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Posted by Rinster on Oct-19-2007 22:49:

Armin

just curious to know what people like so much about him.. what makes him that special?...

when i saw him on Planetlove this year i only listened 15mins of his set and walked out.

im not saying he is a bad dj, i really like some of his tunes..

Posted by wotyzoid on Oct-19-2007 23:00:

boooooooooring. He's a good producer..was..I don't know haven't listened to any of his recent productions but like Tiesto, he should just stay away from the decks.

Posted by DJ Patski on Oct-19-2007 23:18:

Saw him in June for a 6 hour set in Melbourne, production wise most of his songs don't do much for me but definitely still one of the best as a DJ.

Posted by Clovis on Oct-19-2007 23:19:

Re: Armin

quote:
Originally posted by Rinster
what makes him that special?...

From my standpoint, absolutely fuck all. I havn't listened to anything by him in over 2 years, being consistently appalled by his tracklists.

Posted by woscar on Oct-19-2007 23:38:

quote:
Originally posted by wotyzoid
boooooooooring. He's a good producer..was..I don't know haven't listened to any of his recent productions but like Tiesto, he should just stay away from the decks.

While not having impressive DJ skills, he's quite good. It's his fucking track selections that are fucking him up. If he went back to the 'Universal Religion' and 'Transparance' days, it would be a whole different ballgame.

Posted by isoterra on Oct-19-2007 23:50:

i've tried to enjoy him on various occasions & failed miserably.

this has nothing to do with the style of music he plays, as i still enjoy plenty of uplifting/tech trance, including numerous tracks he has playlisted. i just find him hopelessly inept at stringing a set together.. no flow, no edge, no energy, ropey structure & boring mixing

if anyone can actually provide a thoughtful intelligent positive analysis of armin as a dj i'd be genuinely interested in reading it

Posted by woscar on Oct-19-2007 23:59:

quote:
Originally posted by isoterra
if anyone can actually provide a thoughtful intelligent positive analysis of armin as a dj i'd be genuinely interested in reading it

I could give it a shot

LOL, although I would be writing about what is it that's wrong with him

Posted by gizzymcg on Oct-20-2007 00:41:

Armin is always worth seeing but he was so much better when he just stuck to the full on trance instead of the more commercial sound he uses these days. A set from 2004 is like light and day to what he plays now. Only snippets of his sets do you see his best style come through now.

But always worth seeing imo

Posted by jupiterone on Oct-20-2007 01:02:

ANDDD BURNNEDDD WITH DESIREEEEEEEEEEE, IRE, Ire, ire, ireeeeeee

ANDDDD OVERRRR-REVERBEDD VOCAALLLLLSSSS, OCALS, Ocals, ocals, ocallssss

Please, worship me for I am a God. Here I go do my Jesus pose as this over-dramatic build-up leads to this over-dramatic climax and kleenex rich vocals!

Posted by maluco on Oct-20-2007 01:03:

quote:
Originally posted by isoterra
i've tried to enjoy him on various occasions & failed miserably.

this has nothing to do with the style of music he plays, as i still enjoy plenty of uplifting/tech trance

I even can't listen to it anymore.

Trance is dead for me, for 4 years at least.

I think when listening soulful Drum n bass is even more uplifting than any upliftingshittyeasylisteningtrancetrack.

Although, nowadays im into more deephouse/techno scene.

Anyways, Armin is a nice guy. Did a lot gigs here in brazil with kind parties (one time seen him live here though)

Posted by maluco on Oct-20-2007 01:10:

Posted by Yohan on Oct-20-2007 01:12:

quote:
Originally posted by gizzymcg
Armin is always worth seeing but he was so much better when he just stuck to the full on trance instead of the more commercial sound he uses these days. A set from 2004 is like light and day to what he plays now. Only snippets of his sets do you see his best style come through now.

But always worth seeing imo

pretty much how I feel about armin.

paid 50+ to see him in Toronto and I had such a crappy time.

Thank goodness Schulz played 4 hours of some of the best prog house and prog trance I've heard this year to save the night

Posted by Yohan on Oct-20-2007 01:13:

quote:
Originally posted by maluco
Just wondering...

Who should just stay close to the decks?

Carl Cox

Did you guys hear his remix of SvD - Riff?

Totally sucked.

His other tune forgot what it was called was lame as well

Posted by tranceCDs on Oct-20-2007 01:24:

Most people here cant stand him yet he wins best dj of the year...god this place has gotton pathetic.

Posted by xtr3m on Oct-20-2007 01:25:

A State Of Trance and all around nice guy

Posted by Yohan on Oct-20-2007 01:32:

quote:
Originally posted by Algenis
Most people here cant stand him yet he wins best dj of the year...god this place has gotton pathetic.

uhm. we've established that the vocal minority does not represent the majority of the posters...

Posted by ChemEnhanced on Oct-20-2007 03:14:

The best thing about Armin is that I can put on one of his fluffy State of Trance CDs and fall right to sleep.....I will not see him in a club ever again.....I have never had a worse time at a club then the times I've seen AVB.....even Tiesto is less boring.

Posted by Spacey Orange on Oct-20-2007 03:16:

his magnetic poses. you can tell he's poured a lot blood, sweat, and tears coming up with them.

Posted by wotyzoid on Oct-20-2007 03:36:

quote:
Originally posted by maluco
Just wondering...

Who should just stay close to the decks?

people who actually don't play "The Anthem"...

Posted by DJLafleur on Oct-20-2007 03:41:

Ill say it again Armin 4 Life

Posted by DJ Patski on Oct-20-2007 03:45:

I must admit he does do the best jesus pose..

Posted by AnomalyConcept on Oct-20-2007 03:51:

I agree that his older sets were better and had more flow. A possible reason I see for the decline in good tracklistings is when a DJ gets attached to a label (whether he starts one or is signed to one, or whatnot), he invariably ends up playing more and more of the label releases.

Sure, this may or may not be a good thing, but labels tend to have the same style of sound, which leads to less variation within sets.

My 0.02 * currency_unit.

Posted by wotyzoid on Oct-20-2007 03:57:

IN ALL SERIOUSNESS!! Do you REALLY believe Armin is even close to being the BEST DJ in the world? If you do you have been living with Patrick Star =/.

Posted by DJ Patski on Oct-20-2007 04:06:

quote:
Originally posted by wotyzoid
IN ALL SERIOUSNESS!! Do you REALLY believe Armin is even close to being the BEST DJ in the world? If you do you have been living with Patrick Star =/.

I can't take that seriously.

Posted by wotyzoid on Oct-20-2007 04:14:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ Patski
I can't take that seriously.

meaning??

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