Tiësto Magik Tribute Mix (2025)

Martin van Zeelandt / TCD
Oct 15
3 min read

I have to start this review by stating that I've owned quite a lot of things Tiesto released during the late 90s and early 2000nd, but never actually bought/owned a Magik CD. I've heard of them and seen them in my local record store, but I never had the courage to purchase them. I seriously couldn't tell you why. Maybe because I bought lots of other CDs (not just Tiesto albums), and I thought that would suffice. I was wrong, oh so wrong. I know Tiesto won't read this blog, but if he does: I sincerely apologise for not buying these. I hope you can forgive me.

Deep down inside, I don't think Tiesto is going to suffer financially after knowing I didn't purchase these albums. He's doing alright, I suppose. He's got a few pennies in the bank. And what he also has, is a wicked discography, including these Magik CDs. Again, I know of them, but never owned one. And I do believe I've missed out. Sean Furlong uploaded a mix a few days ago, which is a tribute to this CD series, and all the tracks are just banging. And I do mean this.

The CD series didn't last that long. From 1997 until 2001. Not sure as to why? Maybe because in 2001 he started his own label, which was called Magik Muzik, and that title wasn't linked to the compilations anymore, but to the label. I'm guessing this, obviously. But a series like this one could have continued to the present day.

Sean picked albums 3 til 7 and took some of his favourite records from these albums. And the result is an hour and a half of pure bliss. Trance euphoria. I couldn't wish for anything else.

Ballroom - Come Along (Chrome Remix)
Utah Saints - Lost Vagueness (Oliver Lieb's Main Mix)
Schiller - Das Glockenspiel (Humate Remix)
Airwave - Alone In The Dark (Original Mix)
Chicane - Lost You Somewhere (Heliotropic Mix)
Afterburn - North Pole
Free Radical - Surreal (En-Motion Mix)
Insigma - Open Our Eyes (Insigma Mix)
M.I.K.E. - Sunrise At Palamos (Original Mix)
Jan Johnson - Flesh (Tiesto Mix)
Transa - Supernova (Original Mix)
Oliver Lieb - Subraumstimulation (Main Mix)
Tiesto - Flight 643 (Original Mix)
Vincent De Moor - No Hesitation (Original Mix)
Moogwai - Viola (Armin van Buuren Remix)
Alibi - Eternity (Innercity Mix)

Oh, the memories. Yes, I might not have owned the albums, but I still had CDs which contained these songs, so I'm fully aware of their existence. And I'm happy that I do. I could not imagine living in a world without Trance music. That must be one boring world, right?

Sean has picked 16 amazing records. I still listen to them and finding them extraordinary. They've stood the test of time. The selection is really great, and it puts a smile on my face. Wouldn't you agree that these songs would get you stomping the floor and raising your hands harder and higher? Compare these to the present day Trance music, and they would not even have to compete. The Millennium years were the best.

There are too many records in here. What I mean by that, is that there are too many great records in here. I love 'Sunrise At Palamos', I adore 'Subraumstimulation', I grew up with 'Flight 643' and raved the night to it, but 'Alone In The Dark' is just that one track that has outgrown the others, and is now on a different league. What a brilliant and timeless masterpiece.

Sean's mix is dope. A brilliant tribute to Tiesto and his Magik CD series. Worth your time, trust me. We need more of these glorious Millennium Trance mixes. Life, and the music, it was all so much better back then.