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Tiesto to tease Taipei into a tizzy

DJ Tiesto is the world's undisputed number one DJ and will play a concert for up to 6,000 people in Taipei tomorrow

By Jules Quartly  /  STAFF REPORTER

Peaches on the beaches? "Together is best."

Best show? Too many.

Worst show? "The police stormed the party, the sound was too high."

Taipei? "Looking forward to that."

Amsterdam? "My favorite place on earth."

Disco-graphy:

1985 to 1993: Performed at clubs in Holland. Formed Black Hole Recordings with Arny Bink.

Released Magik (one/two/three/four/five/six/seven) and In Search of Sunrise (one/two/three) series.

Also mixed the first two Space Age volumes.

His remix of Delerium featuring Sarah McLachlan broke him internationally.

The Silence went top 10 in the UK.

2001: Started new label, Magik Muzik, released Flight 643 and In My Memory.

2002: Black Hole Recordings UK started. Won DJ Magazine DJ crown, a feat he repeated the next year. Another Day in the Office.

2003: Solo show for 25,000 at Gelredome in Amsterdam; Tiesto in Concert DVD goes gold. Traffic the first instrumental track to reach UK No. 1 in 23 years.

Just Be. Compilation album Nyana.

2004: World tour.

Has done remixes for Moby, Dave Matthews Band, Kosheen, Mark Norman and Mr Sam vs. Fred Baker, and many others.

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