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Tijs Michiel Verwest OON (born 17 January 1969), better known by his stage name Tisto (tee-ES-toh; Dutch: ['c?sto? (Certa) is a Dutch DJ and record producer from Breda.

In a vote voted by the fans, Mix magazine named him "The Greatest DJ of All Time."

He was named as the "best DJ of the last 20 years" by DJ Mag readers in 2013.

Many people believe he is now known as the "Godfather of EDM." He formed Black Hole Recordings with Arny Bink in 1997, where he also published the Magik and In Search of Sunrise CD collections.

Tisto first met producer Dennis Waakop Reijers in 1998; the two have collaborated extensively since then.

Sarah McLachlan's 2000 rendition of Delerium's "Silence" attracted new audiences.

In 2001, he released In My Memories, his first solo album, which gave him numerous big hits that launched his career.

He was named World No. 1. In its annual Top 100 DJs readership poll from 2002 to 2004, 1 DJ from DJ Magazine has been playing live at an Olympics for three years.

Tisto's Club Life on Radio 538 in the Netherlands in April 2007, and his third studio album Elements of Life was released in April 2007.

The album debuted on the Belgian album chart as well as on Billboard Top Electronic Albums in the United States, and it was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2008.

In October 2009, Tisto released his fourth studio album Kaleidoscope, followed by A Town Called Paradise in June 2014.

In September 2019, Tisto married model Annika Backes in the middle of the Utah Desert, winning the Grammy Award for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical.

Early life

Tijs Michiel Verwest was born in Breda, North Brabant, on January 17th. He began to pursue his passion for music from the age of 12. He used to listen to radio shows like the Ferry Maat Soulshow and Ben Liebrand's In The Mix. He devoted himself to the craft and began DJing regularly at school parties at age fourteen. Tisto began his residency in the Netherlands between 1985 and 1994 at the behest of his boss. He fine-tuned his own personal style at the Spock, a small Breda club, by performing from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. on weekends. He mainly performed new beat and acid house in the beginning of his career as a DJ.

Personal life

After proposing to Annika Backes in 2018, Tiote married her in Amangiri, Utah, in September. They welcomed their daughter, Viola Margreet Verwest, in November 2020, and then welcomed their second child, Viggo Tisto Verwest, on August 27th. He is a fan of Inter Milan, Italy's national football team, and has collaborated with them on numerous occasions.

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Career

He began releasing information on Noculan Records' sub-labels Chemo and Coolman in 1994. He released hardcore and gabber tracks under Da Joker and DJ Limited names during his years. Tisto was later discovered by the general manager of Rotterdam-based Basic Beat Recordings.

Tisto purchased records on the sub-label Trashcan, which was established by Arny, and later launched the Guardian Angel sub-label with Arny, in which they introduced the famous Forbidden Paradise line. He appeared on Bonzai Jumps and XTC, the Lightning Records sub-labels, from 1995 to 1996. He met Yves Vandichel on his sub-label DJ Yves, a division of the now defunct Human Resource label XSV Music in 1997. Bink and Tisto decided to leave Basic Beat and create their own mother company, Black Hole Recordings, before being banned from selling music until 2002. Tisto created the Magik series and later developed two main sub-labels: SongBird and In Trance We Trust, which were released through Black Hole. He performed on Planetary Consciousness, where he met A&R Hardy Heller and invited him to release some Black Hole music from 1998 to 1999.

Tisto and fellow Dutch deejay Ferry Corsten united in 1998 to form the Gouryella duo. In May 1999, the first Gouryella track, also known as Gouryella, was released in May 1999 and became a huge hit in the UK Singles Chart, with top-five positions in the UK Singles Chart. Tisto performed this track in Magik Three: Far From Earth, as well as in his set at the first ID&T Innercity party (Live at Innercity, Amsterdam RAI), his first major breakthrough. The new single, "Walhalla," debuted on the charts around the world and topped at No. 10. In the UK Singles Chart, 27 people appear. Both singles went on to be rated Gold on record sales after being released through Ferry's Tsunami brand. Tisto has also worked with Benno de Goeij of Rank 1 under the name Kamaya Painters over the years. He released the first installment of the In Search of Sunrise series in November 1999. Since then, he has been working as a resident of Sheffield's Gatecrasher and performed for a 12-hour set, his longest set in Amsterdam. He appeared at Trance Energy 2000, a special party hosted by ID&T for the centennium's anniversary on December 31, 1999.

Tisto created two projects in 2000; Alibi – "Eternity," which was released on Armind; and Major League – "Where You Are?" says Armin van Buuren. "Ity, which came out on Black Hole," the artist said. Tisto decided to concentrate on his solo work after the release of "Tenshi" in September 2000 and left Ferry Corsten to take on the Gouryella project solely as his own. Armin van Buuren and Johan Gielen were introduced to the mainstream by his first compilations and the "In Trance We Trust" collection. Summerbreeze was Tisto's first American debut, a compilation album that showcased his remix of Delerium's "Silence," debuted in the UK's Top Ten chart and debuted at number three on the Billboard dance chart for four weeks. In November 2000, the first in Search of Sunrise 2 was launched.

Titto created a new sublabel, Magik Muzik, in 2001, a hit that was later released as "643 (Love's On Fire), which was later released as "Lethal Industry," which was the first solo album released in 2001 and had five major hits; "Lethal Industry", which was actually released in 1999 but had only 3 copies issued at that time, was another top single that was later remastered with vocals by Suzanne Palmer) and later renamed Tisto's other songs included "obsession," as well as Junkie XL's musical version of "Dallas 4PM" and "Suburban Train" with "Urban Train" as its vocal version. The album's title track "In My Memories" was the last single to be released, as it only received high ratings in the United States and "Magik Journey" which opened Tisto in Concert (2003). Tisto performed nine hours in a row on February 2, 2002, at the second edition of the Dutch Dimension festival.

Tisto was given a Zilveren ('Silver') Harp music award on February 27. He also received a Lucky Strike Dance Award in the category Best DJ Trance/Progressive last year. He became a member of Moby's Area2 Tour in August. He travelled through the United States for eighteen days with artists such as Moby himself, but also David Bowie and Busta Rhymes. Tisto received the annual Dutch Popprijs ('Pop Award') during the Noorderslag festival in January 2003. We Are All Made of Stars" and "Extreme Ways" were rewritten by Moby, Tisto, who toured with him in the same year, with "We Are Made of Stars" and "We Are All Made of Stars" reaching No. 1 in the United States. In the Hot Dance Club Play, there are 13 students on the 13th floor. In 2002, he introduced In Search of Sunrise, a place on its website, in search of Sunrise 3: Panama. Tisto, Dieselboy, Bad Boy Bill, and Noel Sanger joined the PlayStation 2 Dual Play tour on March 28, 2003. Tisto and Noel's appearance began on April 13th and concluded on June 6th.

Following his six-hour "Tigri Solo" sets, where he performed without other DJs or opening acts, his fame continued to rise for the first time since he was first seen in the early 2000s. This was an attempt at a large audience alone. Tisto was the first DJ to host a solo concert in a stadium; he appeared for 25,000 people in Arnhem's GelreDome on May 10th, later known as Tisto in Concert. During two nights in late October, he performed the same set of concerts the following year. He held another concert for a crowd of 20,000 in Hasselt, Belgium, the following week, in addition to hosting these two concerts for 35,000 of his followers. Both his 10 May 2003 and October 2004 DVDs have been released, as well as the other DVD titled Ti'sto in Concert 2. The DVDs chronicle the transition from the first concept to the main event, which also included live performances by Andain, Dinand Woesthoff, and Jan Johnston. Live music and dancers will perform at various times throughout the festival.

He released his second album Just Be, which featured his first non-vocal track, "Traffic" - the first non-vocal track to land a top spot in the Dutch national charts for the first time in 23 years.

The song "Sweet Misery" was originally intended for Evanescence, but it did not make it to the release of their album by the deadline. He performed at Breda, Eindhoven, Utrecht, and Amsterdam on his Just Be album; these stops were later branded Just Be: Train Tours. Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands appointed him Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau on May 20th. Tisto's Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games in Athens (ATHOC), the Athens Games' founding committee, wanted him to attend the Olympic Games, making him the first DJ to perform live on stage at an Olympic Games at the 2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in Athens, where he appeared for 90 seconds.

Tisto and the ATHOC met in Athens in January 2004 to attend a meeting. His Tisto in Concert DVD caught their attention, after he was asked to write more tracks based on his opening tune "Adagio for Strings," which would fit in with the Olympic spirit and blend the classical with the modern age. The first rehearsal took place on August 7th for a packed stadium; the second rehearsal took place on August 8th with 35,000 volunteers. Almost 60,000 people attended the last rehearsal, which took place on August 10th.

The Dutch athletes began dancing in front of the DJ booth and then had to be led by authorities during their Olympian appearances. The performance featured new songs that were specially made for the Opening Ceremony and songs that were intended to match the ceremony's spirit and theme. A condensed studio-recorded album of the songs performed on the Olympic stage was later released, as well as a new song specially composed for the occasion, Parade of the Athletes in October 2004. In the liner notes, he said that the IOC requested that the music not include any lyrics because they could be mistakenly misinterpreted. He began touring Latin America in late 2004, with the introduction of In Search of Sunrise 3: Panama, in which he gained fame from the sun and sand in summer 2002. Tisto performed live in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Panama, Peru, Costa Rica, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Venezuela, Venezuela, and Colombia in 2005. In Search of Sunrise 4: Latin America was released in 2005, in search of the first time in the In Search of Sunrise series, following the tours.

He Perfect Remixes Vol. 5 in 2005. Junkie XL, Mauro Picotto, and The Roc Project were among the three compilations that were released by Warlock Records, which featured ten tracks from the start of his career, including Junkie XL, Mauro Picotto, and The Roc Project. Verwest brought Tisto in Concert to the United States on August 20, 2005, when the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena with Cirque du Soleil dancers welcomed 16,000 people to the United States.

He appeared live at a New Year's Eve/New Year's concert in Las Vegas, Nevada, to a sold-out audience for the second year in a row. Due to the storm destruction in New Orleans and Miami, his four-city U.S. tour was postponed. In 2005, Tisto took the No. in the United States, according to a national poll published in the WMC. I think we'll all be ranked at number one. Los Angeles' influence remained with him and would later influence his In Search of Sunrise compilation.

At Madame Tussauds in Amsterdam, a wax sculpture of Tisto was placed behind a turntable, where visitors can mix Tisto's music together. Stops were made in Ukraine, Slovakia, Serbia, Macedonia, Macedonia, Macedonia, Romania, Hungary, Romania, Hungary, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Turkey, Croatia, Poland, and South Africa. His appearance at Sensation White in 2006, where he performed to over 45,000 people in Amsterdam, was dwarfed by his United States tour as part of Tisto in Concert. Tisto's In Search of Sunrise 5 Asia Tour debuted in Miami Beach to promote his arrival, but the compilation was not released until later this week. Tisto was admitted to the hospital in September 2006 after suffering chest pains. He had been diagnosed with pericarditis and had to cancel a number of shows. Because of the illness, he was encouraged to help teens who are unaware of the dangers of HIV/AIDS.

On Dutch radio station Radio 538, Tisto's Club Life began on Thursday, April 6, 2007. Tisto's third studio album Elements of Life was released ten days later. According to Nielsen SoundScan, the album made 73,000 units in its first month in April.

In several cases, Tisto sent a demo with the songs to certain artists, who replied back with the lyrics and vocals, as well as other duration times. Tisto met Christian Burns from BBMak on MySpace and inquired him about his music and his single "In the Dark" production. The album features rock, trance, and experimental music, which displays Tisto's style has progressively expanded over the years since his previous albums, In My Memory and Just Be, which featured lyrics, became available. Producer Brian Transeau performed in three albums, he produced "Bright Morningstar" and "Sweet Things," and performed the vocals on the single "Break My Fall." Tisto has announced that they would perform again in the coming summer together, releasing more songs that weren't available on the album.

The album had been nominated for a Grammy Award in the category "Best Electronic/Dance Album" in December 2007. In Belgium, Hungary, Netherlands, and Romania, the album has also been granted gold medals. He began travelling on the World Elements of Life World Tour in support of the album, and in 2008, Life World Tour DVD Copenhagen: Elements of Life World Tour was released.

Tisto revealed his residence in Privilege. Every Monday, he appeared on Ibiza, from 7 July to September in the style of his In Search of Sunrise film. He had launched In search of Sunrise 6: Ibiza, a tribute to the island, in 2007.

Elements of Life: Remixed, a recompilation of the Elements of Life album with all remixed versions, was released on April 28. Tisto announced in mid-2008 that he In Search of Sunrise: In Search of Sunrise 2008, which was presented by Armani Exchange in May in favor of his In Search of Sunrise 7: Asia compilation and the recently published In Search of Sunrise 6: Ibiza.

On October 6, 2009, he released his fourth studio album Kaleidoscope, which featured musicians such as Priscilla Ahn, Calvin Harris, Tegan & Sara, and Nelly Furtado. Unlike his earlier albums, which were mainly trance, Kaleidoscope investigates other electronic genres, and is Tiesto's most experimental album. In July 2009, Sneaky Sound System's first single "I Will Be Here" was released. It debuted on the highly awaited Driscoll 5 in the United States, and it lasted for 24 weeks at the start of 2012. The album debuted on iTunes in its first week, gaining a top ten position. After parted ways with Black Hole Recordings, he created Musical Freedom, a new record label releasing the album. Tisto hoped that his music was moving in a new direction, and that his primary concern as an artist was shifting away from what Black Hole was designed to do. In late September, his new tour, Kaleidoscope World Tour, began, revealing the name of his new album.

Magikal Journey: The Hits Collection 1998–2008, a two disc set focusing on his most popular songs and remixes of his songs, was released on March 16, 2010. He revealed on April 7th that he would launch A New Dawn, his own brand Musical Freedom, to begin a new compilation series called A New Dawn. Tisto also confirmed that he would no longer be concerned with Black Hole Recordings in his interview. Kaleidoscope: Remixed was released on August 31: Kaleidoscope, a remix album of his album Kaleidoscope, was released.

Tisto performed songs in both the DJ Hero and DJ Hero 2 video games, as well as in the second game as a playable character. "Feel It" is Sean Kingston and Flo Rida's album, which also features a trance-flavored song for Memphis rap duo Three Six Mafia's album "Feel It."

Club Life: Volume One Las Vegas was released on April 4, 2011. Under his alias Allure, Chris Burns, JES, and Emma Hewitt were among his studio albums, Kiss from the Past, which was released on June 13th.

Sirius XM, a satellite radio broadcaster, introduced Tisto's Club Life Radio in March 2012, one of the top dance/electronic stations on the web, one of five dance/electronic stations on the website. Tisto himself's programming was "curated by him." The station was operational until 2017.

Volume Three of Stockholm was launched in December 2013 and reached No. 1 worldwide, with the No. 1 in a month. On the Billboard Top 200 Chart, 16 of the Billboard Top 200 Charts rank 16. With the 2014 effort, A Town Called Paradise, he tagged along his third "Club Life" installment. The album featured a number of guest stars as well as two singles, "Red Lights" and "Wasted," a first for a dance music performer in the United States.

Tisto discussed why he left trance music in a 2014 interview with DJ Magazine. When asked if his decision to leave the genre had a huge influence on his success in the United States, the Dutch artiste said, "Maybe, it's impossible to say." I think I'd still be the 'Trance guy,' but the difference is that you're not really being relevant. While some of the old trance guys still have their following, it doesn't appear that anyone really cares, which is the biggest difference. It's cool to be in touch with the new ones who are coming up – the 16 and 18-year olds who are making house music see me as a godfather and it's really cool to be in touch with them. "I believe if I'd been a trance DJ, they'd have been so disengaged with the music that they wouldn't be able to inspire them, and vice versa."

He received the Grammy Award for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical in 2015, his remixed version of John Legend's hit "All of Me" received the 57th Annual Grammy Awards. Club Life: Volume Four New York City, his fourth installment of the Club Life compilation collection series, was released by Musical Freedom in the same year. He founded AFTR:HRS, a deep house label, in April 2016, to promote deep house music. He appeared in the 2016 Grammy Award-nominated documentary film about American DJ and producer Steve Aoki, titled "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead."

Tisto was born on January 14, 2017 and was crowned the mayor of Las Vegas. In Clark County, Nevada, the day is now known as "Ti'sto Day." Carl Cox and Martin Garrix appeared in What We Did in 2017.

Vol. 5, the fifth installment of the Club Life collection entitled Club Life, appeared on October 6, 2017. 5 – China was announced. The compilation album features songs by John Christian, SWACQ, Tisto, and Z.Tao, as well as Tisto and Aloe Blacc, John Christian, Dzeko, Diplo, Talay Riley, SWACQ, SWACQ, and Z.Tao.

Billboard named Tisto as number eight on their 2018 list of dance artists titled Billboard Dance 100 in March 2018.

Tisto's debut EP, I Like It Loud, was released on March 30, 2018. Including four songs from John Christian, Mesto, Matisse & Sadko, and MOTi, are among those that are joint ventures with artists such as John Christian, Mesto, Matisse & Sadko.

Tisto'sto unveiled "Jackie Chan" on July 2, 2018, in collaboration with Dzeko, Post Malone, and Preme.

Tisto and Jonas Blue unveiled a track named "Respectual" on May 31, 2019.

Tisto's posthumous "Poor It" remix appeared on June 14th, 2019.

Tisto's seventh studio album The London Sessions was unveiled on May 7 in 2020; it was released on May 15th, 2020. "Jackie Chan" and "Reality" are among the album's tracks that have been previously released "Jackie Chan," "Ritual," "God Is a Dancer," "Blue," and "Nothing Really Matters" have been included on the album.

Tisto launched "The Company" on November 25, 2020, on the 25th of November. Tisto released "The Business, Pt." on January 21, 2021, a remixed version of the song. Ty Dolla Sign, an American rapper, appears in "I" on American rapper Ty Dolla Sign.

Tisto's remix of Ben Platt's "Imagine" came out on May 28th. Later this year, he launched "Don't Be Shy" with Karol G, "The Motto," with Ava Max, Savage, and Deorro, Becky Hill, as a remix of No Mienten and You Get the Love.

Tisto launched "Hot In It" with English singer Charli XCX on June 30, 2022. Charli XCX and Tisto had previously teased the track on TikTok, where it was previously teased by Charli XCX and Tisto.

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