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Tiesto goes Techno!?
Most people probably don't know that DJ Tiesto used to play techno music as well a couple of years ago. Only recently he revealed in an intreview with Dutch magazine Bassic Groove that he would love to play a techno set at Awakenings.
Awakenings is the main underground techno event in The Netherlands at the moment. According to a poll in techno-magazine Raveline in Germany, DJ Tiesto was voted #7 in the top 10 of best International DJs by readers of the magazine. DJs such as Rush, Umek, Carl Cox, Richie Hawtin, and Adam Beyer top the list, but he leaves others including Dave Clarke behind him.
Rocco Veenboer of Monumental Productions - the driving force behind Awakenings events and the annual Awakenings festival (that takes place in the same area as the Dance Valley festival) - posted a public poll on his website asking whether or not he should book DJ Tiesto for his festival. Eventually, it was a close call as 54% voted against it. Although it won't happen this year, Rocco adds that he understands why people would voted against the idea. However, he would have like to see Tiesto play on an open air stage, and has therefore decided to post the poll again next year.
Tiesto must be extremely busy these days. In May this year he gives a solo concert/DJ set in Holland with a full orchestra of vocalists and string players for 25,000 people in a football stadium. He has also announced a series of parties in small but intimate venues in Holland over the next few months. During the Winter Music Conference in Miami he will play at Space alongside Mauro Picotto on Wednesday 19th March. On the same night Club Arc from New York throw a techno party on the terrace with Marco Corola, DJ Remy, Bill Patrick and Olivier Berge before Arc raise the roof again at club B.E.D in Miami on Saturday in association with Tortured Records featuring Billy Nasty, Umek, and Rolando.
Do not forget to check out all the other events at Club Space that are bound to be massive! WMC 2003 will feature extra long sets at Space from Danny Tenaglia (Tue), Sasha & John Digweed (Thu), Paul van Dyk (Fri) and Deep Dish (Sat). Besides his gig at Space on the Wednesday, Tiesto will play the Ultra Music Festival on the Saturday, before he leaves the country to play on the other side of the world. The weekend after Miami he's in Helsinki (Finland) to play at Club Colors - a whole crew from MTV will follow Tiesto when he plays there, and a DVD about him will be released by his label Black Hole later this year. (12/02/03)
Tiesto goes Techno!?
Most people probably don't know that DJ Tiesto used to play techno music as well a couple of years ago. Only recently he revealed in an intreview with Dutch magazine Bassic Groove that he would love to play a techno set at Awakenings.
Awakenings is the main underground techno event in The Netherlands at the moment. According to a poll in techno-magazine Raveline in Germany, DJ Tiesto was voted #7 in the top 10 of best International DJs by readers of the magazine. DJs such as Rush, Umek, Carl Cox, Richie Hawtin, and Adam Beyer top the list, but he leaves others including Dave Clarke behind him.
Rocco Veenboer of Monumental Productions - the driving force behind Awakenings events and the annual Awakenings festival (that takes place in the same area as the Dance Valley festival) - posted a public poll on his website asking whether or not he should book DJ Tiesto for his festival. Eventually, it was a close call as 54% voted against it. Although it won't happen this year, Rocco adds that he understands why people would voted against the idea. However, he would have like to see Tiesto play on an open air stage, and has therefore decided to post the poll again next year.
Tiesto must be extremely busy these days. In May this year he gives a solo concert/DJ set in Holland with a full orchestra of vocalists and string players for 25,000 people in a football stadium. He has also announced a series of parties in small but intimate venues in Holland over the next few months. During the Winter Music Conference in Miami he will play at Space alongside Mauro Picotto on Wednesday 19th March. On the same night Club Arc from New York throw a techno party on the terrace with Marco Corola, DJ Remy, Bill Patrick and Olivier Berge before Arc raise the roof again at club B.E.D in Miami on Saturday in association with Tortured Records featuring Billy Nasty, Umek, and Rolando.
Do not forget to check out all the other events at Club Space that are bound to be massive! WMC 2003 will feature extra long sets at Space from Danny Tenaglia (Tue), Sasha & John Digweed (Thu), Paul van Dyk (Fri) and Deep Dish (Sat). Besides his gig at Space on the Wednesday, Tiesto will play the Ultra Music Festival on the Saturday, before he leaves the country to play on the other side of the world. The weekend after Miami he's in Helsinki (Finland) to play at Club Colors - a whole crew from MTV will follow Tiesto when he plays there, and a DVD about him will be released by his label Black Hole later this year. (12/02/03)
