/>
musicOMH
home / features / albums / live / classical / blog
Facebook Twitter
search:

DJ Tiësto - In Concert (Black Hole)

UK release date: 3 November 2003
DJ Tiësto - In Concert

buy this DVD

"The 10th of May 2003 will be a day to remember in the history of dance music!" is the PA announcement welcoming DJ Tiësto on stage at the Geiredrome, Arnhem. If you were one of the 25,000 trance lovers crammed into the dome you would doubtless agree - whether the man voted world's top DJ by the readers of DJ Magazine can cut it on your home cinema is another matter.

Musically there's no problem, and you'll soon be waving your mug of tea in the air like you just don't care! However, it's debatable as to how successfully the visual elements of the gig transfer over to the home environment. It's a bit difficult to keep so much focus on a man playing records without losing interest, so to combat this there is a spectacular light show to enjoy.

Tiësto bobs and weaves his way through the set, and has a good many guest performances to help him out. None are more welcome than Jan Johnston, billed the "first lady of trance" and a vision in white here.

The show takes in different continental themes, with Europe first, then the US, ushered in by The Star Spangled Banner, and later visits to Asia and Africa. This introduces a nice balance to the set and means that Tiësto's driving trance sound is often complemented by extended down-tempo interludes. The longer running time of the DVD is also a massive plus, as it means a set can be conceived in a three hour stretch and broadcast in one go.

Musically, Tiësto's selection wins hands down, mixed expertly and seemingly effortlessly. Some of the tracks here can be found on last year's Nyana compilation, also on Black Hole, including Tina Arena's excellent vocal contribution to the Roc Project's Never, Tiësto's own tracks Nyana, Traffic and Obsession, and Conjure One's fantastically named Tears From The Moon.

There are two particular musical peaks. The first is the blue trance sound of Scott Bond vs Solarstone's 3rd Earth, which takes John Tavener's carol The Lamb and lifts it into a dreamy trance stratosphere, time standing still in the breakdown. The second comes towards the close with Ralph Fridge's Man On Mars, the crowd pumped up for a final onslaught on the dancefloor.

The package comes with a second disc featuring a "making of", alternative angles and more, and while the visuals are sometimes impressive it's the music that really thrills on this release - the unbroken span really allowing Tiësto to flex his muscles. And on this evidence he wasn't voted number one DJ for nothing for he's a leading exponent of Holland's thriving trance music scene.


Comments




MUSIC DVD REVIEWS A-Z
A B C D E F G
H I J K L M N
O P Q R S T U
V W X Y Z #
BUY MUSIC DVDS
BUY MERCHANDISE
BUY GIG TICKETS
TOP ARTICLES NOW
RELATED ARTICLES
INTERVIEW: Tiësto
ALBUM: Tiësto - In My Memory
GIG: Tiësto @ Alexandra Palace, London
MUSIC DVD: Tiësto - In Concert
TRACK: Tiësto - Lethal Industry

  more music DVD reviews...


musicOMH
about us
contact
copyright
home
elsewhere
Twitter
Facebook
Mixcloud
Soundcloud

© 1999-2013 OMH