In the past 5 years, artists like Afrojack, Calvin Harris, Tiesto and Zedd have taken EDM and catapulted it into mainstream radio and Billboard charts around the world. A mostly underground genre with the blanket term of “techno” or “house music” now has household name artists, cross-genre #1 hits and sold-out festivals in seemingly every corner of the world.
This emergence has validated what many of us have known for years, and that is the feeling we got when we first heard Tiesto’s “Just Be” album or Deadmau5’s “Lack of a Better Name”. A euphoric realization that electronic music is more of an art form that you ever thought, that its reach could span way beyond the nightclubs when the time was right.
Well that time is now folks. And to celebrate the genre’s groundbreakers, Armin van Buuren, DJ Mag’s #1 DJ in the world for 5 out of the last 6 years, will release “A State of Trance Classics” vol. 9, a 4-disk compilation of some of the most timeless and influential Trance music ever recorded. Artists like Above & Beyond, W&W, Darude, Chicane, Paul Van Dyk, Dash Berlin, Ferry Corsten and more reminds us why we fell in love with this music and why Trance is more than just a genre, it’s a way of life. Armin himself compiled the list, taken from suggestions from his 20-million strong fan base from over 74 countries around the world. His much anticipated headlining set at Electric Zoo this year is preceded only by this release, one of the finest collections of electronic music ever assembled. Don’t forget to get tickets to Electric Zoo this Labor Day to see the man himself headline Randall’s Island in NYC once again!
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