Armin van Buuren - 30 Minute Interview!

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Posted by swisstoni_uk on Aug-15-2004 17:05:

Armin van Buuren - 30 Minute Interview!

Many thanks to Toufas for conducting the interview, and to myself for uploading it , Audio Only

I think Toufas asked these questions:

1. Every year you are going up in the dj mag rankings and everybody believes that you are the next best thing in trance music. How hard it is for you to maintain your low profile . Do you think your popularity and world wide travel has affected your taste and style in music
2. DJ'ing is a very competive feild. how and what have you done to continue to be a leader in your feild. what type of dedication or work ethic does it invole?
3. Do you think fame and fortunes can affect the dj's performace and artist quality? How do you manges to not let this affect you?
4. There are a lot of commercial songs that sadly belong in the trance genre (dj sammy lasgo ) and make people think that its kids music. Do you believe that this has made your and your fellow producers more serious? Does this trend pushes trance more into progressive or you think that the genre is not affected at all
5. armin you always talk about how your a trance dj and your not embarresed by it, but what exactly does trance music mean to you?
6. does remixing old hits like silence, flaming june, synaesthesia show us a lack of inspiration or just an adaptation of old songs in a more mainstream sound
7. Old trance or nowdays trance?
8. To any aspiring dj what advice would you give them in reguards to how to play out in front of crowds. Can you please eloborate on how you select songs to play while observing the crowd? Do you watch the crowd and follow their lead in reguards to how you play or do you try to take the crowd on a "journey" and focus more attention on song selection and flow?
9. Europe, particularly Holand has embrassed EDM. With your extensive traveling and knowledge why do you think the USA has not embrassed EDM as much as other places in your opinion? Is it something cultural?
10. Some have argued that the drug scene in EDM has effected it image and as such EDM popularity has suffered. Do you think more dj's need to take a proactive stance on anti-drug use in clubs? what is your opinion?
11. Armin you have made some very beautiful remixes and productions. Can you tell us what goes on in the mind of an artist like yourself when your working on something? Do you loook at other works or do you start from scratch so to speak?Do you listen to the work of your fellow trance dj's like Paul Van Dyk, Tiesto, or Ferry Corsten? Which of these dj's do you admire most if any?
12. Are vocals bad for the genre or do they make trance what it is by expressing a feeling
13. The sound of goodbye (dark matter remix), Markus schulz remix for burned with desire(brian cross on the b side), alibi, future collaborations with other producers
14. House music, any chance of doing it again since you were very nice at it
15. Upcoming releases,personal album , any new compilations
16. You , david lewis and Maykel Piron are responsible for 8 labels. Who is doing most of the work for them?
17. The world is going to end tomorrow, pick a venue and 5 records
18. Since your constantly taveling and playing at large events how do you protect your hearing at these shows? How you you manage to et enough energy to play night after night?
19. Armin some might say that your one of the most educated dj's in the history of EDM. Can you explain in a bit more detail how you manged to be a world class dj and continue to go to law school?

Grab the Interview here

Posted by montana on Aug-15-2004 17:07:

yes, finally, cheers toufas

Posted by Toufas on Aug-15-2004 17:09:

video will follow sometime :>
swamper could you host it plz?its 140 megs i think +-

Posted by Ek0nomik on Aug-15-2004 17:10:

Bunch of crazies talkin' in the background. Sounds like they are in the kitchen bangin pots and pans around.

Thanks for the interview swisstoni & Toufas. I think he says what a lot of people here like in a DJ, he likes the connection with the crowd while he DJ's.

Posted by Toufas on Aug-15-2004 17:14:

it was a pool side bar in a hotel
sorry for the noise :/

Posted by swisstoni_uk on Aug-15-2004 17:19:

lol nice pimping for Tranceaddict at the end

Posted by montana on Aug-15-2004 17:30:

YES, ARMIN WILL DO HOUSE AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by Plastick on Aug-15-2004 17:39:

Nice. Thanks a lot to both of u (Toufas & swisstoni5017).

Posted by beats and beeps on Aug-15-2004 17:42:

Good questions.

Posted by Toufas on Aug-15-2004 17:50:

and plz excuse my accent...i ve been living for 3 years in the uk but i was really anxious when i was interviewing him

Posted by Jessica.S on Aug-15-2004 18:03:

lol. did somebody start vaccuming?

Posted by Joost on Aug-15-2004 18:07:

Best educated DJ in the world; that could be true If i remember correctly he's an copyright-expert Could come in handy in the music business! :P

Posted by swisstoni_uk on Aug-15-2004 18:10:

quote:
Originally posted by Toufas
and plz excuse my accent...i ve been living for 3 years in the uk but i was really anxious when i was interviewing him

lol your voice was really deep , then armin speaks quite high pitched

Posted by regulate on Aug-15-2004 18:32:

much thanks to the both of you! that was an awsome interview, although hearing the register in the background was kinda funny.

thanks again!

Posted by Fresh Prince on Aug-15-2004 19:44:

Thank you very much, I can't wait for video too

Posted by Nell on Aug-15-2004 19:53:

same old same old. no new questions, very unoriginal interview imo. sorry, just the way i feel.

Posted by swisstoni_uk on Aug-15-2004 20:21:

well of those that submitted questions, most got their questions put forward to Armin.....

Posted by THE_Chris on Aug-15-2004 21:45:

Well 56k modem + download + phone line full of water = no, so what did he say to question 13???

Posted by _Supreme on Aug-15-2004 22:22:

oeh oeh
downloading mp3's is illegal...
it has made him big i think...
without the internet, i didn't even know about AvB

Posted by Malhiotface on Aug-15-2004 22:26:

Very Cool Interview!

Posted by swisstoni_uk on Aug-15-2004 23:51:

quote:
Originally posted by THE_Chris
Well 56k modem + download + phone line full of water = no, so what did he say to question 13???

lol he was very vague with the answers

Dark Matter remix - maybe soon, who knows? he said theres always remixes of old tunes getting released all the time, so who knows

Markus remix of burned with desire, apparantly Armin says he signed the album (whats that go to do with it??) to United Recordings, so its up to them if Markus Schulz remix is released. Brian Cross remix was not mentioned

Posted by starlabs on Aug-16-2004 00:08:

Very cool interview. Thanks for making it avail for download...

Posted by cryo on Aug-16-2004 00:48:

good interview

Posted by integlspwr on Aug-16-2004 01:43:

i love the part where i hear the vaccumm going on.

and then the phone rining.

Posted by Dave Piazza on Aug-16-2004 02:56:

Thanks for the interview swisstoni & Toufas!!

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