DJ Tiesto - Biography

DJ Tiesto (born Tijs Verwest) is a trance-techno artist from Holland.  He founded the Black Hole Records label and has played in many of the big clubs in Europe and now here in the United States.  Since 1985, he has been mixing music and bringing trance and techno to the radio station.  His stuff is played all over the world in clubs and on remixes by other artists.  With his remix of Delerium's Silence (featuring Sarah McLachlin), he brought trance electronic music to mainstream radio as it was the first club track played by radio stations. 

After working with the Guardian Angel label (releasing a set of the Forbidden Paradise series), he released the Magik series under his own label Black Hole Records.  Artists like DJ Montana, Aria and BT have been produced from this label.  From there, he has released live compilations and other mixes under labels like Nettwerk.  He has started touring the US and drawing big crowds at major clubs in Chicago, LA, New York and Minneapolis. 

I saw his show in Minneapolis at the Quest Club.  From what I saw, he enjoys playing the music as much as we were experiencing it.  His music and show have a lot of energy and was truly an experience. 

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