He investigated further and emerged with the influential compilation, Techno! The House Sound of Detroit and set the course for the rest of his life. Inspired by radio heroes like eighties giant Ben Liebrand and the lamented Peter Slaghuis, Tiesto's boundless energy and networking skills (aided by a job behind the counter at the Basic Beat store in Rotterdam) brought him residencies in small clubs which eventually paid dividends when, in 1998, he played a careerdefining set at ID&T's Innercity rave in Amsterdam (a Ti6sto mixed compilation produced for the event went on to sell 100,000 copies in Holland alone). Tiesto's productions met with similar success. "I thought, it doesn't sound too hard to make," he laughs. So I went to a store bought some stuff and started learning." It paid dividends with a series of genre-classics, including a slew of remixes and productions like Flight 643 a worldwide smash that suggested new directions for trance music. "If we were ten years further on," he explains, "I would like people to say Ti6sto, back then, took the DJ thing to a different level, he broke boundaries and that's why it is where it is right now." He is a restless soul his quietly confident demeanour a clever mask for arching ambitions that go well beyond the admittedly impressive statistics of his career thus far. His next moves are all connected to the latest addition to the Ti6sto oeuvre, Elements of Life, his third studio album, and one that will be promoted with a year-long world tour. The album extends Ti6sto's musical palette towards other territories - house, techno, German minimalism - without forsaking his trance roots or his innate ability to excavate memorable hooks. "It's just going back to basics," Ti6sto reveals. "People are so caught up in the Internet life and everything is so fast nowadays. So it's going back to the elements: earth, wind, fire, and water. It's definitely deeper than the first album." Back to the old ancient elements of life from where everything comes. "German minimal was definitely the inspiration for some tracks on my album. I do get influenced a lot by other DJs and music styles. If I was still playing the same sounds as I did in 1998 then the music would have lost a lot of its charm." I think that's good it's the only way you can keep yourself fresh. While Elements of Life is a progression, it's still a Tiesto creation.
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