This weeks Special guest on the Essential Mix is the one and only, Tiësto

Tiësto is a performer who has transcended musical genres to create a global “Tiësto” brand. His achievements include: a Grammy nomination, numerous MTV awards, performing at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games to an audience of billions, and even a wax statue at Madame Tussauds. With over 15 million friends on Facebook, 2 million followers on Twitter, over 400 million views (and one million subscribers) on YouTube, his globally syndicated Club Life radio show as well as his Club Life iTunes artist podcast (#1 music podcast globally), Tiësto has truly become a universal phenomenon. Voted ‘The Greatest DJ Of All Time’ by Mixmag in 2011 and the #1 DJ by Rolling Stone, Tiësto has worked with superstars such as Kanye West, Coldplay, Katy Perry, Nelly Furtado, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Goldfrapp and many more. 

Now every dance music enthusiast knows that BBC's Essential Mix showcases the very best DJs and Producers from the world of electronic music and is hosted by Pete Tong. This week Tiësto makes his long awaited return to do The Essential Mix duties. This will be  Tiesto’s first essential mix since 2006. We are highly excited for this and hope you are as well..

It promises to be a special Clublife Afterhours Essential Mix, featuring deep house and techno from Tim Berg, Chris Malinchak, Joris Voorn and loads more!

In North America you can tune Saturday, Feb. 1 at 8PM EST/5PM PST via the BBC Website

On Saturday 1st Feb at 1AM GMT 

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