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Mirage (Album) by Armin Van Buuren

Artist Biography For Armin Van Buuren

Armin Van Buuren Born Armin Jozef Jacobus Daniël Van Buuren December 25 1976 Is A Trance Mostly Progressive Trance And Uplifting Trance Music Producer And DJ From The Netherlands. His Musical Career Started In 1995. He Has Been Named Number One In The Prestigious DJ MAG Top 100 Poll Four Times In A Row From 2007 Till 2010 And For The 5th Time In 2012. He's The First DJ In The History Of The DJ Magazine To Achieve That And An Indication Of His Prolific Output Over More Than 14 Years He’s Been Dj’ing And Producing. Being The Official World’s Most Popular DJ Is Just One Of His Many Achievements But The Driving Force Behind His Success Is An Overriding Passion For Electronic Dance Music. 2008 Began With The Success That The Number One DJ Seems To Attract He Was Awarded With The Prestigious Buma Cultuur Pop Award In January. This Was Followed By Being Voted As The Best Trance Artist In The Beatport Music Awards In March Judged On The Musician’s Artistic Achievements National And International Success It Is Evident That Armin Van Buuren Has Become One Of The Decade’s Most Influential Trance Acts. Even A Basic List Of Recent Successes Reads Like A Lifetime Of Work ‘Best Album’ For Artist Album ‘Shivers’ At Both The Dutch Release Dance Awards And The Prestigious Edison Awards ‘Best Compilation’ For ‘A State Of Trance’ In 2006 Claiming The ‘Best European DJ’ Award In 2007 And ‘Best Mix Radio Show’ At The Miami Winter Music Conference In 2006 And 2007 For Radio Show ‘A State Of Trance’ – Now Broadcasting On A Massive 40 FM Stations As Well As Satellite And Internet Radio With Over 26 Million Listeners A Week A 5th Year Residency In Ibiza At Amnesia And Over 50 000 Downloads Every Week From Podcasting High End Chart-Bothering Positions All Over The World For Singles Albums And Compilations With Single “Rush Hour” Used As The Theme Tune To The UEFA European Youth Championship The #1 Entry In The Dutch Album Charts With His Artist Album ‘Imagine’ The #1 Entry Of The DVD Registration Of ‘Armin Only ‘ Imagine’ – The Landmarks Just Keep Coming! The 350th Episode And The 7th Year Of The Hit Radio Show ‘A State Of Trance’ Was Celebrated In May 2008 With An Eight Hour Live Broadcast From Antwerp In Belgium To Over 40 Radio Stations Internationally. Fans Were Invited To A Free Party With A Line Up That Had Been Voted For By The Show’s Listeners Another Example Of The Importance The DJ Places On The Satisfaction Of His Fans. Considering The Popularity Of The Radio Show The Introduction Of ‘A State Of Trance Podcast’ Was A Natural Progression. The Weekly Podcasts Which Contain Highlights And Armin’s Favourite Tracks From The Previous Episode Ensure That Trance Lovers Across The World Will Never Miss Another Episode!
Sold-Out Shows For Armin Only In 2005 And 2006 Created Eager Anticipation Of The Third Edition Which Kicked Off In A Sold-Out Jaarbeurs In Utrecht In 2008 Over 16 000 Fans Attended And Were Enthralled By The DJ’s Nine Hour Set. The Theme Of The Night Was ‘Imagine’ Described By Armin As “the Celebration Of Our Sensations Both In Life And In Clubland.” Fans All Around The World Should Not Despair As ‘Armin Only’ Tour Dates Have Also Been Set For Romania Poland Belgium And Australia The DJ Will Also Be Touring In England Scotland Ibiza Brazil Mexico Canada And The USA With Expected Dates In For An Example The Czech Republic. Born In Leiden Holland On December 25 1976 To A Musical Family Armin Indulged His Passion For Music From A Young Age. He Spent All The Money He Earned With His Paper Round On Records. His Mum Won A Computer When He Was 10 Gaining Armin’s Interest. “So As A Little Nerdy Kid I Was Writing My Own Basic Programmes And Learnt About The Technology From There.” He Progressed From Making Low-Profile Mix Tapes For Friends To Higher Profile Mixes When He Discovered Experimenting With Different Sequences On His Computer Through His Uncle. “I Was So Stunned By What I Saw Him Doing On The Computer That I Got Addicted To Creating Music Right There And Then!”
“I Loved Dance Music Immediately – This Great Rebellious Sound That Was So Different To The ‘beautiful’ Songs Of The Years Before”. Armin Cites Electronic Pioneer Jean Michel Jarre As A Major Influence Famed For His Awesome Visuals As Well As His Groundbreaking Synth Sounds As Well As Dutch Producer Ben Liebrand Who Later Mentored Him In His Mixing And Producing.
In The Early Days Armin Thought It Was Wise To Have Something Extra In Case The DJ’ing Didn’t Work Out. So He Studied For A Law Degree. The Final Year Of His Course Was Inevitably Stretched As He Juggled His Studies With His Increasingly Hectic Schedule His Rise To Fame Included Lots Of Productions And Remixes As Well As Playing Out To Packed Clubs Every Weekend. It Took Him Three Years To Graduate But His Determination Made Him Succeed! Armin’s Own Productions Have All Made A Huge Impact And Quickly Gain Worldwide Acclaim His Latest Artist Album Titled ‘Imagine’ Entered The Dutch Album Top 100 Chart At Number One This Is The First Time A Dance Producer Has Ever Accomplished Such A Feat In The History Of Dutch Music. The First Single To Be Taken From This Album ‘Going Wrong’ With DJ Shah Featuring Chris Jones Entered The Dutch Singles Chart At Number Five. The ‘Armin Only DVD’ Was Also Released And Reached The Acclaimed Number One Spot In Its Second Week. His Back Catalogue Includes Blue Fear Communication Sound Of Goodbye Shivers Rush Hour Burned With Desire Exhale Love You More This World Is Watching Me And Yet Another Day. While The Remix Offers Flood In Armin Only Takes On Tracks That He Really Loves. He Uses Exactly The Same Criteria For His Compilations Meaning That Every Release From Armin Or His Long-Running Armind Label Is A Bone Fide Stormer That’s Earned Its Place. His Output Includes Tracks For The Cult TV Series 24 And The Likes Of Motorcycle’s As The Rush Comes.
Armin Is A Dedicated Trance Lover But Isn’t Imprisoned By A Single Genre Saying “What Makes Trance Work So Well Is That It Doesn’t Stick To One Style And Can Incorporate Electro Minimal Whatever It Likes.” His Desire To Showcase More Of The Great Music He Hears Along With The Number Of People Sending Him Tracks They Wanted To Release Led To The Obvious Step Of Starting His Own Label Armada In 2003. The Label Is A Joint Venture Between Armin Maykel Piron Former Head Of A&R For Warner Music And David Lewis Who'd Previously Managed Armin. "What We Wanted Was A Company That Could Offer Everything For An Artist Representation A Booking Agency And A Record Company. Artists Can Choose Full Management Or To Just Release A Record Or Play Out At Gigs. Armada Lets The Artists Choose What They Want Without Telling Them What To Do".
Armin Is Now A Fully-Fledged Artist In His Own Right Having Made His Songwriting Debut On His Album The Award-Winning Shivers The Events Continue To Get Bigger And Bigger And Armin Regularly Headlines The Likes Of Sensation White Global Gathering Dance Valley ZoukOut Mysteryland Coachella Beats In Brazil Trance Energy Fort Dance Summer Days – Basically Whether You’re In Australia Russia The Middle East The US Or Europe You Can Catch Armin Van Buuren At A Club Or Festival Near You!
"This Is Just What I Really Want " Says Armin. "It’s Not Just Love For Music It’s My Passion. It Goes Beyond Liking And Beyond A Hobby It’s About A Way Of Living. Music Is Essential To My Life”.

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Frogtoon Music Album Info: Mirage

It's The Album The Entire Dance Scene Has Been Waiting For. After Months
of Hard Work And Creativity The Number One DJ In The World Delivers His
fourth Artist Album. Armin Van Buuren Is Proud To Present To You 'Mirage'. Armin "Mirage Has Been The Biggest Project I've Ever Worked
on. There's So Many Hours In This. Work Started Two Years Ago When I
actually Built A Completely New Studio For This Project. Many New
techniques Were Used And Most Of All I Had So Much Fun Creating This With
the Many People That Are Involved. It Was A Journey An Epic One!" '76' 'Shivers' And 'Imagine' Are Still Etched In Memory Of Millions Of Dance
music Lovers. Fresh Memories Will Be Made As Soon As The Album Hits
stores On September 10th 2010. 'Mirage' Reveals A Side Of Armin His Fans
haven't Heard Yet And Takes In Its Listeners With New And Surprising
collaborations. Within The 2 Years Of Endless Jamming And Producing Armin Invited Artists Like Sophie Ellis-Bextor Ferry Corsten BT Nadia
Ali Guy Chambers Christian Burns And Adam Young Of Owl City Into His
studio. As The First Single Of The Album Armin Chose 'Full Focus' An
instrumental Track Set To Fill Arenas Clubs And Scorch Across The
festival Terrains Set Up For The Summer Of 2010. Armin "The First Track
of The Album Has Been A Sure Shot In My Sets For Quite A While Now. I
decided To Come Back With An Instrumental Trancer Right Before Summer And
all The Big Festivals. Half Of My New Album Will Be Instrumental Trance But With The Sound Of 2010." Right After Summer It's Time For The Full 'Mirage' Album To Take Over.
Inspired And Influenced By Many Different Types Of Music 'Mirage' Is
more Diverse Than Any Other Armin Album Before. His Collaboration With
Sophie Ellis-Bextor 'Not Giving Up On Love' Is A Perfect Example Of
that Combining The Best Of Both Worlds. Armin "The Nervo Sisters Sophie
Ellis-Bextor And Me Met Up To Write The Vocals For 'Not Giving Up On
Love'. I Was Thrilled To Work With Them On This. We Gave It A More Analog
feel With Some Real Drums To Give It A Pop-Rock Feel. We Also Put A
piano Top Line On The Track And Then The Vocals Of Sophie Which I Think
is A Win. It's A Lush Summer Tune With An Epic Vocal That Gets Stuck In
your Head And Cheers You Up!" 'Mirage' Is Filled With Musical Fusions And Surprising Interpretations From The Orchestral Masterpiece Of Title Track 'Mirage' Deep Trance
track 'I Don't Own You' And Housy 'Feels So Good' To The Eerie 'Take A
Moment' And Feel-Good 'Drowning'. 16 Tracks That Highlight How Armin Has
matured As An Artist.