Ti?sto - Feat Maxi Jazz - Dance4Life

August 31, 2006

If a DJ?s popularity was judged on Myspace page views alone it would be clear that Ti?sto is still the people?s champion. With www.myspace.com/tiesto receiving over one million page views (and counting!) since it was set up and more than twice the hits of his nearest rivals, it?s pretty clear to see who?s drawing the most interest on this internet sensation.

That point aside, take one look at the Myspace page and you will see in the two weeks since Ti?sto?s new single ?Dance4life? featuring the excellent Maxi Jazz was posted, it has received somewhere in the region of 100,000 plays alone. If this is an indication of how popular this single is across the globe, you know we?ve got a very big tune on our hands.

So, just how did Ti?sto end up working with Maxi Jazz and what is Dance4Life?

In the world of major players in dance music, Maxi Jazz as part of Faithless is undisputedly one of the biggest live acts on the circuit. With an impressive career spanning eleven years, the band have scored numerous hits across the globe including the massive Insomnia and God Is A DJ all featuring the outfits? trademark mixture of emotive, uplifting music alongside Maxi?s unmistakable lyrical flow.

In May 2006 Ti?sto became the worldwide ambassador for Dance4Life a charity organisation who create awareness amongst young people about the still growing AIDS/ HIV problem . His role? To use his position as one of the top DJs in the world to help get the message out there and one of his first tasks being to create a Dance4Life anthem that will reach dance floors across the globe.

Ti?sto: ?The way Dance4Life engages young people around the world to do something about the HIV/AIDS problem is very powerful. They offer young people an attractive way to make a contribution and reward them with a spectacular event. The combination of serious content and entertainment assures that Dance4Life gets young people on the move?.

Maxi Jazz was subsequently approached to translate the Dance4Life message into song lyrics and to lend his unique voice to the project. As Maxi enthusiastically became involved in the project, these two icons have gone onto produce a truly amazing track where Maxi?s words and Ti?sto?s music perfectly intertwine into a dynamic piece of music that could not be better suited to the Dance4Life vision.

With the single premiered on Sunday August 13th at the 16th International Aids Conference on World Aids Day in Toronto at an event that featured guest speakers such as Bill Gates, Bill Clinton, Kofi Annan and musical guests such as Alicia Keys, Pink, Cyndi Lauper alongside our very own Ti?sto we?ve no doubt in our mind Dance4Life will reach the parts most other dance singles cannot.

In 2006 Dance4Life is actively working in twelve countries; Egypt, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Kenya, Nigeria, Russia, South Africa, Tanzania, The Netherlands, UK & Vietnam.

In all of these countries NCOs (National Concept Owners) are organising Dance4Life events for thousands of young people where they will be involved in the Dance4Life Schools Project starting this September. The Schools Project, which is life skills driven, culminates in a huge dance event on the Saturday before World AIDS Day (November 25th). Every participating Dance4Life country will bring together over a hundred thousand dance fans worldwide through satellite links.

At a time when overcoming the massive issue of Sexually Transmitted Diseases is high on most governments priority lists, this single could not come at a more pertinent time.

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