taken against Tiësto and is also urging witnesses who took photographs or videos of the melee to come forward to assist the ongoing investigation into what did in fact take place. According to the news article Prime Time Entertainment had paid Tiësto 18,000 euros in advance to cover his private jet expenses.[10]
On August 23 2007, during the Winnipeg stop on Tiesto's Elements of Life tour concert in Manitoba's capital Winnipeg, a bomb threat was called in to local authorities, prompting an immediate shut down of the concert in the middle of Tiesto's set. Amid fears that a riot would ensue, the Winnipeg Police Department dispatched over 20 cruisers from around the city to control the crowd. The crowd did not turn violent despite fears they would and the party continued outside when local buskers began to play. The building was searched and cleared and Tiesto resumed his set around 1 am. .[11]
Tiësto was the first DJ to hold DJ Magazine's ''"No. 1. DJ in the World"'' title for the three consecutive years: in 2002, 2003 and 2004. Other honours include countless national and international best DJ awards, being named Officer of the "Order of Orange-Nassau" by the Dutch Royalty [12], and being voted by the Dutch people as their 40th greatest citizen of all time. [13]
★ WMC Awards Miami Best Progressive House/Trance Track (Dance 4 Life)
★ WMC Awards Miami Best Ortofon Global DJ 2006
★ WMC Awards Miami Best Full Length DJ Mix CD (In Search of Sunrise VOL.5)
★ 3 FM Award Best Dance Artist
★ Release Dance Award Best Trance/Progressive artist
★ Release Dance Award Best International DJ
★ TMF Belgium Best International DJ
★ Dance Music Award Germany Best Trance Artist
★ WMC Awards Miami Best Producer
★ WMC Awards Miami Best Hi-NRG / Euro track
★ WMC Awards Miami The Ortofon Best European DJ 2004
★ WMC Awards Miami Best Producer 2004
★ TMF Award Holland Best Dance National
★ TMF Award Holland Radio 538 single of the year
★ TMF Award Holland Lifetime Achievement
★ Edison Music Award Best dance album – Just Be
★ ID&T Dutch DJ Award Best Dutch DJ by audience
★ Buma/Stemra Sound of Silence Award
★ TMF Award Belgium Best International DJ
★ World Music Award World's best selling Dutch artist
★ Ibiza DJ Award Best International DJ Trance
★ TMF Award Holland Best National DJ
★ TMF Award Holland Best Dance Act National
★ DJ Mag Top 100 Number 1 Position
★ WMC Awards Miami Best International DJ
★ DJUK awards best DJ
★ World Dancestar Award U.S.A. Best International DJ
★ ID&T Dutch DJ Award Best Dutch DJ by professional jury
★ ID&T Dutch DJ Award Best Dutch DJ by audience
★ Radio 538 Dance Award Radio 538 Dutch Audience Edison
★ TMF Award Holland Best Dance Act National
★ TMF Award Holland Best National DJ
★ TMF Award Belgium Best Dance International
★ MTV Europe Music Award Best Dutch Act
★ BG Magazine Award Best Club/Trance/Hardhouse DJ
★ DJ Mag Top 100 Number 1 Position
★ Mixmag Award Best Resident Ibiza
★ Tiësto has contributed at least one song to the MMORPG role-playing game Granado Espada. [14]
★ Black Hole Recordings
★ Dance4Life
★ SongBird
1. "trance.nu| "Xbox Dance Top 500 of all times!!!!!"
2. Tiësto - Biography
3. Murder attempt on DJ Tiësto reveals to be a hoax
4. Ya Libnan withdraws false information on Tiësto's death threats
5. Amazing Tiesto Resurrects Lebanon's Nightlife
6. DJ Tiesto you should be ashamed
7. Fans riot after DJ 'no show'
8. Clashes as DJ Tiesto fails to show up for Bahrain performance
9. Statement on Tiësto's official website
10. DJ 'refused to perform over cash'all of this is horseshit!!!!!!
11. Winnipeg concert goers evacuated after bomb threats
12. The List - DJ Tiesto
13. How to speak Dutch (design)
14. http://hrin.iahgames.com/2007/04/flaregamer-interview-i-had-interview.html
★ Tiesto.com - Official site of Tijs Verwest.
★ Myspace Profile - Tiësto's Myspace
★ Tiesto's Club life - Tiësto's Weekly Radioshow on Radio 538
★ Tiësto's Tracklisting archive
★ VIDEO: DJ Tiesto at Global Dance Festival 2007 (USA)
★ Djtiesto.org - Unofficial fan site of Tijs Verwest.
'Tiësto' (born 'Tijs Verwest' on January 17, 1969 in Breda, The Netherlands) is one of the world's most famous trance DJs. Although he has used many aliases in the past, he is best known for his work as 'DJ Tiësto'. On his latest productions, however, he has dropped the "DJ" label and he is now known simply as "Tiësto", an alias which is an Italian twist on his childhood nickname.
Globally, Tiësto is best known for being the first DJ to play live at an Olympic games opening ceremony, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and he has also been voted "best DJ in the World" 3 consecutive times by DJ magazine. He is also known for his first production, an acclaimed remix that thrust him into the sphere of world-renowned DJs. As of May 2006 Tiësto is the official worldwide ambassador for the Dance4Life foundation, fighting the spread of HIV/AIDS, for which he recorded the track "Dance4life".
His hit singles include "Flight 643," "Lethal Industry," "Suburban Train," "Traffic," "Just Be," (vocals by Kirsty Hawkshaw) and his interpretation of Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings." "Flight 643" was voted as the second most influential dance track of all time by ID&T fans.[1] "Lethal Industry" has one of the most identifiable climaxes in trance, "Traffic" was the first instrumental track to reach #1 in the Netherlands in 23 years.[2] His artist albums, ''In My Memory'' and ''Just Be,'' together contain these mentioned songs in addition to more of Tiësto's better known productions. His ''Magik'' CD series of 7 albums, beginning with '' in 1997 and essentially ending with ''Magik Seven: Live in Los Angeles'' in 2000, was the best selling trance mix CD series of all time.
Besides his solo efforts he has also worked with the support of Cor Fijneman, DJ Montana, DJ N.Cribbs, DJ FastX, Mauro Picotto, and he has collaborated with Benno De Goeij under the name Kamaya Painters and Control Freak, Armin van Buuren under the alias Major League and Alibi and also BT Brian Transeau. He has previously worked very successfully with Ferry Corsten under the name Gouryella (which is now Ferry Corsten alone) and Vimana.
Tiësto's motto is: "I feel the energy from the crowd and I try to give it back."
History
Early Career
Tiësto
Tijs Verwest began DJing professionally at school parties and then moved on to become a resident DJ between 1985 and 1993 at several clubs in The Netherlands. During these years, he produced hardcore/gabber tracks under the aliases Da Joker and DJ Limited. However, it was at the Spock[1], a small club in Breda, where he was able to fine-tune his own style by playing in a separate room from 10 pm until 4 am on weekends. In the mid 1990s, he started to produce trance, and in 1997 he and Arny Bink co-founded Black Hole Recordings to support his work releasing a series of singles under various aliases. Black Hole Recordings and its sub-label Magik Muzik continue to sign Tiësto's vision of trance – producing musicians and DJs such as Cor Fijneman, Ton TB, and Mark Norman.
First DJ to perform solo concerts
Tiësto's fame started to rise in the late 1990s after his set at the first ID&T Innercity party, and it continued to skyrocket in the early 2000s following his six-hour "Tiësto Solo" sets which he performed without other DJs or opening acts. This idea, of one DJ playing alone to a large crowd, was brought to its pinnacle when Tiësto was the first DJ to hold a solo concert in a stadium; on May 10 2003, he performed for over 25,000 people in Arnhem's Gelredome. Dubbed "Tiësto in Concert", the event was an enormous success. He repeated the same type of concert the following year during two consecutive nights in late October. In addition to holding these two concerts for 35,000 of his fans, he held another concert for a crowd of 20,000 in Hasselt, Belgium the following week. DVDs of both his May 10 2003 and October 30 2004 concerts have been released.
Tours and mainstream popularity rise
Tiësto in 2005
On August 20 2005 Verwest took "Tiësto in Concert" to the United States when he played to thousands of fans in Los Angeles, California in the Los Angeles Sports Arena. For the second year in a row he performed live for a New Year's Eve/New Year's concert in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Orleans Arena to a sell-out crowd. Despite his four-city American tour being postponed due to the hurricane damage in New Orleans and Miami, playing such cities in the United States further expanded and cemented his popularity among more mainstream audiences. In the fall of 2005 he went on a very successful tour across Central and Eastern Europe where he played once in each country to crowds of 10,000 to 15,000 fans. Stops were made in Slovakia, Serbia, Macedonia, Romania, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Turkey, Poland, and Croatia. Tiësto also performed at the UNITY festival in South Africa where he played a show at the Gallagher Estate Arena in Midrand, a suburb of Johannesburg, to over 18,000 fans.
The pinnacle of Tiësto's career is often considered to be his performance at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, another first for a DJ. A studio-recorded rerun of his Olympic set, including new songs especially composed for the occasion, was released as a nonstop mix-CD entitled ''Parade of the Athletes'' in October 2004.
Radio show
On April 6 2007 Tiësto began presenting a new weekly two-hour radio show called "Tiësto's Club Life" on Dutch radio station Radio 538. XM Satellite Radio in the United States later started broadcasting the show on Channel 81 BPM as part of their "Global Domination" lineup on Saturday nights. The show is broadcast on Radio 538 on Friday nights between 22:00 CET and midnight and on BPM on Saturday nights between 8:00 PM EST and 10:00 PM EST. The first hour is also available as a podcast on the Radio 538 website.
July 2007– Lebanese terror hoax ended up a huge success
In late May 2007 the international DJ scene was in a state of alarm after a Lebanese site, Ya Libnan, announced that Dutch DJ Tiësto would be targeted by the radical islamist group Fatah al-Islam. There would exist plans to kill DJ Tiësto during his DJ set in Byblos on Monday July 2 at the Eddé Sands Hotel & Resort. This announcement was later retracted as spurious and based on rumours.[3][4] Tiësto completed the Byblos gig which turned out to be a huge success and according to Ya Libnan it has "officially become the biggest event in Lebanon’s history" breaking the venue's previous record of 16,000 by several thousand – at 2 a.m. the Eddé Sands beach and the neighbouring beach had reached maximum capacity and thousands had to be turned away having to watch from nearby roads and surrounding areas[5]
July 2007– Bahrain fans disappointed
On July 4 2007, Tiësto failed to show up at his scheduled Elements of Life tour concert in Bahrain's capital Manama. Without prior warning, the DJ left a crowd of over 3000 fans waiting until the closing hours. Ticket prices went up to $250, and fans from across the region flew in to Bahrain just to attend the concert. The concert was clearly scheduled on his website, and tickets were still being sold until the last moment by local organizers Prime Time Entertainment and promoter Ayman Al Hamad. Apparently, Tiësto waited until the final hours to get paid in full by the organizers prior to his performance, but according to Tiësto himself they never did. Shortly before closing moments, the crowd started rioting demanding Tiësto's appearance, which forced the local police to intervene.[6][7][8] On July 6 Tiësto provided an explanation of what had happened on his website:
BAHRAIN CANCELLATION
Dear fans, I am very sorry for what happened at the Marina Club in Bahrain last Wednesday. Allow me to explain to you what really took place.
The promoter disappeared after 1 a.m. with the DJ fee and the money everybody had paid for their tickets.
I still wanted to play at the party, so I was waiting for somebody to pick me up from the hotel and bring me to the venue. At 2 a.m., still nobody had arrived and we heard that police was already on the way to the venue. At that moment, I had no other choice than to stay in my hotel room.
The promoter tried to escape Bahrain, but luckily he got caught near the Saudi Arabian border. He is in jail at this moment.
Again, I am very sorry for what happened and I will definitely try to find a way to make it up with all my fans who bought tickets for the show.
Tiësto [9]
Later, promoter Ayman Al Hamad told Bahrain's Gulf Daily News newspaper that Tiësto was very stupid for the statements he provided on his website, and that he believes that the DJ refused to perform because he was expecting more than 3000 fans to show up at his debut in Bahrain. Ayman also said that the DJ was offered the full payment in parts of different currencies, but refused to receive part of the payment in Bahraini Dinar because Tiësto was not willing recognize it as a valid currency. Al Hamad strongly refutes Tiësto claim that there was nobody to transport him from his hotel to the venue: "Even if I didn't have a car for him any of the fans would be happy to offer one of theirs." He has announced that legal action will be taken against Tiësto and is also urging witnesses who took photographs or videos of the melee to come forward to assist the ongoing investigation into what did in fact take place. According to the news article Prime Time Entertainment had paid Tiësto 18,000 euros in advance to cover his private jet expenses.[10]
August 2007– Winnipeg Bomb Hoax
On August 23 2007, during the Winnipeg stop on Tiesto's Elements of Life tour concert in Manitoba's capital Winnipeg, a bomb threat was called in to local authorities, prompting an immediate shut down of the concert in the middle of Tiesto's set. Amid fears that a riot would ensue, the Winnipeg Police Department dispatched over 20 cruisers from around the city to control the crowd. The crowd did not turn violent despite fears they would and the party continued outside when local buskers began to play. The building was searched and cleared and Tiesto resumed his set around 1 am. .[11]
Discography
Honours and awards
Tiësto was the first DJ to hold DJ Magazine's ''"No. 1. DJ in the World"'' title for the three consecutive years: in 2002, 2003 and 2004. Other honours include countless national and international best DJ awards, being named Officer of the "Order of Orange-Nassau" by the Dutch Royalty [12], and being voted by the Dutch people as their 40th greatest citizen of all time. [13]
2007
★ WMC Awards Miami Best Progressive House/Trance Track (Dance 4 Life)
★ WMC Awards Miami Best Ortofon Global DJ 2006
★ WMC Awards Miami Best Full Length DJ Mix CD (In Search of Sunrise VOL.5)
2005
★ 3 FM Award Best Dance Artist
★ Release Dance Award Best Trance/Progressive artist
★ Release Dance Award Best International DJ
★ TMF Belgium Best International DJ
★ Dance Music Award Germany Best Trance Artist
★ WMC Awards Miami Best Producer
★ WMC Awards Miami Best Hi-NRG / Euro track
★ WMC Awards Miami The Ortofon Best European DJ 2004
★ WMC Awards Miami Best Producer 2004
★ TMF Award Holland Best Dance National
★ TMF Award Holland Radio 538 single of the year
★ TMF Award Holland Lifetime Achievement
★ Edison Music Award Best dance album – Just Be
2004
★ ID&T Dutch DJ Award Best Dutch DJ by audience
★ Buma/Stemra Sound of Silence Award
★ TMF Award Belgium Best International DJ
★ World Music Award World's best selling Dutch artist
★ Ibiza DJ Award Best International DJ Trance
★ TMF Award Holland Best National DJ
★ TMF Award Holland Best Dance Act National
★ DJ Mag Top 100 Number 1 Position
★ WMC Awards Miami Best International DJ
★ DJUK awards best DJ
2003
★ World Dancestar Award U.S.A. Best International DJ
★ ID&T Dutch DJ Award Best Dutch DJ by professional jury
★ ID&T Dutch DJ Award Best Dutch DJ by audience
★ Radio 538 Dance Award Radio 538 Dutch Audience Edison
★ TMF Award Holland Best Dance Act National
★ TMF Award Holland Best National DJ
★ TMF Award Belgium Best Dance International
★ MTV Europe Music Award Best Dutch Act
★ BG Magazine Award Best Club/Trance/Hardhouse DJ
★ DJ Mag Top 100 Number 1 Position
★ Mixmag Award Best Resident Ibiza
Trivia
★ Tiësto has contributed at least one song to the MMORPG role-playing game Granado Espada. [14]
See also
★ Black Hole Recordings
★ Dance4Life
★ SongBird
References
1. "trance.nu| "Xbox Dance Top 500 of all times!!!!!"
2. Tiësto - Biography
3. Murder attempt on DJ Tiësto reveals to be a hoax
4. Ya Libnan withdraws false information on Tiësto's death threats
5. Amazing Tiesto Resurrects Lebanon's Nightlife
6. DJ Tiesto you should be ashamed
7. Fans riot after DJ 'no show'
8. Clashes as DJ Tiesto fails to show up for Bahrain performance
9. Statement on Tiësto's official website
10. DJ 'refused to perform over cash'all of this is horseshit!!!!!!
11. Winnipeg concert goers evacuated after bomb threats
12. The List - DJ Tiesto
13. How to speak Dutch (design)
14. http://hrin.iahgames.com/2007/04/flaregamer-interview-i-had-interview.html
External links
★ Tiesto.com - Official site of Tijs Verwest.
★ Myspace Profile - Tiësto's Myspace
★ Tiesto's Club life - Tiësto's Weekly Radioshow on Radio 538
★ Tiësto's Tracklisting archive
★ VIDEO: DJ Tiesto at Global Dance Festival 2007 (USA)
★ Djtiesto.org - Unofficial fan site of Tijs Verwest.
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