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This is a world exclusive � an interview with the world�s number one DJ, TIESTO minutes after his 3.5 hour NYE set to 8,000 Aussie revelers. In Australia to play in Sydney and Melbourne on New Year�s Eve, Remix contributor Harley Augustine, scooped the world when he secured the superstar choon thrower�s only NYE interview �

What are your New Year�s resolutions?

--�It�s going to be my year!�

You�re repeating your solo stadium gig again this year?

--�Yes, in October � because May is too early, I�m going to be on tour then, I�m in South America for a month and two months in Asia so whilst I wanted to do it in May again, it was too soon ��

What will be different in this year�s gig?

--�I learned from the first one that I want to be more in control � because you work with a lot of people and sometimes you lose control � so musically I want to perform more of my own music � it was already 60% my own tracks last year, and this year I want it to be like 80% �but it takes time to make the music! ��

Will you tour the globe with it?

--�Yeah � I�m definitely going to take it around the world, but it takes time � in every country you have different rules, different venues, different promoters, different audiences so in Holland I�m pretty famous � like more famous than everywhere else in the world � I can�t walk down the street in Holland � I�m more famous than Justin Timberlake in Holland � it�s really different there, I can pack out a stadium of 25,000 in Holland but in Australia, for example, it�s more difficult � �

What happened to dance music in 2003? What was it �the year of ..�?

--�2003 was a year of searching, I think � in general, I mean a lot of DJ�s got lost and other�s came up, and I think it was a time of shifting � you saw it in the Top 100 DJ listing, so many new names � and I think next year there�s going to be even more new names because the crowd is evolving and there�s a new young crowd in, and they don�t know the old DJ�s � �

Do you think 1997-1999 will always be viewed as the Halcyon Days of dance?

--�They were the years of Trance, and during that time Sven Vath was a big influence on me � the Master of Trance � he�s a great DJ, he loves playing � I haven�t played many gigs with him, but I have been a lot of his gigs and the way he plays Trance is the way I like to play now � a bit of Trance, a bit of Techno, and the odd surprising record ��

Your sets don�t really fall neatly into a genre, do they?

--�No, I just want to play what I like, and that�s what the crowd wants as well I think � I go big �Big Trance Tune�, then �Funky Techno Tune�, whatever � and that�s what I think 2004 is all about � a lot of DJ�s mixing a lot of styles together and not just play one sound anymore � �

What is it about you that seems to set you apart from the rest of the superstar choon blenders out there?

--�It�s a great honour to win �Best DJ� � it�s like winning an Oscar, you know � it�s like Nicole Kidman winning an Oscar � I have a cabinet at home for mine (jokes) � it�s a big honour, and I really appreciate it � I think at the end of the day, I�m the crowd�s DJ � when people see me play, the guys think �I could be him�, so they identify with me ��

What are your thoughts on Australia? Anything nice we can repackage for the Australian Tourism Board?

--�I hate Australia � Mark James, the promoter, is great to work with, and I have had a great time on both trips now � it�s an honour to play in Australia, all the DJ�s agree, and to be playing here on New Year�s Eve was very special for me � I loved this set here in Melbourne tonight ��

Is it hard being away from family and friends on New Year�s Eve?

--�No, I�ve been away on every New Year�s Eve since I started playing records when I was fifteen � they�re used to it by now! ��

Special thanks to TIESTO, and Mark James.

[ January 01, 2004 ]

Written by Harley Augustine

Courtesy of Tiesto.com

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