Home Depot Center Carson, CA

Well I never thought I’d see the day, but here is my first post on the “god of trance” himself: Tiesto. As I’ve said before I don’t like to hate on other music, but in the past I never found a reason to go looking for his stuff. Not sure why. The one thing that seemed to be unanimous about the guy was that his live shows are among nothing else. I missed Tiesto at Coachella ’10 because 2 Many DJ’s were set to rock at the same time and I wasn’t about to miss my boys. My friends said Tiesto’s light show was SO good that they blacked out and don’t remember it. Bit of a hype up huh? I never wanted to go out of my way to see him, but when your openers are Porter Robinson, Dada Life, and Diplo; and your tickets are for $40 after fees; and you’re breaking the record for highest attendance for any single DJ; I’d be a fool to not attend. It was a undoubtedly a damn, memorable night.
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Tijs Michiel Verwest, Stepping in and out of the spotlight since 97’, is one of the most respected producers in electronic music history. He released 5 studio albums, was titled “World’s Best DJ” on 3 separate occasions, dated a Dutch model and is better known under his alias, Tiesto. Spouting facts like a broken trivia fountain, I could gloat about his accomplishments for days.. but to keep it short n sweet, there’s an immense militia of trance warriors that would courageously follow him into battle, the man has an army.

Tiesto is the Meca for house lovers. When word broke out that Big T would ride through town on his dazzling white stallion, people started raging. The windows of IV viciously shook, not from pounding techno music, but from fist pumping induced atmospheric depressurization. So I didn’t want to go.

Long story short, I was offered a reasonably priced ticket the morning of the show.. and I can never say no to a good bargain ^_^

So I went.

A smile as big as the moon gleamed off my face as I neared the illustrious SB Bowl. Excitement coursed inside me like liquid electricity. This was a beautiful moment.

Despite my glowing positivity, #collegeinvasiontour shat on my face.
· I got there at 8pm, Tiesto was already spinning. dafuck? I was expecting this guy to wake up the sun with me.
· Fire marshall was posted with the volume knob in his tight grip. There was no bass. I blindly scavenged through crowds in a desperate search for just a little taste. The place was wobless.
· Security was unnecessarily heavy. I couldn’t even bust a move without a yellowshirt breathing down my neck.
· His set was SO bland. Avicii’s Levels, really? I’m paying 50 dollars, give me something FRESH. Lets be real, Kaskade did it better.

Tiesto, I thought you were the best? I was ready to embark on a journey; instead you gave me Hypem’s top 10 of the summer. You’re milking that retirement fund like a champ.

I thought my night was dead and buried, but then out of the cold, thick air, I received a magical text. Porter Robinson was to play an inconspicuous private show in my neighbor’s backyard. My friends were sure it was a hoax, but low and behold the boy prodigy made an appearance.

About a hundred people on a beachside balcony, probably the most intimate show I’ve ever been to. Everyone was sippin on glass brews and blunts were in roto like free candy. I kept trying to pass the bleezy to PR, but he was vibed out, completely engulfed by the music. The set was flawless, the crowd was rowdy and the night was salvaged.

Tiesto is becoming a household name nowadays when it comes to mainstreamism. Now he’s touring the states, hitting all major Universities to show he still knows what’s up. Although his music doesn’t appeal to everyone, epic tales of his awe inspiring live shows never cut short. Tiesto chose to feed this generations hunger for the hardest, filthiest music with opening sets from Porter Robinson and our Swedish homies Dada Life for his College Invasion Tour!

Our friends at Simply Delicious are trying to hook everyone up with some free tickets to his stop at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA on October 8th. They’ve got a contest up over on their Facebook page that simply makes you request the page to your friends and enter your email. It’s as easy as that!

How To Win

1) Go and “Like” Simply Delicious (click) and our facebook
You can do so on the right side of this page
2) Follow the instructions on the Simply Delicious page.
3) @Tag us each in a status saying who you want to see and why you should go.

“I want to win tickets from @Simply Delicious and @Control+Alt+Delight to see ______________ , because ________________”

GOOD LUCK!

Tiesto is letting summer go with a bang. Epic and massive. That’s not a complete sentence but they’re the only words needed to describe ‘Maximal Crazy.’

Tiesto – Maximal Crazy (Original Mix) <- ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

Ok but real talk… We can all agree the track is sick as fuck but this isn’t Tiesto’s Style. I feel like every producer in the scene is conforming to this high energy/fist pumping approach to house. It’s so frustrating. FUCK I hate to admit it, but this shit is mainstream.
Don’t expect much more of this kinda stuff from me.
Next post: Modeselektor

Tiesto keeps dropping bangers and his new collaboration with Marcel Woods is no exception. This impressive track is a piece off of Tiesto’s new ‘Club Life Vegas’ due to release in April. Make it LOUD.

Tiesto & Marcel Woods – Don’t Ditch <-♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥