Tiesto made famous because of DELIRIUM?!?

[Viceroy]

I read an interview with Delirium recently, which was quite nice. It appeared in our local paper, which I thought was cool, because generally people aren't into electronica around here.
The article said that DJ Tiesto got really put on the map because of his remix of Delirium's Silence.
Would you say this is correct?

[Andski]

Maybe

[RayvinAzn]

What is the "map" you're talking about here? He was doing great work long before he did that remix...

[Darion]

seems it gave him a whole new level of exposure..that's the song that originally made me really start paying attention to him. still one of the greatest songs ever, i think.

[Ami]

hmm, a pickle of a question, id say

first things first... you say this was an interview in your local newspaper..
and delirium being from the good old united states of canada , and i notice your from canada too.. guess that kinda answers the question

presuming the interview was soley done for the newspaper, and not intended for outside audiences, if so, then he's probably pointing out it about in his homeland, canada, i dunno about there, but he's probably right,

but as for the wider picture, nah dunno, im sure ISOS2 was out before that particular delirium mix, and he did do other brilliant works, such as kamaya painters and gouryella and others before that, i think, they for me would paint a much more representative picture of tiesto and would put him more firmly on any map than that remix!!

guess delirium is maybe right if that map is only canada

besides delirium remix that first pops into my mind, is not the tiesto one, rather than the airscape one, followed by the fade sanctuary remix!

[Stream]

i totally agree with Ami here....Tiesto was surely wellknown in Europe before that remix....

guess that map was Canada only

[PeterB]

I agree with ami but that remix came out BEFORE ISOS 2

[Vincent Nicolas]

his collaboration with Delirium and Sarah Mclachlan "Silence" (in search of sunrise remix) was just a stepping stone for his career, considering that he did pretty bad in his collaboration with Jan Johnston in his most recent album "in my memory"

[Andski]

[QbIx]

I think mainstream wise its what put him on the map but i think for others , they heard his work before Silence

[davehart]

I wouldn't say that it put him on the map but it din;t do any harm thats for sure. As for silence, its not one of my favourite tracks, not even his remix. Average for me.

[PeterB]

In America it made him on the map cause it was the first dancetrack that was played on the radio in prime time there.

This info I got from the Tiesto DVD: Another Day at the Office

[Viceroy]

[DJ XYZ]

[Vincent Nicolas]

[Ami]

[PeterB]

[Stream]

[Vincent Nicolas]

[supersaws]

Tiesto's remix of silence was put on a lot of mix cds that were kind of mainstream so I think a lot of people who aren't really into good trance and are more into the ATB, Darude caught onto Tiesto.

[Bemps]

Tiesto had remixed, produced original material, and worked on collaborations prior to his delerium remix, but his remix of "silence" was and is arguably still his biggest hit to date. In that sense, it "put him on the map" to music fans all over the world, more so than his prior releases. On a side note, I really want to hear his new track w/ skin

[PeterB]