Author: Stefan van den Hurk

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When Armin van Buuren hit the Psy-Trance scene with the blistering ‘Great Spirit’ (with Vini Vici), many felt it would only be a matter of time before the five-time #1 DJ in the world would subject the global dance music movement to a record of similar magnitude and style. That moment has officially arrived today. Released on Armada Music, ‘Blah Blah Blah’ proves a telling precursor of what’s to come from Armin van Buuren’s forthcoming ‘Blah Blah Blah EP’, which is available for pre-order now and includes ‘The Last Dancer’, ‘Just As You Are’ (as Rising Star) and ‘Popcorn’.

From the foreboding intro with the iconic lyrics to the devastating kick-bass combo, ‘Blah Blah Blah’ has been staking its claim as a main stage staple since its premiere at Ultra Music Festival 2018 in Miami. A buster of speakers and inducer of carnage, this track has fans going wild from Miami to Amsterdam to Sydney and back.

When asked about the inspiration for his second, devastatingly powerful Psy-Trance tune, Armin van Buuren said: “Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah ‘Blah Blah Blah’ Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah. Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah ‘Blah Blah Blah’ Blah Blah Blah Blah.”

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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO A STATE OF TRANCE EPISODE 863

Tracklist:

  1. Grauman My Head [FSOE UV]
  2. Dezza In Tents [ZeroThree]
  3. Matan Caspi & Ziger Templar [Outta Limits]
  4. Aly & Fila vs Scott Bond & Charlie Walker Shadow (Paul Thomas Remix) [FSOE UV]
  5. Bluum Kepler [FSOE UV]
  6. Matan Caspi Certain Way (Paul Thomas Remix) [Outta Limits]
  7. The Space Brothers Shine (Paul Thomas & White-Akre Remix) [Statement!]
  8. Monoverse Avenoir [FSOE]
  9. Giuseppe Ottaviani Slow Emotion (Monoverse Remix) [Black Hole]
  10. Monoverse Painting Shadows [FSOE Parallels]
  11. Aly & Fila with HALIENE Breathe Us To Life (Monoverse Remix) [FSOE Parallels]
  12. Carrie Skipper Time Goes By (Monoverse Remix) [CDR/Anjunabeats]
  13. SERVICE FOR DREAMERS: Markus Schulz The New World [Coldharbour]
  14. Everlight Microgravity [FSOE Clandestine]
  15. TUNE OF THE WEEK: Roger Shah & Aisling Jarvis Hold Your Head Up High (Aly & Fila Remix) [FSOE]
  16. Armin van Buuren presents Rising Star feat. Fiora Just As You Are [Armind]
  17. Alessandra Roncone Infinito [FSOE]
  18. Aly & Fila & Emma Hewitt You & I (Club Mix) [FSOE]
  19. Omar Sherif Suenos Argentinos [FSOE]
  20. Stoneface & Terminal Flash [FSOE Clandestine]
  21. Smith & Brown Foul Matter [FSOE Clandestine]
  22. Andrea Ribeca Rosa [FSOE]
  23. Aly & Fila Rebirth (Ahmed Romel Remix) [FSOE]
  24. Mark Dior Celaeno [FSOE Fables]
  25. Activa & Lostly Starform [FSOE] 

    Aly & Fila b2b Paul Thomas b2b Monoverse XXL Mix:

  26. Kamilo Sanclemente Elixir [FSOE UV]
  27. Cristoph & Quivver In Name Only [Selador]
  28. Funkagenda & Paul Thomas Underground [FSOE UV]
  29. Andrea Cassino Divine (Ejaz Ahamed Remix) [Yin]
  30. Paul Thomas Sweet Harmony [FSOE UV]
  31. Nicolas Rada Tempelhof (Dmitry Molosh Remix) [Sound Avenue]
  32. Aly & Fila Rebirth (Pablo Artigas Remix) [FSOE Parallels]
  33. Eli Spiral Light Rider (Thomas Datt Remix) [Lost Language]
  34. Andy Moor & Alex Ryan Retrogade [FSOE]
  35. Monoverse vs. Eco & Jennifer Rene Aria Running [FSOE Parallels / Black Hole]
  36. Aly & Fila vs Ferry Corsten Camellia (Ciaran McAuley Remix) [FSOE]
  37. Monoverse & Niko Zografos vs. The Doppler Effect Avenoir Hides In The Deep (Monoverse Mash-up) [FSOE/Raz Nitzan]

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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO A STATE OF TRANCE EPISODE 862

Tracklist:

  1. Armin van Buuren feat. James Newman Therapy (Club Mix) [Armind]
  2. Alex Sonata Only One [ASOT]
  3. PROGRESSIVE PICK: Wrechiski Fervour [ASOT]
  4. Alex Sonata feat. Dean Chalmers Bridges [ASOT]
  5. Joel Hirsch & HALIENE Run To You [ASOT]
  6. Mark Sixma Sinfonia [ARMIND]
  7. GNX Empire [Armind]
  8. TUNE OF THE WEEK: Armin van Buuren vs Alexander Popov Popcorn [Armind]
  9. Craig Connelly feat. Roxanne Emery This Life [Who’s Afraid of 138?!]
  10. Ben Gold & Sivan Stay (Taken from Sound Advice) [Armada]
  11. Ben Gold & Audrey Gallagher There Will Be Angels (Taken from Sound Advice) [Armada]
  12. Ben Gold New Republic (Taken from Sound Advice) [Armada]
  13. Ben Gold & Allen Watts Strike As One (Taken from Sound Advice) [Armada]
  14. SERVICE FOR DREAMERS: Armin van Buuren Ping Pong [Armind]
  15. Spoiled and Zigo More and More (CYA Remix) [Armada Electronic Elements]
  16. Three Drives Sunset On Ibiza (BLR Remix) [Armada]
  17. David Gravell The Future [ASOT]
  18. Royal Zeven & Mavros Fate [Black Sunset Music]
  19. Kenneth Thomas & Pablo Artigas Shambala [FSOE Parallels]
  20. Super8 & Tab feat. Hero Baldwin Burn [Armind]
  21. Vigel feat. Eric Lumiere Hear The Sound [Armada Trice]
  22. Protoculture Sanctuary [ASOT]
  23. Alex Kunnari Sundown [ASOT]
  24. Dogzilla Dogzilla (Alex Di Stefano Remix) [Who’s Afraid of 138?!]
  25. Heatbeat Bebop [AERYS]
  26. Mark Sherry & RAM Nordic Nights (Darren Porter Remix) [Grotesque Fusion]
  27. Armin van Buuren presents Rising Star feat. Fiora Just As You Are [Armind]
  28. Greg Downey Retrograde [Who’s Afraid of 138?!]A State Of Trance XXL Guest Mix: Ben Gold
  29. Omnia ID [Armada]
  30. Purple Haze Bergen [Armind]
  31. Ben Gold Atomic [#Goldrush]
  32. Ben Gold Kinetic [Garuda]
  33. Ben Gold Where Life Takes Us [Armada]
  34. Ben Gold & Omnia The Conquest (Taken From Sound Advice Chapter One) [Armada]
  35. ID ID
  36. Ben Gold Kingdoms [Armind]
  37. Ben Gold & STANDERWICK Vindicta [A State Of Trance]
  38. Enzo & Eximinds vs. Fisherman & Hawkins and Gal Abutbul vs. Depeche Mode New York To Moscow vs. United vs. Personal Jesus (Ben Gold Mash Up) [AVA/#Goldrush/Mute]
  39. Ben Gold & Allen Watts Strike As One (Taken From Sound Advice Chapter One) [Armada]
  40. Gareth Emery & Ben Gold Until We Meet Again (Ben Nicky Remix) [Garuda]
  41. Omnia ft Tilde For The First Time (Ben Gold Remix) [Armada]
  42. Darude & Ashley Wallbridge ft. Foux Surrender [Garuda]
  43. Gareth Emery Long Way Home (Ashley Wallbridge Remix) [Garuda]
  44. Ben Gold & Omnia The Gateway (Allen Watts Remix) [A State Of Trance]
  45. Above & Beyond ft. Zoe Johnston vs. Roman Messer We’re All We Need vs. Closer (Ben Gold Mash Up) [Anjunabeats/Suanda]
  46. Ben Gold & Audrey Gallagher There Will Be Angels (Acoustic Mix) (Taken From Sound Advice Chapter One) [Armada]

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When the sun starts shining more frequently and the music scene moves back to the outdoors again, you know there are busy times coming. This week’s vlog sees Armin van Buuren hop from gig to gig in his home country during the widely anticipated King’s Day before touching down in Paris. Check it out!

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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO A STATE OF TRANCE EPISODE 861

Tracklist:

  1. Armin van Buuren feat. Laura V Drowning (Avicii Remix) [Armind]
  2. TRENDING TRACK: Armin van Buuren feat. James Newman Therapy [Armada Music]
  3. Fatum Mowgli [Armind]
  4. Denis Kenzo, Fahjah & Kate Miles Who I Am [Denis Kenzo Recordings]
  5. Kyau & Albert The Night Sky [Euphonic]
  6. TUNE OF THE WEEK: Armin van Buuren presents Rising Star feat. Fiora Just As You Are [Armind]
  7. Alexander Popov Magus [Interplay]
  8. Ilan Bluestone feat. Giuseppe De Luca I Believe (Taken from Scars) [Anjunabeats]
  9. Ilan Bluestone Noa (Taken from Scars) [Anjunabeats]
  10. Ilan Bluestone & Maor Levi feat. EL Waves Will We Remain? (Taken from Scars) [Anjunabeats]
  11. Ilan Bluestone Blue Angel (Taken from Scars) [Anjunabeats]
  12. SERVICE FOR DREAMERS: Dash Berlin Till The Sky Fall Down [Captivating Sounds]
  13. Loud Luxury feat. brando Body (Orjan Nilsen Remix) [Armada Music]
  14. Genix Rogue [Anjunabeats]
  15. Whiteout & Wilderness Yalung [ASOT]
  16. Tom Fall Cyclone [ASOT]
  17. Maor Levi Nova [Armada Trice]
  18. Joel Peres I Didn’t Know [Garuda]
  19. Bobina Something About You [Magik Muzik]
  20. Temple One & Deirdre McLaughlin Reaching For A Dream [Subculture]
  21. Digital Rush & O.B.M. Notion Nightfalls [Always Alive]
  22. Roman Messer feat. Christina Novelli Fireflies (Jorn van Deynhoven Remix) [Suanda]
  23. Amir Hussain & Dark Fusion Alpine [VANDIT Records]
  24. RAM RAMbulance [Grotesque]
  25. KSHMR & Mark Sixma Gladiator [Dharma]
  26. The Space Brothers Heaven Will Come (The Noble Six Remix) [Who’s Afraid of 138?!]
  27. FUTURE FAVORITE: BakuBoy & Austin Blake Almira’s Dream [Perfecto]

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How would you describe magic to someone who doesn’t see? How do you tell someone about the beauty they cannot perceive? When it comes to music as momentous as Trance, words alone will never cut it. Instead, it needs to be experienced firsthand for others to even begin to grasp what lies beneath the surface. And that experience, the quest for those sought-after sparks of magic, starts with ‘A State Of Trance 2018’.

Offering bite-sized slices of today’s best in Trance, ‘A State Of Trance 2018’ sees Armin van Buuren select and mix a grand total of forty-two top-drawer Trance cuts, ranging from progressive-flavored records to uplifting monster tunes across two parts that prove even more remarkable with each listen. Comprising phenomenal offerings from the likes of Armin van Buuren presents Rising Star, David Gravell, DRYM x Omnia, Fatum, KhoMha, Maor Levi, Protoculture, Super8 & Tab and more, this brand-new installment of the highly-acclaimed mix series once again provides fans and fans-to-be with music of such quality it’d be shameful to pass up on.

In all of its aspects and colors, ‘A State Of Trance 2018’ is to be in the moment and let yourself go. You wanted magic? Here it is.

Listen or download: A State Of Trance 2018 (Mixed by Armin van Buuren)

Tracklist:

Mix 1 – On The Beach

1. Armin van Buuren vs Shapov – The Last Dancer
2. Whiteout & Wilderness – Yalung
3. Tom Fall – Cyclone
4. Estiva – Bloom
5. Maor Levi – Nova
6. Three Drives – Sunset On Ibiza (BLR Remix)
7. Seven Lions feat. Rico & Miella – Without You My Love (Myon Definitive Mix)
8. Alex Sonata – Only One
9. Denis Kenzo, Fahjah & Kate Miles – Who I Am
10. Wrechiski – Fervour
11. The Blizzard – Tind
12. Alex Sonata feat. Dean Chalmers – Bridges
13. Purple Haze – Bergen
14. The Thrillseekers presents Hydra – Affinity 2018
15. Fatum – Violet
16. Super8 & Tab feat. Hero Baldwin – Burn
17. GNX – Empire
18. Joel Hirsch & HALIENE – Run To You
19. Protoculture – Sanctuary
20. Alex Kunnari – Sundown
21. Airbase – Vermillion

Mix 2 – In The Club

1. Fatum – Mowgli
2. Kyau & Albert – The Night Sky
3. Simon Patterson feat. Lucy Pullin – Fall For You
4. David Gravell – The Future
5. DRYM x Omnia – Ethereal
6. Protoculture – Thirty Three South
7. Davey Asprey – Kaiju
8. KhoMha – Tierra
9. Armin van Buuren presents Rising Star feat. Fiora – Just As You Are
10. Allen Watts – Midnight
11. Assaf & Nianaro – Chapter Ten
12. Craig Connelly feat. Roxanne Emery – This Life
13. Roman Messer feat. Christina Novelli – Fireflies (Jorn van Deynhoven Remix)
14. Armin van Buuren vs Alexander Popov – Popcorn
15. Giuseppe Ottaviani – Till The Sunrise
16. DRYM – Spider
17. Beatsole & TH3 ONE – Maia
18. Sunset & Kiran M Sajeev – Just A Dream
19. Armin van Buuren feat. Conrad Sewell – Sex, Love & Water (DRYM Remix)
20. Dogzilla – Dogzilla (Alex Di Stefano Remix)
21. Armin van Buuren – Be In The Moment (ASOT 850 Anthem) [Ben Nicky Remix]

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Off the back of several super-catchy singles such as ‘I Need You’ and ‘Sunny Days’ plus the funk-infused ‘Sex, Love & Water’, Armin van Buuren just added another summer-tinged song to his repertoire. Today, the five-time #1 DJ in the world released his next seminal single ‘Therapy’ – made in tandem with James Newman – as well as the song’s stunning music video.

Musicwise, ‘Therapy’ sees Armin van Buuren and James Newman nail every bit of that irresistible summer vibe. Showing off its addictiveness through the smooth vocals, romantic lyrics and uplifting chords, it is a song that sticks and one that will embellish the airwaves every time the sun starts shining.

The official music video of ‘Therapy’ pertains to a cheeky little story of Armin van Buuren himself about his high-school crush, whom he had once fallen head over heels in love with. Combined
with the shimmering beauty of Moroccan city Marrakesh through innumerable breathtaking shots, it made for an amazing music video many fans will undoubtedly be able to relate to.


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