My opnion is this!! He is good, i really love his djeeing! In my opinion he isint a GOD as some people call him!!But he sounds mint! and i really hope he doesnt take oakies path and sell out because he doesnt deserve it! he IS talent! and he can do alot with it!!

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[N]ûk|êû[Z] i think youve put foward some really good points and arguements. i agree with you on EVERYTHING you have said 100%. I think the armin hype will calm down after his album is released adn we realyl see what he is made of. If all his tracks are the same sounding and there are no original pieces, he's going to need a wakeup call if he really thinks people will continue to buy his material.

there's always going to be the ones that think the sun shines outta armins ass, but his sets have sucked the 2 times i have seen him live at the telewest arena, and his livesets are piss poor.

Tiesto has his haters aswell, but one thing you can say about him, is that his material ir original! how many variations of styles did he have on his album!? He tried new things and was very succesful imo. listen to system - f together album and all the tracks are the same style. im not going to start an arguement against ferry here, as he is a pioneer aswell, with tracks like punk which was very very original!!! + good

if you compare song for the ocean to communication, blue fear or any of armins earlier releases, its pretty feable. Especially when you consider he's used dust.wav beat again for the 3rd time (also in sunburn) and it sounds so remarkably close to a pvd beat aswell. its absolutely diar!!! There are TA's on this board that are producing better tracks that this (Re-Grooved for one) I heard his track glamorize about a month ago, and its so fresh, full of originality and creativity, something which is lacking in armins latest offerings.

As for remixing, Armins remixes ALL SOUND THE FUCKIN SAME!!! his remix of time is the healer is a classic example of his unimaginativeness to another artists track. At least with tiesto and ferry, you get different styles of remixing, with armin its really rather boring, and i can almost hear the remix before its been made. If he was decent i wouldnt be able to PREDICT what his mixes would sound like.

AVB, wakeup and do something original, stop being a sheep!!!

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Armin gets traXX from god and plays them like a god... ASOT 88... like helloooo... have you even heard this.. OMFG... and @ 2Tribes.. we made the place X-PLOD!!!!!

He's style isn't a litle varied but hey.. thats HIS style.. does PvD's style alter very much.. nooo and ppl still love him.. like me... soo :-P

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IMO...

I think Armin is doing a great job and is real with his fans. He plays great stuff, and is experimenting more with prog. His productions are top notch, and I'm looking forward to more from him. His ASOT's make my week better

His productions are not no where near his older self thats for sure and i think he may need to revaluate his game plan in that department


On the other hand, His live sets are mint though and he has some damn good mixing! Hope he keeps all the great work up

A lot of you seem to be bored or disenchanted with trance atm.
Armin is a Trance DJ and a Trance producer....if you are bored with trance you will be bored with him. This doesnt make him a bad dj/producer
GET OVER IT!

Armin is one of the nicest most down to earth DJ's and he is more in touch with his fans than almost any other DJ I've seen. I think that is one of the greatest things about him, regardless of what he spins.
What other DJ does anything close to what ASOT is?
What other DJ is gonna sit in a chatroom and talk with his fans, and tell them how he produced certain tracks?

calling any DJ a god is perposterous, calling any person a god is perposterous for that matter.
So no, I dont think Armin is a god, but I think he is a damn good DJ, a damn good producer, and a damn good guy.

Edit: and all you haters just wait till his new album comes out, I agree that song for the ocean isnt the greatest, but that's one song off a whole album. You'll see...

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Originally posted by beema A lot of you seem to be bored or disenchanted with trance atm. Armin is a Trance DJ and a Trance producer....if you are bored with trance you will be bored with him. This doesnt make him a bad dj/producer GET OVER IT! Armin is one of the nicest most down to earth DJ's and he is more in touch with his fans than almost any other DJ I've seen. I think that is one of the greatest things about him, regardless of what he spins. What other DJ does anything close to what ASOT is? What other DJ is gonna sit in a chatroom and talk with his fans, and tell them how he produced certain tracks? calling any DJ a god is perposterous, calling any person a god is perposterous for that matter. So no, I dont think Armin is a god, but I think he is a damn good DJ, a damn good producer, and a damn good guy.

agree 100%

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Originally posted by beema A lot of you seem to be bored or disenchanted with trance atm. Armin is a Trance DJ and a Trance producer....if you are bored with trance you will be bored with him. This doesnt make him a bad dj/producer GET OVER IT!

that exactly what im saying mate.

i AM bored with tranc eof the last year, cos it hasnt been very interesting, its just been the same, and cos trance is the same, armin spins the same.... the whole point im trying to make is....... if armins sposed to be this big pioneer that everyone makes him out to be.... then why hasnt he tryed to take it in a different direction.... to keep the critical ppl like me interested?...... after all that whats being a pioneer is..... being always ahead of the game, and being able to keep pppl liking you.



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some very good comments, espically about how he should take a vacation so he doesn't burn himself.

But i dont agree with people saying that artist need to change their style, if he changes his style then he wont be Armin, he will be "Alias".

I know that his works sound the same but that is ARMIN's style. Although i agree with the fact that he should stay away from the cheese and come up with some new sounds to improve but not to change his "sound".

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A very interesting topic indeed.

IMO, Armin's style was very unique when he came onto the scene. However, as time went by, he used the same bass & synth lines in most of his remixes / productions and pretty soon, they all started to sound the same. I believe that the time has come for him to take the next step and evolve his style to the next level.

That being said, I do love his DJ'ing style!

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