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TRANCE.NU -- In an exclusive interview with Lost Heaven tonight Tiësto announced that he will end the Magik mix-compilation series and in a way put an end to an era.
Written by: Ralf Elfving, aka Macman
Just a few weeks back Tiësto claimed the throne as the worlds most popular DJ after being carried there by thousands yet thousands of fans that had cast their vote on him in the more or less official “Best DJ Award”, annually held by the premier UK-based Djmag.
But just as many fans of DJ Tiësto’s will morn as the new emperor of the dancefloors decided that “Magik 7 – Live in Los Angeles”, released last fall, will be the very last compilation to carry the name of his critically acclaimed brand - “Magik”. Many will see this as a big loss as the seven releases in the series have delivered Tiësto’s own interpretation of the music he lives for.
When Tiësto in mid-December 2001 announced that he’d leave Ferry Corsten to handle the gear in their every so successful “Goureyella”-act he did it with the reason that he didn’t have time to sit down with Ferry and produce something worth the name of “Gouryella”. The reason that Tiësto now gives up on his beloved Magik-series is that he feels that the quality of the productions have decreased and that he was more or less content after the 5th chapter of the series. Instead he wants to focus on his own productions and solo albums that will follow the “In My Memory” release – something that still should please many of his fans around the globe.
With Magik and Gouryella left behind people think that the Dutch magician is burning the bridges while others sense that the scene has changed and that Tiësto is moving on with Black Hole and his new label Magik Muzik that have seen big success all over the world, even in the otherwise very rock-hard UK-scene.
Many see at Tiësto’s conquer with despise but should really think again. Instead of making money on already popular brands without putting his heart and effort into it he’s trying to do something new, start from scratch. In today’s scene with the recycle-trend and money-matters it’s just what we need to survive our Armageddon. I’m not trying to get my tongue up his arse – I’m only trying to get people that doesn’t respect Tiësto for his music to at least respect him for what he does to our community. So it is with great sadness, in many ways, we together with Tiësto leave his Magik-series behind. But it also with great hope we wait for what the worlds most popular DJ can deliver in 2003 and beyond that.
(source www.trance.nu)
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