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| From miaminewtimes.com Originally published by Miami New Times 2006-04-13 �2005 New Times, Inc. All rights reserved. Just Be Ti�sto waxes thoughtful on superstardom and the Low Countries By Jean Carey When the Chemical Brothers ridiculed the term superstar DJ on their 1999 single "Hey Boy Hey Girl," the duo was undoubtedly referencing (along with Paul Oakenfold and Moby) Dutch turntablist Ti�sto. Like Linda Evangelista, most well-known nightclub-and-rave performers of the late Nineties wouldn't even get out of bed (at 5:00 p.m.) without the lure of big crowds and big bucks. Things have changed much and quickly in the world of power trance, yet Ti�sto has proven immune to the "superstar DJ" backlash, continuing to dominate the genre while switching his operational focus to themed releases and performances for smaller but select groups. Like a few other Northern European DJs � Paul van Dyk, Armin van Buuren, Armand Van Helden � Ti�sto is known for his globetrotting, yet seems perpetually to be in Miami. The 35-year-old, born Tijs Verwest, was barely visible during the recent Miami Music Conference, playing a couple of sets at private events, but he remains in Miami Beach, awaiting the April 25 launch of his latest album. Sipping a cappuccino recently in the lobby of Hotel Victor on Ocean Drive, Ti�sto spoke about lurking underneath the paparazzi radar, national identity, and the forthcoming In Search of Sunrise: Vol. 5. "Five has a very groovy sound, all mixed in L.A. I'd say it's one of my best mix albums; it's a real blending of styles, with no clich� tracks. It's a two-disc set, but it all goes together � CD 2 starts where CD 1 ends. I've been listening to bands like Sigur R�s and M83. My iPod has M83 songs on repeat," Ti�sto reveals. Applying his formulaic, accelerating organic buildup to heart-pounding electrified crescendos, he has sold out downtown Miami's Space numerous times and appeared in some capacity at almost every Winter Music Conference, and that's just in South Florida. After more than a decade as the premier trance DJ at large venues, with nary a sign of freshness date expiration, Ti�sto is experimenting with smaller-scale stimulation. "Travel and experience have influenced my productions and my sets in such a way that they keep on changing my sound so that it remains innovating. My musical style has become more grown-up during the last few years. I am playing more different styles than just pure trance," Ti�sto says. "It's gentler now, more vocal. Usually when I'm doing a live set, they want you to bang out big tunes, but I wanted to do something gentler on this album." "Big tunes" are part of Ti�sto's legacy. He might be best known for his epic remix of Delerium's "Silence" featuring guest vocals by Sarah McLachlan, perhaps the most popular trance anthem of all time. And his work is frequently appropriated as ambient sonic wallpaper for television and films, most notably "Just Be," used in a commercial for Mitsubishi's citified version of an SUV. Ti�sto's stage show for extra-large adventures � such as the main stage at Ultra, which he has occupied a few times, or this summer's upcoming megarave at Carling Academy Brixton outside London � incorporates a million-dollar stage show complete with buto dancers, taiko drummers, trapeze acrobats, carnival showgirls, a chorus of singers, lasers, and fireworks. But his downsize is equally dazzling. During WMC, Vin Diesel, Mike Piazza, and Sammy Sosa hovered uncomprehendingly near the DJ booth for a deck-wrecking set Friday at Priv� along with 300 other fans. Sunday, taking the stage at Aqua on Allison Island from local opener Jody McDonald, Ti�sto bestowed a strange sort of compliment on the Anthem regular: "That was a really outstanding set. I might get paid $50,000 a gig, but it's still great to hear something unexpected and new." McDonald blinked, smiled, and shook his head, clearly puzzled. As is the case for both bedroom and big-time DJs, technology has made a portable skill set de rigueur. "I get everything from Pioneer; I use a lot of Pioneer stuff. I use M-Audio when I'm recording, Ableton Live when I'm onstage," Ti�sto says. "But all I have to carry with me, as opposed to the six boxes of records and reels of tape I used to, are a PowerBook and the Ableton board." Ti�sto says he plans to score more movies and advertisements in the future, and shrugs off criticism for being a sellout, especially when it comes to American consumerism, saying he doesn't think he can negatively affect stateside culture in any case. "It seems like in the United States, you have to know how to present stuff. For example, if you look in the back of a paper here in the U.S., you'll see a million ads for escorts. Those are prostitutes, but you don't call them prostitutes," Ti�sto muses. "It's different in Holland. We just call them prostitutes; they're right there in the red-light district. Gay marriage is very accepted in Holland as well. They're a little more accepting. "Also I think the U.S. government tries to intimidate and use the fear factor to control the people. The people in Holland look up to the U.S. government, so they try to use that fear factor too, like with the personal ID badges we all have to carry, and all the security cameras." In the midst of Ti�sto's brief political discourse, a few devoted trance fans in the Victor's lobby openly gawk at the lanky Lowlander hunched over his coffee cup and then surreptitiously capture his image with camera phones. Normally the pale, brown-haired DJ blends into his surroundings, camouflaged in the international uniform of jeans and a white oxford shirt. "I don't think I'm fully famous," Ti�sto says. "I don't get mobbed on the sidewalk. I'm not like Madonna; I wouldn't want it to be like that. And so far there's no dark side to it. I've stayed in Vegas for free every time I've gone. I like it. The only strange thing that's happened is this one time, I was wearing these jeans that had a rip and a flower print sewn underneath, so you could see the flower print, and someone wrote on the Internet that I wear flower underwear." |
I wish he wasn't more "gentler". Wish he could bring the energy. I've been to a lot of memorable sets from him, but those were years ago.
Interesting read btw. Movies?????
yeh, im not real happy he is getting away from his tech-trance sound. im not a gentle guy and i dont like gentler sounds
oh well, it was fun while it lasted.
Some of his chillout stuff is really good too. I wonder if his musical scores will be as good as BT's
the author's cluelessness is fully evident from the first sentence as tiesto was nowhere near oakey's superstar-status in '99 - he wasn't even in dj mag's top 20 until 2001. other errors, factual and otherwise, abound.
That was absolutely terrible. Not Tijs, the writer. He has just started using Ableton though... I will be interested to hear one of his sets without those "reels of tape" he always used to carry around... I hated the reels of tape...
Here's a better interview that started a riot in the Music Discussion part of TA. It's a really good interview and a great read because the interviewer stays away from those generic type questions like where's your favorite place to play out or who's your inspiration mess. Below are two links; the first one is the direct link for the interview and the second is the thread discussion about it:
1)http://www.taiwannights.com/?op=int...page=view&id=24
2)http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...threadid=339479
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| Originally posted by Mattivi yeh, im not real happy he is getting away from his tech-trance sound. |
I saw him at that party at Prive and his set was amazing. I have seen him at Space a dozen times banging out his crazy trancey sets, and while those are great, I'd have to say I had the most fun at Prive. His set was happy and fun, and the crowd was small and intimate. VERY different from what I was expecting that night!
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