I'm not criticizing them because I can understand why they are doing it,” the DJ says. “There's a big group of DJs who have abandoned that 134 (beats per minute) sound. Slideshow: Armin van Buuren the PalladiumĪrmin Van Buuren – The Palladium – May 3, 2013 But there's also happy tracks like 'Won't Let You Go.' I saw it as sort of a metaphor of life.” These pretty intense extremes in life from graduations, weddings, babies to sad moments such as loosing someone or break ups was what Armin reflected on and hoped to show through his Intense album. “There's sad tracks like 'Alone' about a guy falling on the streets and nobody wanting to help him. I was looking at the songs and noticed they were almost extremes of each other,” Van Buuren says. “To be honest when I started working on the album, I didn't have a title. His new album bridges the gap between trance and progressive house while incorporating pop elements.
He has dominated the DJ Mag Top 100 poll at number one for a record five times and holds 27 International Dance Music Awards which include everything from “Best Global DJ” to “Best Global Record Label.” With the release of his highly anticipated new album Intense, Van Buuren kicked off his album tour at The Palladium in Hollywood where we got to talk to him about Intense, Armin Only, fatherhood and where trance is headed in 2014.Īlmost 20 years later, influenced by his peers like Tiësto, Paul Van Dyk and Ferry Corsten, Armin has taken his music to epic proportions and is still just as relevant today.
The DJ, producer, remixer, composer, musician, pianist and songwriter has taken trance to world renowned heights through his A State of Trance radio show, Armada Music record label and vast discography which spans over the course of a decade. If you consider trance music a religion, then Armin Van Buuren is God.
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