When the best DJ in the world makes a new CD, he knows that his fingers will be looked at very critically. After all, the critics are lining up to sabotage him. That urge to be taken seriously must have been the reason for a song title like Adagio For Strings. On Just Be, Tiësto profiles himself a lot more versatile than on his predecessor In My Memory from 2001. In addition to the aforementioned
… violin orchestra, which by the way originates from the computer and serves as a filler between the thumping beats, he now also violates downtempo work (Sweet Misery, UR) and many of his arrangements have a more progressive character (Forever Today). Obviously, this CD contains a lot of work in the trance style of his massive worldwide hit Traffic. With Just Be, Tiësto proves that he can do more than just make formulaic trance music. (AD)more
