DJ Misja Helsloot is a Dutch Trance and Progressive DJ. Misja was born January 21, 1973 in Rotterdam and in 1992, at the age of nineteen started to purchase albums and organize his own parties. Mixing music with a friend, Misja worked hard for six years until he became friends with DJ Tiesto in 1998. Tiesto allowed Misja to mix his album In Trance we Trust 001. It was later released in September of the same year to a good reception in his home country The Netherlands, and also caught on in Israel and Norway.