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t.nu's biggest story of 2002
taken from trance.nu
Tiësto tops DJMag 100!
Last year he scored the 6th spot in the annual, and more or less official, Top 100 list of the world’s most popular DJs - held by UK’s premier magazine, DJmag. This year the flying Dutchman became the very first non-UK DJ to claim pole position in what could be considered the most eminent award for DJs. For years he’s been a A-list DJ in Holland, Germany and Norway and 2001 saw him make his way into USA, Canada and Australia, once again proving that trance is far from dead. There was only one throne left to claim, and it’s not easy to win the hearts of the clubbers in the competitive UK scene. With his breathtaking sets, amazing remixes and original productions DJ Tiësto in 2002 - after 17 years of DJing - entered UK-shores with an army in his record bag and surfaced victorious in the battle of the DJs.
Tiësto likes to see himself as an ambassador of trance, one that never gives up on the music he lives for. His ‘In My Memory’ release hit the UK early 2002 and has since then seen 3 singles succeed in the UK’s Top 40 charts. Earlier Tiësto has made statements that he wants to tone his career down a bit - one can understand why since Tiësto has a handful of work related to the scene. In the fall of 2002 Tiësto introduced us to the Magik Muzik label which he A&Rs himself. Apart from that Tiësto visits his studio quite often doing remixes or working on his second solo album due 2003. If not found there he’s probably somewhere across the globe, DJing in front of thousands.
He’s more or less done it all. Won awards, seen the top of the charts, remixed and been remixed by the biggest producers (including himself), succeeded with his own label (twice), DJ’ed at the biggest events across the globe, met all the important people and everything else that others only dream about. What’s next for the world’s best DJ? Will the world of DJ Tiësto ever stop spinning - and if it does, will it be the end of trance as we know it?
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