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Ok, so I like electronic dance music, more specifically Trance. When I started in the 1990's, the US was a bit behind in that department.
Still, with San Francisco and San Jose nearby, I've had some opportunities to see some great EDM/Trance DJs. Back in the early 2000's, they sadly played club music in the US that was nowhere close to the hits they had composed and were known for, but over the years, as Trance started becoming more popular, those DJs finally started playing their good tunes in the US too, and maybe from 2004 on, it's only been getting better.
Popsicle Halloween 2004 was really the beginning of great music parties in the San Francisco Area, and thankfully things have gotten even better since then

As a matter of fact, after another 10 years (2015 and beyond) the good news is that Trance has grown quite a following in the US, and places like the SF Bay Area, and while Trance has been declared dead a few times in the last 10 years, it's still going strong here.
Trance Family SF is definitely strong in the area, we've been getting more big trance parties every year, including many top DJs that come visit us what feels like every other week now (as of 2018-2019), and through those events, I made many friends in Trance Family SF. Thanks to you all.

Over those years, I got the chance to meet a few of my favourite DJs, including Armin more than once, and my last hobby has been to work on lights for my shirt and pants (version 3) and (version 4)



You can find all the pictures here

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2025/08/14 Tiesto Back To Trance After 20 Years
π 2025-08-14 01:01 in Clubbing
This is a post I made in May 2025, right after Tiesto closed EDC with a wonderful In Search of Sunrise set. It was meant as half a joke, but half being hopeful that maybe it wouldn't be a joke, afterall:


End of EDC Day 3 with Trance until Sunrise, couldn't believe it
End of EDC Day 3 with Trance until Sunrise, couldn't believe it

I just figured it out:

1) step one, become the #1 DJ in the world by playing trance, do sold out 12h Tiesto in Concert concerts broadcast around the world back when it was barely possible to do so (pre-youtube), with live performers, acrobats and all



2) become even more #1 DJ in the world

3) a few years later, fall off the face of the planet, then come back as an evil twin that plays sushi from japan and other crap for 20 years

4) after those 20 years, disappear the evil twin, come back to EDC 2025 as if nothing happened, play a beautiful in search of sunrise trance set

5) absolutely pack EDC's Kinetic Fields, in a way that it's never been that full on the last hour and last night of the festival, with people standing outside and not able to get in but listening from a distance

6) as bonus, play lots of tracks that are 20+ years old that all the EDC kids have never heard and think are all hot and new

7) all your original trance lover fans, despite the 20 years of wait and disappointment, forgive you

8) bring back trance to the top of the world as the top new genre.

9) become #1 DJ in the world again

10) profit!

>>> So as I re-post this today, I think we're at step #8 :) <<<

Tiesto will be at Dreamstate Socal 2025 with a Trance Set!

a rare shot showing both Tiesto twins in the same picture, with the good Trance lover one coming back from a 20 year vacation :)
a rare shot showing both Tiesto twins in the same picture, with the good Trance lover one coming back from a 20 year vacation :)


Video memories from EDC 2025:

  • https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJ1c6Z1Rml9
  • https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJ1bsbNxOan

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