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Posted by Pio on Aug-21-2005 01:11:

I'll be the brave one to dissent on this one.

First of all....asking "who is better" is a misleading question, because trance is music, which is an art, which can only be analyzed and valued subjectively. The proper question would be: Who do you LIKE better?.

And I have no problem in answering that I like Tijs, particularly during his prime, much much better. The reason being that Ti�sto brought about the precise essence that made me love this genre: the epic, Dutch, melodic vibe conveyed through a "magik" journey set construction.

Don't get me wrong, I always admired and loved Oakey's output from the nineties and I even got to see him live in 1999 before any other trance superstar DJ. His EMs from the 1990s are all brilliant, and so are his mix compilations. I also don't have any doubt that Oakey is a more important figure in dance music history....but it wasn't until I heard the first Magik that I truly identified with what this genre was all about. Ti�sto's set construction with Dutch melodies and rhythmic constrasts was hands down much more impressive than anything Oakey had ever done for my taste. The Magik vibe was what I was looking for and Ti�sto gave it to me back in 1999. When I first saw him live at the Limelight NYC in March 2001 I truly understood the greatness of edm culture. So there, that's my personal opinion.

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