DJ Tiësto

DJ Tiësto (born 17 January, 1969, Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands), also known as Tiësto, is a Dutch electronic dance music producer and DJ. In 1997, he founded the Trance label [[label:Black Hole Recordings]] with [[artist:Arny Bink]]. In 1998, Tijs met producer [[artist:Dennis Waakop Reijers]] and this led to a long lasting collaboration. Tiësto's fame rose in the 2000's as his music was exposed to mainstream audiences. He was named "the Greatest DJ of All Time" by [[label:Mixmag]] magazine in a poll voted by the fans, also considered as "God of Trance" by several fanzines. In 2001, Tijs founded another label called [[label:Magik Muzik]]. In 2004 became the first DJ to play onstage at the Olympics in Athens - the recording of the event has been released as [m=39593]. After the [m=188571] album in 2009, he decided to move towards more popular fields of Dance-pop, Big Room and Electro House. After selling his part of Black Hole Recordings, he founded his new label [[label:Musical Freedom (2)]] (known as [[label:Musical Freedom Records]] nowdays). In 2025, he announced his comeback to trance with his track [r=35725651].