Armin van Buuren & Markus Schulz put heads together for new ASOT600 anthem ‘The Expedition’
With every new ASOT tour comes a new ASOT anthem. As of this week, we're only four weeks away from first stop on Armin van Buuren's worldwide celebration of his 600th episode of the A State of Trance radio show. It's customary for Armin to recruit one of his many trance peers to produce an official anthem for the tour (last year was W&W's "The Invasion"), and this year Armin collaborated with big name American trance producer Markus Schulz to create "The Expedition."
Armin van Buuren sits down with Dancing Astronaut before Pier 36 NYE show
In case you missed it, Armin van Buuren graced Manhattan with his trance god presence on New Year's Eve. Not only were we lucky enough to get a front row seat to his four-hour set at Pier 36, but we also got some time with him earlier in the day to sit down and pick his brain a little bit. We asked him how he's seen the role of the DJ change in his long career, his thoughts on the controversial trend of ghost-producing, his big plans for ASOT 600 (specifically in NYC), his future plans for the "state of trance" and his peers and mentees, and his analysis on whether he's a "DJ" or an "artist." His answers were thorough and thoughtful and we think you'll really enjoy getting a peek inside the mind of this prolific figure in dance music.
Afterhours.FM recount trance’s 2012 with End of Year Countdown
Canada's very own Afterhours.FM online streaming radio has been celebrating the end of 2012 in quite impressive form. The station, mostly geared towards trance fans, has been welcoming over 20 trance DJs per day into their studios to share a one or two hour set over the airwaves. We've collected a number of these sets (seventeen to be exact) for your listening and downloading pleasure. We're only on Day 5 of 9, so keep checking back for more sets if you're aching for a little more high energy trance in your life. Check out sets from Armin, Gabriel and Dresden, BT, Rank 1, Ronski Speed, and more after the break.
DA’s Best of the Rest: Thursday December 20th, 2012
Best of the Rest is a daily feature from Dancing Astronaut that recaps the most important posts of the day as well as the stuff we didn’t get to. With the rapidity that dance music news and releases come out it’s difficult for us to hit everything — we hope BOTR serves as a catch-all. Make sure to check it out at the end of each day to ensure you don’t miss anything!