Tiësto
Tiësto [ cɛsto ː ] ( born January 17, 1969 in Breda, Tijs Michiel Verwest real name [ tɛi̯s mixil vərʋɛst ] ) is a Dutch DJ and music producer.
Life
Tiësto became interested already eight years old for the work of the Disc Jockey (DJ). In his youth, he laid then on as a resident DJ of the small clubs Spock in Breda. There he was discovered by trend scouts from Rotterdam.
The mid-1990s he published himself produced tracks under several artist names and with various labels. In 1997 he founded with his friend and production partner Arny Bink in the scene the now legendary label Black Hole Recordings.
The big break came for Tiësto in 2000 with the remix of Deleriums Silence ( featuring the voice of Sarah McLachlan ), the number three on the Billboard Charts. After a few mix CDs in 2001 his debut album In My Memory came on the market. The album was a huge success, even in the U.S..
He was first elected by the readers of the British magazine DJ Mag for best DJ in the world in 2002. 2003 and 2004, he defended his first place. In 2003, he was with Tiësto In Concert, the first DJ who alone in a stadium ( Gelredome in Arnhem, The Netherlands) in front of 25,000 spectators hung plates.
On 13 August 2004 he accompanied at the Summer Olympic Games in Athens, the entry of athletes into the stadium. This is with millions of viewers around the world probably the biggest gig to date a DJ. In the same year her albums Just Be 2004 Parade of the Athletes came out. In addition, he organized Tiësto In Concert 2, where he handed in a massive show in front of 70,000 fans. Tiësto 2004 had over 100 gigs, including regular appearances in well-known clubs like Amnesia, Ibiza, Gatecrasher in Sheffield.
Also in 2004, Queen Beatrix honored him. Because of its contribution to the Dutch dance scene with the award of the Order of Orange -Nassau in the rank of an officer The ceremony is similar to the award of the Order of Merit in Germany.
In 2005 he had a solo appearance at Disneyland Paris and four concerts in the U.S. (Los Angeles, Washington, DC, Miami and New Orleans) as part of the Tiësto In Concert U.S. Tour. In the same year followed by Tiësto CEE Tour 2005 while he visited cities such as Prague, Bratislava, Zagreb, Belgrade and Budapest. 2006 Tiësto was at the Love Parade reprint it.
Since April 6, 2007 Tiësto has a weekly radio show at the Dutch radio station Radio 538 In " Tiësto 's Club Life", he presents the latest electronic dance music and are in the "15 Minutes of Fame" young DJs a platform to a wide audience to present. Originally, the program " Club Nouveau " meant, but was renamed due to name disputes after five shows. An international version in English is also available as a podcast. In April 2011, Tiësto joined the radio station and moved his show " Club Life " on 3FM.
In 2008, Tiësto laid between July 7 and September 22 at Privilege every Monday as the new resident DJ on. His attitude to his work as a DJ, he describes, "I feel the energy of the crowd and try to return them to form a community. "
2010 he also launched his own label Musical Freedom after he had separated from his former label Black Hole Recordings. Tiësto felt that his music was going in a new direction, namely more electro-house instead of trance that is no longer consistent with the direction of Black Hole Recordings.
In 2010, he put on at the Love Parade in Duisburg. He is among the best-paid DJs in the world with an annual income of 22 million dollars.
In the summer of 2013, Tiësto announced that for 2014, the release of a new studio album was planned. The music style is moving between dance-pop and house. When Tomorrowland Festival in 2013, he played for the first time selected songs of the album. The first advance single Red Lights was released in February 2014. The track reached the charts in a variety of countries. In the United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Sweden and Australia, he reached the Top 10 as the second single to the song Footprints ( Around the World ) appear.
Pseudonyms
Tijs is known not only as Tiësto, but also under various other pseudonyms, which are listed below:
- Allure
- Alibi ( with Tiësto, Armin van Buuren )
- Boys Will Be Boys ( Angger Dimas with Tiësto )
- Since Joker
- Drum Fire
- Hammock Brothers
- Paradise In Dubs
- Passenger
- Roze
- Stray Dog
- Tom Ace
- Wild Bunch
- Gouryella ( with Tiësto Ferry Corsten )
- Control Freaks ( Tiësto with Rank 1)
- Major League ( with Tiësto, Armin van Buuren )
- Kamaya Painters ( Benno De Goeij of Tiësto with Rank 1)
- Steve Forte Rio
- RobsenPonte
- Leon SHM