Taken directly out of Armin van Buuren’s A State Of Trance radio show, these are the twenty tunes worthwhile. The March/April 2016 installment of the A State Of Trance Radio Top 20 holds spectacular cuts from a number of Trance champions, including Armin van Buuren’s ‘Heading Up High’ feat. Kensington, Above & Beyond’s ‘A.I.’, MaRLo’s ‘Titans’, Super8 & Tab’s ‘Moonbow’, and sixteen other gems. The pinnacle of Trance music is right here.

Listen or download: A State Of Trance Radio Top 20 – March/April 2016

How’s this for a contest? We’re giving away a total of twenty tickets (10×2) to Armin’s show at Thursday in the Sirius XM Music Lounge in Miami on March 17th. You definitely don’t want to miss out on this and because of that, we’ve even arranged for two different ways in which you can take part in this contest.

1. The Social Contest – [8×2 tickets]
At 6.30 PM (CET) today (March 11th), we will publish a post involving the contest on Facebook. All you have to do is comment on this post with who you’d like to attend the Sirius XM Music Lounge event in Miami and explain why. The best stories will be awarded with a pair of tickets (2).

2. The Newsletter Contest – [2×2 tickets]
As soon as you read this post, the Newsletter Contest enters the mix on the Armada website (www.armadamusic.com) and the Armada blog (http://blog.armadamusic.com). Head on over to one of the two websites, browse around until our pop-up pops up and subscribe to the Armada Newsletter by submitting your email-address in the pop-up box. If you’ve subscribed while the competitions runs, you are in for a chance to win two tickets. It’s that simple!

The Contest Rules:
* You have to be at least 21 years of age to get into the Sirius XM Music Lounge.
* You have to get yourself to Miami (In other words; we won’t arrange your ways of travel, nor reimburse you for it).
* The winner of the contest will only be on the guest list for the day on which Armin van Buuren performs at the SiriusXM Music Lounge.
* The winners will be notified on Tuesday March 15th at noon (12.00 PM CET).

Taken directly out of Armin van Buuren’s A State Of Trance radio show, these are the twenty tunes worthwhile. The March/April 2016 installment of the A State Of Trance Radio Top 20 holds spectacular cuts from a number of Trance champions, including Armin van Buuren’s ‘Heading Up High’ feat. Kensington, Above & Beyond’s ‘A.I.’, MaRLo’s ‘Titans’, Super8 & Tab’s ‘Moonbow’, and sixteen other gems. The pinnacle of Trance music is right here.

Release date: March 18th

Pre-order: A State Of Trance Radio Top 20 – March/April 2016

Great news on this rainy Wednesday in the Netherlands. Armin van Buuren has been nominated for no less than TWO 3FM awards!

Not only is Armin nominated for “Best Artist Dance”, his collaboration with Kensington (‘Heading Up High’) is also nominated in the “Best Single” category. The 3FM award is an annual music award given out to prominent Dutch artists in various categories. Armin has won two 3FM awards so far, for “Best Artist Dance” in 2012 and 2013. Help him score his hat trick by voting here!

Today, Armin van Buuren announced the next locations and dates of his upcoming world tour: Armin Only Embrace. Next to the premiere shows in the Amsterdam Ziggo Dome in early May, the tour will also land in the world cities Gdansk, Dubai, Melbourne, Sydney, Marbella, Sofia, Minsk and Mexico City. Armin Only Embrace is a solo set by Armin van Buuren with live performances of internationally acclaimed artists as Betsy Larkin, Mr. Probz, Kensington, Angel Taylor, Eric Vloeimans and Cimo Fränkel. More destinations are to be announced soon.

The Armin Only Embrace world tour is closely related to Armin van Buuren’s latest artist album, ‘Embrace’, in which the five-time #1 DJ of the world embraces different styles, genres, and sounds through collaborations with a wide range of internationally acclaimed artists. The majority of these artists, including Betsy Larkin, Mr. Probz, Kensington, Angel Taylor, Eric Vloeimans and Cimo Fränkel will accompany the world-renowned DJ and producer on tour.

Armin Only Embrace is a solo performance of Armin van Buuren, joined by live performances, dance acts, striking visuals, special effects, and, of course, a lot of music from his ‘Embrace’ album. On Friday May 6th and Saturday May 7th, Armin and his fans kick off his world tour in Amsterdam, where he will unfold the many layers of this new show. After these two premiere shows, the world tour will take the once-in-a-lifetime experience to the following destinations:

Destinations
06-05-2016 – Amsterdam, The Netherlands
07 -05-2016 – Amsterdam, The Netherlands
14-05-2016 – Gdansk, Poland
20-05-2016 – Dubai, UAE
10-06-2016 – Melbourne, Australia
12-06-2016 – Sydney, Australia
30-07-2016 – Marbella, Spain
17-09-2016 – Sofia, Bulgaria
01-10-2016 – Minsk, Belarus
08-10-2016 – Mexico City, Mexico

Armin van Buuren’s latest world tour, ‘Armin Only Intense’, was witnessed by over 500.000 people at no less than 35 shows on five different continents. But as the ‘Armin Only Embrace’ world tour sets out to be his “biggest and most extensive tour yet”, chances are that even those impressive numbers will crumble under the magnitude of this major happening in Electronic Music: Armin Only Embrace.

More destinations are to be announced soon via arminonly.com.

What began so small fifteen years ago is now known as the world’s biggest catalyst to have helped shape the Trance genre . It’s something definitely worth celebrating, and many of Armin’s Dutch colleagues have recognized that. Several of them congratulated Armin with the 15 years of A State Of Trance and the huge worldwide events that are tied to it. Here are some of ’em.

Nicky Romero
“Armin, congratulations with fifteen years of ASOT! You’ve been an example to the dance music industry for years and a big inspiration to me and many others. Everywhere I go, I notice what ASOT has meant to dance music lovers for fifteen years. To have it transform into a global event is well-deserved. Good luck and have fun this Saturday. Keep up the good work, and I’ll see you soon!”
W&W
“A State Of Trance has been the start of our careers in more ways than one. The first track we ever made was premiered on ASOT and our first ever DJ set as W&W was during ASOT400 in Wuppertal, Germany. Congratulations Armin, what you’ve accomplished worldwide with this radio show is remarkable.”
Dennis Ruyer, 538 Dance Department
“A spectacular landmark, Armin. Congratulations on fifteen years of A State Of Trance. A notion in every corner of the globe.”
Jeroen Nieuwenhuize, Radio 538
“You’ve been championing Trance music for fifteen years in a way only you could’ve done. I’ve seen you perform live a few times while I was your MC, I’ve seen your passion for music in the broadcasting studio, and even in your home studio you can hear the love for music and enthusiasm. I can only applaud you, Armin. Congratulations.”
Hardwell
“Congratulations on fifteen years ASOT! Let’s add another fifteen!”
Ferry Corsten
“Congrats on fifteen years of ASOT! Big achievement. Let’s go for fifteen more buddy.”

We’re only a few days away from the madness that awaits us at A State Of Trance Festival Utrecht and we’re excited, to say the least. Not just because of the epicness that’s about to hit us, but also because there’s brand-new ASOT merchandise for you to enjoy. Let’s be honest, who wouldn’t want to enjoy this sweet happening while fully dressed to the occasion?

You can check out the fresh batch here, at ArmadaMusicShop

Also, in the last three days before ASOT, we arranged for you to get a special celebratory discount.

On Wednesday (FEB 24th), you will get a 30% discount on the following items:
Men: Hoodie Grey – Who’s Afraid Of 138?!
Men: Hoodie Black – Who’s Afraid Of 138?!
Women: Hoodie Grey – Who’s Afraid Of 138?!
Women: Hoodie Black – Who’s Afraid Of 138?!

On Thursday (FEB 25th), you will get a 20% discount on Armin’s Philips M1XDJ Sound System!

On Friday (FEB 26th), you will get a 10% discount on the one and only Space Cadet!

Next Saturday (February 27th), Utrecht will be captivated by the power of A State Of Trance Festival. But as we couldn’t wait for that moment to arrive, we got together past Friday with a few lucky people in the studio of the biggest broadcasting station in the Netherlands (Radio 538) and had an official pre-party.

You can check it all out above, and we’ll see you on February 27th for the grand finale: A State Of Trance Festival

A staggering 14 nominations for Armin van Buuren. An amount rivaled by few, and all because of you, the fans! We, and especially Armin himself, would like to thank you all for the incredible support you show ever more often and for the surreal amount of nominations for the IDMAs 2015.

You can vote for your favorites until March 2nd at www.armadamusic.com/idma2016

Best Trance Track
Another You – Armin van Buuren feat. Mr Probz
Embrace – Armin van Buuren feat. Eric Vloeimans
Stardust – Jean-Michel Jarre & Armin van Buuren

Best Featured Vocalist Performance – Title, Vocalist/Artist
Another You – Mr. Probz – Armin van Buuren

Best Music Video
Another You – Armin van Buuren feat. Mr. Probz

Best Global DJ
Best European DJ
Best Artist(Solo)
Best Trance DJ
Best Producer

Best Podcast or Radio Mixshow DJ
A State Of Trance

Best Compilation or Full Length DJ Mix
A State Of Trance 2015 – Armin van Buuren

Best Full Length Studio Recording
Embrace

Best Headphones
Philips – A5 Pro

Taking twenty of the best records from the A State Of Trance radio show and putting them in this February 2016 edition of the ‘A State Of Trance Radio Top 20’ selection, we ought to get you really excited. We’ve got Ben Gold’s ‘I’m In A State Of Trance (ASOT 750 Anthem)’, Andrew Rayel & Digital X’s ‘Winterburn’ feat. Sylvia Tosun, Paul Oakenfold’s ‘Bla Bla Bla’, and many other thrilling tunes to spoil you with, which should make your day, if not you entire month. So get right to listening, we know you can’t wait!

Listen or download: A State Of Trance Radio Top 20 – February 2016