ZOA City und Armin van Buuren

At a young age he began listening to some of the best electronic music composers such as Jean Michel Jarre, who had a significant influence on him. Armin van Buuren started to make music at the tender age of 14 after being inspired through listening to mix tapes and by the age of 19 he had already achieved success with the song “Blue Fear”, which was released under Cyber Records.

In the late ‘90s Armin van Buuren’s strong work ethic had him performing multiple nights per week as a DJ at club Nexus in Leiden, Netherlands where he really gained his chops as a performer. He soon began to break into the mainstream when his name made the list in the Top-100 of DJ Magazine. After this he began touring regularly across the country and made appearances at some of the top clubs in Europe such as Passion, Gatecrasher, and Godskitchen.

After the release of several compilation albums that featured his house and trance remixes, he released his debut album “76” in 2003. In this same year his name had escalated up the list to the No. 3 spot for the best DJ in the DJ Magazine and stayed at this rank for the next two years. By 2007 he finally reached the No. 1 spot on DJ Magazine’s list and was headlining huge festivals.

Armin van Buuren is a very prolific musician, who has released loads of remixes and singles. His 2013 album “Intense” achieved him success both commercially and critically. The album reached the No. 2 spot on the Billboard US Dance/Electronic Albums chart and received a Grammy nomination for the hit single “This is What it Feels Like”. The album was produced in the most crystal clear manner possible and contained elements of trance, house, dubstep, and classical music.

Being one of the well-respected DJs around, Armin van Buuren has been known to pull in large crowds and constantly sell out his tour dates. His concerts are packed full of excitement and have been known to go on for long periods of time. During one show at the Dancetheater in The Hague, Netherlands he played a record breaking 12 and half-hour set. Armin van Buuren has played to incredibly large crowds such as a packed out crowd at the Ultra Music Festival and to a crowd of 200,000 people at the Museumplein in Amsterdam when he was honoring the Dutch soccer team.

When Armin van Buuren is not writing new music or performing it you can hear him on his radio show “A State of Trance” where he plays the newest trance music out there. Armin van Buuren’s resume is a testament to the caliber of his music. He continues to sell out large amounts of shows and holds the record for most entries on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart in the US.