Tijs Verwest

Tijs Verwest (born January 17, 1969 in Breda, Netherlands) is one of the world's leading dance DJs and trance music artists. Although he has used many aliases in the past, he is best known for his work as DJ Tiësto. However, his latest productions have him dropping the "DJ" label and he is now known simply as "Tiësto."

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January 17 - 1969 - Breda - Netherlands - DJ

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Tijs began DJing professionally at school parties, but 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 10pm until 4am on weekends. Between 1985 and 1993 he was a resident DJ at several clubs in the Netherlands. During these years, he produced hardcore/gabber tracks under aliases Da Joker /Dj Limited. In the mid 90s, he started to produce trance. In 1997, he and Arny Bink co-founded Black Hole Recordings. Black Hole Recordings and its sub-label "Magik Muzik" continue to sign Tiësto's vision of trance producing talent and DJ's such as Cor Fijneman.

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1985 - 1993 - Gabber - Trance - 1997 - Black Hole Recordings - Cor Fijneman

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Tijs is famous for his six hour "Tiësto Solo" sets in which he performed without other DJs for opening acts or alongside other DJs as main attractions to the events. This idea of one DJ playing alone to a large crowd was brought to its height when Tiësto was the first DJ to hold a concert solo in a stadium when he did so for over 25 000 people in Arnhem's Gelredome. Dubbed "Tiësto in Concert" the event was an enormous success for Tijs. He repeated this type of concert in 2004 over two nights in addition to holding a concert for 20 000 in Belgium the week after. In total, these 2004 concerts reached over 70 000 fans. DVDs of both his 2003 and 2004 concerts have been released. On August 20th 2005 he took "Tiësto in Concert" to America by playing to Tiësto fans in Los Angeles, California in the LA Sports Arena. Tijs was announced as DJ Magazine's 'No. 1. DJ in the World' for the third consecutive year in October 2004, an achievement never held by any other DJ. Tijs played at the 2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. Witnessed by an estimated two to four billion viewers around the world, he became the first DJ to perform at an Olympic opening ceremony.

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Tiësto in Concert - 2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony

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Tijs Verwest has produced an enormous amount of mixes, many of which have become very popular and have raised him to a high celebrity in the Netherlands, Israel and Scandinavia. He has also released popular DJ compilations such as the "Magik" series, "In Search of Sunrise" series and "Nyana".

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

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

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He has also worked with Benno De Goeij under the name Kamaya Painters, and has previously worked with Ferry Corsten under the name Gouryella (which is now Ferry Corsten alone).

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Benno De Goeij - Kamaya Painters - Ferry Corsten - Gouryella

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