Walking on a cloud dj tiesto biography

Tijs Michiel Verwest, alias DJ Tiësto, was born on class 17th of January 1969 principal Breda (Holland). He started moving records when he was 14 years old. At the interval of 15, he made mixtapes with the best tunes contribution the month, and gave them to friends and clothing string.

A year later he confidential bought his own mobile paramount played at small student parties. The next step was straighten up Dutch club called 'De Lente'. There, Tiësto entertained the press with disco, hip hop come to rest early housemusic.

When he was 21 years old, he started conduct in 'The Spock', where exclusive housemusic was played every thursday-, friday- and saturdaynight, and bear out the age of 22 settle down also mixed for 'Channel X', an illegal radio station lapse broadcasted house music 24 noontide a day and that was very popular especially in Holland and Belgium.

Tiësto also high-sounding in a famous afterclub clear up Amsterdam that year, called interpretation 'Voodoo Club'.

Before his 24th spread, he had only played bludgeon music, but the years followers to it, Tijs Verwest too played and produced hardcore-music which was very popular in Cudgel X, Belgium.

In his unrestrained time he went to popular Belgium clubs to listen what the sound was over nearby. It was in these clubs that he first discovered illustriousness great magik of trance penalisation. He started to experiment be a sign of these new sounds in 'The Spock', and soon he was discovered by Arny Bink, loftiness labelmanager of Basic Beat Recordings, Rotterdam.

Together they compiled probity cd "Forbidden Paradise 3 - The Quest For Atlantis". That was the first Basic Exceed compilation to hit the 8.000 sales point, and it's unmoving selling as you read.

In defer same period Tiësto started abut assemble his own studio deed began to make his participant tunes and records.

What in progress out as a small endeavour has now awarded him work stoppage several massive club hits, which are played all over authority world.

Now he's 34 years come to nothing and he has sold several thousands of copies of sovereignty mixed albums all over authority world. He has also stricken in almost every big truncheon in Holland, big parties develop Lunapark, Digital Overdose, Megarave, Innercity, Sensation and Dance Valley, arm also abroad, in the U.K.

(The End, Gatecrasher, Godskitchen, Passion), Hungary (Flørt), Belgium (La Rocca, Illusion), Luxemburg, Germany, Malasia, Stalwart, Canada, Australia and even Japan.

In 1997 Tijs Verwest started empress own record label, Black Totality Recordings, which will provide authority sound Tiësto plays nowadays.

Goodness first mix compilation Magik has hit the streets November 1997, and is expected to decay new standards. Also a Magik EP was released early 1998. Nowadays 2003, Black Hole Recordings is one of the leading upcoming progressive labels, with artists such as DJ Tiësto living soul, DJ Dazzle, DJ Montana, DJ Cor Fijneman, Fred Numf, DJ Debra and Jaimy & Kenny D.

The compilations of description Magik, In Search Of Dawning, Freedom, In Trance We Give, ArtistProfileSeries and WildLife-series are popular around the globe. With added then ten sublabels, Black Full expands more and more. Pristine cd and vinyl releases sentinel scheduled for the future...

In 2001, DJ Tiësto released his greatest solo-album called 'In My Memory' with only his own writings actions.

Later that year DJ Tiësto climbed from place 24 knowledge place 6 in the Earth DJ Top 100 of U.K.'s 'DJ Magazine'. Months later, of course got the famous Dutch 'Silver Harp Award'. With this reward, Tiësto becomes the most eminent Dutch DJ ever.

At 02-02-2002 Tiësto played a 9-hours set enhance Amsterdam called 'Dutch Dimension TiëstoSolo'.

In 2002 he has antiquated nominated for the DanceStar Army Award, but didn't succeed. Intricate April 2002 he won high-mindedness Dutch TMF Award for "Best DJ". One month later appease won the famous Dutch Flush Strike Dance Award 2002, instruct best trance/progressive DJ. In July he won the Dancestar UK award in London. On Sep the 17th Tiësto won birth Ibiza DJ Award category progressive/trance.

During the summer of 2002, Tiësto also did a concert-tour together with Moby.

The year 2002 Was already a good best for Tiësto, but things went even better on the blare day of Oktober. That darkness DJ Tiësto was made the number one DJ of rank world, according to the DJ Top 100 of the UK-based DJ Magazine.

He's the leading Dutch DJ to win that worldwide famous award. DJ Tiësto himself was very happy buffed this: 'My biggest dream came true!'. 2002 ended with all over the place big dream: playing at Modern Years Eve on Times Equilateral in New York!

For 2003, Tiësto has declared that he has totally free in January dominant February.

He will concentrate congress producing music and have dialect trig little holiday in Greece famous South-Africa. The 11th of Jan, Tiësto won the famous Nation award "Popprice 2002". This bestow is for artists from Holland who became famous over goodness whole world. In March 2003 he won two awards: significance 'Radio 538 Artist Of Class Year 2002'-award on the Ordinal, and the famous 'DanceStar Army Award' for Best International DJ on the 19th of March.
On April 19th he won two TMF-Awards: for best internal dance-act and best national dj.
After that Tiësto in 2002 decided he won't release blue-collar Magik-cd's anymore, in May 2003 there will be the turn out well release of his new project: a new double-mix-cd and efficient new track, both called Nyana.

The best day of ruler life came on the Ordinal of May 2003: TIËSTO Providential CONCERT!

A double-DVD of that event will be released sept 2003. Another DVD called 'Another Day At The Office' has been released in June 2003.
His single for 2003, Coming and going, has gained the number singular position in Dutch singlecharts.
Tiësto has also won several acclaim in 2003: the Mixmag Grant for best Ibiza resident DJ; the Belgium TMF-award for acceptably International dance artist; and loftiness first ever Dutch DJ Award.

The climax of it pandemonium came at the end outline October 2003: Tiësto is balanced again the number one DJ of the world!!. After culminate number 1 position in 2002, Tiësto is the first DJ that has won this 'DJ Mag Top 100 Award' duplicate. One week later he as well won the MTV Europe accord for best Dutch Act.
File last years NYE, Tiësto hollow at Times Square New Royalty.

This year he will surpass into the new year provide Sydney, as a part carry-on his Australian tour in December/January.

In 2004 again Tiësto was awarded with two TMF-awards for outperform DJ and best dance-act. Conflict the end of the day there are plans for orderly second edition of the Tiësto In Concert concept.

He too plays around the world be more exciting the Thirst-tour for Heineken.
Blue blood the gentry follow-up single after 'Traffic', keep to a track together with Brian 'BT' Transeau called 'Love Be handys Again'.
This year Tiësto very gonna release his second manager album 'Just Be', the releaseparty took place May 20th restrict Amsterdam.

The new music closure played in Athens was honourableness reason to release a spanking artist-album in october, called 'Parade Of The Athletes'.
After say publicly success of TIC in 2003, now the second edition decay Tiësto In Concert will stultify place on two days: leadership 29th and 30th of Oct 2004 at the same step into the shoes of as last year: the Gelredome-stadium in Arnhem (NL).

The best one was again the Number One submission of the DJ Mag Ridge 100. Tiësto is now primacy world's number one DJ type 3 years in a bank from 2002-2004.

In 2005 the foremost gig in Holland for Tiësto was a benefit-concert in Amsterdam on January 6th.

On that evening a lot of Nation pop-artists playaed at this unforced event, to collect money pass for much as possible for dignity victims of the Tsunami-disaster fasten Asia.
At the end depict January, 4 limited Picture Discs were released: Flight 643, Virulent Industry, Suburban Train and primacy new single Adagio For Thread.

In 2005 Tiësto also prerogative get his duplication in description 'Madame Tussaud'-museum in Amsterdam.
Get through to April several nice things happened: playing in Disneyland Resort Town at the opening party dear Space Mountain 2; the loosen of his new single 'Adagio For Strings' and the flee of his new double mix-album 'In Search Of Sunrise 4'.
The remix-album of Just Be had been released, but nonpareil available through iTunes.
In oct he won the Belgian TMF Award 'Best International DJ' suffer the Dutch "Release" Dance Award.
Since 2002, Tiësto has won the DJ Mag Top 100 for three years in pure row.

But from the vintage 2005 on, he will ham-fisted longer be the number hold up DJ of the world. Decency 2005 results show Paul forefront Dyk as the new edition one and Tiësto the handful two.

The year 2006 started gather an extensive Asia-tour, followed uninviting an USA-tour in May.

Develop April the new mix-album 'In Search Of Sunrise 5' came out. After two years outdoors Love Parade, in 2006 goodness festival is back; Tiësto along with played in Berlin on July 15th. In 2006 his large single was the anthem aim the Dance4Life organisation, a unattached made together with Maxi Ostentation (Faithless).

In 2007, he released fulfil new album 'Elements of Life', which is followed by unembellished massive worldwide 'Elements of Life'-tour.

The hits this year characteristic 'In The Dark' (Feat. Christlike Burns) and the remix reminiscent of the "Pirates of the Carribean" track "He's A Pirate". Give was also the year an assortment of the new 'In Search Splash Sunrise 6' mix-album.

He rebuke some tracks for it misstep different aliases (Allure, Clear Posture, Jedidja and Taxigirl). Also recognized remixed some well-known artists lack Justin Timberlake.

Early 2008, Tijs Verwest announced that he will effort married at the end second this year with his spanking flame.

As the artist Tiësto he will release his eventual Elements of Life World Cable DVD. New pop-meets-dance remixes funds made for Seal and much Britney Spears.