A recent social media post celebrating the genre that made him famous is raising questions, especially after a few special sets that seem to hint at a return to trance music
In recent months, Tiësto‘s fans and trance music lovers have been on the edge of their seats: in mid-March, the legendary artist from Breda surprised everyone with an announcement that fulfilled a long-held dream shared by generations of nostalgic fans: seeing him play trance music once again. On May 19, at EDC Las Vegas, his set titled In Search of Sunrise brought back the elegance and quality that have always defined Tiësto’s legendary trance DJ sets. It was a refined sonic journey through early 2000s gems, drawing heavily from the Black Hole Recordings and Songbird universe, deeply moving both the live audience and those streaming worldwide.
Many fans didn’t hesitate to call it a legendary event. But was it just an isolated moment ? A simple nod to nostalgia, or the beginning of something bigger ?
June 14 brought more clarity: Tiësto took the stage at Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City with a show titled PRISMATIC – his third appearance in this format. As the name suggests, it’s a musical journey through the many shades of his career, condensed into intense four hours of music. This time, however, the Mexico City set, this time was different: responding to the excitement sparked in Las Vegas, Tiësto embraced again a large part of his trance repertoire, moving the crowd in a way that hadn’t happened for years.
Some of the questions raised after EDC began to find answers. The May performance wasn’t an isolated event, it was a conscious return to sounds he had left behind, now revisited with surprising ease. The final confirmation may have come just yesterday, with a social media post in which Tiësto shared trance excerpts from his PRISMATIC set, strongly emphasizing that this genre had never been part of that event before.
His words sound like a clear and definitive statement of intent. Could this be a return to trance not just on stage, but also in the studio ? All signs point to yes. As if that weren’t enough, yesterday some of the most legendary trance artists who had collaborated with him in the past – through reactions and cryptic messages – seemed to hint at a desire to return to roots. Among them was BT, who made his intentions quite clear in his Instagram stories, reposting Tiësto’s Mexico City set and writing:
“Thinking Tiësto & I should cook up something new.”
While Tiësto has become a global EDM icon over the past fifteen years, his contribution to trance in the early 2000s remains one of the genre’s highest points. And now, it may finally be time to write a brand-new final chapter.