Located in the heart of Amsterdam’s touristic center, the Leidseplein, a few hundred meters away from Melkweg, the city’s other most important nightclub and concert venue, the old church, the new nightclub (this must be what they call recyle!)

It is one of the rare places that has an indispensable place in Amsterdam’s nightlife. In addition to the various dance nights held regularly, it is a place that hosts many groups coming to Amsterdam, and also hosts cultural events such as various discussions and conferences when necessary.

The fact that it is remodeled from the church makes the building’s acoustics not an ideal place for concerts, but it is still one of the indispensable points of rock concerts for Amsterdam (also, the beer served in plastic glasses will spoil your drinking pleasure, but it can be excused). But the best part is that you can go to the concert at 8 o’clock and stay for the dance night that follows it (of course, you have to pay for the ticket :-). This place, which has a considerable place in the nightlife of Amsterdam, has signed important dance events such as Paradisco 2000 (and 3000, 4000 goes…) and bassline.

Paradiso Webpage: https://www.paradiso.nl/en/

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Paradiso Adress: Paradiso Weteringschans 6-8 1017 SG Amsterdam / Netherlands

Who is Tiesto? All About DJ Tiesto.

Dutch DJ, whose real name is Tijs Verwest, was born on January 17, 1969 in the city of Breda Netherlands. Tiesto’s biggest passion was music since his childhood . Energetic and melodic music. The tape store where he worked gave him a lot in terms of music knowledge and production. The need to share the music he loves with as many people as possible led him to DJing, which he found most suitable. At the age of 14, Tiesto started his DJ career by purchasing his first musical equipment and collecting records to create his own archive. At the age of 15, he was handing out mixtapes of the moon’s best tracks to friends and clothing stores. A year later, Tiësto was playing in small student parties. The next step was the disco “De Lente” in Breda. He entertained his listeners with hip hop and old house style songs selected from Dutch club charts.

Later, he realized that he wanted to play house only, narrowing his interest to the bass groove loaded with house rhythms. Thus, he started playing in the very well-known club “The Spock” in the same city, where only house is played on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. The following year he mixed for an illegal radio station called “Channel X”, which broadcasts house music 24 hours a day, which was especially popular in the Netherlands and Belgium. In the same year, at the age of 22, he was also playing in the famous club “Voodoo Club” in Amsterdam. Whenever he had time, he would go to famous Belgian clubs and try to get to know different genres. Although he only played club music until the age of 24, in the following years he also started to play hardcore music, which he saw very popular in Belgium. He also met the magnificent magic of trance music in Belgium. He began experimenting with these new sounds in “The Spock.”

Moving away from the fashion of the time and creating his own different style, he was soon discovered by Arny Bink, the manager of the record company “Basic Beat Recordings” in Rotterdam. For this, he tried for a long time by sending his records to about 100 record companies, but he could not succeed. “The Quest For Atlantis”, the 3rd in the “Forbidden Paradise” series, became the first mixing CD. The album was particularly popular in Norway and helped Tiësto make his big debut. His music began to be noticed in his own country over time.

In November 1997, he started working on his own tracks by founding the record label “Black Hole Recordings” with Arny Bink. Shortly after its establishment, he released his first album with the label of his partner company. He set new standards in dance music with “First Flight,” the first of the legendary “Magik” series of mix compilations, which was a huge hit worldwide. He also mixed the first two CDs of the techno series “Space Age”. He prepared a vocal and melodic mix album of his own taste under the name “In Search Of Sunrise”. The success of his work has enabled him to appear in world-famous clubs and festivals such as Gatecrasher, Cream & Slinky (England), Love Parade (Germany), Ibiza (Spain) since 1999.

Ferry Corsten, who liked the mix he made for Sarah McLachlan and Delerium’s song “Silence”, which was number 1 in the UK charts and the club anthem of 2000, had a big share in Tiesto’s arrival as a producer. With the “Gouryella” project, two Dutch DJs released the albums Gouryella, Walhalla and Tenshi. They also mixed many songs together and undersigned their chart success. The project continues as Corsten’s personal work, with Tiësto leaving in March 2003. Apart from Gouryella, he also participated in projects under the names “Alibi” and “Major League” with Armin Van Buuren.

Tiësto made her big break in America with the album “Summerbreeze”, which included a mix of “Silence”. While the song managed to stay on the UK charts for 4 weeks, it became the first house song played during the daytime on the radios in the USA and progressed to number 3 on the charts. The “Silence” mix became one of the most important pieces in Tiësto’s career, bringing his fame around the world.

DJ Tiesto is still producing iconic electronic music. He still breaks the lists every year. DJ Tiesto Legendary Dutch DJ.

Follow Tiesto on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tiesto/

Protest tickets of Amsterdam nightclubs are sold out! Nightclubs in Amsterdam open their doors on the night of February 12 to protest the cabinet’s coronavirus measures; tickets are sold out.

Two organizations representing businesses, Nachtbelang and Overleg Amsterdamse OAC, complain that nightclubs remain closed even as the cabinet has relaxed measures for many sectors. Clubs will open to protest the measures on February 12 through the ‘De Nacht Staat Op’ initiative.

In addition to Amsterdam nightclubs, businesses such as 013 in Tilburg, Patronaat in Haarlem, Fluor in Amersfoort, De Helling in Utrecht and Annabel in Rotterdam are also participating in the protest.

Representatives of enterprises held a meeting with the Ministry of Economy yesterday. Regarding the meeting, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Economy said,

“Ideas were put forward on how businesses can open responsibly. In general, issues such as ventilation, capacity, entry policy were discussed.”

After the meeting, OAC officials stated that nightclubs will continue to open their doors to protest.