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Trackname Playtime │ │ │ │ │ │ 01. Exclusive Set Live at P3 12-20-2002 51:55 │ │ │ │ │ │ ┌─┬─┬┐┌─┬─┬─┬─┬─┬─┬┐┌─┬─┐ │ ╠─[ │││││├┤││││└┤││││││└┤││└┤ ]─────────────────────────────────────────────╣ │ │ ┤┌┤││┌┤ ├┐│┌┤││││┌┤┌┼┐│ │ │ └┴┴─┴─┴─┴┴┴─┴─┴┴┴─┴─┴─┴─┘ │ │ │ │ │ │ ARMIN AS A PERSON │ │ │ │ Armin was born on December 25th 1976 in Leiden, Holland. As long as │ │ he remembers he's been fascinated by music. This │ │ has a lot to do with his father who listened to lots of different │ │ music styles. Besides his love for music, Armin │ │ slowly started to gain more interest in technology and computers. At │ │ the age of 14 he bought his first sampler, │ │ confiscated his father's synthesizer and started to make music. │ │ During puberty he cycled to school with his headphones almost glued │ │ to his ears, listening to music from Jean Michel │ │ Jarre and Ben Liebrand's minimixes. Having a great deal of respect │ │ for Ben Liebrand, he sent him a demo that was │ │ received enthusiastically. As a result, Ben taught Armin a lot about │ │ producing and mixing the following year. │ │ │ │ Armin's passion for mixing progressed. He started working as a DJ in │ │ a local club called Nexus, finished high school │ │ in 1995 and went on to university to study law. Meanwhile he moved │ │ his studio equipment from his bedroom to a 'real' │ │ studio. The first tracks he produced in his new studio were, amongst │ │ others, hits like "Touch Me" and │ │ "Communication". Lots of tracks followed, all with a different feel │ │ to it. Armin doesn't like to be limited to a │ │ particular style by labelling his music. A phrase he often uses is: │ │ 'don't be prisoner of your own style'. Armin │ │ likes to describe his musical style as euphoric, uplifting, melodic │ │ and energetic. │ │ Due to the fact that Armin is very ambitious he's been doing a lot of │ │ things at the same time: studying, producing │ │ and being a DJ. He truly believes that the only way to be able to do │ │ so is by enjoying what you do. Armin wants to │ │ fulfil his dream, which is 'doing what he loves most and have as much │ │ fun as possible doing it'. │ │ Lately Armin has been working hard on his DJ career, performing at an │ │ average of more than two gigs per weekend. │ │ According to him "the fans and the public are the most important │ │ thing for a DJ". Because he strongly believes in │ │ the importance of his fans he signs his autograph on virtually │ │ anything: vinyls, flyers, t-shirts, body parts and │ │ (the one he likes most) mobile phones. │ │ │ │ │ │ ARMIN AS A PRODUCER │ │ │ │ One of the most remarkable things about Armin is that he always had │ │ his own studio and works by himself most of the │ │ time. He's never used an engineer since that can influence the music. │ │ 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 AM:PM, this track │ │ entered the UK Chart at #18 in 2000! │ │ 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. │ │ │ │ When the third Armind release Gimmick - "Free" was signed to R&S │ │ Records, it became clear that Armin had managed to │ │ put his label on the map in no time. Under the surname Gaia he │ │ released │ │ "4 Elements" on Captivating Sounds, a sub-label of Warner. Teaming up │ │ with DJ Tiδsto, 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 Dijk'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 in │ │ less than a month! │ │ │ │ In 2000 Armin starts his own AVB compilation series. He manages to │ │ find the perfect balance between progressive, │ │ techno and trance. AVB 001- Basic Instinct sold more than 10000 │ │ copies and contains Armin's well known remix of │ │ Moogwai - Viola. │ │ Perpetuous Dreamer - 'The Sound Of Goodbye' was first featured on │ │ AVB002. This track entered the Dutch charts in │ │ june 2001 at #26. Armin van Buuren 003 - In Motion was released │ │ August 6th 2001. This album contains the real trance │ │ sound and is very popular in the US. │ │ │ │ Armin remixed a lot of huge 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. │ │ Armin already finished six tracks for his new album that will contain │ │ collaborations with people like Ferry Corsten, │ │ Airwave and Ray Wilson. │ │ │ │ In March 2001 Armin started his own radio show on ID&T Radio. In this │ │ weekly two-hours show, 'A State of Trance' he │ │ only plays the latest tracks. The fact that Armin always puts the │ │ names and artists of the tracks on his website, │ │ makes this show unique and very popular amongst people who DJ │ │ themselves (check the chat room if you want: │ │ www.arminvanbuuren.tk). │ │ Every week the show becomes more popular, mostly through the │ │ internet. People from Canada, USA, Australia, Holland │ │ and England join the chat board to talk about the tracks Armin is │ │ playing in his show. │ │ At the age of 16 Armin already hosted his own radio show on a local │ │ station and he's very happy to have his own │ │ radio show again since this enables him to play whatever he likes and │ │ to be distinctive from others. │ │ │ │ │ │ ARMIN AS A PERFORMER │ │ │ │ Armin started his DJ career at the club Nexus (Leiden). That's where │ │ he learned to play long dj sets: regularly six │ │ to seven hours. During school holidays he played more than 4 times a │ │ week, but he never stopped loving it. It is a │ │ real thrill to see how the crowd reacts on different tracks and he │ │ finds it very exciting when he's able to fill up │ │ the dance floor. In 1999 he met Dave Lewis who introduced him as a DJ │ │ in England and the US. That's when his DJ │ │ career really took of, entering the DJ magazine top 100 in November │ │ 2001 at number 27! At this moment he has played │ │ in more then 25 different countries and according to his fans he's │ │ known for his intelligent but uplifting music. │ │ Often you can find him on the main stage at big summer festivals. │ │ Recently he played a record-breaking nine hour set │ │ for Dancetheater in The Hague (Holland). In the UK you can see │ │ him perform regularly at Passion (resident 2002), │ │ Godskitchen, Gatecrasher (4 hours sets), Slinky, Peach and Golden. │ │ Recently Armin did a Gatecrasher tour through New Zealand and │ │ Australia. In the US he has a residency at Glow in │ │ Washington and played in Boston, Denver and New York. This summer │ │ he's a resident at Godskitchen on Ibiza. In │ │ October 2002, Armin was voted nr.5 in the DJ Mag 100. │ │ │ │ │ ╚───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╝ ╔───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╗ │ │ │ Greets fly out to MiP │ │ │ ╚───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╝