Article: New Tiesto Album!

Really cant wait for  this ! Ive got a feeling its going to be something specail

This will be an artist album, not a remix or "best of", right?

As strange as Tiesto's sound has been lately, I can't wait for this either. Sounds like it could be interesting.

He said he knows the title of the album, but any guesses what it will be called?

Artist Album

Yes it's his new artist album and will be released the 2nd week of September

I have low expectations for his forthcoming artist album. Hopefully i'll be pleasantly surprised with a lack of commercial, generic productions. I highly doubt this will be the case however, and therefore i'm not overly excited about this release.

I'm dreading the moment when I have to finally admit to myself for good and all that Tiesto is no longer capable of good production... Not that his remixes lately haven't been proof enough, I suppose...

The thing is though, they aren't particularly bad productions. They are just not what he is famous for and do not utilize his talent at making Trance tunes.

Can't wait for this!
Hope Tiesto bring some "fresh air" on this new album

Originally posted by Ben

The thing is though, they aren't particularly bad productions. They are just not what he is famous for and do not utilize his talent at making Trance tunes.

To put it simply, he is holding back.

But why is this so?  Could he be trying to conform to the pop/house world?

I am not really sure

Bare with me on this. I find Tiesto to be one of the most ironic cases for me. I've rarely ever listened to any of his sets, yet everytime I hear a particular track that really gets me going, it often turns out to have been a release on his Black Hole label by some producer other than himself, so he promotes them more than anyone. I mean it when I say this, which is that I think Black Hole has released some of the most superb, intelligent trance releases out there. For me, it tends to be my favorite, because it seems to demonstrate a strong devotion to each individual release. Or, if not on Black Hole, he just promotes said track more than others. Which leads me to think he has a taste for music that is closer to my own. I don't listen to his productions, however, not for a long time. A lot of people say he went to crap in mid-2003, and I can see how that is. Traffic? Adagio For Strings? Bleh, easily two of the worst trance productions I have ever heard. One is overly generic and tries to hard to be a tech-trancer. Another turns a symphonic beauty composed by Samuel Barber and turns it into an 8-minute hard trance earache of screechy synths. From what I've heard since, not much has improved. I wish the guy all the best, but honestly, he's part of why I don't trust bigger name DJs to produce the goods that I personally like. And I don't like "well, they spend so much time DJing they don't have time to produce." OK, then don't make a goddamn album for Christ's sake, and spend more of your hours strengthening your productions skills by focusing on one or two really listenable tracks. Build some credibility.

It seems to me that in order for a DJ to have a fanbase anymore he has to produce as well. This is a crappy state for the industry to be in. Some DJs are freaking awsome on the decks but can't produce worth a dollar. Some producers rock but can't get their names out there unless they spin even though they have no talent in the booth.

The whole movement of EDM into the pop scene is making this trend really take off because everyone wants to be famous and now they have the chance to be. So producers and DJs all think, "Hey, I guess I can do both."

Tiesto seems to have gone the way of decent DJ (he's kind of hit and miss) but not-so-great production. The problem is, if he stopped producing like he probably ought to, he'd lose a lot of his fanbase. So he's kind of screwed.

Well, I don't see how he can NOT have enough time to produce because in an interview, he did mention that he had a laptop that he uses to make music on the go.  Maybe he could produce a new song while on that LONG flight?

Tiesto is a very busy man like most good DJ s ...but still he MUST have time to produce us fans something speacail surely ! ?