I mean we all think that the music he plays and supports these days sucks balls, but putting my personal musical opinion aside, I think this one of the best interviews with a dance music artist I've seen. He's very eloquent and on point without going too vague like artists tend to do. It get's interesting at about 3 minutes.
What struck me is his definition of DJing "Any sound that has ever been recorded can be used. I think that's an incredible thing. Any sound that has ever been captured you can use to create something on the dancefloor"
I've never really thought about it that way. I think that's a very inspiring definition.
Armin produced really good music back in the days, but it feels as if he got sharked up in an industry where he's the head, yet still needs to comply with where it leads him. It isn't the first time he's said that he prefers ambient music over trance.
The fact that he used aliases to produce a "more to the roots" type of trance for the past years, shows that "Armin van Buuren" is more of a brand than a DJ.
All in all, it's a very good, honest interview. Haven't really followed trance music álla Armada for a few years now, so basically I'm clueless about his playlists, but from my knowledge, he never played older tracks he's made, probably because of the new generation which don't know them.
Aug-11-2012 12:59
Woony
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Registered: Sep 2009
Location: Berlin
I think when you're a superstar DJ it's very easy to kind of get lost in that. This doesn't just apply to Armin but also a whole bunch of other people, but when you've got legions of fans that treat you like you're jesus reborn every week, you can be the most humble and grounded person in the world but after years and years of that it just kind of begins to run itself, if you know what I mean. They don't want to disappoint all the nice people that come out and support them every week and I think that's what keeps them going.
Seems really authentic and down to earth, pretty much agree with everything he's saying. And I'm glad he made a working comparison between bands and DJ's although most bands aren't up there to please the general audience, don't forget that. You try to appease everyone and it all turns to garbage
Aug-11-2012 14:54
OrangestO
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I'm not a DJ and I could have told you the same thing he said in this interview.
I'm glad Armin's ass is comfy enough to be interviewed on a dead animal.
Aug-11-2012 15:07
Vernon Wanderer
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Armin has always seemed alright. Too bad the scene and music is shit.
I need to check out what trance is all about these days, haven't heard a track in more than a year..
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Aug-11-2012 17:10
Looney4Clooney
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Originally posted by OrangestO
I'm not a DJ and I could have told you the same thing he said in this interview.
I'm glad Armin's ass is comfy enough to be interviewed on a dead animal.
I agree.
Not sure if he was keeping it low brow for the purpose of the interviews audience or it is just the extent of his insight but you would think someone that has been djing the amount of time he has would have something more interesting to say regarding the role of a dj and what a dj can do to inspire an emotional response.
Regarding using noise in music, Russolo in 1913 wrote a treatise on the concept. And that is what i find fascinating with the types that say they have a passion for music. That passion seems to almost always be really fucking narrow. So many djs that are passionate about music could not tell you who Nile Rodgers, Marvin Hamlisch are or anything about music other than their limited micro niche. That is a passion for a scene. Not music.
I don't follow. Well i am getting two interpretations. One is funny, one is making me sad.
I wasn't attacking dance music. Just a little disappointed that someone you would think would have some interesting things to say says pretty much stuff everyone knows already. And i was sort of ridiculing I just have a passion for music trope. I know he has a passion for something, i don't think it is music.
Originally posted by Looney4Clooney
And that is what i find fascinating with the types that say they have a passion for music. That passion seems to almost always be really fucking narrow. So many djs that are passionate about music could not tell you who Nile Rodgers, Marvin Hamlisch are or anything about music other than their limited micro niche. That is a passion for a scene. Not music.
Find me a pro DJ that mainly listens to the stuff he plays out in his free time. You're going to have a hard time finding one. Most DJs (especially the older ones) have a very eclectic taste and older DJs are complaining all the time that everything is so specialized nowadays. The truth is that unless you are lucky enough to play in a afterhours type setting, people are most likely going to chop your head off if you play too far outside of the microgenre they came for.
i think we just have a different understanding of the word passion. I'm sure he likes music, i don't really notice anything about what he does a sign that he clearly has a passion for music. ANyways, i don't really see the point in fighting over hear say. I based my view off the interview. He doesn't really seem that passionate at all. Maybe he is just camera shy or something. I do know that he has been doing the same thing for 10 years now and that seems like a nightmare for someone that is so passionate about music. I'm sure he has alot of money, he doesn't need to dj. I would say perhaps he is passionate for performing ? Or attention.
