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Tijs Michiel Verwest known as Tiësto (
Dutch pronunciation: [cɛsto]), is a Dutch musician, DJ and record producer of electronic dance music. 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 is now known simply as "Tiësto", an alias which is a twist of his childhood nickname.
In
1997, he founded the label
Black Hole Recordings with Arny
Bink, where he released the
Magik and
In Search of Sunrise CD series. Tiësto met producer
Dennis Waakop Reijers in
1998, and the two have worked together extensively since then. Reijers is credited as producer, writer, composer, or arranger on many of Tiësto's releases. Then, in
1999 and
2000 he collaborated with
Ferry Corsten to create
Gouryella. His 2000 remix of
Delerium's "
Silence" featuring
Sarah McLachlan exposed him to more mainstream audiences. In
2001, he released his first solo
album In My Memory which gave him several major hits that launched his career. He was named "
World's
No.1 DJ" 3 consecutive times by
DJ Magazine from
2002 through 2004.
Just after releasing his second studio album
Just Be in 2004 at the
Summer Olympics, he performed live at the opening ceremony in
Athens, Greece, becoming the first DJ to play live on stage at an
Olympics.
Tracks he made especially for the Olympics were mixed together and released as the mix compilation
Parade of the Athletes later that year. In
April 2007 Tiësto launched both his radio show
Tiësto's Club Life on
Radio 538 in the
Netherlands and released his third studio album
Elements of Life. The album reached number one on the Dutch album chart as well on "
Billboard Top Electronic Albums" in the
U.S. and received a nomination for a
Grammy Award in 2008. Tiësto released his fourth studio album
Kaleidoscope in
October 2009.
On October 6, 2009, Tiësto released his fourth studio album Kaleidoscope, which featured artists such as
Priscilla Ahn,
Calvin Harris,
Tegan & Sara and
Nelly Furtado. Unlike his earlier albums, which were all mostly trance, Kaleidoscope explores other electronic genres, and is considered
Tiesto's most experimental album. The first single "
I Will Be Here" featuring
Sneaky Sound System being released in July 2009. In its first week, the album reached the Top 10 chart on iTunes.
To release the album he has set up a new record label called
Musical Freedom after parting ways with Black Hole Recordings. Tiësto felt that his music was evolving in a new direction and his focus as an artist was moving away from what
Black Hole was set up to support. His new tour, sharing the name of his new album, called
Kaleidoscope World Tour commenced in late September. Tiësto contributed songs to both
DJ Hero and
DJ Hero 2 video games and is a playable character in the second game. He contributed two exclusive mixes to the second game, and used content from DJ Hero 2 to create the official video for his single '
Speed Rail' - the world's first music video to be created entirely using in-game footage. Tiësto has produced a trance-flavoured song on
Memphis rap duo
Three 6 Mafia's upcoming album
Laws of Power called "
Feel It," which features
Flo Rida and
Sean Kingston. On March 16,
2010, Tiësto released his greatest hits album called
Magikal Journey:
The Hits Collection 1998--2008, a two disc
album focusing on his most famous songs and remixes of his songs.
- published: 25 Jul 2012
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