To Armin van Buuren, the sound of music has become a natural high, a sanctuary, and the stimulus in life. With each year of his career passing, his role in electronic dance music has become more important. If anything, he inspires music lovers with his weekly radio show. Based on that show, is the annual compilation series, loved and anticipated by fans, music lovers and dance addicts. So here it is, A State of Trance 2014, mixed and compiled by no one less than Armin van Buuren.

2014 is going to be a year to remember for the Dutch DJ and his fans. Within the course of 6 weeks, he’ll celebrate the 650th episode of the A State of Trance radio show with no less than 9 events in cities all across the globe. Broadcast live, these celebrations reach out to millions of listeners. Next to that, Armin also hosts his ‘Armin Only – Intense’ world tour this year, with more than 20 dates in cities such as New York, Sydney, Johannesburg, Moscow and more. Next to touring the world, Armin also spends a great deal of time on the weekly A State of Trance radio show. Going strong for nearly 13 years, it was and still is one of the driving forces in his career. So is the award-winning A State of Trance compilation series.

A State of Trance 2014 features a great deal of brand new tracks, exclusive productions and remixes, mixed in only the way Armin van Buuren can. Setting forth the ‘On The Beach’ and ‘In The Club’ themes, Armin features a collab with Andrew Rayel, a brand new Gaia and tracks by Aly & Fila, Andrew Bayer, Gareth Emery, Protoculture, MarLo, Inge Bergmann, Allen Watts, Alexander Popov and many more. New found jewels of renowned names, brilliant discoveries by talents on the rise, you’ll find all of 2014 essentials in trance right on these two mixes. This is 2014, etched into music.

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CD 1 On The Beach

01 Adam Szabo & Willem de Roo & Medusa (Intro Remix)

02 Tommy Johnson feat. Nanje Nowack & Burn The Sun

03 Alex M.O.R.P.H. feat. Natalie Gioia & My Heaven

04 Dart Rayne & Yura Moonlight & Athena

05 Andrew Bayer & Once Lydian

06 Aly & Fila feat. Jaren & End Of The Road (Hazem Beltagui Remix)

07 Bogdan Vix & Renee Stahl & Forever

08 Fabio XB & Liuck feat. Christina Novelli & Back To You (Wach Remix)

09 Andrew Rayel feat. Alexandra Badoi & Goodbye

10 MaRLo feat. Jano - Haunted

11 Soarsweep - Between Empires

12 Craig Connelly - Decibels

13 Gareth Emery feat. Bo Bruce - U (Bryan Kearney Remix)

14 Protoculture - Music Is More Than Mathematics

15 Max Graham vs Maarten de Jong - Lekker

16 Markus Schulz &Destino

17 RAM & Susana - RAMelia (Tribute To Amelia)

CD 2 In The Club

01 Armin van Buuren & Andrew Rayel – EIFORYA (Intro Mix)

02 Ørjan Nilsen - The Late Anthem (Way Too Late Mix)

03 Alexander Popov - Quantum

04 Eximinds - Phoenix

05 Gaia - Empire Of Hearts

06 RAM - Kingdom Of Dreams

07 Type 41 - Mythology (Dimension Remix)

08 MaRLo - Visions

09 Inge Bergmann - Oblivion

10 Wach - Carthage

11 Jorn van Deynhoven - New Horizons (A State Of Trance 650 Anthem)

12 Dart Rayne & Yura Moonlight and Katty Heath - Stole The Sun (Allen& Envy Remix)

13 Simon O’Shine & Adam Navel - Marathon (Simon O’Shine Remix)

14 Allen Watts - Blackout

15 James Dymond – Siren’s Song

16 John Askew - Shine

17 Armin van Buuren - Save My Night (Allen Watts Remix)

18 Armin van Buuren - Ping Pong