Tiesto
Tiesto is an Electronic Dance DJ from Holland, his real name is Tijs Michiel Verwest was born in Breda, Netherlands on 17 January 1969.
Early Career
In 1994, he began releasing material on Noculan Records' sub-labels Chemo and Coolman. During these years, he produced hardcore/gabber tracks under aliases such as Da Joker and DJ Limited. He was later discovered by the general manager of Rotterdam-based Basic Beat Recordings.
During this time Tiesto was still trying to find a way to break into the big time of DJs and get his music on the world map.
From 1998 to 1999, Tiësto released music on worldwide where he met A&R Hardy Heller and invited him to release some records on Black Hole. Tiësto later included the
In Search of Sunrise series on SongBird. In 1999 Tiësto joined forces with fellow Dutch DJ Ferry Corsten to create the trance based duo of Gouryella.
This video is one of the First Songs that Tiesto and Ferry Corstens' first songs they released together as a duo. As you can see the style of Electronic Dance has changed massively over the years.
Tiësto's popularity started to rise in the early 2000s
after his set at the first ID&T Innercity party and the release of
In My Memory, his first solo album released in 2001 which contained 10 singles and 5 major hits. This is when he turned from being a dueo to being a solo DJ artist.
His fame continued to increase for then known he has 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 new. Tiësto was the first DJ to hold a solo concert in a stadium; on May 10, 2003, he performed for 25,000 people in Arnhem's GelreDome
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
In 2004, he released his second artist album
Just Be, which featured his first single "Traffic" which is the first non-vocal track to reach number one spot in the Dutch national charts for 23 years
The Athens Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (ATHOC) asked Tiësto to perform at the Olympic Games, making him the first DJ to play live on stage at an Olympic Games at the 2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in Athens, where he played for 90 minutes.
This is the scene from the opening ceremony in Athens
On April 16, 2007, Tiësto released his third studio album Elements of Life, the album moved 73,000 copies in its April release. Tiesto had now made it officially as the worlds highest pain DJ, and along with this bought even more fame, now he is getting artists and different DJs wanting to collaborate and make hits with him.
The album consists of rock, trance and experimental music, which shows the style Tiësto has grown throughout the years since his previous albums which contained lyrics
Tiësto announced his residence at Privilege. He played in Ibiza every Monday, from July 7th until September 22nd.
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
Since this album release Tiesto hasn't released another album but he now does 'Club Life' where he records hour mixes and they are available to be downloaded. He is currently on Club Life 403, meaning he has done 403 hour mixes that are available for download.
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