DJ Tiesto

AliasesHe has had many aliases over the years but is most known by the alias DJ Tisto, although with his recent works he has been known only as Tiësto, dropping the DJ label. His other aliases include: Allure, Da Joker, DJ Limited, Drumfire, Hammock Brothers, Paradise in Dubs, Passenger, Roze, Stray Dog, Tom Ace, and Wild Bunch.

Claims to FameTisto has been named an Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau by the Dutch Royalty, as well as being voted 40th greatest citizen of all time in the Netherlands. He was also crowned 1 DJ for three years in a row 2002, 2003, 2004 by DJ mag readers which is a first for any DJ.

Famous TracksOne of Tisto's most famous remixes is that of Delerium's song "Silence", which was widely popular and still is to date; it was the song that lifted his career and scored him a recording contract with Nettwerk. Other well known tracks of his include "Flight 643", "Traffic", "Just Be", "Sparkles" and his remix of Adagio for Strings, amongst others. "Flight 643" was voted as the second most influential dance track of all time by ID&T fans. "Traffic" was the first instrumental track to reach 1 in the Netherlands in 23 years.

ConcertsHe is well known for his concerts, and his regular slot at the club Amnesia in Ibiza which he got in 2002. Tisto also played at the 2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in Athens, Greece, and released the set on his album Parade of the Athletes. He is also well known for his six hour "Tisto In Concert" sets, of which he has released two on DVD, including "Tisto in Concert" in which he became the first DJ ever to play to a sellout crowd of 25,000 people as the only DJ of the night, with no opening or closing act.

Record LabelIn 1997, Tisto set up a record label with his friend Arny Bink on which his Magik series has been released, known as Black Hole Recordings. There is also a sub-label called Magik Muzik, on which Tisto continues to sign trance DJs such as DJ Cor Fijneman, DJ Ton T.B. and Mark Norman.

ReleasesTisto has released three DVDs to date:Another Day at the Office Released: 12 August 2003Tisto in Concert Released: 27 January, 2004Tisto in Concert 2 Released: 15 February, 2005

Tisto has also released five artist albums to date:In My Memory Released: 15 April, 2001In My Memory - Remixes Released: 23 June, 2002Just Be Released: 15 May, 2004Parade of the Athletes Released: 18 October, 2004Just Be: Remixed Released: 27 September, 2005Elements Of Life Released: 10 April, 2007

Although Tisto has released 22 remix albums, the following are ones which he is most famous for:Forbidden Paradise 3 - The Quest For Atlantis Released: 1995Forbidden Paradise 4 - High As A Kite Released: 1995Forbidden Paradise 5 - Arctic Expedition Released: 1996Forbidden Paradise 6 - Valley Of Fire Released: 1996Forbidden Paradise 7 - Deep Forest Released: 1998Magik One - First Flight Released: 1997Magik Two - Story Of The Fall Released: 1998Magik Three - Far From Earth Released: 1998Magik Four - A New Adventure Released: 1999Magik Five - Heaven Beyond Released: 2000Magik Six - Live In Amsterdam Released: 2000Magik Seven - Live In Los Angeles Released: 2001In Search Of Sunrise Released: 1999In Search of Sunrise 2 Released: 27th February, 2001In Search of Sunrise 3 - Panama Released: 22nd July, 2002In Search of Sunrise 4 - Latin America Released: 29th April, 2005In Search of Sunrise 5 - Los Angeles Released: 25th April 2006In Search of Sunrise 6 - London Unreleased, mid 2007Live at Innercity, Amsterdam-Rai Released: 1999Summerbreeze Released: 2000Revolution Released: 2001Nyana Released: 5th May, 2003World Leader Released: 2003