A State of Trance is the title of a weekly radio show, 10pm on Gaydio, 2pm)
hosted by prominent trance producer and DJ Armin van Buuren. It is also the name
of van Buuren's annual CD compilation series.
History = Background and growth =
First airing in March 2001 on ID&T Radio, the show takes the format of a
two hour mix in which he plays new trance music, both promotional and
commercially released. Selected tracks are announced during the show in order
to help promote new artists and releases. Its radio-show/website
combination has proven popular internationally, as fans—while listening
to the radio-show—will converse in the website chat-rooms and forums, such as
Digitally Imported, during the broadcast. Progressive trance and
uplifting trance producers all submit promotional and commercially released
tracks to compete to make it onto the playlist of the show each week. The
success of the show has also spawned to include several dance events around the
world. The show is celebrated live each year in different locations around the
globe with a lineup consisting of many trance artists.
= Record label = A State Of Trance is a sub-label of the
Dutch company Armada Music. Released its first vinyl release in 2003 and reached
its 100 release with "The Doppler Effect – Beauty Hides In The Deep / Envio – For
You". A State Of Trance was formed in 2003 as
a sub-label to its Dutch parent company Armada Music. It is also the parent
label to A State Of Trance Limited. The style of music focuses mainly on trance
and progressive trance with a wide range of artists and producers. The label is
focusing on both young producers as well as established artists.
= Radio show's legacy = While it was not the first radio show to
broadcast a two-hour mix from a recurring DJ, A State of Trance's legacy
has arguably extended beyond the trance scene. Part of this may be due to the
fact that for most parts of the world, A State of Trance was only accessible via
Digitally Imported, an internet radio station. Since A State of Trance has
gone on the air, numerous DJ's have created their own radio programs out of
the spirit of A State of Trance. Some of which include, Above and Beyond with
Trance Around the World, Aly & Fila with the Future Sound of Egypt, and Markus
Schulz with the Global DJ Broadcast. Some radio shows that don't even play
trance music have spawned out of the spirit of A State of Trance
A State of Trance special episodes and celebrating events
Special episodes of the show features various live or recorded mixes by Armin
van Buuren or other guest DJs. Every 50th episode of the show there are
various celebrations in different countries with many trance DJs that
plays live. In March 2011 during the Ultra Music
Festival, A State of Trance was given its own stage as part of its 500th
episode tour. This was the first time a radio show was given its own tent at a
music festival, along with its own broadcast, separate from the festival's
official broadcast. Typically a festival stage is hosted by either a particular
style of music, or a record label. Since Ultra 2011, A State of Trance has had
its own arena at Ultra and the Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas.
Since ID&T's shift from trance to house music, A State of Trance's annual
episodic celebrations have effectively replaced Trance Energy as the pinnacle
trance event in The Netherlands. Broadcasts
A State Of Trance radio show is currently broadcast on the following
radio stations: Worldwide: Digitally Imported – Trance
Channel Andorra: Flaix FM – 93.8FM
Australia: Kiss FM 87.6FM, KIK FM 91.5 and 88FM, Radio Metro 105.7FM
Belgium: TOPradio Bulgaria: Alpha Radio and radio Nova –
Sofia Brazil: Jovem Pan FM, Energia 97,7 FM
Canada: XM Radio Channel 82, Z103.5 Curaçao: RadioOne 103.9
Cyprus: MixFM 102.3 FM Czech Republic: DanceRadio.cz High
quality stream 256 kbit OGG Egypt: Nile FM 104.2FM Cairo – Every
Friday at 10 PM El Salvador: [3] Radio ABC 100.1 FM
Mondays at 10pm Estonia: DFM 90.2FM Tallinn – Every
Friday at 9 PM / Every Sunday at 12 PM Finland: Radio NRJ on Sundays 12 AM to 2
AM EET France: Flaix FM 92.9 FM and Radio FG on
Thursday 11 PM to 1 AM CET and NRJ on Friday 2 AM to 4 AM
Germany: Sunshine live Guatemala: Radio Saturn [4] Monday at 7
pm: Armin van Buuren – A State of Trance Hungary: RiseFM 98.9
India: Radio Indigo,(Goa/Bangalore); Radio Chennai Live 104.8FM
Israel:Click2Dance Italy: m2o
Lebanon: Mix FM 104.4FM Jordan: Beat FM 102.5
Lithuania: Zip FM. Luxembourg: WAKY 107FM
Malta: 89.7 Bay – Mexico: BEAT – 100.9FM
Middle East: WorldSpace Satellite Radio Channel 202
Netherlands: Radio 538 – 102FM New Zealand: Pulzar Fm – 105.7
Pakistan: RadioONE FM 91 Philippines: BigFish Radio
Poland: Radio Eska Portugal: Kiss FM Algarve 101.2 / 95.8FM
Romania: VIBE FM 92.1FM Russia: Radio Record 106.3FM, NRJ –
104.2FM in Moscow Serbia: TOP FM 106,8FM
Singapore: Radio 91.3 91.3FM Spain: Máxima FM
Sri Lanka: Yes FM 89.5FM Sweden: FUN RADIO 95.3 Malmö
Switzerland: One FM 107.0FM, 107.2FM Syria: Mix FM Syria 105.7FM
Turkey: FG 93.7, Power FM 100.0 Ukraine: Kiss FM, check the website
United Arab Emirates: 105.4 Radio Spice United Kingdom: Gaydio and online at
www.gaydio.co.uk - Thursday at 10pm United States: SiriusXM Satellite Radio
Channel 52 – Electric Area = On Demand =
DI.FM hosts each weekly A State Of Trance show for their On Demand service.
The show is streamed in multiple formats: 256 kbit/s, 128 kbit/s, 128
kbit/s and 64 kbit/s, 64 kbit/s and 32 kbit/s for users with the paid Premium
package, and free at 96 kbit/s, 24 kbit/s, 40 kbit/s.
Digitally Imported postponed the development of its onDemand feature as
of 10 August 2010. This service is therefore currently unavailable.
However, they do have plans to bring it back in the future as a more substantial
service. Episodes of A State of Trance are also
widely recorded and redistributed in MP3 format on filehosting websites such as
Rapidshare, YouTube, private FTP servers and BitTorrent sites. File quality
ranges from 192 kbit/s to 320 kbit/s, however, 192 kbit/s is the most common
due to the wide availability of 192 kbit/s source streams as well as the
relatively small file size. In September 2012, A State of Trance was
made available to stream on Spotify = Tracklists =
Tracklists for every episode can be found at the Episodes Section of Armin
van Buuren's A State of Trance website. Regular features
Each broadcast features three songs selected as Tune of the Week, Future
Favourite and ASOT Radio Classic. = Tune of the Week =
The Tune of the Week is selected by Armin van Buuren as his personal choice
of best new tune in the show. Here is the list of all Tunes of the Week:
= Future Favorite = The Future Favorite is voted for by
listeners from a list of new tunes from the previous week's show. The poll takes
place at A State of Trance. = ASOT Radio Classic =
The ASOT Radio Classic track has been part of the show since Episode 284.
Armin selects a track from past years of trance and briefly describes what made
the track a classic. It is played as the last track of the show. Armin also
played a classic track on each of the first 16 episodes in the early days of
the radio show. These tracks were productions from the 1990s and showcased
some of the very earliest pioneers of the Trance genre.
Armin asks the listeners of A State of Trance to submit original suggestions
for the ASOT Radio Classic with the stipulation that the track not be a
track already played on ASOT as a Classic. The following table lists all
classics played on A State of Trance from Episode 284 to the present:
"A State of Trance Official Episode List"
= Progressive Pick = A State Of Trance also put the new
segment which is all new progressive trance or hardcore trance remix playlist
tracks from newest DJ around the world, whenever they are famous DJs or the
upcoming DJs. This segment were begins with Rodg – Wrong Direction on ASOT
Episode 717, followed by another new remixes from different DJ's on every
episode on A State Of Trance. Compilation series
Armin van Buuren regularly releases double mix CD A State of Trance
compilations, as listed below: A State of Trance 2004
A State of Trance 2005 A State of Trance 2006
A State of Trance 2007 A State of Trance 2008
A State of Trance 2009 A State of Trance 2010
A State of Trance 2011 A State of Trance 2012
A State of Trance 2013 A State of Trance 2014
A State of Trance 2015 Armin van Buuren also regularly releases
double mix CD A State of Trance Year Mix compilations, A State of Trance Ibiza
compilations, and 4-CD unmixed compilations of A State of Trance
Classics has occurred annually since 2006. These consist of unedited, full
length tracks, in either the original or most popular mix, and state that they
are from "uncompressed masters". Despite being called "Classics", the criteria
for inclusion weighs heavily towards the difficulty of finding uncompressed
digital copies of tracks and as such relatively recent tracks which were
vinyl-only or on small record labels have featured.
See also Corsten's Countdown, a similar show by
Ferry Corsten Trance Around the World, an old similar
show by Above & Beyond. Group Therapy Radio, the present show by
Above & Beyond. Future Sound of Egypt, a similar show by
Aly & Fila Global DJ Broadcast, a similar show by
Markus Schulz References
A State Of Trance Festival: The celebration of A State Of Trance 700
External links A State of Trance official site
Armin van Buuren official site A State of Trance archive