all the shit Armin releases

Progrez

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Kids nowadays have the attention span of a chihuahua on cocaine - try playing a 90-120sec breakdown in a club You'll see what I mean.
I too quite often find myself choosing his 2003 Essential mix ()


To his defence - he clearly is a talented musician and entertainer. Also quite a businessman. But considering the sheer volume of gigs he plays he at some point wanted to evolve to some direction just out of boredom. Also the industry changed quite a lot.
To argue against you it's more like Enshittification of ASOT, Armin van Buuren and Trance in General he ruined the genre completely
 

juracid

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The main problem is the title.

'A State Of Trance' which has nothing to do with trance music anymore. It just creates wrong expectations, especially for newcomers.
 

Progrez

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The main problem is the title.

'A State Of Trance' which has nothing to do with trance music anymore. It just creates wrong expectations, especially for newcomers.
Yup and somehow Chris Lake - Carries me Away was played as Service for Dreamers when it's a house track. That's why I posted the petition as well.
 

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That was my top track of 2007....who cares what genre it is...its definatly not a proper House track...
We may as well stop labeling everything. It's not that it's about principles tagging genres is important. If you don't put a genre then it would serve no meaning and purpose imo.