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Holy shit , i think Armin proved he's the best trance dj ever , this was the best night of my life . Comparing to him , Tiesto was a pure joke last month . Armin was really nice to everybody , he never refused to shake a hand or to sign a sheet paper , a great person with modesty .
Anyways , it all started yesterday , I didn't know when Aria opens , so i arrived there at midnight . The club wasn't open yet , and i had to wait in that freezing cold temperature for 2 damn hours (that was my fault) . A few minutes before 2 AM , the club started opening its gates and people were entering . As promised , the persons who had already bought their tickets didn't have to wait in the line-up (which is a great thing) . Once in there , i went directly to our TA meeting spot where i first met mastercongo (the pornstar hehe) and his buddy , then came TheRizzler , then ZinG & OrAnGeMeK , then DJ Happy , and finally Delstar . Yaz (a local resident dj at Aria) was the one doing the warm-up for Armin . At 4 AM precisely , Armin stepped up in the dance floor to go to the dj booth , once i saw him , i told ZinG : look it's him this time (because we were fooled earlier by a guy who was wearing an Ajax jersey in the dj booth , so we tought it was him) . We almost ran to follow him (i think ZinG and i are the perfect dj stalkers) . Armin was supposed to begin his set at 4:30 , but he started 15 minutes earlier (which is better) . He started his set with Trancesetters - The Saga and right after he threw his remix of Iio (a killer track with a killer remix played by a killer dj) . Here's a little list of other tracks :
Trancesetter - The Saga
Ocean Lab - Clear Blue Water
Ralphie B - Massive
Salt Tank - The Energy
Paul Van Dyk - Tell Me Why (remix i never heard)
Yahel - Friend Zone
(look upper in delstar's tracklist for the rest)
I spent half of the time in front of Armin with the crowd , and half of the time behind him , because Aria has a special dj booth . Once i got my Orinoko vinyl cover signed , i went behind Armin looking at the way he mixes , his trackselection , etc ... I remember Delstar telling me before Armin starts that he would like to hear him playing Members of Mayday - 10 in 01 . When i was behind Armin , i took my cellular phone and wrote "10in01 plz" , he nicely smiled and moved his head up and down to say yes . I was so impatient at this moment , i even reminded him a second time and i understood that he couldn't play it right now . Suddenly he starts looking for some tracks , and then he takes away a vinyl , he looks at this me and says "this one is for you" . w00000000t w00000000t the others around me didn't understand why i was so happy . Hehehe Delstar you're one lucky mofo , without me u wouldn't hear 10 in 01 (tut tut tut tut tut tut tut) . When the end of Armin's set approached , i saw Studio54 (he came from Calgary to check Armin Van Buuren !!!!!!!) with his big Dutch flag , i was waving at him with my vinyl cover , but i don't know if he saw me or not ... While i was behind Armin , i took some magnificent pics of him and of the crowd , when he finished i asked him if i can take a pic with him , he nicely said of course . Once he stepped out of the dj booth , dozens of fans were around him asking him questions , autographs and shaking his hand . Armin was cool , he didn't snob anyone (like other djs do) . By the way i even spoke to Erika (his girlfriend too) she was quit impressed that i knew her name 
I remember a funny thing , when i was in the dancefloor , a guy comes to me and asks me "who's the dj ??" i answer "Armin Van Buuren" , "Armin Van Doren ??" , "No , Armin Van Buuren" , "Van what ??" , "Armin Van Buuren" , "Cool where is he from ??" , "Holland" , and then the guy looks at me in a surprised way and says "Oh holy shit !!" hahaha . Another funny thing , ZinG and I were betting who's gonna be the first one to identify a track , hehe i kicked his ass .
OMG i never danced like yesterday , once i got back home , i never felt so tired , i had two cramps in my legs , i even screamed of pain .
By the way , who was the guy with the Ajax jersey ? i saw him at PvD , Tiesto and now AvB ...
That's all i can remember now ...
Big shoutouts to Biggy (jfl) , u have the best club in the town , and i'm pretty sure that yesterday it was the best night at Aria , i don't think there's a dj who had such an influence on the crowd like Armin did . I wanted to take a pic of u with Armin , but he was busy doing his work
Here's my vinyl cover signed by Armin :
w000000000t any questions ? impressions ?
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"A style that's impossible to define. Prog? Hardly. Tech house? Not boring enough. It's like trippy twisted acid house but deep and funky. See, I told you - impossible."
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