Armin Van Buuren

Armin van Buuren - DJ, music producer, composer. Winner of 10 DJ Awards and 5 DJ Magazines, 27 IDMA Awards and 2 International Golden Gnome Awards.

Armin was born on December 25, 1976 in the Netherlands in the city of Leiden. Dutch by nationality. The boy's father was fond of listening to modern music. In his childhood, Armin already understood various genres of music, fell in love with computer games, and began to show interest in new technologies.

The boy was greatly impressed by the work of the French composer of electronic music Jean-Michel Jarre. While studying at school, Armin was preparing to enter the law faculty of Leiden University. At the age of 14, he acquired an Akai S-01 sampler and, with the help of his father's synthesizer, created the first musical compositions, the demos of which he sent to musician Ben Librand.

He, in turn, immediately included the tracks in the collection, and the young man changed the equipment for new equipment with the money raised. In 1995 Armin graduated from high school and recorded the first vinyl record "Blue Fear", which gained popularity in the UK. After studying for some time at the university, van Buuren left his studies and returned to it only after 2003.

The first place of work of the aspiring DJ was the Nexus club. Armin's second successful musical composition "Communication" appeared in 1999 at AM PM Records and again hit the British charts. In the same year, after a series of many hours of concerts, Armin van Buuren founded his own label Armind. Gig's debut release "One" cemented the popularity of the DJ.

In the wake of success, Armin teamed up with DJ Tiësto and released Major League projects "Wonder Where You Are?" and Alibi "Eternity". Later, van Buuren's studio opened a number of subsidiaries - A State of Trance, 68 Recordings, Bandung, Captivating Sounds, Club Elite, Coldharbour Recordings, Electronic Elements and Fame Recordings - and became an international empire of trance music creation.

In early 2001, Armin launched his own show, A State Of Trance, on ID&T radio station. A 2-hour trance music mix is ​​hosted by van Buuren every week on Thursdays.

The show reaches 30 million concurrent streams, forcing the creators to expand the show and make a video version of the performance from an Amsterdam studio. Every year Armin releases two collections of the most popular radio recordings.

Armin van Buuren becomes the most recognizable figure of trance music, his biography is of interest to many fans, photos appear in publications dedicated to club music.

Van Buuren published his first solo album “76” in 2003. The compilation includes two world famous hits - "Blue Fear" and "Burned With Desire".

Traveling the world with concerts, the DJ becomes a regular participant in the Sensation White, Godskitchen and Gatecrasher events. Recording tracks, Armin collaborates with stars Gabriel & Dresden, Airwave, System F and MIKE, Justine Suissa, Nadia Ali and Ray Wilson.

In 2007, according to the magazine DJ Mag, van Buuren took first place in the ranking of the 100 best DJs in the world. In 2008 Armin received the highest Dutch Buma Cultuur Pop Award. In April of the same year, the musician released his third disc, "Imagine", which immediately took the first line in the Dutch popular music chart.

The video, shot for the song "In and Out of Love" with Within Temptation frontman Sharon den Adel, is becoming incredibly popular, the video has been watched by hundreds of millions of users. In 2008, Armin's first place in the world top list of DJs from DJ Mag is confirmed for the second time. Van Buuren's success is repeated three more times: in 2009, 2010 and 2012.

In 2009, three labels Cloud 9 Music, Armada and Foreign Media Games contributed to the music game "Armin van Buuren: In the Mix" for the Wii console. In 2010, the fourth of Armin van Buuren's albums “Mirage” appears, which includes the songs “Full Focus”, “This Light Between Us”. In Russia, the disc gets platinum status, and in the world Dance / Electronic Albums rating it takes the fifth position.

Then he shot a joint video with Christian Burns for the song "This Light Between Us". Collaboration with Sophie Ellis Bextor became an equally successful duo on this album. They recorded the track "Not Giving Up on Love". Soon, in support of the new disc, he went on a world tour, during which he visited 15 countries.

In the same year, a new 24-hour DJ show, A State of Sundays, kicks off on Sirius XM Radio. Armin van Buuren repeatedly becomes the record holder for continuous presence on stage for a large amount of time. One of the musician's recorded records is a 12-hour concert of trance music, from the stage of which Armin did not leave for a minute.

Van Buuren celebrates the 10th anniversary of the A State of Trance trance show with concerts in the capital of South Africa, Miami, Buenos Aires, the Dutch province of 's Hertogenbosch and Sydney. In 2013 the fifth disc of the DJ "Intense" was released. It includes 15 tracks, including the song "Waiting for the Night", recorded with the participation of the singer Fiora, and "Beautiful Life" with Cindy Alma.

In the same year, Armin was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording. According to Forbes for 2013, his earnings were $ 10 million.

In 2013, during the coronation of Willem-Alexander, the son of Queen Beatrix, Armin is invited as a headliner to a gala concert. During the musician's performance with the Concertgebouw Symphony Orchestra, Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima and their three daughters take the stage. The video of the event is freely available on YouTube hosting.

Armin van Buuren became a Knight Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau for his contribution to music.

Armin's last album to date - "Embrace" - appears in 2015.

In the same year, the opening of the most expensive club in the world - Omnia in Las Vegas took place. The most popular DJs were invited to the opening, among them was Armin van Buuren. For his performance at the opening ceremony, the organizers paid him about $ 80,000.

In 2016, Armin recorded the songs "Sunny days" and "I need you", for which two videos were released at the beginning of 2017. In the spring of 2017, van Buuren visited Moscow with a large-scale show at the Olimpiyskiy sports complex.

In preparation for the Armin Only Embrace concert, 35 musicians participated, including members of the Danish band Kensington, vocalist Simo Frankel, rap artist Mr Probz. In March of the same year, the musician visited the United States, where the Live at Ultra Music Festival took place in Miami.

In 1999, at a concert performance that took place on the island of Cyprus, Armin met his compatriot Erika van Thiel and soon began dating her.

Erika was with him all this time, she accompanied Armin at all events, while steadfastly withstanding the attacks of numerous fans of the DJ. And the groom he is really enviable. Tall (height 196 cm), fit (weight 80 kg), brown-eyed blonde.

The couple was in no hurry to formalize their relationship. The reason for this was the incredible popularity of van Buuren and, accordingly, his constant employment. They lived for almost 10 years in a civil marriage.

On September 18, 2009, the wedding took place, Erica and Armin became official husband and wife. Two years after the wedding, the musician announced on Twitter that he would soon become a father. In July 2011, the couple had a daughter, Fenna, and two years later, a son, Remi.

At the end of 2017, the Dutch DJ announced a series of instructional videos, which he released at the beginning of 2018 on the Master Class platform. In master classes, Armin shares technical life hacks, tells how to create a track from scratch, and also discusses his personal approach to DJing and performing.

Armin van Buuren maintains Instagram, he regularly updates his account with new photos, but most often these are pictures from music festivals. Photos with family and children appear extremely rarely.

In 2018, he visited Russia again, this time he came to the final of the FIFA World Cup. And when the last match of the 2018 World Cup was played, Armin van Buuren volunteered to continue the celebration. He performed at the Gipsy club in the capital. The popularity of the Dutch master of sound made all football fans move from the Luzhniki stadium straight to Bolotnaya embankment.

Today, the musician continues to work on international dance projects that take place in Ibiza and Las Vegas.

According to the results of the voting by DJ Magazine in 2017, Armin took the third place, ahead of Martin Garrix and the DJ duo Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike. Armin does not pursue fame, considering it a useless occupation in today's fast-paced world. Armin van Buuren calls himself a happy person. He understands that he is not able to change the world, but he can make some people dance and give them a good mood.

2003 - "76" 2005 - "Shivers" 2008 - "Imagine" 2010 - "Mirage" 2013 - "Intense" 2015 - "Embrace"

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