Tiësto is back with a new DVD, which showcases his two performances at the Gelredome, Arnhem on the 29th and 30th of October. Once again, the status of the "legend" Tiësto was confirmed with two sold out concerts. Ever since the massive breakthrough during the first Innercity party, Tiësto worked himself up to the number 1 DJ, three times in a row. This year the award was handed out one day before his first concert, so a great timing it was. This double DVD brings us the best of the two concerts, including a whole lot of background information. First thing that's catching the eye is the beautiful DVD case and inlay. Beautiful pictures of Tiësto standing in the booth and standing in front of the crowd. A great presentation. Also the booklet is full of coloured pictures, tracklists and a personal note by Tiësto himself about the concerts. But it's all about the music & video, so let the DVD-player sweat with disc one!
Disc One - The Concert
This is the most important disc, containing a 3 hour registration of the concert. You can see the whole three hours in a row, or skip from track to track. The tunes on the DVD are mostly (new) Tiësto tunes, but also a bunch of whole new tracks that had their debut on the concert for a big audience. What to think about Phynn's latest uplifting trancer Lucid, that bounces the crowd when the bassline is mixed in, following Allure - Eastern Magik. This new Allure track is special, not only for the eastern sound, but also because it's an alias Tiësto has not used for years. The rest of the DVD is a great registration of the party, with loads of camera's following the DJ and the crowd. Views are backstage, above the crowd, in the crowd and around the booth. All the spectacular acts and co-operations are caught on camera, a highlight being the Children Of Orpheus Choir from Bulgaria, supplying vocal back-up to the Tiësto anthem Suburban Train. Other hit-tunes from mister Verwest are: Love Comes Again, Lethal Industry, Traffic and closing with Delerium - Silence (Tiësto Remix), which is maybey one of his most important productions till date. The crowd is totally going nuts during this tune and it's a beautiful closer of a massive saturday night.
Disc Two - The Extra's
For the people/fans that want to know more about the background of the concert, and the thoughts from Tiësto about this concert, should check out this second disc. The features include:
Behind The Red Curtain
A big and extensive registration of what was going on around the concert, with personal comments from Tijs Verwest himself. About the thoughts, what he felt. Some backstage material about the preparations and such. Very nice for the fans. Subtitles in English and Spanish!
Tiesto #1 DJ
A short presentation of Tiësto winning the #1 DJ Mixmag Award.
Aqualung - Easier To Lie
A performance of Matt Hales and his band perform live one of their tracks
Bang The Drums
Two drummers hit the bang with their drums, supported by an edit of Plastikman - Spastik, named Allure - Spastik here.
Franz Harary presents Tiësto's Disappearing Act
Supported by the classic track Photon Project - Illusions, Tiesto is caged and flies into the air... when suddenly he arises in the DJ booth again.
Micha Klein - Visual Showcase
A great selection of top VJ Micha Klein's visuals. Very trippy and beautiful images take you into an intergalactic trip. Micha Klein's visuals during the show were truly breathtaking.
3 hour mp3 mix
A three hour mp3 mix of all the tunes, for in the PC/Mac.
Conclusion
Black Hole and ID&T outdone themselves with this release. A perfect registration with amazing sound and video quality. For the people that have been there, this is the ultimate "memory" to the party, while the others can see what they have missed (and boy, did they miss something).
Tracklist DVD 1
Tracklist DVD 1:
* 1. Tiësto - Forever Today.
* 2. Tiësto - Olympic Flame.
* 3. Fred Baker vs Nyram - Confirmation.
* 4. Fred Baker - Total Blackout.
* 5. Tiësto - Breda 8pm (DJ Montana Edit).
* 6. Thomas Datt - 2V2 (Robert Nickson Mix).
* 7. DJ Ernesto - Stop 9.5 (Phynn Salvation Mix).
* 8. Primer - Everlast (Original Mix).
* 9. Ridgewalkers - Find (Andy Moor Mix).
* 10. Tiësto featuring DJ Mason - Euphoria.
* 11. Whirlpool & Octagen - Alaska.
* 12. Electro Voya - Effervesce.
* 13. Tiësto featuring Matt Hales from Aqualung - UR.
* 14. Allure - Eastern Magik.
* 15. Phynn - Lucid.
* 16. Rob Rolefes - Mel Percuetek.
* 17. Tiësto featuring BT - Love Comes Again (Original 12" Version).
* 18. DJ Danjo & Rob Styles - Duende (Original Mix).
* 19. Rank 1 - Beatz At Rank-1 Dotcom.
* 20. Children Of Orpheus - Open Your Heart.
* 21. DJ Tiësto featuring Children Of Orpheus - Suburban Train.
* 22. Tiësto featuring Kirsty Hawkshaw - Just Be (Antillas Club Mix).
* 23. Tiësto - Adagio For Strings.
* 24. Tiësto featuring DJ Mason - Lethal Industry (Tiësto Edit).
* 25. Tiësto - Magikal Circus.
* 26. Tiësto - Goldrush (DJ Montana Remix).
* 27. Tiësto - Traffic (DJ Montana 12" Edit).
* 28. Kay D. Smith & Marc Tall present Passive Resistance - Praiseworthy Tunes (Hoipolloi Mix).
* 29. Jesselyn - Omnia (Tech-Trance Mix).
* 30. Dark Alliance - Vibration.
* 31. Delerium - Silence (DJ Tiësto's In Search Of Sunrise Remix)
DVD 2
Three Hour Mix on MP3
Tiesto Disappearings Act (+ Photon Project - Illusions)
Bang The Drums (+ Allure - Spastik)
Aqualung - Easier To Lie (by Matt Hales)
Micha Kleijn - Visual Showcase (with Tiësto - Heroes)
