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A State Of Trance
GenreTrance, Progressive
Running time2 Hours
Country of originNetherlands Netherlands
Home stationDigitally Imported/Radio syndication
StarringArmin van Buuren & Various Artists
Created byArmin van Buuren & Armada
Original releaseJune 1, 2001 –
Present
No. of episodes1211
WebsiteA State of Trance

A State Of Trance (often abbreviated as ASOT) is the title of a weekly radio show hosted by prominent trance producer DJ Armin van Buuren. First airing in March 2001 on ID&T Radio (the predecessor of Slam!FM), the show takes the format of a two hour mix in which he plays new trance music, both promotional and commercially released. Selected tracks are announced during the show in order to help promote new artists and releases. Its radio-show/website combination has proven popular internationally, as fans—while listening to the radio-show—will converse in the website chat-rooms and forums, such as Digitally Imported, during the broadcast. The success of the show has also spawned to include several parties around the world. In 2011 the 500th episode of the show was celebrated by hosting five different parties on five different continents. ASOT 500 has been hosted in Johannesburg (South Africa), Miami (United States), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Den Bosch (The Netherlands), and Sydney (Australia) between March and April 2011.

Broadcasts

When ID&T Radio changed genres at the end of January 2005, A State Of Trance was removed from their line-up. The show is currently broadcast on the following radio stations[1]:

On Demand

DI.FM hosts each weekly A State Of Trance show for their On Demand service. The show is streamed in multiple formats: 256 kbit/s (MP3), 128 kbit/s (AAC), 128 kbit/s and 64 kbit/s (Windows Media), 64 kbit/s and 32 kbit/s (AAC+) for users with the paid Premium package, and free at 96 kbit/s (MP3), 24 kbit/s (AAC+), 40 kbit/s (Windows Media).

Digitally Imported postponed the development of its onDemand feature as of August 10, 2010. This service is therefore currently unavailable. However, they do have plans to bring it back in the future as a more substantial service.[2]

Episodes of A State of Trance are also widely recorded and redistributed in MP3 format on filehosting websites such as Rapidshare, private FTP servers and BitTorrent sites. File quality ranges from 192 kbit/s to 320 kbps (source file), however, 192 kbit/s is the most common due to the wide (and free) availability of 192 kbit/s source streams as well as the relatively small file size (~180 mb per episode).

Special episodes

Occasional episodes feature guest DJs and/or live broadcasts. These were known as 'XXL' episodes, due to their longer than usual length.

Episodes 000-100

  • Episode 013: Live, featuring guest mix by Vincent Van Tongeren
  • Episode 020: Live from Club Scanners, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
  • Episode 023: Live from Golden at Stoke-On-Trent, UK
  • Episode 024: Live from Passion at Coalville, UK
  • Episode 028: (2001-12-27) Top 20 of 2001
  • Episode 043: Live from Passion in Coalville, UK
  • Episode 053: Live, featuring guest mix by Airwave
  • Episode 055: Live from GodsKitchen at Code in Birmingham, UK
  • Episode 058: Live, featuring guest mix by Ferry Corsten
  • Episode 062: Live from GodsKitchen at Eden in Ibiza
  • Episode 064: Live, featuring guest mix by Kid Vicious
  • Episode 067: Live from Club Glow in Washington DC
  • Episode 068: Featuring guest mix by Ferry Corsten (Rerun of ASOT 058)
  • Episode 076: Live, featuring guest mix by Signum
  • Episode 078: (2002-12-26) Top 20 of 2002
  • Episode 079: Live from Club Eau at Den Haag, Netherlands
  • Episode 087: Live from Club Glow at Washington DC
  • Episode 090: Live, featuring guest mix by M.I.K.E.
  • Episode 095: Live, featuring guest mix by Misja Helsloot
  • Episode 096: Live from Passion at Coalville, UK
  • Episode 100: Celebrating 100 Episodes. Live from Bloomingale, The Netherlands, featurning guest mixes by Jon O'Bir, Marco V and Harry Lemon

Episodes 101-200

  • Episode 104: Live, featuring guest mix by Harry Lemon
  • Episode 113: Live, featuring guest mix by Lange
  • Episode 117: Live, featuring guest mix by Gabriel & Dresden
  • Episode 119: Live from The RA in Las Vegas
  • Episode 122: Live, featuring guest mix by Markus Schulz
  • Episode 126: Live, featuring guest mix by Above & Beyond
  • Episode 127: Live from Asta Den Haag - 27 November 2003
  • Episode 129: (2003-12-25) Top 20 of 2003
  • Episode 130: 4 hour mix
  • Episode 131: Live, featuring guest mix by Perry O'Neil
  • Episode 132: Live, featuring guest mix by M.I.K.E.
  • Episode 134: Live, featuring guest mix by Ben Lost
  • Episode 138: Live, featuring guest mixes by Ton TB and Mark Norman
  • Episode 141: Live, first hour live from De Bijenkorf at Dam Square, Amsterdam for promotion of the release of A State Of Trance 2004
  • Episode 142: Live, featuring guest mixes by Airwave and Yves Deruyter
  • Episode 143: Live from Spundae in San Francisco - 2 April 2004
  • Episode 147: Live, featuring guest mix by Rank 1
  • Episode 151: Live, featuring guest mix by Marco V
  • Episode 155: Live, featuring guest mix by John '00' Fleming
  • Episode 159: Live from Bloomingdale, Bloemendaal aan Zee, featuring guest mix by Markus Schulz
  • Episode 161: Live from The Pavilion in Cyprus
  • Episode 169: Live, featuring guest mix by Markus Schulz
  • Episode 171: Live, featuring guest mix by DJ Precision
  • Episode 173: Live from Panama in Amsterdam, featuring guest mix by Matthew Dekay
  • Episode 175: Live from Club Colors in Helsinki - 5 November 2004
  • Episode 181: (2004-12-30) Top 20 of 2004
  • Episode 182: (2005-01-06) Year Mix 2004 and final episode to broadcast exclusively on ID&T Radio as the show was unexpectedly cancelled after the station decided to change it's music policy.
  • Episode 183: (2005-02-10) After a month off the air, ASOT returned on Internet radio station ETN.fm for 2 episodes. To better suit an international audience, Armin switched from presenting in Dutch to English.
  • Episode 185: (2005-02-24) The show moved from ETN.fm to DI.fm and began to become synchronized across many national radio stations.
  • Episode 200: (2005-06-02) 4 hour show:
    • Hours 1 and 2: Megamix of Most Requested Tunes by Listeners
    • Hour 3: Exclusive guest mix by Gabriel & Dresden
    • Hour 4: Armin van Buuren Live from Museumsquare in Amsterdam

Episodes 201-300

  • Episode 204: (2005-07-07) Modular-One, 1 one hour trancetrack by Ben Liebrand [3]
  • Episode 228: (2005-12-22) Top 20 of 2005
  • Episode 229: (2005-12-29) Year Mix 2005
  • Episode 241: (2006-03-26) Live from Winter Music Conference
  • Episode 250: (2006-05-25) 8½ hour show. Live from Asta, The Hague, The Netherlands:
  • Episode 259: Live from Armada Night at Amnesia, Ibiza - 18 July 2006
  • Episode 279: Live From Mexico
  • Episode 280: (2006-12-21) Top 20 of 2006
  • Episode 281: (2006-12-28) Year Mix 2006
  • Episode 282: Rebroadcast of A State Of Trance Episode 274
  • Episode 300:

Episodes 301-400

  • Episode 308: Live from Armada at Amnesia, Ibiza
  • Episode 311:
    • Hour 1: Newest Tunes Selected
    • Hour 2: Live at Amnesia in Ibiza
  • Episode 313:
    • Hour 1: Newest Tunes Selected
    • Hour 2: Live at Amnesia in Ibiza
  • Episode 315:
    • Hour 1: Newest Tunes Selected:
    • Hour 2: Live at Amnesia in Ibiza
  • Episode 317: Live, featuring guest mix by Nick Warren & ATB
  • Episode 323:
    • Hour 1: Newest Tunes Selected
    • Hour 2: Live From Amsterdam Dance Event
  • Episode 331: (2007-12-20) Top 20 of 2007
  • Episode 332: (2007-12-27) Year Mix 2007
  • Episode 333: Live At the Sand Amsterdam, The Netherlands - 2 December 2007
  • Episode 340: Live from Club Colors, Studio 51, Helsinki, Finland - 16 February 2008
  • Episode 348: Armin van Buuren's "Imagine" Album Release Special
  • Episode 350: (2008-05-01) Special live anniversary edition from Noxx Club in Antwerp, Belgium:
  • Episode 353: Live from Godskitchen, Air Birmingham, UK - 26 April 2008
  • Episode 358: Start of Summer Special
  • Episode 359: (2008-07-03) 5 hour show. Live from Amnesia, Ibiza:
  • Episode 365: Live from Armada @ Amnesia in Ibiza
  • Episode 370:
    • Hour 1: Newest Tunes Selected
    • Hour 2: Live at Armada in Ibiza - Summer Closing Set
  • Episode 380: (2008-11-27) Live from Club Volume in Seoul, Korea
  • Episode 383: (2008-12-18) Top 20 of 2008
  • Episode 384: (2008-12-25) Yearmix 2008
  • Episode 386: (2009-01-08) Live recording Armin Only on New Year's Eve at Together As One 2008/2009, Los Angeles, California
  • Episode 400: 72 Hour show including recorded guest mixes, classic episodes, and three 8 hour live broadcasts: More info on www.asot400.com

Episodes 401-500

  • Episode 473: (2010-09-09) Armin van Buuren “Mirage” Album Release Special
  • Episode 487:
    • Hour 1: The Newest Tunes Selected
    • Hour 2: Live from Armin Only, Kiev 27 November 2010
  • Episode 488: (2010-12-23) Top 20 of 2010
  • Episode 489: (2010-12-30) Yearmix 2010


A State Of Trance 500

For the celebration of the 500th episode of Armin van Buuren’s A State of Trance, the show has taken place in 5 different countries across 5 continents as follows:

  • Part 1: (2011.03.19) Live event at the MTN Arena in Johannesburg, South Africa
    • Hour 1: Live mix by Blake Jarrell
    • Hour 2: Live mix by Protoculture
    • Hour 3: Live mix by Lange
    • Hour 4 & 5: Live mix by Armin van Buuren
    • Hour 6: Live mix by Leon Bolier
    • Hour 7: Live mix by Jorn van Deynhoven
      • Due to a cancellation of their flight from Heathrow Airport, Super8 & Tab did not perform. To make up for the extra hour, the broadcast started with an in-studio mix by Armin. Additionally, Jorn van Deynhoven's last song of his set was cut short, due to the fact that the show had gone past 04:00 SAST (UTC+2)
  • Part 2: (2011.03.27) Live event at the Ultra Music Festival in Miami, U.S.A., all times listed are EST (UTC-5). The event is proposed to run from 12:00 - 00:00.
    • Hour 1 (12:00 - 13:00): Live mix by Marcus Schossow *
    • Hour 2 (13:00 - 14:30): Live mix by Alex M.O.R.P.H.
    • Hour 3 (14:30 - 16:00): Live mix by Cosmic Gate
    • Hour 4 (16:00 - 17:30): Live mix by Gareth Emery
    • Hour 5 (17:30 - 19:00): Live mix by Ferry Corsten
    • Hour 6 & 7 (19:00 - 21:00) Live mix by Armin van Buuren
    • Hour 8 (21:00 - 22:30): Live mix by ATB
    • Hour 9 (22:30 - 00:00): Live mix by Sander van Doorn
      • The event started at 12:00 local time, however those attending could not enter the Ultra area until the gates opened at 12:30.
      • Due to Armin performing a separate, solo set for the Ultra Festival itself on 2011.03.26 (Saturday), this particular broadcast was on a Sunday. The event had its own tent at the festival.
  • Part 3: (2011.04.02) Live event at Club G.E.B.A. in Buenos Aires, Argentina, all times listed are ART (UTC-3)
    • Hour 1 (20:00 - 21:15): Live mix by Heatbeat
    • Hour 2 (21:15 - 22:30): Live mix by Jochen Miller
    • Hour 3 (22:30 - 00:00): Live mix by Dash Berlin
    • Hour 4 (00:00 - 01:30): Live mix by Markus Schulz
    • Hour 5 & 6 (01:30 - 03:30): Live mix by Armin van Buuren
    • Hour 7 (03:30 - 04:45): Live mix by John O'Callaghan
    • Hour 8 (04:45 - 06:00): Live mix by W&W
  • Part 4: (2011.04.09) Live event at Brabanthallen in Den Bosch, The Netherlands
    • Due to the amount of DJ's signed to perform at this broadcast, it was broken up into several stages. According to Armin during the ASOT 500 Pre-party on 2011.03.17, listeners could tune into A State of Blue or A State of Green. The other stages re-broadcast on A State of Sunday at a later time. All times listed Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
    • A State of Blue
      • Hour 1 (21:00 - 22:00): Live mix by Mat Zo
      • Hour 2 (22:00 - 23:00): Live mix by Arty
      • Hour 3 (23:00 - 00:30): Live mix by Markus Schulz
      • Hour 4 (00:30 - 02:00): Live mix by Above & Beyond
      • Hour 5 & 6 (02:00 - 04:00): Live mix by Armin van Buuren
      • Hour 7 (04:00 - 05:30): Live mix by Gareth Emery
        • Due to some sort of contract Paul Oakenfold had with the event, Emery's set was not broadcast live on the A State of Blue audio stream. It was re-played after W&W's set. This set however WAS played live on the video stream
      • Hour 8 (05:30 - 07:00): Live mix by W&W
    • A State of Green
      • Hour 1 (21:00 – 22:00): Live mix by Ashley Wallbridge
      • Hour 2 (22:00 - 23:00): Live mix by Arnej
      • Hour 3 (23:00 - 00:00): Live mix by Andy Moor
      • Hour 4 (00:00 - 01:30): Live mix by Paul Oakenfold
        • Towards the end of Oakenfold's set and the beginning of Cosmic Gate's set, the A State of Green stream crashed. According to Armin, due to some sort of contract Oakenfold had, the set was replayed on the A State of Blue stream after Armin's set (however, it was not replayed after Armin's set on the video stream).
      • Hour 5 (01:30 - 02:45): Live mix by Cosmic Gate
      • Hour 6 (02:45 - 04:00): Live mix by Aly & Fila
      • Hour 7 (04:00 – 05:00): Live mix by John O’Callaghan
      • Hour 8 (05:00 - 06:00): Live mix by Roger Shah
      • Hour 9 (06:00 – 07:00): Live mix by Sean Tyas
    • A State of Yellow
      • Hour 1 (22:00 – 23:00): Live mix by Eco
      • Hour 2 (23:00 – 00:00): Live mix by Alex M.O.R.P.H.
      • Hour 3 (00:00 – 01:00): Live mix by Menno de Jong
      • Hour 4 (01:00 – 02:00): Live mix by Rank 1
      • Hour 5 (02:00 – 03:00): Live mix by Sied van Riel
      • Hour 6 (03:00 – 04:00): Live mix by Myon & Shane 54
      • Hour 7 (04:00 – 05:00): Live mix by Giuseppe Ottaviani
      • Hour 8 (05:00 – 06:00): Live mix by Daniel Kandi
    • A State of Orange
      • Hour 1 (22:00 – 23:00): Live mix by Ummet Ozcan
      • Hour 2 (23:00 – 00:00): Live mix by Tenishia
      • Hour 3 (00:00 – 01:00): Live mix by Orjan Nilsen
      • Hour 4 (01:00 – 02:00): Live mix by Max Graham
      • Hour 5 (02:00 – 03:00): Live mix by Ben Gold
      • Hour 6 (03:00 – 04:00): Live mix by Signum
      • Hour 7 (04:00 – 05:00): Live mix by Robert Nickson
      • Hour 8 (05:00 - 06:00): Live mix by Claudia Cazacu
    • A State of Red
      • Hour 1 (21:00 – 23:00): Live mix by SEAT Talent
      • Hour 2 (23:00 – 00:00): Live mix by Estiva
      • Hour 3 (00:00 – 01:00): Live mix by Bart Claessen
      • Hour 4 (01:00 – 02:00): Live mix by Jon O’Bir
      • Hour 5 (02:00 – 03:00): Live mix by Sophie Sugar
      • Hour 6 (03:00 – 04:00): Live mix by First State
      • Hour 7 (04:00 – 05:00): Live mix by Marc Simz
      • Hour 8 (05:00 – 06:00): Live mix by Rafael Frost
  • Part 5: (2011.04.16) Live event at the Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia, all times listed are AEST (UTC+10)
    • Hour 1 (21:00 - 22:00): Live mix by Shogun
    • Hour 2 (22:00 - 23:15): Live mix by tyDi
    • Hour 3 (23:15 - 00:30): Live mix by Menno de Jong
    • Hour 4 (00:30 - 01:45): Live mix by Aly & Fila
    • Hour 5 (01:45 - 03:00): Live mix by Alex M.O.R.P.H.
    • Hour 6, 7 & 8 (03:00 - 06:00): Live mix by Armin van Buuren

Episodes 501 and onwards

Episode 513 - Armin Van Buuren Mirage Remix (Taken From Album)

Episode 518 - Ibiza LIVE Recorded ASOT Episode

Episode 528 - Universal Religion Chapter 5 Release Special.

Episode 540 - (2011-12-22) Top 20 of 2011

A State Of Trance 550

As of December 1st 2011, the dates and venues of the 550th episode have been announced:

Day 1: LONDON, UK

Day 2: MOSCOW, RUSSIA

  • Date: March 7th, 2012
  • Time: 21:00 - 06:00 (Doors open at 20:00)
  • Venue: Expocentre

Day 3: KIEV, UKRAINE

  • Date: March 10th, 2012
  • Time: 20:00 - 06:00
  • Venue: International Exhibition Center (IEC)

Day 4: LOS ANGELES (San Bernardino), UNITED STATES

  • Date: March 17th, 2012
  • Time: 15:00 - 02:00
  • Venue: Beyond Wonderland, NOS Events Center

Day 5: MIAMI, UNITED STATES

  • Date: March 25th, 2012
  • Time: 12:00 - 23:00
  • Venue: Ultra Music Festival

Day 6: DEN BOSCH, THE NETHERLANDS

  • Date: March 31st, 2012
  • Time: 20:00 - 06:00
  • Venue: Brabanthallen

Playlists

Playlists for every episode can be found at the Episodes Section of Armin van Buuren's A State of Trance website. Also live during the show in the trance.nu forum.

Regular features

Each broadcast features three songs selected as Tune of the Week, Future Favourite and ASOT Radio Classic.

Tune of the Week

The Tune of the Week is selected by Armin van Buuren as his personal choice of best new tune in the show.

Future Favorite

The Future Favorite is voted for by listeners from a list of new tunes from the previous week's show. The poll takes place at A State of Trance.

ASOT Radio Classic

The ASOT Radio Classic track has been part of the show since episode 284. Armin selects a track from past years of trance and briefly describes what made the track a classic. It is played as the last track of the show. Armin also played a classic track on each of the first 16 episodes in the early days of the radio show. These tracks were productions from the 1990's and showcased some of the very earliest pioneers of the Trance genre.

Compilation series

Armin van Buuren also regularly releases double mix CD "A State of Trance" compilations, as listed below:

A more limited release of 4-CD unmixed compilations of "A State of Trance Classics" has occurred annually since 2006, with "A State of Trance Classics" followed by "A State of Trance Classics 2007", "A State of Trance Classics Vol. 3" and "A State of Trance Classics Vol. 4". These consist of unedited, full length tracks, in either the original or most popular mix, and state that they are from "uncompressed masters". Despite being called "Classics", the criteria for inclusion weighs heavily towards the difficulty of finding uncompressed digital copies of tracks and as such relatively recent tracks which were vinyl-only or on small record labels have featured.

See also

References

  1. ^ A State Of Trance Radio
  2. ^ DI.FM a state of trance On Demand
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ Armada's announcement of ASOT 300
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