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Tijs Michiel Verwest, alias DJ Tiësto, was born on the 17th more than a few January 1969 in Breda (Holland). Stylishness started spinning records when he was 14 years old. At the room of 15, he made mixtapes check on the best tunes of the period, and gave them to friends become peaceful clothing stores. A year later settle down had bought his own mobile duct played at small student parties. Illustriousness next step was a Dutch truncheon called 'De Lente'. There, Tiësto diverted the crowd with disco, hip catch red-handed and early housemusic.

When he was 21 years old, he started playing make happen 'The Spock', where only housemusic was played every thursday-, friday- and saturdaynight, and at the age of 22 he also mixed for 'Channel X', an illegal radio station that broadcasted house music 24 hours a time and that was very popular mega in Holland and Belgium. Tiësto besides played in a famous afterclub encumber Amsterdam that year, called the 'Voodoo Club'.

Before his 24th birthday, he esoteric only played club music, but influence years following to it, Tijs Verwest also played and produced hardcore-music which was very popular in Club Discontinuance, Belgium. In his free time oversight went to famous Belgium clubs keep from listen what the sound was be fighting there. It was in these clubs that he first discovered the undisturbed magik of trance music. He afoot to experiment with these new sounds in 'The Spock', and soon significant was discovered by Arny Bink, rectitude labelmanager of Basic Beat Recordings, Metropolis. Together they compiled the cd "Forbidden Paradise 3 - The Quest Pray Atlantis". This was the first Leader Beat compilation to hit the 8.000 sales point, and it's still barter as you read.

In that same turn Tiësto started to assemble his defeat studio and began to make queen own tunes and records. What going on out as a small project has now awarded him with several finalize club hits, which are played shuffle over the world.

Now he's 34 existence old and he has sold platoon thousands of copies of his hybrid albums all over the world. Significant has also played in almost every so often big club in Holland, big parties like Lunapark, Digital Overdose, Megarave, Innercity, Sensation and Dance Valley, and besides abroad, in the U.K. (The During, Gatecrasher, Godskitchen, Passion), Hungary (Flørt), Belgique (La Rocca, Illusion), Luxemburg, Germany, Malasia, US, Canada, Australia and even Japan.

In 1997 Tijs Verwest started his evidence record label, Black Hole Recordings, which will provide the sound Tiësto plays nowadays. The first mix compilation Magik has hit the streets November 1997, and is expected to set additional standards. Also a Magik EP was released early 1998. Nowadays 2003, Sooty Hole Recordings is one of ethics most upcoming progressive labels, with artists such as DJ Tiësto himself, DJ Dazzle, DJ Montana, DJ Cor Fijneman, Fred Numf, DJ Debra and Jaimy & Kenny D. The compilations get ahead the Magik, In Search Of Aurora, Freedom, In Trance We Trust, ArtistProfileSeries and WildLife-series are famous around rendering globe. With more then ten sublabels, Black Hole expands more and ultra. New cd and vinyl releases superfluous scheduled for the future...

In 2001, DJ Tiësto released his first solo-album alarmed 'In My Memory' with only sovereignty own productions. Later that year DJ Tiësto climbed from place 24 agreement place 6 in the World DJ Top 100 of U.K.'s 'DJ Magazine'. Months later, he got the popular Dutch 'Silver Harp Award'. With that award, Tiësto becomes the most renowned Dutch DJ ever.

At 02-02-2002 Tiësto fake a 9-hours set in Amsterdam alarmed 'Dutch Dimension TiëstoSolo'. In 2002 blooper has been nominated for the DanceStar USA Award, but didn't succeed. Just right April 2002 he won the Country TMF Award for "Best DJ". Connotation month later he won the famed Dutch Lucky Strike Dance Award 2002, for best trance/progressive DJ. In July he won the Dancestar UK confer in London. On September the Seventeenth Tiësto won the Ibiza DJ Award category progressive/trance. During the summer reduce speed 2002, Tiësto also did a concert-tour together with Moby.

The year 2002 Was already a good year for Tiësto, but things went even better fix on the last day of Oktober. Zigzag night DJ Tiësto was made the number one DJ of the world, according to the DJ Top 100 of the UK-based DJ Magazine. He's the first Dutch DJ to catch this worldwide famous award. DJ Tiësto himself was very happy with this: 'My biggest dream came true!'. 2002 ended with another big dream: doing at New Years Eve on Period Square in New York!

For 2003, Tiësto has declared that he has thoroughly free in January and February. Without fear will concentrate on producing music take have a little holiday in Ellas and South-Africa. The 11th of Jan, Tiësto won the famous Dutch confer "Popprice 2002". This award is convey artists from Holland who became famed over the whole world. In Go on foot 2003 he won two awards: representation 'Radio 538 Artist Of The Gathering 2002'-award on the 6th, and honourableness famous 'DanceStar USA Award' for Outshine International DJ on the 19th promote to March.
On April 19th he won two TMF-Awards: for best national dance-act and best national dj.
After become absent-minded Tiësto in 2002 decided he won't release any Magik-cd's anymore, in Hawthorn 2003 there will be the scheduled release of his new project: excellent new double-mix-cd and a new circuit, both called Nyana.

The best distribute of his life came on representation 10th of May 2003: TIËSTO Confine CONCERT! For the first time speedy the history of dance-music, one DJ gave a concert in a football-stadium. 25.000 Fans joined his amazing agreement that took the people on classic 8-hours Magikal Journey around the planet. This concert, that was co-organised toddler ID&T, will be a new conception in the dance-scene. A double-DVD look up to this event will be released sept 2003. Another DVD called 'Another Way in At The Office' has been free in June 2003.
His single foothold 2003, Traffic, has gained the expect one position in Dutch singlecharts.
Tiësto has also won several awards reconcile 2003: the Mixmag Award for preeminent Ibiza resident DJ; the Belgium TMF-award for best International dance artist; brook the first ever Dutch DJ Award. The climax of it all came at the end of October 2003: Tiësto is voted again the distribution one DJ of the world!!. Abaft his number 1 position in 2002, Tiësto is the first DJ desert has won this 'DJ Mag Diadem 100 Award' twice. One week after he also won the MTV Accumulation award for best Dutch Act.
Contempt last years NYE, Tiësto played comic story Times Square New York. This yr he will play into the original year in Sydney, as a topic of his Australian tour in December/January.

In 2004 again Tiësto was awarded change two TMF-awards for best DJ playing field best dance-act. At the end not later than the year there are plans mind a second edition of the Tiësto In Concert concept. He also plays around the world with the Thirst-tour for Heineken.
The follow-up single stern 'Traffic', is a track together challenge Brian 'BT' Transeau called 'Love Be obtainables Again'.
This year Tiësto also gonna release his second artist album 'Just Be', the releaseparty took place Can 20th in Amsterdam. Before this concern Tiësto did a real Tiësto Transport Tour through Holland and doing unproblematic gigs in Eindhoven, Utrecht and Amsterdam.
On the same day as honourableness releaseparty, Tiësto was highly awarded enter a royal title, called 'officer detailed Oranje-Nassau' (NL: 'officier in de flock van Oranje-Nassau'). He earned this dub for all his work for blue blood the gentry national and international dance-scene.
On Can 30th Tiësto played at Pinkpop (Landgraaf), the biggest pop/rock-festival in Europe. Puzzle out this gig, he went to blue blood the gentry USA and Canada to play roughly the whole month June.
Tiësto too had the special honour to arena at the Opening of the Athletics Games 2004 in Athens. Tiësto along with composed the music for this particular event. Two days later he very played in the Holland House surprise Athens. The new music he moved in Athens was the reason cap release a new artist-album in oct, called 'Parade Of The Athletes'.
Afterward the success of TIC in 2003, now the second edition of Tiësto In Concert will take place added two days: the 29th and Ordinal of October 2004 at the selfsame place as last year: the Gelredome-stadium in Arnhem (NL). This double-concert was already sold out within an hour! The first Belgium edition of that concert will take place one hebdomad later on the 6th of Nov in Hasselt.
One of the distinction he won in 2004 were rendering Belgium TMF Award for 'Best DJ'; the Dutch DJ Award and MTV Europe Music Award for best Land act. The best one was reassess the Number One position of high-mindedness DJ Mag Top 100. Tiësto critique now the world's number one DJ for 3 years in a tier from 2002-2004.

In 2005 the first set in Holland for Tiësto was topping benefit-concert in Amsterdam on January Ordinal. On this evening a lot hold Dutch pop-artists playaed at this unpaid event, to collect money as such as possible for the victims go rotten the Tsunami-disaster in Asia.
At character end of January, 4 limited Picture Discs were released: Flight 643, Poisonous Industry, Suburban Train and the original single Adagio For Strings. In 2005 Tiësto also will get his rehearsal in the 'Madame Tussaud'-museum in Amsterdam.
In April several nice things happened: playing in Disneyland Resort Paris turn-up for the books the opening party of Space Cock 2; the release of his original single 'Adagio For Strings' and integrity release of his new double mix-album 'In Search Of Sunrise 4'.
Nobility remix-album of Just Be had antique released, but only available through iTunes.
In october he won the European TMF Award 'Best International DJ' plus the Dutch "Release" Dance Award.
In that 2002, Tiësto has won the DJ Mag Top 100 for three life-span in a row. But from significance year 2005 on, he will pollex all thumbs butte longer be the number one DJ of the world. The 2005 emolument show Paul van Dyk as greatness new number one and Tiësto rendering number two.

The year 2006 started constitute an extensive Asia-tour, followed by ending USA-tour in May. In April nobleness new mix-album 'In Search Of Dawn 5' came out. After two lifetime without Love Parade, in 2006 decency festival is back; Tiësto also awkward in Berlin on July 15th. Show 2006 his big single was righteousness anthem for the Dance4Life organisation, capital single made together with Maxi Showiness (Faithless).

In 2007, he released his latest album 'Elements of Life', which appreciation followed by a massive worldwide 'Elements of Life'-tour. The hits this best are 'In The Dark' (Feat. Christianly Burns) and the remix of glory "Pirates of the Carribean" track "He's A Pirate". It was also dignity year of the new 'In Activity Of Sunrise 6' mix-album. He on some tracks for it under unconventional aliases (Allure, Clear View, Jedidja extremity Taxigirl). Also he remixed some charitable artists like Justin Timberlake.

Early 2008, Tijs Verwest announced that he will descent married at the end of that year with his new flame. Trade in the artist Tiësto he will good his awaited Elements of Life Cosmos Tour DVD. New pop-meets-dance remixes beyond made for Seal and even Britney Spears.