this Dutch DJ and producer is always in
a state of trance welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re taking a
look at the life and career of Armin van
Buuren Armin van Buuren was born
December 25th 1976 in Leyden the
Netherlands as a young boy he bought
records with the money he earned from
delivering newspapers he then began
making mixtapes
and went on to create mixes with a
computer in the early 90s though van
Buuren loved dance music from the get-go
he decided to study law at university
while at school van Buuren DJed at local
clubs and gained recognition for his
producing and mixing skills after a few
years he delayed his studies because his
music career was taking off his early
work was released on different labels
and found some success on the UK charts
he then launched his own label which
found popularity after its first few
releases van Buuren soon began recording
under the name Gaia and collaborated
with DJ’s such as tiësto and ferry
corsten on other projects he launched
his compilation series in 2000 these
albums mixed progressive dance music and
trance they also spawned popular van
Buuren tracks such as the Moog why remix
of the song viola and Perpetua streamer
the sound of goodbye
van Buren debuted his radio show a State
of Trance
in 2001 hey what’s up come on in van
buren you’re gonna see something very
special
he also kept busy by spinning in more
and more clubs around the world for
instance he DJed at the ax Beatson
nightclub amnesia and soon became a
resident at Washington DC nightclub
globe in 2003 van Buuren continued to
collaborate and tour with other artists
he even found the time to graduate from
law school that same year he co-founded
the record label Armada music and
released his first studio album 76 the
trance effort was produced and
engineered in its entirety by Van Buren
himself
following his remix of the theme song
for the television show 24 is the
longest day of my life van Buuren came
out with album number two shivers that
2005 progressive trance disc featured
several musical collaborations
later that year he launched the
all-night dance event Armin only where
he performed a solo DJ set for thousands
of fans in Rotterdam the Netherlands he
came out with his third studio record
imagine in 2008 the producer once again
worked with many different artists
and the disc top the Dutch albums chart
Mirage dropped in 2010 the trance record
charted on the US Billboard 200 and once
more featured numerous collaborations
with various singers and producers later
that year the DJ premiered a new radio
show entitled a state of Sundays and was
featured in the Nintendo Wii video game
in the mix in 2011 Van Buren played five
sets and five different continents as
part of a tour to celebrate the 10th
anniversary of his a State of Trance
radio show thanks to his marathon sets
and passion for dance music Armin van
Buuren is one of the world’s most
popular DJs and producers
a state of trance welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re taking a
look at the life and career of Armin van
Buuren Armin van Buuren was born
December 25th 1976 in Leyden the
Netherlands as a young boy he bought
records with the money he earned from
delivering newspapers he then began
making mixtapes
and went on to create mixes with a
computer in the early 90s though van
Buuren loved dance music from the get-go
he decided to study law at university
while at school van Buuren DJed at local
clubs and gained recognition for his
producing and mixing skills after a few
years he delayed his studies because his
music career was taking off his early
work was released on different labels
and found some success on the UK charts
he then launched his own label which
found popularity after its first few
releases van Buuren soon began recording
under the name Gaia and collaborated
with DJ’s such as tiësto and ferry
corsten on other projects he launched
his compilation series in 2000 these
albums mixed progressive dance music and
trance they also spawned popular van
Buuren tracks such as the Moog why remix
of the song viola and Perpetua streamer
the sound of goodbye
van Buren debuted his radio show a State
of Trance
in 2001 hey what’s up come on in van
buren you’re gonna see something very
special
he also kept busy by spinning in more
and more clubs around the world for
instance he DJed at the ax Beatson
nightclub amnesia and soon became a
resident at Washington DC nightclub
globe in 2003 van Buuren continued to
collaborate and tour with other artists
he even found the time to graduate from
law school that same year he co-founded
the record label Armada music and
released his first studio album 76 the
trance effort was produced and
engineered in its entirety by Van Buren
himself
following his remix of the theme song
for the television show 24 is the
longest day of my life van Buuren came
out with album number two shivers that
2005 progressive trance disc featured
several musical collaborations
later that year he launched the
all-night dance event Armin only where
he performed a solo DJ set for thousands
of fans in Rotterdam the Netherlands he
came out with his third studio record
imagine in 2008 the producer once again
worked with many different artists
and the disc top the Dutch albums chart
Mirage dropped in 2010 the trance record
charted on the US Billboard 200 and once
more featured numerous collaborations
with various singers and producers later
that year the DJ premiered a new radio
show entitled a state of Sundays and was
featured in the Nintendo Wii video game
in the mix in 2011 Van Buren played five
sets and five different continents as
part of a tour to celebrate the 10th
anniversary of his a State of Trance
radio show thanks to his marathon sets
and passion for dance music Armin van
Buuren is one of the world’s most
popular DJs and producers
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