Dj’s as the art form was developed years ago were often breaking new ground in terms of the nature of their gigs, but now as DJ’s have become more mainstream the landmark performances are less common. Some are head and shoulders above the others, one DJ is now breaking the mould, playing huge gigs and the biggest gig for any DJ – Athens 2004, to a TV audience of 4 billion.
The Parade Of The Athletes set took a year to perfect, with 7 specially recorded tracks and an exclusive remix of ‘Dallas 4pm’ – renamed ‘Breda 4pm’ (his home town). The new tracks are ‘Heroes’, ‘Ancient History’, ‘Euphoria’, ‘Athena’, ‘Olympic Flame’, ‘Coming Home’ and ‘Victorious’ - and are all storming trance instrumentals. Speaking to the BBC, Tiesto said ‘As soon as I walked into the Stadium I got goosebumps. The DJ booth was right under the Olympic Flame - it was an amazing spot to be in…’
The Parade Of The Athletes rounds off a great year for Tiesto with his album ‘Just Be’ still selling strongly worldwide and paves the way for his 2005 with huge gigs, massive audiences and no doubt more big selling albums.