Armin van Buuren

Armin van Buuren (b. December 25, 1976) is a world renowned trance music DJ and producer hailing from Leiden, the Netherlands.

Armin van Buuren as a producer

Armin has always had his own studio and works by himself most of the time. He has never employed an engineer, claiming he does not want the music influenced.

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Since 1995, Armin released a lot of tracks on different labels with increasing success. His first big success was "Blue Fear" on Cyber Records. This 'Euro Trance blueprint' made it into the UK Chart. "Communication" was released on the same label, causing serious damage on Ibiza in the summer of 1999. After being signed to , this track entered the UK Chart at #18 in 2000.

Related Topics:
Cyber Records - Ibiza - 1999 - 2000

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In the beginning of 1999 Armin started his label Armind together with United Recordings. The first release, Gig - "One," was well received. The second release "Touch Me" under the name Rising Star was signed to Ministry Of Sound in the UK, before the record was released.

Related Topics:
United Recordings - Ministry Of Sound

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When the third Armind release Gimmick - "Free" was signed to R&S Records, Armin had managed to make his label popular in very quickly. Under the surname Gaia he released "4 Elements" on Captivating Sounds, a sub-label of Warner Brothers. Teaming up with DJ Tiësto, two new projects were born: Major League - "Wonder Where You Are?" was released on Blackhole and Alibi - "Eternity" was released on Armind. "Eternity" received a lot of club and chart success and was signed to Paul van Dyk's imprint Vandit Records. Another major collaboration followed: together with Ferry Corsten, Armin recorded a riff-classic titled "Exhale" for the System F. album. Released as a single, this track reached gold status in less than a month.

Related Topics:
Warner Brothers - DJ Tiësto - Blackhole - Armind - Paul van Dyk - Vandit Records - Ferry Corsten

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In 2000 Armin started his own AVB compilation series. He managed to find the perfect balance between progressive, techno and trance music styles. AVB001- "Basic Instinct" sold more than 10,000 copies and contains Armin's well known remix of Moogwai - "Viola." AVB002 featured a new track: Perpetuous Dreamer - "The Sound Of Goodbye." This track entered the Dutch charts in June 2001 at number 26. Later in the year the track hit #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. AVB003 - "In Motion" was released August 6th 2001. This album contained the real trance sound and was very popular in the US.

Related Topics:
Progressive - Techno - Trance music - 2001 - Hot Dance Music/Club Play

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Armin remixed a lot of long tracks like Wamdue Project - "King Of My Castle", Madison Avenue - "Don't Call Me Baby" and Gouryella - "Walhalla" (all in 1999 and 2000). His recent remixes are Solid Sessions - "Janeiro" and Shane - "Too Late To Turn." Due to the success of these mixes there's a high demand on his remixes but he has recently turned a lot of request down due to the fact that he's focusing on his own artist album.

Related Topics:
Wamdue Project - Madison Avenue - Remix

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In March 2001 Armin started his own radio show on ID&T Radio. In this weekly two-hours show, 'A State of Trance' he plays the latest tracks. His show is made more popular by publishing the artists and track titles on his website. This radio-show/website combination has proven popular internationally, as fans -- while listening to the radio-show -- will converse in the website chat-rooms and forums, such as trance.nu, over the playing tracks. When ID&T Radio changed genres in 2004, Armin left and took A State of Trance with him. Broadcasting on ETN.FM (a free online radio station) for only a few episodes, he moved on and it is now a weekly feature on Fresh FM, a dutch radio station, and DI.FM, an online radio station. In June 2005, the 200th episode was celebrated in Amsterdam and subsequently aired on radio.

Related Topics:
ID&T - A State of Trance - 2004 - 2005 - Amsterdam

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