Tijs has always had the feeling that he wanted to share his music with others. He never seriously had in mind to become such a star but everything became more and bigger. At the end of the eighties he mostly played in a little club called Spock, in Breda. Every thunderday, friday and saturday from 22.00 till 4.00 hour in the morning. At that time Breda wasn't the center of House music but that has made the style of his music and the final 'sound of DJ Tiësto'. There weren't any other DJ's so he wasn't influenced by the style of others. Spock was very small club, however very extravagant like the Roxy. There was space for two hundred people.
"It didn't matter if there where less people, I could do what I wanted, the isolement from other DJ's was good. Through that I could develope myself and my music." In the beginning of his carrier as DJ he mostly played new beat and acid house, sometimes some Madonna.Tijs likes the work of Madonna because her music shows that she likes to dance. Before the release of her album there where already dancemixes. for example 'Vogue' was one of the songs of Spock.
These days his Dj agenda is filled till june 2000. In january is travelling to Japan for two weeks and half of february he leaves the Netherlands to go on tour in America. In The Netherlands he's planning to perform more exclusive, like two times a month at big party's and at festivals, that's for sure because he loves that! He also loves to do sets for seven or eight hours. " Because when you play somewhere for two hours you'll never know what's before and after you. you can't play the same ID's. Seven hours is long to play and after such a performance I am exhausted, because when I play I have to translate my feelings into music. That needs a very hard concentration. Fifteen minutes before I begin I am so in myself that I don't hear anyone talking to me. Playing music is more than put some vinyl on my equipment. timing is the most important thing in house music. You can play the same tracks at two nights but at one night the public get's bored, the other night the people are partying there heads of! Beeing a DJ and perform is like a topsport." Well there's one set everybody knows about and that's the one DJ Tiësto played at the first Innercity. It was the breakthrough for him and his music. " Innercity was one of the best party's for me that year, not only because it was my breakthrough. at that time I didn't even realised that but the party was very big and very good. The first Innercity was for me the first big night to DJ and I think that set was one of my best ever! it was a perfect set for a perfect public!" After Innercity DJ Tiësto's DJ agenda was soon be filled with festivals like the Love Parade, Natur One, gatecrasher summer 1999 and Hyperstate. He travelled also to party island Ibiza. " The people who are coming to Ibiza just want one thing and that's good music and party! They are very open minded, I 've been there three times this summer, a week and two times for four days. That's long enough! because you don't get any sleep. The party at Ibiza is 24 hours a day. When you're going to Ibiza a week is enough, than it's still fun." Tiësto also performes monthly at Gatecrasher in England. "Gatecrasher is amazing! When your standing there you see an ocean of people. It's a can full of people. Gatecrasher isn't very big, but there can party 2.500 people in it.The public is very faithfull to you. When you're in a little depression during your set the public pulls you through.They love breaks, when the beat faint they're starting to shout and scream, clapping there hands like the English footballteam has scored a penalty!it gives you the feeling you're giving a concert. The interaction with the Gatecrasher public is very special." Unless the amazing succes of his work Tijs Verwest is still the same guy as before. He wanted to do something back for the people who already where his friends before the breakthrough. In authum 1999 he started a recordshop called 'Magik the recordshop' in the hart of is home city Breda in West-Brabant. Together with Arny, Tiësto's bussinesspartner, he started there also the Blackholelabel. The serie Forbidden Paradise and the Guardian Angel label was the idea of Arny before.
Until now this is the succes and life story of this fabulous DJ, the coming year 2000 you can expect many, many more of DJ Tiësto.
Trance is the name applied to a type of House music that tends to be faster than normal, rarely features vocals and is built around layers of shimmering, intertwining synthesizer riffs. This branch of house can itself be divided into sub-genres such as psychedelic or "psy-trance", acid trance, euro-trance and Goan trance. The sound originally developed in the techno clubs of Germany (particularly Frankfurt) and then Holland, with Jam And Spoon providing the first big trance hits in 1992 with a remix of "Age Of Love" and their own "Stella". The psychedelic strand of trance developed at the outdoor raves in Goa, on the west coast of India. Like the island of Ibiza, the area has long been part of the latter day 70s "Hippie Trail", a popular destination for those seeking an alternative approach to life and spirituality as well as a free-and-easy attitude. It was the Goan form that emphasised the spiritual element of the trance experience, incorporating imagery from Buddhism and Hinduism. Many visitors from around the world visited Goa in the early to mid-90s to experience the exciting new sound of dance music. London clubs such as Escape to Samsara and Return To The Source successfully recreated the Goan sound and atmosphere if not the Indian weather. Several UK DJs also visited Goa, notably Oakenfold, Paul and Danny Rampling, who began including the sound in their own sets in the UK. Oakenfold was particularly taken with it and his sets continue to be infused with the trance sound, albeit with a more European feel, rather than the Goan sound. His label Perfecto Records included a trance off-shoot, Perfecto Fluoro. Trance remains especially popular in Germany, Italy, Israel and Holland, where much European trance (or "euro" trance) is produced. Amsterdam clubs such as Trance Buddha have also been influential in shaping the sound of dancefloors in the UK and the USA. Euro-trance has filtered into the mainstream, with many of the UK's major clubs, such as Cream and Gatecrasher making it a central part of their sound. Gatecrasher, in particular, has long championed the music, bringing Germans Dyk, Paul Van and DJ Taucher to the club, and more recently, Dutchman DJ Tiësto and the Israeli team Jez And Choopie. The Dutch sound tends to be melodic and riff-based, whereas the German and Italian sound is harder and more percussion-based. Israel seems to favour the psudo psychedelic sound, as practised by its highly regarded countrymen, Astral Projection (The). German DJ Andre Tanneberger, recording as ATB, enjoyed massive crossover success when his "9pm (Till I Come)" topped the UK charts in 1999.
With a massive following in Europe, club culture has propelled itself into
the mainstream, thereby bringing its players a higher profile. This is the
birth of a new, fresh generation of performers, artists and producers. Tijs
Verwest, a.k.a. DJ Tiesto, is coming to North America and aficianados of progressive
electronic dance music had better take note. A mainstay in his native Holland,
DJ Tiesto has long had a passion for sharing music and first played records
at drive-in disco shows early in his career. He soon moved to the clubs where
his sound focused on club and popular music from the Dutch chart parade. Eventually
he narrowed his scope mainly to house music, a simple hybrid of beats laden
over a bass-heavy groove, and started to create his own distinctive style.
This recipe makes for an exciting time as Nettwerk Records presents to you
DJ Tiesto: Summer Breeze, a hand-picked selection of anthems that will make
your head sway. The opening track is "Dido", a beautiful progressive
trance track with vocal samples derived from a Henry Purcell opera and remixed
by Armin Van Buuren (DJ Tiesto's collaborator on projects such as Major League
and Alibi) to give us a taste of the future. Also featured is Oliver Lieb's
dark treatment of the Kamaya Painters (DJ Tiesto and M.B. de Goeij) track
"Far From Over." John Johnson, master of deep progressive trance,
gives us his reconstruction of Dawnseekers' "Gothic Dream", and
one of DJ Tiesto's own productions is a massive tune entitled "Sparkles"
(a chart topper earlier this year played by all the top progressive DJs overseas
- Euro diva Sonique had this one in her charts for weeks). Representing North
America's premier electronic dance acts are Nettwerk artists BT (Libra's mix
of "Dreaming") and Delerium featuring Sarah McLachlan (DJ Tiesto
does an epic mix of "Silence"). DJ Tiesto's producer skills are
highlighted as well, namely on his Magikal Remake of Yahel's gorgeous "Going
Up;" on Jaimy & Kenny D's pumping club anthem "Caught Me Running;"
and with Major League, which gives us the frantic frenzy of "Wonder?"
in its true original form. While many DJs tend to follow the alluring trend
of playing only massive tunes with minimal appeal, DJ Tiesto sets himself
apart from the pack by hand-picking tunes that will linger with people hours
after the club has closed. With this seamlessly mixed spectrum of songs, DJ
Tiesto wants you - whether you're an avid club jester or just someone who
yearns to be swept away - to take Summer Breeze as a testimony to his passion
for sharing music.
