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Armin van Buuren – 10 Years While some DJs weave a set strictly out of other people’s records, other DJs go that extra mile and add their own productions to the mix. As a result, you desperately want to hear their own classic tracks and exclusive remixes as much as the freshest cuts at the front of their boxes every time they play out. Armin Van Buuren falls into the latter category, and it’s testament to his ability to produce timeless, genre defining tracks that even 6 years after their release, clubbers regularly fight their way to the front to beg for one more spin of the likes of Communication and The Sound of Goodbye to make their evening’s aural pleasure complete. It’s now 10 years since Armin’s debut single Blue Fear was picked up by Sasha and Digweed for the Northern Exposure compilation, but this is the first time his back catalogue of trance classics has been available in their full original versions on one CD. “It’s not really a ‘best of’ album,” says Armin, “it’s more like tying up the loose ends. I’ve produced a lot of tracks under different names – Gaia, Perpetuous Dreamer, Darkstar – and loads of people ask me how to get hold of them, why certain tracks were only ever released on vinyl… A lot of mixes I did exclusively for my sets, but there’s so much demand for them, this seems like a good time to celebrate their success and just put them out there.” Not yet 30, Armin’s enjoyed a dream decade since unleashing Blue Fear on the world. “It all kicked off for me with that record. Back then, I didn’t really appreciate what it meant to have your track played at half time during a Manchester United match, but now I understand what a big track it was.” His midas touch has stayed with him ever since, Communication went top 20 in the UK in 2000 – the version on this album has never been released and is probably the most requested track here; The Sound of Goodbye was picked up by a small label in New York, became a big Billboard dance chart record, and helped break the notoriously tough US market; his latest remix, Love You More, has gone Top 20 in Holland. Armin’s played gigs and festivals the whole world over, including a memorable gig on Brooklyn Bridge overlooking Manhattan, racked up an impressive number of awards and silverware, and set up the hugely successful Armada label. “It was never the plan!” he laughs, “but I know how lucky I am to be living this life.” And don’t expect Armin to rest on his laurels, as there’s much more to come: “I want to push myself even more creatively, with a big studio, live instruments, artists – but it’ll always be dance music based, as that’s where my heart is.” Release date: November 11th 2006 Order album now! An exclusive Digital Edition with 8 extra bonus tracks is online now in our mp3 shop right now! Buy Digital Edition now (192) Buy Digital Edition now (320) CD1 1. Hymne“Written as an opening track for Armin Only 2005 in Ahoy’ Rotterdam with Jan Vayne. Originally released as a hidden track on the shivers album.” 2. Sail“Theme track for Armin Only 2005, based on the historic connection Holland has with water and sailing. This track was used for the campaign to promote a huge Dutch boat event called “sail”, held in Amsterdam every 5 years.” 3. Love You More (feat. Racoon)“New version of this beautiful song and nr. 1 hit by Racoon. Originally made for a one time live performance version during Armin Only 2005.” 4. Communication Part 3“Original version released as Armin – Communication. This is an updated version of the track that has meant a lot for my career. Originally this version of the track was meant for my DJ sets only.” 5. Yet Another Day (feat. Ray Wilson)“I met Ray after a gig I did in Bathgate, Scotland. He’s one of the best live performing artists and a truly gifted musician.” 6. Burned With Desire (feat. Justine Suissa)“Originally written as a slow chill out track but I did this remix because people asked me if I could play it in my sets. My first attempt at writing vocals with the help of the lovely Justine.” 7. 4 Elements“Originally released as “Gaia – 4 elements”. I did this track as the theme song for the ‘4 elements’ festival in Holland in 2001. The track contains references to all 4 elements.” 8. Sound of Goodbye (Dark Matter Remix)“Original mix previously released as “Perpetuous Dreamer – The Sound of Goodbye”. This is a previously unreleased mix of the sound of goodbye. A dancefloor favorite, people have been asking me a lot to release this mix.” 9. Clear Blue Moon“Originally released as “Rising Star – Clear Blue Moon.” I wrote this track in the middle of the winter during my internship at the lawfirm I was working for. One of my personal favorites!” 10. Blue Fear“Originally released as Armin – Blue Fear. This is where it all started for me 10 years ago. Made with only one sampler with 2 megabytes of internal memory. This track has meant the most for my career. It’s the oldest track on the album and opened a lot of  doors when it entered the UK charts.” 11. Exhale (feat. System F)“Written with the talented Ferry Corsten. Check out the video for this, recorded in central London and Coalville where we played a gig in the legendary “Passion” nightclub.”CD2 1. Who Is Watching (feat. Nadia Ali) (Tonedepth Remix)“Vocals written and recorded in New York with the beautiful Nadia. The guitar part was recorded in Sweden and the original mixes were done in Holland.” 2. Saturday Night (vs Herman Brood)“New Version of the classic rock track by Herman and his wild romance, one the biggest rock artists in Holland and a big hit in the US in the 70s. I found a bassline while working on another track and the riff just worked perfectly with it. This track is the theme to a movie about his life.” 3. Zocalo (feat. Gabriel & Dresden)“Written and recorded with two of the world’s best producers in their studio in San Francisco in March 2005. We named it after the local coffeehouse where we got our coffee’s each morning while working on the track. This track always reminds me of Mexico.” 4. This World Is Watching Me (vs Rank 1 feat. Kush)“A brand new track made especially for this album with Rank 1 featuring the vocals of Kush. We always said we were going to do a track together one day.” 5. Sunspot (feat. Airwave)“Written and produced with Laurant originally for his album back in 2003. Working with him taught me a lot about producing in general.” 6. Touch Me “Originally released as “Dark Star – Feel me”, later changed to “Rising Star – Touch Me”. Track I originally made as a B-side to a track called “see me”. I opened with this track when I first played in Norway. It was the first time I ever played in another country.” 7. Simple Things (feat. Justine Suissa)“Previously unreleased track with Justine. We wrote it in the same week as Wall of Sound, but I didn’t have time to finish it for the ‘Shivers’ album. I love the harmonies on this one.” 8. Shivers (Alex M.O.R.P.H. Red Light Dub)“The original of this track was ‘birth of an angel’ and was never supposed to be a vocal track until Raz & Adrian wrote this great hook with Susana. Great remix by Alex M.O.R.P.H.” 9. Wall of Sound (feat. Justine Suissa)  (Airbase presents Parc Mix) “I told Justine I wanted to write about a different subject instead of Romance or love for this track. This remix absolutely rocks every floor I’ve played it on.” 10. Intruder (feat. M.I.K.E.)“Written in Belgium with M.I.K.E. We both wanted to make something different and came up with this.”The Digital Edition also includes the following tracks:1. Armin van Buuren – Sail (Carl B Remix)2. Armin van Buuren – Communication (Original)3. Armin van Buuren – Sound Of Goodbye (Above & Beyond Remix)4. Armin van Buuren – Blue Fear (Agnelli & Nelson Remix)5. Armin van Buuren – Who is Watching (ft. Nadia Ali) (DJ Remy & Roland Klinkenberg Remix)6. Armin van Buuren – Zocalo (ft. Gabriel & Dresden) (Niklas Harding Remix) 7. Armin van Buuren – Touch Me (Vincent de Moor Remix)8. Armin van Buuren – Shivers (Hammer & Bennett Remix)

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Week  33       2006     M's Magnificent 100                  19-Aug-2006

Pos.    Artist                   Title                    1   1  Dream Dance Alliance     In10City                 2   7  Talla 2 XLC              Carry Me                 3   2  Kris o Neil & Mac        Tears Of Blue            4   5  Solar Express            Magma                    5   17 Ralph Novell             Back                     6   4  Trevor McLachlan         Rain Down On Me          7   3  Giuseppe Ottaviani & MarcUntil Monday             8   8  Titus                    Endless Dream            9   9  Ralph Novell             Hurricane                10  6  DJ Tiesto                He's A Pirate            11  20 P.H.A.T.T. feat. Kate SmiWorlds Apart             12  13 Van der Karsten          Medicine                 13  12 Cern                     The Message              14  11 Rank 1 pres Mac J        Perfect Blend            15  14 Mac J                    Nightware                16  10 Ron van den Beuken       Find The Way             17  28 Paul Vernon              Mind Decay               18  18 Ralph Novell VS Bas & RamDance Tour Anthem 2005   19  21 Second Sight             Lost                     20  23 Milk Inc.                Life In Your Suitcase    21  32 DJ Eco                   Paradise Now             22  35 Nostrum & FK             Night In Motion          23  43 Bubble Fish              Stars Of Ibiza           24  44 Crusader                 My House Is Your House   25  45 Dj Sakin & Friends       Protect Your Mind        26  24 O'callaghan & Kearney    Exactly                  27  46 4 Fach Zoom              Pixel One                28  47 David B                  Rise Of The Machines     29  48 Fragrance                Don'T Break My Heart     30  42 Liquid Spill             Insanity                 31  29 Teequee                  Sunrise                  32  15 Matti Kotala             Aedena                   33  30 Signum                   Push Through             34  16 Arizona                  Samurai                  35  53 Neo Cortex               I Want You               36  54 Ben Kaye & Shaney R      Into You                 37  56 Lange                    Follow Me                38  19 DJ Serenity              Estrella                 39  58 Groovezone               I Love The Music         40  59 Darude                   Sandstorm                41  57 Perpetuous Dreamer       Future Fun-Land          42  60 Phil York & Chris Hoff   Running                  43  61 Trevor McLachlan         Destiny                  44  62 Ceylon                   Immortal                 45  31 Klubbingman              Ride On A White Train    46  63 Vincent De Moor          Flowtation               47  64 Nish                     Blue Sunshine            48  22 Santoz                   Lost Segment             49  33 Shadow Warriors          Dance With The Sun       50  68 DJ Satomi                Nuclear Sun 6.0          51  67 Fragma                   Radio Waves              52  66 Push                     Journey Of Life          53  70 Dumonde                  Tomorrow                 54  72 Milk Inc.                The Sun Always Shines On 55  25 Beam                     Silent Tears             56  26 Lemond Pascal            The Shelter              57  73 Vandall                  Hypnotisin               58  74 Dj Jan                   X-Santo                  59  76 Freeloader               Come Dance With Me       60  79 Kenzie Cobain            Randomize                61  81 Airbeat One Project      Airbeat One 2006         62  27 Alfa                     Sorella 1                63  84 Absolom                  Where                    64  34 Vengaboys                Kiss                     65  87 La Luna                  When The Morning Comes   66  36 Ray Silver               Live In Peace            67  37 N2o                      Waterfall                68  91 Astroline & DJ Bart      Take Good Care           69  38 Future Disciple          Explorers                70  39 Rene Ablaze              Aurelia                  71  40 4 Strings                Hurricane                72  41 R.M.B.                   Deep Down Below          73  82 Pakito                   Living On Video          74  95 Absolom                  The Air                  75  49 Whyzer                   Teach Me How             76  50 Kosmonova                Danse Avec Moi           77  51 Cascada                  Everytime We Touch       78  96 Fiocco                   The Music                79  52 Zehavi & Rand VS Hydroid Carpe Diem               80  55 Icone                    Invisible                81  65 Giuseppe Ottaviani       Through Your Eyes        82  69 Ralph Novell VS Bas & RamPowerstroke              83  71 Groove Coverage          7 Years And 50 Days      84  75 Carlo Resoort            Friday                   85  77 Madonna                  What It Feels Like For A 86  78 Ocean Lab                Clear Blue Water         87  80 Veracocha                Carte Blanche            88 100 Cascada                  One More Night           89  83 Freek Geuze pres. Oradea Salt Lake                90  -  Pesh                     Treshold                 91  -  Boccaccio Life           The Secret Wish          92  -  Svenson                  Clubbing On Sunshine / L 93  -  K.Voice                  Save Me From The Night   94  85 Ron van den Beuken       Endless                  95  86 Junk Project             Control                  96  88 Blank & Jones            Perfect Silence          97  -  Megara VS DJ Lee         For A Moment             98  89 Fire & Ice               Forever Young            99  90 K90                      Red Snapper             100  92 Dj Sakin & Friends       Nomansland             

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Week  27       2006     M's Magnificent 100                  17-Jul-2006

Pos.    Artist                   Title                    1   2  Kris o Neil & Mac        Tears Of Blue            2   1  DJ Tiesto                He's A Pirate            3   3  Beam                     Silent Tears             4   8  Ron van den Beuken       Find The Way             5   5  Guiseppe Ottaviani & MarcUntil Monday             6   12 DJ Serenity              Estrella                 7   4  Matti Kotala             Aedena                   8   15 Icone                    Invisible                9   47 Lemond Pascal            The Shelter              10  25 Arizona                  Samurai                  11  6  Santoz                   Lost Segment             12  7  Andain                   Beautiful Things         13  9  Trevor McLachlan         Rain Down On Me          14  10 Tara Lowe                Be With You              15  11 Jezper S”derlund         Maya Bay                 16  16 Titus                    Endless Dream            17  39 Ray Silver               Live In Peace            18  13 De Donatis & Ciacomix    Angel                    19  14 DJ Precision pres M.I.D.OCloud City               20  17 Lisaya VS Thomas PetersenIn Faith We Trust   

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Week  25       2006     M's Magnificent 100                  08-Jul-2006Pos.    Artist                   Title                    1   -  DJ Tiesto                He's A Pirate            2   1  Beam                     Silent Tears             3   2  Matti Kotala             Aedena                   4   7  Santoz                   Lost Segment             5   8  Andain                   Beautiful Things         6   14 Trevor McLachlan         Rain Down On Me          7   4  Tara Lowe                Be With You              8   3  Jezper S”derlund         Maya Bay                 9   13 De Donatis & Ciacomix    Angel                    10  16 DJ Precision pres M.I.D.OCloud City               11  44 Lisaya VS Thomas PetersenIn Faith We Trust        12  12 Dave 202                 Nuclear Device           13  23 Aramanja                 Memories                 14  26 Aeon                     Masterpiece Of Emotion   15  5  JS Ten                   Spiritualized            16  6  Freek Geuze pres. Oradea Salt Lake                17  15 Cascada                  Everytime We Touch       18  37 Selu Vibra               Stargazing               19  24 DJ Tiesto                A Tear In The Open       20  9  Shadow Warriors          Dance With The Sun 

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Pos.    Artist                   Title                    1   1  Beam                     Silent Tears             2   2  Matti Kotala             Aedena                   3   8  Jezper S”derlund         Maya Bay                 4   9  Tara Lowe                Be With You              5   3  JS Ten                   Spiritualized            6   4  Freek Geuze pres. Oradea Salt Lake                7   14 Santoz                   Lost Segment             8   15 Andain                   Beautiful Things         9   5  Shadow Warriors          Dance With The Sun       10  6  Blank & Jones            Catch                    11  7  4 Strings                Hurricane                12  13 Dave 202                 Nuclear Device           13  22 De Donatis & Ciacomix    Angel                    14  10 Trevor McLachlan         Rain Down On Me          15  17 Cascada                  Everytime We Touch       16  27 DJ Precision pres M.I.D.OCloud City               17  11 4 Strings                Jewel                    18  12 York                     Mercury Rising           19  24 Dave 202                 Imagine Yourself         20  29 Space Brothers           Everywhere I Go   

Pos.    Artist                   Title                  
1   6  Beam                     Silent Tears            
2   10 Matti Kotala             Aedena                  
3   3  JS Ten                   Spiritualized          
4   1  Freek Geuze pres. Oradea Salt Lake               
5   4  Shadow Warriors          Dance With The Sun      
6   2  Blank & Jones            Catch                  
7   5  4 Strings                Hurricane               
8   9  Jezper S”derlund         Maya Bay               
9   16 Tara Lowe                Be With You            
10  12 Trevor McLachlan         Rain Down On Me         
11  14 4 Strings                Jewel                  
12  7  York                     Mercury Rising         
13  8  Dave 202                 Nuclear Device         
14  64 Santoz                   Lost Segment            
15  87 Andain                   Beautiful Things       
16  23 P.H.A.T.T. & Solar Scape Promise                
17  34 Cascada                  Everytime We Touch      
18  11 Lange                    Drifting Away          
19  22 Tomoya Tachibana         Eternity               
20  21 Revibe & Synthetic       Banging    

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