Pre-Release
- 13 DEC 2024
- 113 Songs
- Hoe Het Danst - EP · 2019
- Sunny Days (feat. Josh Cumbee) - Single · 2017
- Blah Blah Blah (Bonus Track Version) - EP · 2018
- Intense (Bonus Track Version) · 2013
- Late Checkout - Single · 2024
- Embrace · 2015
- Larger Than Life - Single · 2024
- In and Out of Love (feat. Sharon den Adel) - EP · 2008
- Extreme Ways - Single · 2024
- Balance · 2019
Essential Albums
- EDM took on a new shape in the early ‘10s: hooks sharpened, colours brightened and the main stages got bigger and bigger. Armin van Buuren’s 2013 album is a lesson in super-sizing without sacrificing intimacy: synth riffs rain down like honey-dipped lightning bolts and snares are loud as thunderclaps, yet the vocal turns on songs like “Beautiful Life” and “Alone” impart an emotional depth that makes every drop feel like it’s custom-made for the best night of your life. Building on his previous forays into pop-dance crossover, this is where the Dutch trance veteran perfects the fusion.
- Armin van Buuren’s name is synonymous with trance—hence his radio show “A State of Trance”—but on his second proper album, from 2005, the Dutch DJ shows off his versatility, juggling silky breakbeat cuts (“Wall of Sound”), filter-swept deep house (“Bounce Back”) and even alt-rock (“Golddigger”). After a decade’s worth of turning out high-energy 12-inches, he has his dance-floor skills in top form: The drum programming is sleek and pumping, the basslines forceful and lithe. And with the rich, enveloping synths of “Control Freak” and “Serenity”, he proves a masterful conductor of uplifting emotions.
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Artist Playlists
- The uplifting trance DJ’s tracks are well-oiled machines fuelled by pure feeling.
More To Hear
- Celebrating the launch of A State Of Trance, Ibiza 2017.
- The trance pioneer pays tribute to Jean-Michel Jarre's Oxygène.
About Armin van Buuren
Advocate, archivist, kingpin: Armin van Buuren isn’t just one of trance music’s most respected figures, he’s practically the embodiment of its spirit. Born in Leiden, the Netherlands, in 1976, van Buuren came into the scene in the mid ’90s, as harder, ravier strains of Northern European dance music were crystalising into euphoric new forms. A law student who moonlighted as a DJ, van Buuren never set out to be a superstar. He released his debut EP in 1996 and soon became a respected tastemaker, launching his A State of Trance compilation series in 2000 and his weekly radio show of the same name the following year. In 2003, van Buuren co-founded the dance-music powerhouse Armada Music. That same year, he released his own debut album, pairing driving anthems with pure melodic uplift and kicking off a period of steady stylistic growth. With an innate understanding of what stadium-sized dance floors crave—he was the first person to be named DJ Mag’s No. 1 DJ in the world four years in a row—he masterminded the dance anthem as a Trojan horse for pop melodies. That knack for bridging worlds primed him as one of dance music’s most visible figures as the EDM boom of the early ’10s brought club beats into the spotlight, guiding his path as a songwriter toward styles—bluesy ballads, electro-punk romps—far removed from those laser-strafed club nights of his youth. Van Buuren has never turned his back on trance, however: Between his DJ sets and his ASOT franchise, he remains the scene’s ultimate torchbearer.Advocate, archivist, kingpin: Armin van Buuren isn’t just one of trance music’s most respected figures, he’s practically the embodiment of its spirit. Born in Leiden, the Netherlands, in 1976, van Buuren came into the scene in the mid ’90s, as harder, ravier strains of Northern European dance music were crystalising into euphoric new forms. A law student who moonlighted as a DJ, van Buuren never set out to be a superstar. He released his debut EP in 1996 and soon became a respected tastemaker, launching his A State of Trance compilation series in 2000 and his weekly radio show of the same name the following year. In 2003, van Buuren co-founded the dance-music powerhouse Armada Music. That same year, he released his own debut album, pairing driving anthems with pure melodic uplift and kicking off a period of steady stylistic growth. With an innate understanding of what stadium-sized dance floors crave—he was the first person to be named DJ Mag’s No. 1 DJ in the world four years in a row—he masterminded the dance anthem as a Trojan horse for pop melodies. That knack for bridging worlds primed him as one of dance music’s most visible figures as the EDM boom of the early ’10s brought club beats into the spotlight, guiding his path as a songwriter toward styles—bluesy ballads, electro-punk romps—far removed from those laser-strafed club nights of his youth. Van Buuren has never turned his back on trance, however: Between his DJ sets and his ASOT franchise, he remains the scene’s ultimate torchbearer.
- HOMETOWN
- Leiden, The Netherlands
- BORN
- 25 december 1976
- GENRE
- Dance