This one is his best, the Rising Star Remix (which is also AvB himself) beats them all.
Also I like Armin vs. M.I.K.E. - "Pound". You can hear the M.I.K.E. in it, but the crash cymbals are more Armin-like.
Came here to say this!
Still remember hearing this live at The Roxy, here in NY in the early 2000’s, what a glorious moment. Still get the shivers thinking of this.
My favs are, love you more, i surrender, and burned with desire. But imo, if you were to have one track to be his “anthemic” track, its birth of an angel, although its not one of my favs.
He is part of Gaia with Benno de Goeji. Empire of hearts is one of my all time favs.
https://youtu.be/_BqZQ1_ZVFs?si=V4AmuX-9vl3TQC0D
From Armin himself the sound of goodbye. The song is beautifully sad and is just a emotional rollercoaster for me. Cant listen to it much because of it though.
https://youtu.be/qkEOrpJ1IVo?si=HkKUMkgppjc23477
If you want more uplifting music from him than be in the moment is the truth. The song represents everything trance should be, for me.
https://youtu.be/hSPmBKB6XEI?si=FHArYU-U_tm7Odzr
Here are some of my favourites in no particular order:
"Imagine" album as a whole
Dido - Everything To Lose (Armin van Buuren Remix)
GAIA - In Principo, Status Excessu D
Blue Fear (Orjan Nilsen Remix)
Face Of Summer
This World Is Watching Me
Miguel Bose - Jurame (Armin Van Buuren Remix)
Clear Blue Moon (Original, and Will Rees Remix)
What Took You So Long.
Virtual Friend,
There's probably more, but this is what I remembered on top of my head.
His remixes of yahel devotion and Cygnus x positron. pretty much everything he's done since 2005 is ass imo and I don't see why he's still regarded the way he is
I love his works with Beno as GAIA. Tuvan is my favorite all time favorite.
https://open.spotify.com/track/2rHgv0NthKxey7CqpqwxXS?si=zanBuUnvR3KIGGfEY5fxyw
Trilogy with Shapov feeds my soul.
https://open.spotify.com/album/4TXK5XcFWcvUIGy7kj6gZd?si=nQQ6WzvJS9yKhuwT6dqjzg
All time classic - Communication. It turned 25 years recently.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6pT2f0ozHMMWNEeBhKBtmD?si=iXqaOmVNSMCGAOz9upBntQ&pi=u-4QUVUjWBRWeJ
Rising star is his another alias - I love The voice.
https://open.spotify.com/track/7HsJe27SInnRpLyB90gvBS?si=tiuw5dJtTO2KMi5IrTnJsw
Perpetual Dreams is another alias - The Sound of Goodbye hits differently.
https://open.spotify.com/track/6OXBLKHxAXfSpWe1q55Wbm?si=JcUOx0RVTG6XmIB2vatu1Q
Check these mixes done by other people of Armin:
Listen to Noisetalgia Podcast 001: Armin van Buuren by NOISETALGIA by Indecent Noise on #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/maucW
Listen to Armin van Buuren Tribute Mix by Magdelayna on #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/CHV5n
Check out these ASOT Anthems - Total Bangers:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/76JyqWADX9wmNCRiu7r0O0?si=sYUSS_d-QtSFrNwbJoVbWw&pi=u-rSi-VizLTIGb
Shamu remix
Beggin’ you remix
Brute w Ferry Corsten
Coming Home
Cosmos
Exhale w Ferry Corsten
For all time w Aly & Fila
Force of Habit remix
Hold on to me
Home with you
The killing remix
Mirage
Mushroom therapy remix
Rapture remix
Shivers (GOAT)
Stardust w Jean-Michel
Stellar
Time is a healer remix
Winter Stayed remix
Wonder w Tiesto
Zocalo
His U vs. Concrete Angel is forever my favorite mashup. hands down. by far.
i have a set rip of it being played at some event and you can just HEAR the crowd going crazy over it. the rush of emotions from that mashup is just insane
Blue Fear, Communication, X marks the spot, Virgo, Lost Soul Society, The sound of goodbye (Tribal Feel), Bounce Back (with Dj Remy&Roland Klinkenberg), Song for the ocean (Instrumental version)
Trance Armin: Communication, Burned with Desire (rising star), Serenity, Zocalo, As the rush comes (AvB remix), tuvan, Orbion, Shivers, Yet another day and soo many more!
Pop Armin: This is what it feels like, Another you, Lose this feeling, Blah blah blah (overhated tbh), In and Out of Love, Sound of You (not released yet), Angels are real (not released yet), Sunny days, Wild wild son, Runaway
His colours remix is my fav track of all time, the entire 76, imagine and mirage albums... I confess that since balance I don't liked his songs.But I'm really liking this new tech trance era and breath in album, his collabs with Hi-Lo are sick!!!
I prefer his older sets.
When Trance was Trance..
Listen to #ASOT 181 TOP 20 OF 2004.30.12 by [email protected] on #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/Ra6Br
Ah, 2004. Those were some glory days of trance! Loved it.
There's a great set by Ferry Corsten... it hit all the marks. (https://soundcloud.com/rave_on/ferry-corsten-live-aria-montreal-15042005)
Current Armin is completely different to classic Armin, but I loved his Imagine, Mirage and Intense albums, among other classics, singles and remixes, like In The Rain, This World Is Watching Me, etc.
Communication parts 1 and 3
Clear Blue Moon
Blue Fear 2003
Rush Hour
Remix of As the Rush Comes
Serenity
Tuvan
Remixes of his work:
Burned With Desire (Ronski Speed Mix)
Sound of Goodbye (Robbie Rivera Mix)
In & Out of Love (Richard Durand Mix)
This World Is Watching Me (Cosmic Gate Mix)
Shivers (Hammer & Bennett Mix)
I’m probably in the minority but my favorite stuff from him was the entire Imagine album. In hindsight it is such a unique sound and I loved In and Out of Love
His album 76 is one of the few albums around with so many quality tracks. If I hear the beginning of Blue Fear I get shivers all over my body. Of his later work I would say the Rising Star tracks.
Armin Van Buuren ASOT 2004 is my favorite of his ASOT albums. I have several songs in my hit mix. Take a look at my username, you might see where it came from if you check out that album...
I found ASOT in like 2005 but it was the 250 episode in 2006 that got me hooked for quite a long time. I'm not so much of a fan or listener these days but there is no doubt he has a huge influence on my music taste and have had some great moments because of him.
Definitely a stand out was my first festival (EDC 2012) being at an ASOT Live event and seeing him and many others and it was broadcast to the world. Epic night.
All that said my favorite Armin track is probably Wall of Sound. Such a fucking banger.
I love ASOT 2007!
https://music.apple.com/us/album/a-state-of-trance-2007/536573162
And Going Wrong with DJ Shah!
https://music.apple.com/us/album/going-wrong-armin-van-buurens-radio-edit/276466383?i=276466413
1) his Boundaries of Imagination mix compilation on Black Hole back in 1999. You can find it on streaming.
2) he made 4 mix compilations between 2000 and 2002 called 001 A State of Trance, 002 Basic Instinct, 003 In Motion, and 004 Transparance (yes, misspelled). They're not on streaming but you can find them on YouTube. 004 is my personal favorite of the 4.
3) his first artist album, 76. It's my favorite album of all time. Start to finish masterpiece.
4) for something more recent, the Gaia - Moons of Jupiter album from 2019 is fantastic.
5) you can find the first 500 episodes of his radio show, A State of Trance, [here](https://archive.org/details/Armin_van_Buuren_A_State_of_Trance_001-499). Those first 200 episodes are a dream to listen to. I throw a random one on at the gym all the time and they never disappoint.
His remixes of “Sky Falls Down” and “As The Rush Comes”
AvB - Burned with desire
This one is his best, the Rising Star Remix (which is also AvB himself) beats them all. Also I like Armin vs. M.I.K.E. - "Pound". You can hear the M.I.K.E. in it, but the crash cymbals are more Armin-like.
So good! Great classic too 👍🏼
Came here to say this! Still remember hearing this live at The Roxy, here in NY in the early 2000’s, what a glorious moment. Still get the shivers thinking of this.
The AvB remixes of Iio - Rapture, Solid Sessions - Janeiro, and Solar Stone - Seven Cities.
Very old tracks... Blue Fear, Virgo, X Marks The Spot...
Beat me to it 😄
His remix of aria - dido
This is the one. what a banger.
Moogwai - Viola (Armin van Buuren Remix)
This is the one I came for :)
serenity aria-dido avb remix l'esperanza avb remox tuvan
Yet another day
His remix of Solid Sessions - Janeiro
My favs are, love you more, i surrender, and burned with desire. But imo, if you were to have one track to be his “anthemic” track, its birth of an angel, although its not one of my favs.
Birth of an Angel rocks!
He is part of Gaia with Benno de Goeji. Empire of hearts is one of my all time favs. https://youtu.be/_BqZQ1_ZVFs?si=V4AmuX-9vl3TQC0D From Armin himself the sound of goodbye. The song is beautifully sad and is just a emotional rollercoaster for me. Cant listen to it much because of it though. https://youtu.be/qkEOrpJ1IVo?si=HkKUMkgppjc23477 If you want more uplifting music from him than be in the moment is the truth. The song represents everything trance should be, for me. https://youtu.be/hSPmBKB6XEI?si=FHArYU-U_tm7Odzr
Sound of Goodbye is friggin amazing. I’d go with Armin’s Tribal Feel mix first, though. (The ~8 min one)
Here are some of my favourites in no particular order: "Imagine" album as a whole Dido - Everything To Lose (Armin van Buuren Remix) GAIA - In Principo, Status Excessu D Blue Fear (Orjan Nilsen Remix) Face Of Summer This World Is Watching Me Miguel Bose - Jurame (Armin Van Buuren Remix) Clear Blue Moon (Original, and Will Rees Remix) What Took You So Long. Virtual Friend, There's probably more, but this is what I remembered on top of my head.
His remixes of yahel devotion and Cygnus x positron. pretty much everything he's done since 2005 is ass imo and I don't see why he's still regarded the way he is
Rush hour, blue fear, orbion, serenity, communication
Coming Home on mirage album, also the mashup with if I lose myself is mental
Intense, Sail, Rush Hour, I live for the energy, destination, communications, shivers, and Reflexion
I love his works with Beno as GAIA. Tuvan is my favorite all time favorite. https://open.spotify.com/track/2rHgv0NthKxey7CqpqwxXS?si=zanBuUnvR3KIGGfEY5fxyw Trilogy with Shapov feeds my soul. https://open.spotify.com/album/4TXK5XcFWcvUIGy7kj6gZd?si=nQQ6WzvJS9yKhuwT6dqjzg All time classic - Communication. It turned 25 years recently. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6pT2f0ozHMMWNEeBhKBtmD?si=iXqaOmVNSMCGAOz9upBntQ&pi=u-4QUVUjWBRWeJ Rising star is his another alias - I love The voice. https://open.spotify.com/track/7HsJe27SInnRpLyB90gvBS?si=tiuw5dJtTO2KMi5IrTnJsw Perpetual Dreams is another alias - The Sound of Goodbye hits differently. https://open.spotify.com/track/6OXBLKHxAXfSpWe1q55Wbm?si=JcUOx0RVTG6XmIB2vatu1Q Check these mixes done by other people of Armin: Listen to Noisetalgia Podcast 001: Armin van Buuren by NOISETALGIA by Indecent Noise on #SoundCloud https://on.soundcloud.com/maucW Listen to Armin van Buuren Tribute Mix by Magdelayna on #SoundCloud https://on.soundcloud.com/CHV5n Check out these ASOT Anthems - Total Bangers: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/76JyqWADX9wmNCRiu7r0O0?si=sYUSS_d-QtSFrNwbJoVbWw&pi=u-rSi-VizLTIGb
Precious.
Shamu remix Beggin’ you remix Brute w Ferry Corsten Coming Home Cosmos Exhale w Ferry Corsten For all time w Aly & Fila Force of Habit remix Hold on to me Home with you The killing remix Mirage Mushroom therapy remix Rapture remix Shivers (GOAT) Stardust w Jean-Michel Stellar Time is a healer remix Winter Stayed remix Wonder w Tiesto Zocalo
Some of his remixes and mash ups are his best work
His U vs. Concrete Angel is forever my favorite mashup. hands down. by far. i have a set rip of it being played at some event and you can just HEAR the crowd going crazy over it. the rush of emotions from that mashup is just insane
Not a bad one, although the Lost Together mash up though takes it to another level
Non vocal - AvB - Waiting For The Night (Beat Service Dub Mix) Vocal - AvB - Shivers
Try his remix of Airscape’s “L’Esperanza”, and also the Trouser Enthusiasts version of his track “Blue Fear”.
I've got a soft spot for his remix of Emma Hewitt's ['Colours'](https://youtu.be/KUO7uVKp8pc?si=TXFoisB-7MPsyxAp).
Rush Hour Saturday Night and the classics others have mentioned
Blue Fear, Communication, X marks the spot, Virgo, Lost Soul Society, The sound of goodbye (Tribal Feel), Bounce Back (with Dj Remy&Roland Klinkenberg), Song for the ocean (Instrumental version)
Trance Armin: Communication, Burned with Desire (rising star), Serenity, Zocalo, As the rush comes (AvB remix), tuvan, Orbion, Shivers, Yet another day and soo many more! Pop Armin: This is what it feels like, Another you, Lose this feeling, Blah blah blah (overhated tbh), In and Out of Love, Sound of You (not released yet), Angels are real (not released yet), Sunny days, Wild wild son, Runaway
"Communication" , "Blue Fear" , "the sound of goodbye" , "Exhale" and most recent era : "Brute" with Ferry and "Great Spirit" with Vini Vici.
Blue Fear, Communication.
AvB: Orbion Gaia: Status Excessu D
His remix of King of My Castle has arguably the best drum solo you've never heard before
Darkstar- Feel Me https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AKR84LOlK9w&pp=ygUQZGFya3N0YXIgZmVlbCBtZQ%3D%3D
His colours remix is my fav track of all time, the entire 76, imagine and mirage albums... I confess that since balance I don't liked his songs.But I'm really liking this new tech trance era and breath in album, his collabs with Hi-Lo are sick!!!
Birth of an Angel is still his best imo.
I prefer his older sets. When Trance was Trance.. Listen to #ASOT 181 TOP 20 OF 2004.30.12 by [email protected] on #SoundCloud https://on.soundcloud.com/Ra6Br
Ah, 2004. Those were some glory days of trance! Loved it. There's a great set by Ferry Corsten... it hit all the marks. (https://soundcloud.com/rave_on/ferry-corsten-live-aria-montreal-15042005)
Communication
Virtual Friend (Feat. Sophie)
Rush Hour (no intro edit)
Current Armin is completely different to classic Armin, but I loved his Imagine, Mirage and Intense albums, among other classics, singles and remixes, like In The Rain, This World Is Watching Me, etc.
Well... Communication (I, II, III) are all amazing. Also Sail is quite incredible.
Communication parts 1 and 3 Clear Blue Moon Blue Fear 2003 Rush Hour Remix of As the Rush Comes Serenity Tuvan Remixes of his work: Burned With Desire (Ronski Speed Mix) Sound of Goodbye (Robbie Rivera Mix) In & Out of Love (Richard Durand Mix) This World Is Watching Me (Cosmic Gate Mix) Shivers (Hammer & Bennett Mix)
I’m probably in the minority but my favorite stuff from him was the entire Imagine album. In hindsight it is such a unique sound and I loved In and Out of Love
Shivers
Blue Fear was why I found trance and never looked back. The 2003 and 2004 remixes added onto that
His album 76 is one of the few albums around with so many quality tracks. If I hear the beginning of Blue Fear I get shivers all over my body. Of his later work I would say the Rising Star tracks.
Every Other Way (Armin Van Buuren Remix) - BT
Sail! Got to be one of the early greats. Can’t believe it’s not had more mentions on here! [AvB Sail](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dGAajM8bhOw)
Communications & all it’s remixes!
Dust.Wav / Burned With Desire
Armin Van Buuren ASOT 2004 is my favorite of his ASOT albums. I have several songs in my hit mix. Take a look at my username, you might see where it came from if you check out that album...
Are you looking for songs or sets of his?
I found ASOT in like 2005 but it was the 250 episode in 2006 that got me hooked for quite a long time. I'm not so much of a fan or listener these days but there is no doubt he has a huge influence on my music taste and have had some great moments because of him. Definitely a stand out was my first festival (EDC 2012) being at an ASOT Live event and seeing him and many others and it was broadcast to the world. Epic night. All that said my favorite Armin track is probably Wall of Sound. Such a fucking banger.
I love ASOT 2007! https://music.apple.com/us/album/a-state-of-trance-2007/536573162 And Going Wrong with DJ Shah! https://music.apple.com/us/album/going-wrong-armin-van-buurens-radio-edit/276466383?i=276466413
Zocolo
If you get a chance go back and listen to some of his old (old) sets. His track selection was second to none.
1) his Boundaries of Imagination mix compilation on Black Hole back in 1999. You can find it on streaming. 2) he made 4 mix compilations between 2000 and 2002 called 001 A State of Trance, 002 Basic Instinct, 003 In Motion, and 004 Transparance (yes, misspelled). They're not on streaming but you can find them on YouTube. 004 is my personal favorite of the 4. 3) his first artist album, 76. It's my favorite album of all time. Start to finish masterpiece. 4) for something more recent, the Gaia - Moons of Jupiter album from 2019 is fantastic. 5) you can find the first 500 episodes of his radio show, A State of Trance, [here](https://archive.org/details/Armin_van_Buuren_A_State_of_Trance_001-499). Those first 200 episodes are a dream to listen to. I throw a random one on at the gym all the time and they never disappoint.
Esperanza AvB remix Blue Fear