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A dance DJ at the opening ceremony of the Olympics is something new and risky, but DJ Tiësto pulled it off at the 2004 summer games in Greece. Parade of the Athletes is the soundtrack, not the whole soundtrack, but a collection so well put together you'd think the music was always supposed to flow like this. Tiësto calls on the sounds of the old, electronic greats more than ever before. The influences of Jean Michel Jarre, Giorgio Moroder, and Tangerine Dream at their most dramatic are obvious. Tiësto adds his own unique style of tension building and grandeur, but he doesn't play it safe. There's a surprising amount of dissonance in the slick trance here, always used to pump up the drama. Almost entirely instrumental and single-free, Parade of the Athletes displays that DJ Tiësto is at his best when he's soundtracking. His previous albums suffered when they tried to hard, but here he tempers the ambition with respect and ends up with a fantastic record. It's a unique excursion for the DJ and not representative of his normal work, but it's also a giant step forward for the man and a great album to boot.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
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Tiesto, MainArtist - Allure Muzik, MusicPublisher
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Tiesto, MainArtist - Allure Muzik, MusicPublisher
2009 Black Hole Recordings 2009 Black Hole Recordings
Tiesto, MainArtist - Allure Muzik, MusicPublisher
2009 Black Hole Recordings 2009 Black Hole Recordings
Tiesto, Composer, MainArtist - Allure Muzik, MusicPublisher
2009 Black Hole Recordings 2009 Magik Muzik
Tiesto, MainArtist - Allure Muzik, MusicPublisher
2009 Black Hole Recordings 2011 Black Hole Recordings
Tiesto, MainArtist - Allure Muzik, MusicPublisher
2009 Black Hole Recordings 2009 Black Hole Recordings
Tiesto, MainArtist - Magik Muzik, MusicPublisher - Allure Muzik, MusicPublisher
2009 Black Hole Recordings 2011 Black Hole Recordings
Tiesto, MainArtist - Allure Muzik, MusicPublisher
2009 Black Hole Recordings 2009 Black Hole Recordings
Tiesto, MainArtist - Allure Muzik, MusicPublisher
2009 Black Hole Recordings 2009 Black Hole Recordings
Tiesto, MainArtist - Samuel Barber, Composer - G. Schirmer Inc./Music Sales Limited (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
2009 Black Hole Recordings 2011 Magik Muzik
Tiesto, MainArtist - Magik Muzik, MusicPublisher - Allure Muzik, MusicPublisher
2009 Black Hole Recordings 2011 Black Hole Recordings
Tiesto, Composer, MainArtist - Geert Huinink, Composer - Daniel Stewart, Composer - Magik Muzik, MusicPublisher - Allure Muzik, MusicPublisher
2009 Black Hole Recordings 2011 Magik Muzik
Tiesto, MainArtist - Allure Muzik, MusicPublisher
2009 Black Hole Recordings 2009 Black Hole Recordings
Album review
A dance DJ at the opening ceremony of the Olympics is something new and risky, but DJ Tiësto pulled it off at the 2004 summer games in Greece. Parade of the Athletes is the soundtrack, not the whole soundtrack, but a collection so well put together you'd think the music was always supposed to flow like this. Tiësto calls on the sounds of the old, electronic greats more than ever before. The influences of Jean Michel Jarre, Giorgio Moroder, and Tangerine Dream at their most dramatic are obvious. Tiësto adds his own unique style of tension building and grandeur, but he doesn't play it safe. There's a surprising amount of dissonance in the slick trance here, always used to pump up the drama. Almost entirely instrumental and single-free, Parade of the Athletes displays that DJ Tiësto is at his best when he's soundtracking. His previous albums suffered when they tried to hard, but here he tempers the ambition with respect and ends up with a fantastic record. It's a unique excursion for the DJ and not representative of his normal work, but it's also a giant step forward for the man and a great album to boot.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 02:48:22
- Main artists: Tiësto
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Magik Muzik
- Genre: Electronic Trance
2009 Black Hole Recordings 2009 Black Hole Recordings
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