Tiesto (born Tijs Verwest on January 17, 1969 in Breda, Netherlands) is one of the world's most famous trance DJ figures in the electronic dance music scene. Although he has used many aliases in the past, he is best known for his work as DJ Tiesto. However, his latest productions have him dropping the "DJ" label and he is now known simply as "Tiesto". He is one of the world's leading trance DJs and has been voted top world DJ for 3 consecutive years from 2002-2004.
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, a small club in Breda, where he was able to finetune 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. A series of singles were released under various aliases, such as Allure, Drumfire, Hammock Brothers, Paradise in Dubs, Passenger, Roze, Stray Dog, Tom Ace, and Wild Bunch.
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, Lethal Industry has one of the most identifiable climaxes in trance, Suburban Train was his famous and energetic closing track, Traffic was the first instrumental track to reach #1 in the Netherlands in 23 years, and Adagio for Strings was the mind-blowing opening track at his 2003 concert. His albums are also deserving of acclaim for their quality, style and popularity. 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 "Magik One: First Flight" 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. The 4th episode in the successor In Search of Sunrise series contains some of the more artistically worthy trance records and is mixed by Tiësto so well it releases the listener into the warmth and energy of Ibiza and Latin America.
Globally, Tiësto is best known for his famous remix of the Delerium single Silence (featuring Sarah McLachlan) and for his remix of William Orbit's interpretation of Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings. Verwest will be permanently attached to his Tiësto alias, an Italian twist of his childhood nickname, and this acclaimed remix that brought him into the strata of world-renowned DJs.
More info:
http://www.tiesto.com/
http://www.myspace.com/tiesto
http://www.thedjlist.com/djs/TIESTO/
http://www.tiestofanclub.com/
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