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Originally posted by Mike_Foyle i didnt download it i streamed it in winamp, you arent worth my hd space. it was shit.

Agreed. Anyone can beatmatch and mix like you. Get off Foyle's back.

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Originally posted by DOOMBOT But he has openly admitted to the fact that he doesn't like all of the songs that he plays on ASOT. He is just giving producers AND listeners a chance.

i'm not going to get all involved in this thread because i think its pretty stupid...but this is exactly what is wrong with music these days.

why the FUCK would you want to play stuff that you don't think is good? that's the stupidest thing i've ever heard. if armin just plays shit because its new and he thinks he's being nice by exposing people to new stuff, no matter how gash it is, that is the wrong attitude. i'm sorry, but if people can't make music that is good...they don't deserve to have it heard...

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Originally posted by basd Listen to this then. Just released, melodic as hell, techno all the way. You still stand by your statement?

that sounds fairly good, what's the name of the track?

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Originally posted by paranoik0 that sounds fairly good, what's the name of the track?

Electronic Resistance - Human Been

IMO the last set Armin played I actually enjoyed was his Eliat Israel set from 2003. Then things went badly downhill, for whatever reason

Like Tiesto, things seemed to go downhill after 2002 finished. Whether this was because software took over from hardware suddenly for producing and everyone jumped on the bandwagon I dont know, but in any case, from this set onward, armin went down in my rankings.

Armin Van Buuren @ Eilat,Israel.[11-Apr-03]

[000:00].01- Airwave - My Lady Blue
[009:22].02- Cass & Slide - Glad I Ate Her
[014:59].03- Nugen - Braaj [Lemon8 remix]
[022:48].04- Holden & Thompson - Nothing [93 Returning mix]
[029:35].05- Jayn Hanna - Lost Without You [Bill Hamel & Simon Noble's Mezz dub]
[036:25].06- Origene - Sanctuary [Traveller remix]
[042:42].07- The Roc Project - Never [Filterheadz Love Tina dub]
[048:52].08- Precision vs. Albert - Say Yes [Katana remix]
[055:13].09- Scott Bond vs. Solar Stone - The 3rd Earth
[055:55].10- Afterburn - Summer Sun
[060:39].11- Age Of Love - Age Of Love [Mr. Sam remix]
[068:18].12- Cor Fijneman ft. Jan Johnston - Venus [DJ Tiësto remix]
[074:38].13- Paul Van Dyk - Nothing But You [PvD Club mix]
[081:39].14- Solar Stone - Solarcoaster [Midway mix]
[088:55].15- GTR - Mistral
[094:31].16- Pacific Dance - Rewinders
[101:14].17- Cape Town - Pitstop
[109:30].18- D-Factor - The Wrong Shake [Jamie Anderson remix]
[114:25].19- Marco V - C:\Del *.mp3
[121:35].20- Andy Ling - Fixation [Airwave remix]
[128:50].21- Solar Stone - Seven Cities [Armin Van Buuren remix]
[136:15].22- Sasha - Xpander
[141:32].23- Motorcycle - As The Rush Comes [Sweeping Strings remix]
[149:58].24- Perpetuous Dreamer - Sound Of Goodbye [Robbie Rivera's Fierce Vocal mix]
[155:11].25- Cave - Street Carnival
[159:00].26- The Green Martian - Wizardry
[166:50].27- Solar Factor - No Return
[172:29].28- Kid Vicious - Proceed

I mean ok, there was ATRC in there, but this was when that tune was respected. Same with NBY.

But look at this -> My lady blue, glad I ate her, braaj, 3rd earth, summer sun, solarcoaster, mistral, *.mp3, fixation, xpander, no return.

Fucking hell things have changed since then.

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Originally posted by DJ Mikey Mike Because I think he plays to please the masses. He plays middle of the road, offensively unoffensive, boring (imo) music. Okay, so this style of music might appeal to you. The point is, the fact that it's a little bit on the trancey side and a little bit on the proggy side means it's going to take to quite a number of people who are into their prog, and also to a lot of people who listen to their trance. Hence, music for the masses. Now what particulary sickens me about this is in the past I have seen Armin play sets like this for example: 46. V-One - Dead Cities (Force Mass Motion Remix) 47. Silvio Ecomo - No Dip (Mac Zimms Remix) 48. DHS - House Of God (Azzido Da Bass Remix) 49. underworld - Born Slippy (Original Mix) 50. Marco V - Milla 51. D-Factor - The Wrong Shake (Jamie Anderson Remix) 52. Umek - Gatex (Armin Van Buuren Remix) 53. Taiko - Silence (The Joker Remix) This to me is shit hot. There is thought put into that little segment of his set, and it's pleasing to hear. I refuse to believe that his shift in playlist has been due to anything other than trying to please the masses and become popular. That is a shit attitude to me.

Am going to have to agree with this but not in a rude way .

I believe that Armin really does only care about the name and popularity now and not the music.

Serenitiy is a big example, it's the dumbbest track of 2005. badly produced, wrong sounds, boring theme.

half year ago i used to listen to ASOT, it was oke and sometimes or awesome even, however it started to get boring and same old same old. so i stopped listening to it ever since.

It's all a matter of taste imo and if people wanne like it why not? just respect each other

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Originally posted by THE_Chris [166:50].27- Solar Factor - No Return

this tune rocks so much, i die..

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Originally posted by Tech0rz Amazing how many people can state their opinion as fact, then get pissed when people call them on it (usually with their own opinion, stated as a fact).

That just summed up my whole feeling on this thread. I love how Mikey is constantly calling songs shit and DJs horrid as if it's a fact. Then when someone calls his mixing skills shit it just can't possibly be true.

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Originally posted by RebeL9 that is bullshit. saying that trance needs a musical background and techno doesnt is the biggest bullshit Ive read in a while. I bet alot of the melodic producers aired on ASOT never had a musical background. I know two myself (not gonna name them though). Just because you dont like techno doesnt mean that its easy to produce. Techno is based on loads of rythms and loops which needs to suit perfectly for the dancefloor. And since techno is repetetive it takes lots of skills to make a track which doesnt get boring after a while. Just look at Mauro Picottos techno tracks for example. You can clearly hear that the effort he put behind his techno tunes is much bigger than his more commercial tracks. For his melodic tunes like Komodo and Proximus he just sampled some old catchy lyrics and inserted a cheesy melody to please all epic jerks and that was it. Yes I agree that it doesnt take skills to become a DJ. There are Djs out there who cant even beatmatch (Tiestor, DJ Jean etc) but still are seen as Gods. This is totally unbelievable. But then we have the really skilled djs which actually knows how to act like a true star behind the decks (Eddie Halliwell, J00F etc) who just doesnt play one track after the other one but actually build up their sets, reads the audience and creates a special mood depending on the crowd. This is easily seen in most J00f sets. He starts out playing deep progressive, going on to some melodic stuff and then ending with banging full on psytrance. But many of the ASOT "uprising" djs I mentioned totally copies their idols (Tiestor, Armin, Schulz etc) and plays almost the same tunes. What kind of skills does that take? Trance buisness is becoming a fuckin joke. oh finally. For you who just discovered Armin I strongly advice you to check out Armins 004 Transparance. A better mixed cd and a better track selection is hard to come by. That in my opinion is Armin at his best. And it makes his compilations and mixes of today looks like goat poo.

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Originally posted by ******** Seplling don't demonstrate intelligence and educatoin - knowing does.

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Originally posted by eRRaTiK Ronski 1 - Mikey 0 btw, good post about AVB/ASOT mikey. i agree with it. however like it (believe it) or not the big guys are in the business of making money (and a living). to those who have been around a while, you'll notice the change in style, playlists, etc. but give credit to where credit is due - the tiest0rs, oakenfolds, pvds and armins (even MOS and GKs) of the world have brought trance to the masses. i for one am happy to be able to walk into a general music store in the local mall and find the likes of nu-nrg, magik, tranceport and other quality trance albums there. yes the ol'skool peepz can bitch about wishing the music had stayed underground and all that, but what's done is done. i guess we're harsher on the producers of today because it's really in their hands how the music of tomorrow is shaped, and uninspired repetitive (ASOT) productions and dj sets doesn't help. Nor does remixing classics. there are some quality productions out there, but man some stuff sucks the wang like tiest0r sucked mickeymouse. dj sammy for the win! anyways, air for life = (imo)

nice post

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its not the producers who shape the future. its the labels who choose what music to release. there has been and always will be shit music, but it always used to be harder to get stuff released because the labels had higher standards.

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