Tiësto (pronounced /tiɛsto/; born Tijs Verwest (pronounced /tɛɪs vɛɹʋɛst/) on January 17, 1969)[2] is a Grammy-nominated Dutch trance DJand record producer. He has become one of the world's most famous people in the trance and electronic dance music scenes.[3] Although he has used many aliases in the past, he is best known for his work as DJ Tiësto.[4] On his latest productions, however, he has dropped the "DJ" label and is now known simply as "Tiësto", an alias which is a twist on his childhood nickname.[5]
As his popularity rose in the early 2000s he became the first DJ to perform to a large crowd without any other DJs or opening acts. He is also noted for being the first DJ to play live on stage at an Olympic Games at the 2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in Athens. In addition to receiving numerous awards for his work he was crowned "World’s No.1 DJ" 3 consecutive times by DJ Magazine from 2002 through 2004[6] and received a nomination for a Grammy Award in 2008, for his album Elements of Life.[7]
He has also made a number of charitable contributions. In April 2006, Tiësto was named the official worldwide ambassador for theDance4Life foundation,[8] fighting the spread of HIV/AIDS, for which he recorded the track "Dance4life." In December 2007, Tiësto andGiorgio Armani collaborated together on a limited edition Tiësto T-shirt available at Armani Exchange stores. His single "Sweet Things" includes the shirt with the proceeds from the sale of this T-shirt benefiting the Mercy Corps.
Tijs Verwest had an interest for music since the age of twelve.[9] When he was twenty he decided to dedicate more time to it and began DJing professionally at school parties and then moved on to become a resident DJ between 1985 and 1994 at several clubs in the Netherlands after his manager and friend Wilfred encouraged him.[10][11] During these years, he producedhardcore/gabber tracks under aliases such as Da Joker and DJ Limited.[12] However, it was at The Spock, a small club in Breda, where he was able to fine-tune his own style by playing in a separate room from 10 p.m. until 4 a.m. on weekends.[13] In the beginning of his career as DJ he mostly played new beat and acid house, and many Madonna songs because her music shows that she likes to dance. Before the release of her album there were already dancemixes like "Vogue" which was one of the songs of Spock.[9] He was discovered by the general manager of Rotterdam-based Basic Beat Recordings. Tiësto released his first of five mix CDs as a part of the label's Forbidden Paradise series.[14]
In the mid-1990s, he started to produce trance,[12] which led to his breakthrough in 1995 when he started building mixed compilations, something nobody else did at that time. Tiësto describes his Magik series as part of his breakthrough, but since the labels only want their own songs in the deejay mixes,[15] in 1997 he and Arny Bink co-founded Black Hole Recordings to support his work releasing a series of singles under various aliases.[16] 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,Mark Norman and Joe Cheang.[17] During this period, DJ Tiësto had been releasing the Magik series, which has had seven instalments starting in 1997 and ending in 2001, after this Tiësto began releasing the In Search of Sunrise series, that is a compilation of Tiësto's mixes with tracks from other DJs. In 1999, Tiësto joined forces with fellow Dutch deejay Ferry Corsten to create the trance based duo of Gouryella.[18] To highlight the importance in the expansion of the trance environment at the time, there were 20 different CD releases of the 4 Gouryella tracks from 9 different labels. Since November 1999 he performed monthly as a resident in Gatecrasher at Leeds, one of the most popular clubs in England.[9] In 1999 he also played in a 12-hour set, being his longest lasting concert in Amsterdam.
Philanthropy and other activities
On January 6, 2005 Tiësto performed in an outdoor fundraiser in De Dam, Amsterdam, the event was free and many famous Dutch artists like Dinand Woesthoff, Bløf, Acda & De Munnik,Di-rect, Berget Lewis, Xander de Buisonjé and Trijntje Oosterhuis were involved in it to provide financial aid to the people who suffered from the tsunami in Asia. All profits made of all TV commercials and live broadcast were given to the organisations collecting the relief funds.[69][70]
During 2005 he also made a small cameo appearance in the award-winning film It's All Gone Pete Tong as himself.[71] He also contributed the song "Goldrush" to the PlayStation Portable futuristic racing game Wipeout Pure.[72] In September 2006 Tiësto was admitted to hospital after experiencing pain in his chest. He was diagnosed with pericarditis and subsequently he had to cancel a number of shows.[73] With the diagnosis, he was invited to support Dance4Life to help teens who are not aware of the risks ofHIV/AIDS. In April 2006 Tiësto was named the official worldwide ambassador for the Dance4Life foundation promoting awareness of HIV/AIDS, as the foundation's ambassador he has helped the organisation with fundraising along with recording the track "Dance4life" that he recorded with Maxi Jazz from Faithless. The foundation consists on a better way of living with safe sex in exchange of entertainment to the young crowd.[8] The song charted #1 twice in the Bulgarian Singles Chart and #3 in the Dutch Top 40. The song was a huge success, peaking for five weeks in #3 and eleven consecutive weeks in the Top 10 of the Dutch Singles Chart, it also reached #5 in Belgium, #6 in Finland and also charting in the UK and Germany. With the successful release ofElements of Life, Tiësto and fashion designer Giorgio Armani collaborated together on a limited edition Tiësto T-shirt available at Armani Exchange stores. His single "Sweet Things" comes with the shirt including an exclusive "A|X Remix" by Tom Cloud which shows the great influence Tiësto has in fashion culture.[74] The charity raised over US$300,000.[66]
Tiësto opened a new club-restaurant acquisition with Chinese cuisine, dance music and live entertainment on June 7, 2007 called Cineac.[75] Tiësto inaugurated with his new Cineac Anthem called "Happy People". Guests are welcome to see various modern styles of music mixed by some known top DJs.[76] It was later renamed "The Mansion".[77] Tiësto and Reebokintroduced the new 'Tiësto shoe' in November 2007. The shoebox comes with a special limited-edition Tiësto & Reebok CD, containing the Elements of Life album and the bonus disc. Only 1000 pair units were available for sale in Netherlands. Previously Tiësto & Reebok had released "Run the DJ Tiësto", which consisted of another shoe release with Tiësto as one of the designers.[78] He now owns a line of Reebok RBK shoes and was recently tapped by Microsoft to launch its new Vista operating system for the Dutch market, placing him on par withRobbie Williams, who performed a similar duty in the United Kingdom. The partnership includes a Vista application built especially for Tiësto, which had more than a thousand downloads from his website a day during its first week of availability. It has a Tiësto toolbar for sorting, a plug-in application which allows fans to be informed with the DJ in real-time and get live alerts on gigs, appearances and new music. Tiësto introduced the application at the Jan. 29 Vista launch event in Amsterdam.[40]
Due to the past 2008 Olympic Games in August, New York’s Ultra Records announced on Friday it is a partner in Coca-Cola’s upcoming WE8 bottle campaign, a promotion that celebrates Coca-Cola’s sponsorship of the Olympic Games in Beijing as well as art and music.[79] Eight musicians and eight artists were chosen, including Tiësto, to create tracks inspired by some specially designed Coke bottles.[80] Tiësto produced a song inspired on "Global Harmony" and on Xiao Xue's design of the Coke bottle which is titled Global Harmony; This is not his first time to be involved with the Olympic Games or Coca-Cola, previously Tiësto participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics and also produced a song for Coca-Cola titled "Searching" which was used on a television commercial.[81] "Corona and Lime", a song by Shwayze includes Tiësto's name in the lyrics, "Bump techno by DJ Tiësto".[82]
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