Over the years Perth has been lucky enough to have been graced with some big names in the dance music world: Armin van Buuren on multiple occasions, Daft Punk, Paul van Dyk and the yearly Godskitchen events.

But the one act who has never performed here before is Dutch DJ Tiesto. So you can imagine my excitement when it was announced that he will be coming here for 2 nights in February 2010. Squeee! And hence the reason for this truck-load of Youtube clips below. :)

To give you an idea what got me hooked onto his sound a few years back, here’s his collaboration with American DJ BT, “Love Comes Again”.

His awesome banger “Traffic”.

And his interpretation of “Adagio for Strings”.

These days he’s exploring the sounds beyond trance and venturing into more housey beats, like this remix of Calvin Harris’ “I’m Not Alone”.

And this thumping remix of Tegan & Sara’s “Back In Your Head”.

And a remix of Bloc Party’s “One More Chance”.

I’ve heard two of his newer songs that will be on his latest album “Kaleidoscope” called “Feel It In My Bones” with Tegan & Sara, and “I’ll Be Here” with Sneaky Sound System which are a bit too mellow for me to dance to. Nonetheless, I hope they only serve as a precursor to the truly rocking stuff later in the night. Can’t wait!

Which is why I took tomorrow off so I can jump online and get the tix at 7am sharp! Hahah! Woohoo! :mrgreen: