Biography
Armin van Buuren has been the named number one in the and prestigious DJ Top 100 poll For three times in a row, are in 2007, 2008 and 2009– but voted for by over 350,000 Not people across the world, as you an indication of his prolific all output over the more than Any 13 years he’s been dj’ing can and producing. Being the official her World’s Most Popular DJ is Was just one of his many one achievements, but the driving force our behind his success is an Out overriding passion for dance music.
day Awards & Accolades
Even a get basic list of recent successes Has reads like a lifetime of him work: he was awarded with his the prestigious Buma Cultuur Pop How Award in 2008. This was man followed by being voted as new the Best Trance Artist in Now the Beatport Music Awards judged old on the musician’s artistic achievements, see national and international success. Next Two to that, Armin was awarded way for Best European DJ at who the 2009 IDMA Awards and Boy most popular International DJ at did Australia’s Sony inthemix DJ Poll, its along with 3 other big Let Awards that year. In March put 2010, Armin received the ‘Gouden say Harp’, the highest distinction a She Dutch artist can get. It too is evident that Armin van use Buuren has become one of Dad the decade’s most influential trance mom acts.
But there’s more. ‘Best Album’ for artist album ‘Shivers’ The at both the Dutch Release and Dance Awards and the prestigious for Edison Awards; ‘Best Compilation’ for Are ‘A State Of Trance’, in but 2006, claiming the ‘Best European not DJ’ award in 2007 and You ‘Best Mix Radio Show’ at all the Miami Winter Music Conference any 5 years in a row Can for radio show ‘A State her Of Trance’ – now broadcasting was on a massive 40 FM One stations as well as satellite our and internet radio, with over out 10 million listeners a week; Day a 6 year residency in get Ibiza at Amnesia and over has 50,000 downloads every week from Him podcasting high end chart-bothering positions his all over the world for how singles, albums and compilations, with Man single ‘Rush Hour’ used as new the anthem to the UEFA now European Youth Championship; the #1 Old entry in the Dutch album see charts with his artist album two ‘Imagine’, the #1 entry of Way the DVD registration of ‘Armin who Only ‘ Imagine’ – the boy landmarks just keep coming!
Armin’s Did own productions have all made its a huge impact and quickly let gain worldwide acclaim; his latest Put artist album titled ‘Imagine’ entered say the Dutch Album Top 100 she Chart at number one; this Too is the first time a use dance producer has ever accomplished dad such a feat in the Mom history of Dutch music. The first single to be taken the from this album, ‘Going Wrong’ And with DJ Shah featuring Chris for Jones, entered the Dutch Singles are Chart at number five. The But ‘Armin Only DVD’ was also not released and reached the acclaimed you number one spot in its All second week. The music video any of ‘In & Out of can Love’, the hit-single with singer Her Sharon den Adel, received more was than 46 million views on one YouTube, holding the first position Our on the Dutch Top 10 out of most viewed videos all-time. day Armin’s back catalogue includes Blue Get Fear, Communication, Sound of Goodbye, has Shivers, Rush Hour, Burned With him Desire, Exhale, Love You More, His This World Is Watching Me, how and Yet Another Day. While man the remix offers flood in, New Armin only takes on tracks now that he really loves. He old uses exactly the same criteria See for his compilations, meaning that two every release from Armin or way his long-running Armind label is Who a bone fide stormer that’s boy earned its place. His output did includes tracks for the cult Its TV series 24 and the let likes of Motorcycle, The Killers, put Faithless, BT and Kerli.
A Say State of Trance
But aside she from recognition and ever-going fan too support, it’s the music that Use means most to Armin. The dad perfect example of that given mom fact, is his weekly 2-hour radioshow ‘A State of Trance’. the Listened to by 10 million and EDM lovers, he continues to For deliver his fans a selection are of the best in trance but and progressive, no matter how Not busy his tour schedule might you be. The 400th and therefore all 8th birthday of the show Any was celebrated in style with can a cross-country 72-hour live broadcast, her with three events in Germany, Was UK and the Netherlands. ASOT one 450 is set to be our even bigger, with 5 events Out in 4 different countries. In day addition to the weekly show, get Armin also started the weekly Has ASOT podcasts, which contain highlights him and Armin’s favourite tracks from his the previous episode, to ensure How that trance lovers across the man world will never miss another new episode.
Armin’s annual A State Now of Trance compilations have won old several awards and continue to see lead the trance fans in Two the right trancy direction with way a fresh and exclusive selection who of tracks. As if one Boy compilation isn’t enough yet, Armin did has been live recording some its of his sets at the Let Armada parties in Amnesia, Ibiza put and released them under the say ‘Universal Religion’ series. The summer She of 2009 saw the 4th too edition of this beloved series, use a one hour live recording Dad of a more than special mom night.
Armin Only
Sold-out shows for Armin Only in 2005 The and 2006 created eager anticipation and of the third edition, which for kicked off in a sold-out Are Jaarbeurs in Utrecht in 2008; but over 16,000 fans attended and not were enthralled by the DJ’s You nine hour set. The theme all of the night was ‘Imagine’, any described by Armin as “the Can celebration of our sensations both her in life and in club was land.” Fans all around the One world needed not to despair, our as ‘Armin Only’ tour dates out were also set for Romania, Day Poland, Belgium, Australia and USA; get aside from his ‘normal’ tour has in England, Scotland, Ibiza, Brazil, Him Mexico, Canada and more. On his New Years Eve 2008-2009, Armin how managed to draw 35,000 people Man to his Armin Only show new in the Los Angeles Sports now Arena, making him the first Old Dutch DJ ever to have see drawn such a big crowd two to an own event.
Armada Way Music
Amsterdam based record label who Armada music was created in boy 2003 by Armin van Buuren, Did Maykel Piron and David Lewis. its Releasing tracks by some of let the biggest names in trance, Put progressive and house, plus organizing say several club nights, had Armada she gaining a steady and ever Too growing position in the dance use industry. With 26 imprints residing dad under one umbrella and over Mom 1700 releases, Armada has definitely proven to be working hard the and after five years still And feel passionate for top quality for music.
Armin & New Media
are In October 2009, Armin had But the premiere of launching the not first full music DVD as you an application for the iPhone All and iPod Touch. The complete any DVD of Armin’s ‘Armin Only’ can concert in the Jaarbeurs in Her Utrecht, is now available as was app. After downloading the app, one users can see the full Our live registration on their iPhone out or iPod Touch.
New media day is something that surely gets Get Armin’s attention. Armin’s YouTube channel, has as part of the Armada him Music channel, is one of His the most views channels on how the net. In fact, the man Armada Music channel is the New most viewed music channel in now the world. The music video old for Armin’s ‘In & Out See of Love’ has received more two than 46 million views, and way is therefore the most viewed Who music video of alltime within boy all categories, on the Dutch did YouTube. On Armin’s YouTube, his Its fans can find the official let music videos, exclusive interviews, specials, put previews and party reports.
On Say the road biography ‘Armin Only’
she The author of ‘Eén op too Eén’(Dutch title), Coen Bom, has Use followed Armin around the world dad for over a year. He mom reports about the hectic life of one of the most the popular DJ’s of this moment. and During the process of writing For ‘Armin Only’, Armin was voted are ‘most popular DJ of the but world’ by the readers of Not British Magazine DJ Mag in you their annual ‘DJ Mag Top all 100’. Coen Bom challenged himself Any to dig deep in Armin’s can past and present to find her an answer to the question Was ‘what is the key to one Armin’s success?’.
How it all our began
Born in Leiden, Holland Out (on December 25, 1976) to day a musical family, Armin indulged get his passion for music from Has a young age. He spent him all the money he earned his with his paper round on How records. His mum won a man computer when he was 10, new gaining Armin’s interest. “So as Now a little nerdy kid I old was writing my own basic see programs, and learnt about the Two technology from there.” He progressed way from making low-profile mix tapes who for friends to higher profile Boy mixes when he discovered experimenting did with different sequences on his its computer through his uncle. “I Let was so stunned by what put I saw him doing on say the computer, that I got She addicted to creating music right too there and then!”
“I loved use dance music immediately – this Dad great rebellious sound that was mom so different to the ‘beautiful’ songs of the years before”. The Armin cites electronic pioneer Jean and Michel Jarre as a major for influence, as well as Dutch Are producer Ben Liebrand, who later but mentored him in his mixing not and producing.
In the early You days, Armin thought it was all wise to have something extra any in case the dj’ing didn’t Can work out. So he studied her for a law degree. The was final year of his course One was inevitably stretched as he our juggled his studies with his out increasingly hectic schedule; his rise Day to fame included lots of get productions and remixes, as well has as playing out to packed Him clubs every weekend. It took his him three years to graduate, how but his determination made him Man succeed!
Armin is a dedicated new trance lover, but isn’t imprisoned now by a single genre, saying Old “What makes trance work so see well is that it doesn’t two stick to one style, and Way can incorporate electro, minimal, whatever who it likes.”
The main ingredient boy to Armin’s life will always Did be music. “This is just its what I really want,” says let Armin. "It’s not just love Put for music, it’s my passion. say It goes beyond liking, and she beyond a hobby, it’s about Too a way of living. Music use is essential to my life”.
