What inspired you, what were you thinking about when creating the album Intense?*
About choosing your own path. I called the album Intense because I was overwhelmed with emotions at the time of its creation. I have never put so much effort into my work, every song on it is significant. The music on this record conveys absolute joy or absolute sadness, but each feeling is very vivid.
And I also wanted to show how deep and bright life can be, I myself learned this after the birth of my daughter Fenna, who, like music, colored my life.
Is the opinion of your fans important to you? What if they criticize your new album? Will you take the comments into account in the future?
Of course, the fans' opinions are important to me, but I always try to stick to my own path. Criticism is a common thing, especially for an artist. But I try to make the most of constructive criticism.
They say the higher you rise, the more painful it is to fall. Are you afraid of the day when someone else takes the place of the world's first DJ?
It is impossible to always remain on a pedestal. Music is constantly changing, and the tastes of music lovers are changing. And I have already proven my abilities: in addition to many awards, I also have a Grammy. What to hide, of course, I dream of always being number one. After all, Steven Spielberg himself probably dreams of another Oscar. Did money and fame change me? I think not, but we need to ask our family and friends in more detail. In any case, I do what I do not for the money, but for the love of music.
How did getting married and having your daughter affect you?
I feel more confident and stable. Being married is a wonderful feeling if your feelings with your wife are sincere. I want to have more children, I want them to grow up to be independent, responsible and take life’s difficulties lightly. And I'm not at all concerned about whether they will follow in my footsteps.
What's your favorite dish?
Our national puree, in Dutch it is called andijvie stampot. Don't ask me for the recipe, you won't like it anyway.
Many girls dream of marrying a star, regardless of how busy they are. popular man. How do you distribute your time between business and family?
When I'm not traveling, I'm always home by five in the evening, when we have dinner as a family. We celebrate holidays together and generally spend a lot of time together. But it's not easy, yes. So that we have time for each other, we discuss our schedules and plans every day. But we love each other, that's the whole secret.
What is your biggest goal - as an artist and as a person?
This is very difficult question. I hope I gave someone happiness and good mood. I can't change the world, but I can make some people dance. Maybe this will make our lives better?
Armin Van Buuren was born on December 25, 1976 in Leiden, the Netherlands. In his early youth, he listens to Liebrand and Jean-Michel Jarre, and loves to spend days and nights in front of the TV, playing Nintendo 64 and watching movies on DVD.
He is also interested in football and - a little later, as he got older - he loves to drive a car. Basically, an ordinary guy... If not for his musical creativity.
Armin released his first release at the age of 18, first entered the UK chart with "Blue Fear" at 20 and formed his own label at 22. At 23 he again entered the UK chart with "Communication". Now he is releasing a collection of his CDs, and being a producer and DJ at the same time, he has slowly but surely conquered the world.
It all started in high school, in the early nineties. In those days, Armin's main inspiration was the music of Dutch Master Mixer Ben Liebrand. He (Armin) bought himself 2 turntables, learned how to make mixes and soon began creating his own own style. At 16, he bought his first sampler, an Akai S-01. And although the sampler was mono, Armin did everything possible with it! The very first demo song was immediately included in the collection. With the money he received from this deal, Armin bought much best equipment and this was reflected in the first vinyl, released at the end of 1995. Since 1995, Armen has released many tracks on different labels with increasing success. The first big success was "Blue Fear", released on Cyber Records. This "Euro Trance blueprint" even put him on the UK charts. On the same label he released "Communication", which made a splash in Ibiza in the summer of 1999. This track was signed to AM:PM and entered the UK chart at number 18 in 2000!
In early 1999, he founded his Armind label with United Recordings. The first release, Gig - "One", was very well received. Second release "Touch Me" under the name Rising Star was signed by Ministry Of Sound before the record hit the shelves. When Gimmick - "Free" was signed by R&S Records, it was safe to say that Armin had put his label on the map at the right time. He released Gaia - "4 Elements" and teamed up with DJ Tiеsto to release 2 projects; Major League - "Wonder Where You Are?" was released on Blackhole and Alibi - "Eternity", which was another successful project, was also released by Armind. Eternity was licensed to Paul Van Dyk's Vandit Records and was re-released this summer. Another collaboration followed, he teamed up with Ferry Corsten to record another riff-classic called "Exhale" for the System F album.
Perpetuous Dreamer - "The Sound Of Goodbye", which was already pressed onto AvB002, is now finally released on vinyl. In August 2001, a video was to be released and a commercial release would take place. On his AvB collection he very coolly managed to balance progressive, Techno and Trance. Armin Van Buuren 003 - In Motion was supposed to be released on August 6th (I think it was released).
After remixing popular tracks such as Wamdue Project - "King Of My Castle", Madison Avenue - "Don"t Call Me Baby" and Gouryella - "Walhalla", Armen has become a highly requested remixer and he turns down these requests for remixes almost daily In the near future, Armen plans to concentrate on his own production and will work on tracks for his album Rising Star.
Armen's DJ career also takes a lot of time. In the UK he can regularly be seen in Passion, Godskitchen, Gatecrasher, Slinky, Peach, and in all sorts of places around the world (Jerusalem, Tokyo, Helsinki, Ibiza, Crete, etc.). This summer he played at countless parties in Ibiza and the UK, Crete, Dance Valley and the Fast Forward Parade.
Date of birth: December 25, 1976 (Capricorn)
Place of birth: Leiden, Netherlands
Professions: DJ, producer, remixer
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Born on December 25, 1976 in the Dutch town of Leiden. Thanks to his father, who was a big fan of electronic music, Armin fell in love with music youth. Besides his love for electronic music, he was interested in various modern technologies and computers. When he was nine years old, he wrote his first computer program in the Basic programming language. His two main interests, music and electronics, allowed him to further fully realize his own musical ideas. This realization has become a real passion.
When he turned 14, he bought his first sampler and began making music with the help of his father's AKAI synthesizer. On his bike ride to school, he often listened to music by Jean Michel Jarre and minimixes by Ben Liebrand on his headphones. “I was buying tons of CDs, especially from synth pioneers like Jean Michel Jarre and Klaus Schulze, but I was also following the dance scene,” says Armin.
Being a big fan of Ben Lybrand, Armin I sent him my recording, which Ben really liked. Librand told Armin a lot about producing and DJing. Passion Armina remixing developed and he began working as a DJ at the small Leiden club Nexus, where he learned to play long 6-7 hour sets. In 1995, he entered the university to study law, and after lectures he played in various clubs and composed his own music.
After graduating from school in 1995, Armin continued his education at Leiden University with a degree in Law, although he was much better at DJing in the student club. At the same time, he wrote his own tracks in his home studio, resulting in "Blue Fear", "Touch Me" and "Communication".
The success of the single "Blue Fear" in the UK charts in 1998 brought the name Armina on world stage. Released in 1997 on Cyber Records, "Blue Fear" reached the top of the UK. This was followed by "Communication", which became a hit in Ibiza in 1999, and reached number 18 in the UK top in 2000.
In 1999, Armin founded his own label Armind, which gradually turned into a huge trance empire called Armada Music, with many sub-labels including A State Of Trance, 68 Recordings, Bandung, Captivating Sounds, Club Elite, Coldharbour Recordings, Electronic Elements and Fame Recordings. This empire releases huge amount various trance and not only hits, and is considered to be at the moment the best collection of trance labels.
At the very beginning of its musical path often published under various pseudonyms, such as Darkstar, Perpetuous Dreamer, Rising Star, Gaia, Gimmick. He also created several tracks with his fellow "trans-Dutch" - and. Together with DJ Tiesto He released the tracks "Eternity" in 2000 as Alibi and "Wonder Where You Are" as Major League. And together with Ferry Corsten, he created a major trance hit “Exhale” for his project System F. However, since 2003, he has usually been released under his own own name, although he often uses pseudonyms for remixes of other people’s and his own tracks.
In 1999 Armin released his first compilation “Boundaries Of Imagination”, which was followed in 2000 by a whole series of four compilations “A State Of Trance”, “Basic Instinct”, “In Motion” and “Transparance”, which organically combined his love for progressive , techno and trance. Another series of his compilations, launched in 2003, "Universal Religion", saw its third chapter this year - "Chapter 3 - Live From Armada At Ibiza".
In March 2001, he launched his own radio show on ID&T Radio called ““. Every week for two hours Armin plays the latest popular trance and progressive hits, opening the way to fame for many famous musicians. This radio show celebrated its 300th anniversary episode in May 2007, and is currently the most popular trance show in the world. Based on this show Armin created a compilation of the same name, annually since 2004 releasing a pair of discs of the most popular tracks heard during the program.
In 2003, he released his debut album "76", which contained major hits like "Yet Another Day", "Burned With Desire", and new versions of "Blue Fear" and "Communication". The next album, “Shivers,” was released in 2005, and in addition to the hit of the same name, it also contained the tracks “Serenity”, “Zocalo”, “Who Is Watching”, “Sail” and “Control Freak” released as singles. Other musicians such as Gabriel & Dresden, Airwave, System F and M.I.K.E., as well as vocalists Justine Suissa, Nadia Ali and Ray Wilson, also actively contributed to the creation of these two albums.
The third album was released in 2006, called “10 Years” and consisted of three discs of the most best works Armin van Buuren over the past ten years, new versions of old hits, remixes, as well as several completely new tracks - “Love You More”, “Saturday Night” and “This World Is Watching Me”.
Armin, taking advantage of his popularity as one of the best trance DJs, actively travels around the world, performing at major events such as Sensation White, Godskitchen and Gatecrasher. Those who were unable to watch him live can watch recordings of his performances on DVD - there are discs from his events " Armin Only - The Next Level", released in 2006, 2007 and 2008.
Among the latest works of this wonderful musician and DJ are the recent singles “Rush Hour”, and new version his favorite hit of mine “The Sound Of Goodbye”, which was released back in 2001 under the pseudonym Perpetual Dreamers.
April 19, 2008 will be remembered for a long time by all fans. On this day there was a mega party Armin Only Imagine, which was visited by 16 thousand clubbers from all over the world. Two years of intensive preparation and all this for one night! Armin invited all the artists who took part in the creation of his third album. Everything merged together: music, lighting effects, a huge screen with incendiary videos and much more. Armin admitted that Armin Only Imagine- this is the most outstanding moment in his life. He showed the tracks from the new album to so many people for the first time - it's just amazing! Music brings people together. No matter what language people speak, music can reach everyone. The most amazing property of a person is that everyone can fantasize, create, then return to their fantasies again and again, experience these feelings again. The album includes 11 completely new compositions. The first single, “Going Wrong,” a collaboration with DJ Shah and vocalist Chris Jones, has already been featured on Armin’s radio show. Its release took place on April 7, 2008.
In the musical component of the new album Imagine it should be noted large number vocal works. In addition to the already mentioned Chris Jones, the recording of the disc featured vocalists Jaren, Audrey Gallagher and Jennifer Rene, well-known in the world of trance music, as well as the famous Dutch singer Sharon den Adel (soloist of the symphonic metal band Within Temptation), Jacqueline Govaert (member of the band Krezip, who recorded the song “Stay” with Armin for his debut album “76” in 2003), British rock singer Cathy Burton and talented vocalist Vera Ostrova (US-based member Russian project BlueStorm).
Achievements:
In 2006, Armin took second position in the prestigious DJ Top 100 ranking according to the results of voting by readers of DJmag.com and TheDJList.com magazines for 2006, second only to .
In 2006, at the honorary ceremony Trance Awards Armin takes home the following rewards:
Best DJ
Best Compilation
Best Resident
overtaking in the number of nominations such a monster of trance music as .
In 2007 Armin reaches the top of the prestigious DJ Top 100 ranking based on voting by magazine readers and listeners of various radio shows, as well as clubbers around the world. March 25, 2008 at the annual week of electronic music in Miami (Winter Music Conference) Armin van Buuren The following awards were presented:
The Best European DJ
Best Radio Show - A State Of Trance
Thus, he strengthened the title of the best DJ on the planet.
On the twenty-fifth of December 76, Armin Van Buuren was born in the small city of Leiden in Holland. In his youth, Armin listens to Liebrand, as well as the very popular Jean-Michel Jarre at that time.
Armin loves watching TV, spending days and nights in front of it playing the Nintendo 64. Young Armin does not miss the opportunity to play football, and at an older age Armin loves to drive a car. One could say that Armin is an ordinary guy... However, this would be true, excluding his phenomenal musical creativity.
He released his first release at only eighteen years old, and at twenty he hit the UK top charts for the first time. musical performers with the track Blue Fear. Continuing the conversation about his achievements in his youth, it must be said that at the age of twenty-two, Armin created his own label. At twenty-three, he again finds himself in the top British music artists with the track Communication. At the moment, a collection of his discs is going out of circulation, and, today, being a producer and DJ at the same time, Armin Van Buuren is conquering the whole world.
His music career It started back in school, in the early 90s. In those days, Armin was influenced by the music of Dutch Master. At that time, he bought himself two turntables, learned to create mixes and later began to create his own style, characteristic only for him. At the age of sixteen, Armin bought a mono sampler. The young talent did unimaginable things with him. The first track was included in the collection at the same time. With the money that Armin received from the deal, he bought better equipment. As a result, purchasing more modern equipment influenced the quality of music: the first vinyl was released in the mid-nineties.
Since 1995, Armin has released a large number of tracks on various labels with great success. First major result there was Blue Fear, which went out of print via Cyber Records. This Euro Trance blueprint even helped him get into the UK charts. On the same label he released Communication, which made a splash in Ibiza in the summer of the late nineties. The track reached number 18 in the English chart in the new millennium. At the beginning of 99, Armin founded his own label, Armind. The 1st release, Gig - One, was well received by the public. The 2nd release of ‘Touch Me’ under the name of Rising Star was approved by the famous Ministry Of Sound before the disc ended up in the hands of dance music lovers.
When the new track was signed by the record company RandS Records, one could absolutely say that the young talent managed to put his own label on the map at the right time. Armin released Gaia - 4 Elements and worked with DJ Tiеsto to release two more projects. Several more foreign projects were released, which gained great success. Blackhole and Alibi also became a successful project; several tracks were released with the signature of the famous DJ Paul van Dyk. Later, another project was created, which became a joint one - together with Ferry Corsten.
It is also worth noting that in 2001, Armin did not stop releasing his own collections of dance music, which became very successful. Millions of copies of his products signed by various record companies are being bought. After remixing the best tracks, which include Wamdue Project - King Of My Castle, Gouryella - Walhalla. It is worth noting that Armin has become the most requested remixer currently.
Almost every day, Armin rejects various requests for remixes of music tracks different performers almost every day. In the very near future, the musical talent Armin plans to abstract himself from remixes and begin to pay more attention only to his own products. One of the most popular DJs in the whole world decided to concentrate all his efforts on the tracks for the Rising Star compilation.
Armin's DJ life takes up most of his time. In England he can be constantly seen in most popular clubs (Passion, Slinky, Peach). It can be found in all sorts of places all over the planet (Tokyo, Moscow, Ibiza, Crete, etc.). Thus, Armin Van Buuren is a talent who has done almost the impossible for his age and continues to amaze us all with his inexhaustible talent. By 2008, one of the most popular DJs around the world, he won the hearts of all dance music lovers.
Dutch DJ, producer Armin van Buuren, performs trance music. Hosts his own radio show "A State of Trance". Armin is the founder of the electronic music record label Armada Music.
Armin van Buuren born into a musical family in Leiden, from the age of 10 he became interested in computers electronic music. With his first earnings, the boy bought himself two turntables and began making remixes. At the age of 16, Armin recorded his first remix, with which he went to his idol Ben Lybrand.
After graduation van Buuren worked as a DJ in a local club. At the age of 19, he entered the university to study law, but never graduated.
Creative activity of Armin van Buuren/Armin van Buuren
Armin's first single "Blue Fear" brought him tremendous success. The track entered the UK chart. Next single "Communication" made a splash in Ibiza in 1999.
Same year Armin van Buuren founded his own label “Armind”, where he began releasing singles under various pseudonyms. Business brought him not only success, but also popularity. On his label, Armin also helps aspiring musicians release their tracks.
I love my music and my work so much that even if they stopped paying me for my performances, I would still continue to play and travel for free,” Armin Van Buuren shares in an interview. - I simply cannot live without music, without turntables. I love seeing people on the dance floor, creating something new, combining incongruous things. For me this is more important than any money. After all, this is my whole life. So yes - if I really like the idea of the event or its story, I might do it for free. No problem.
In 2001, the young DJ launched his two-hour show on ID&T radio. "A State Of Trance". Now this program is broadcast in 25 countries around the world. In Russia Armina van Buuren can be heard on Friday nights on Radio NRJ.
The radio show is perhaps the most important part of my career,” said Armin. - A State Of Trance - the most complete and diverse collection of all types of trance music! Everything you want to know about trance and progressive, all the new stuff you want to hear, all the latest tracks and news - it's all on my show every week. I don't play tracks several times. If suddenly a track was played on several programs, it means it’s just an absolute hit, and I want everyone to pay attention to it. The first part of the show is always only new items, only fresh tracks that no one has heard before.
In 2010 van Buuren visited 15 countries in support of his new album “Mirage”. Currently, the DJ has released 10 studio albums, the latest of which "Intense: The More Intense Edition" 2013.
Once I played in the final of the European football championship, I was invited to the closing ceremony. And so I played for several hours, the games ended, the stadium was empty, the spectators left. And I liked the acoustics at the stadium so much that I continued to play. The players have already had time to rest after the games. Hearing the music, they ran out to the stadium and started fooling around. They brought sports mats into the stadium and began to tumble, dance, wrestle, and in the end they simply fell on these mats from fatigue.
Armin van Buuren doesn’t like it when his music is categorized into any style. He himself describes his musical style like euphoric, uplifting, melodic and energetic.
In 2014 Armin van Buuren plans to fly into space as the first tourist DJ.
Personal life of Armin van Buuren/Armin van Buuren
September 17, 2009 Armin van Buuren married Erice van Thiel. The ceremony took place in Holland. They met on the island of Crete. On July 24, 2011, their daughter Fena was born, and two years later their son Remy was born.