Armin van Buuren

Armin van Buuren is a happy man, and with good reason. Holding firm at Number 1 in the prestigious public-voted DJ Top 100, he's making the transition from talented young upstart to leading light in the echelons of trance . and beyond. 2005 has brought two new significant awards (Best Radio Show, and Best Compilation for A State of Trance 2004 at the Miami Winter Music Conference Awards), and a stunning new artist album, Shivers, showcasing his debut as a songwriter. Affronted by the cheesy tag that dogged it for a brief time real trance has continued to grow unabated, and the WMC awards reflect Armin's success in producing and playing quality tunes that both excite existing fans and bring new people to the scene. "I think trance is becoming a broader term for a lot of different genres; i... Bio | read more