Tiesto

Tiesto Bio

"Tiesto", formerly "DJ Ti�sto", is the stage name of "Tijs Verwest" (born January 17, 1969), one of the world's leading dance DJs. He was born in Breda, the Netherlands, where as of 2004 he still resides. Between 1985 and 1993 he was a resident DJ at several clubs in his country.

Back then he was producing hardcore/Gabber tracks under aliases Da Joker/Dj Limited, but in the mid 90s he started to produce trance. In 1997, he and Arny Bink co-founded Black Hole Recordings. Ti�sto is famous for his six hours sets, called www.tiestosolo.com (but this is not a website). Ti�sto has been the first DJ ever to be voted ''DJ Magazine"s 'No. 1. in the World' three times in a row. At the 2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Ti�sto accompanied the athletes. Witnessed by an estimated two to four billion viewers around the world, he became the first DJ to play live at such an event.

Dj Tiesto produced an enormous amount of mixes some of which became very popular. He also released a lot of popular Dj Compilations like "Magik" series, "In Search Of Sunrise" series and Nyana.

His motto is: ''"I feel the energy from the crowd and I try to give back, to create a unity."''

"Aliases": Allure, Da Joker, Dj Limited, Drumfire, Hammock Brothers, Paradise In Dubs, "Passenger", Roze, Stray Dog, Tom Ace, "Wild Bunch"

Discography

*2001 In My Memory
*2004 Just Be (with BT,Aqualung, Kirsty Hawkshaw)
*2004 Parade Of The Athletes (with Daniel Stewart, Geert Huinink)

Hit Singles

*? Spiritual Wipe Out (as Da Joker)
*1994 Arabsession (as Dj Limited)
*1994 In The Ghetto (as Da Joker)
*1996 Second Game (as Tom Ace)
*1996 The Tube
*1996 In My Heart (as Paradise In Dubs)
*1996 Blackspin (as Passenger)
*1997 Blaze Of Night (as Hammock Brothers)
*1998 Our Love (as Roze)
*1998 When She Left (as Allure)
*1998 Flying Squirrel Problem (as Drumfire)
*1999 Mirror (as Stray Dog)
*1999 Rejected / When She Left (as Allure)
*1999 Lethal Industry
*1999 Sparkles
*1999 Theme From Norefjell
*2000 No More Tears (as Allure)
*2000 We Ran At Dawn (as Allure)
*2001 Battleship Grey
*2001 Flight 643
*2001 Suburban Train
*2001 Urban Train
*2002 In My Memory
*2002 Magik Journey
*2002 Obsession (with Junkie XL)
*2002 We Came (with Ferry Corsten)
*2003 Traffic
*2004 Dallas 4pm
*2004 Love Comes Again (with BT)

Co production

*"Gouryella"(with Ferry Corsten) (Singles)
**1999 Walhalla
**1999 Gouryella
**2000 Tenshi
**2002 Ligaya ( Dj Tiesto did not participate, John Ewbank participated)
*"Vimana"(with Ferry Corsten) (Singles)
**1999 We Came
**2000 Dreamtime

*"Kamaya Painters" (with Benno De Goeij) (Singles)
**1998 Endless Wave
**1999 Far From Over
**2001 Wasteland
*"Control Freaks" (with Benno De Goeij and Piet Bervoets) (Singles)
**1998 Subspace Interference

*"Major League" (with Armin Van Buuren)
**2000 Wonder Where You Are
*"Alibi" (with Armin Van Buuren)
**2000 Eternity

*"Glycerine" (with Dj Yves)
**1996 666

*"Hard Target" (with G-Shock)
**? Knights Of Hardcore
*"T-Scanner" (with G-Shock)
**1994 Trip To Heaven
*"West & Storm" (with G-Shock)
**1995 Porpoise
**1995 Sunday Morning
**1996 Back 2 Basic

*"TB X-Press" (with Dj Ghost)
**1996 When I Was A Sperm

Video/DVD

*2003 Another Day At The Office (DVD)
*2003 Tiesto In Concert (2xDVD)
*2003 Tiesto In Concert - Take Two (DVD)

DJ compilations

*1995 Forbidden Paradise 3 - The Quest For Atlantis
*1995 Forbidden Paradise 4 - High As A Kite
*1996 Forbidden Paradise 5 - Arctic Expedition
*1996 Forbidden Paradise 6 - Valley Of Fire
*1997 Magik One - First Flight
*1998 Magik Two - Story Of The Fall
*1998 Magik Three - Far From Earth
*1998 Forbidden Paradise 7 - Deep Forest
*1999 Magik Four - A New Adventure
*1999 In Search Of Sunrise 1
*2000 Summerbreeze
*2000 Magik Five - Heaven Beyond
*2000 Magik Six - Live In Amsterdam
*2000 In Search of Sunrise 2
*2001 Magik Seven - Live In Los Angeles
*2001 Revolution
*2002 In Search of Sunrise 3
*2003 Nyana
*2003 DJ Tiesto - World Leader

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