a small word from Armin for you all that he just posted on the website

Hi everyone,

I’m sitting back at home right now, recovering from what may have been one of the best weekends in my carreer as a DJ. The reactions to the celebrations for the 400th edition of A State of Trance were bigger than in my wildest dreams. It seemed like everything came together and I’m deeply touched by all the support from fans all over the world. What started out as an idea for an intimate party in a club, grew out to three massive events in three countries with actually creating an online radiostation for 72 hours only. It’s was fantastic to see how massive the repondse was to the video- and autofeed.

It really showed me once again how big the love for trance is around the world. It creates a special atmosphere in the clubs that clubowners and bouncers describe as “the easiest crowd to work it”. Everyone seems to be there for the music, which is the same vibe I got from the people who turned their livingrooms into clubs just for these three days. The forums, twitter (#1 topic for a few days) and chatrooms showed us a little of what was going on.

Even though not everything went a 100% smooth with the videostream, I think you still got a good impression of the vibe in the clubs and backstage. Even though Internet is now part of our daiy lives, it’s still developing and sometimes I did get a little bit the feeling of “pioneering” because the Internet is not 100% ready yet everywhere for such a big stream of data, but from what I understood most of you did get a proper audio feed and a lot of people were able to see us.

One thing I really noticed is how cool all the DJ’s were I invited. Nobody had a big ego or demanded just blue M&M’s backstage. Everyone was just hanging out with huge respect for eachother, listening to eachother sets, discussing gigs, software and music. It made me feel incredibly happy and proud to be part of this world we call electronic dance music. It was truly special!

I really owe a massive thanks to the huge team of people that made this all possible. First of all our sponsor SEAT, All the clubs (Butan, Godskitchen and Maassilo), Alda Events, DLP, Dance Foundation (Lennart & Paul & crew), Gavin Kingsley from the radiodepartment, Raymond Garnier & crew (crossmedia ventures), everyone at Armada (esp. Ruben de Ronde), Gijs Alkemade & crew, all the radiostations that joined us, all the DJ’s for their fanastic guestsets and mixes, all clubbers, websites and forums (Trance.Nu, Tranceaddict, Trancefix, avb.forum, irc chatroom #Armind & #ASOT400 etc etc), and everyone I may have forgotten. You know who you are.

See you at ASOT450!!

Love,

Armin

saw that on myspace....amazing is all i can say. Armin is definetly the best

I loved it one the best celebrations i seen & heard ' well done armin & Thank you

roll on 450 ... gunna take some beating 400

thank you ! for being who you are. This weeks ASOT will be just a start of beautiful things to come.

Thank you Armin! It was an incredible 3 days of beautiful music! While I will cherish this 72-hr gig for many years to come, I am already looking forward to ASOT 450 and 500! Thank you again, Armin!

Thank you Armin, one of the best experiences ever of my life! I really can't wait til 450/500, even if it probably won't be in the UK again for a while! Netherlands here I come!

Armin really is an amazing man. ASOT is an inspiration to anyone looking to getting into trance.

Fantastic broadcast, I think I listened to about 28 hours live while studying for exams, its what kept me sane over the weekend.

Get to see Armin in 2 weeks in Scotland, maybe get another photo with him

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THAAAAAAAAAAAANks Armin for this great show of ASOT 400, and thanks for broadcasting it live,
the show was really really the best show of ASOT ever
keep it up

Asot400 was awesome how many people listened to it in the end?

total or average each day just give some numbers

Armin,I hope you realize that with a show like this you have raised the bar so high that it is very tough for anyone to out "beat" .....ASOT400 has changed the way people perceive dance music..ASOT400 has help establish the fact that Electronic Dance Music is a culture and all credit goes to you....So keep the AVB sound going....you have all our support and best wishes....

thank you armin for that amazing event

Thanks Armin and everyone who made it come together, and the most important the people who want to listen ! cause without the listeners it wont be a good show

thank you thank you thank you thank you and i love u ARMIN.

now i`m back to home and still my skin creeps from the joy and pleassure of CLUB BUTAN and MAASSILO.

thats how we party, thats how we celebrate big...

c u @ ASOT 450...

long live great master...

A big "THANK YOU" to you Armin, this was definetly the best party ever!!

I think we, the listeners, haven't really noticed any flaws at least I haven't.

All in all I think the whole show was a little spectacle and I can only imagine what Armin will do for the asot500

I especially like how he noticed DJs being okay and cool with each other. Cos I too was thinking how many DJs are playing the same tracks but in their specific way and no one is egotistic about it.

Also I believe they're cool cos they respect Armin and in the end all of them are promoting each other on their own shows.

Sooo ARMIN it was an amazing show, thank you for sharing your LOVE, ENERGY and MUSIC with us

Another example of Armin showing how he's all class

Super glad it was such a success and i can only hope for more of the same

Thank you Armin, for signing my Armin Only 2008 Poznan tShirt in Birmingham.

Had seen many of your gigs, but only in Birmingham had the great oppurtunity to have that, I will definetly frame that Shirt and put in my room.


I will try to go to Ministries of Sound on April 24th, At the Gallery Aniversary Party, I been trying to look for tickets online, but no luck, this cute girl I met in Birmingham she invited me over.

But the Problem is that I have no idea where to get the tickets to go, and How much they are, plus I forget to ask this girls name and phone number, while I was dancing, so I will try to go there, and Hope that I will get lucky enough to come see you Play, and meet once again this cute girl with the red ball.

She said she works there, so Should not be hard to find.

I loved your set in Birmingham, Really good Energy.

The crowed Was Wild, I Loved It

Much love

David

Haha, someone really has to check Armin's texts for typo's But yeah, the community-feeling was great! Even though I was at home because I had to study, I still had a lot of fun at the chat-channels and of most importantly because of the music of course

Thanks for ASOT 400 Armin!

that was a great episode , that was unbelievable, i can't wait 450 !!! thank you so much!!! cheers!!!

Pozdrawiam fanów z Polski


ARMIN RULEZ

very sweet message from armin :-), it shows how great you are, but eventhough like that he still very "low profile". what makes i m surprised is he still care to his fans in where internet still not has good stream yet , like in my country hehehe... thats one reason why armin could be a GREAT ONE right now... besides hardwork and charismatic also. GO armin! best support always... coz you deserve it! Love u... looking forward ASOT 450...:-)

Cool

Thank you Armin! You're great and keep it going like this I'm waiting for asot 450 and 500!

Greetings from Hungary

Armin, congratulations on this major achievement! 8 years of non-stop succes and you still stay as modest as can be: we read that in your posts, we hear it during ASOT and we see it at your gigs (in my case via YouTube). Haven't been to #400, I know I missed something HUGER THAN HUGE but I also know that somehow you're gonna beat this in the future! Once again, congratulations and THANK YOU for all the great music you have been delivering to me(and your 2 million other fans) for years now...

Hope to experience you in real life on the 30th of April!

Thanks Armin for the best radio show in the world - ASOT! Non-stop for 3 days and 3 nights was simply amazing!

Who knows how the internet will be in 2years, otherwise asot500 on tv with satalite XD, on a huge outdoor area. a week

That was s VERY SPECIAL message. I can honestly say that the 8+ hours on thursday and 17 on friday were 2 of the best days that I have EVER spent glued to a computer. This is going to be an event that I will talk about with my grandchildren and children. Thanks so much for everything you do. WOW, I am still speechless words really don't describe, simply brilliant!!!

no need to thank us, we should thank you Armin for what you are doing!!

thanx Armin , for introducing us to Trance a few years back in Antwerp with one of your amazing sets.
Have been traveling around alot since then to let myself be injected by the best trance at all those parties ...

thanx again, c you next time...

Only blue M&M's? Why blue?? Everyone knows that blue food colouring is no good for you...

A big THANK YOU to you, Armin, and all the DJs for their rocking sets and bringing us the best 72 straight hours of trance ever! And of course, thank you to all the tech crew/behind the scenes people making it all possible for this worldwide broadcast—without you, we'd been lost in the darkness!!!!!

How episodes 400 and 450 will top this, I have no idea, but those will be even more amazing no doubt !!! May the love of trance stay strong and continue to spread around the globe in the future!

First i would like to thank all the radio stations for broadcasting A State Of Trance 400
and the 72 hour guest mix's !!!

Thank you Armin for bring us asot 400 8 years wow it seem's like yesterday i was listening to
my first ep of asot 80 what you have done for all of us over years is just incredible keep it up mate..

I can say this much i never had such amazing weekend listening to the 72 hour broadcast
would like to give a HUGE thx to all the dj's for there guest mix...

Also would like to thank the hole armada team for puting together this huge event !!!

Thank You Armin for A State Of Trance 400 !!!

Congratulations once again Armin !!!

Peter aka Coxx...

(Yikes! It's hard to follow Peter's perfect Thank-You!)

Armin, How can we thank You for all You've done for Trance music, production, outreach--ASOT radio show--,bringing Peeps together with Your gigs all over the world, charities for so many years!! Your effect is immeasurable! For only one example, at a gig in Seattle I remember one Lady had Her wheelchair placed in front of the DJ booth 4 hours before You came on! She told me she "listens to Trance all the time and has been to see You before". I knew how much You and the music You bring meant to Her. Her body may have been wheelchair bound, but I knew where Her soul was!
Armin, thanks for being here for us and with us!! Thanks for elevating our daily lives and bringing Trance into our homes via ASOT, CDs, podcasts, happy memories and anticipation of Trance yet to come! Thanks for making the world a better place!

Congratulations on ASOT 400!!

i have no comprehension of what this must have felt like for u m8, but suffice to say...........this is an incredible accomplishment that u can be proud of for the rest of ur life, unprecedented comes to mind

thanks Armin

doug (on behalf of all the (slightly older) fans that really, really appreciate what u do)

Thanks Armin the show was incredible to listen too, i will always keep the pulse of the music inside driving me in my life, definitely looking forward to the coming 450/500 ASOT and weekly episodes. Keep up the incredible work mate.

Hey Armin

Congrats on 8 years of this fantastic milestone in your career.
ASOT 400 will be remembered by me and many others as the show that has made history for Trance lovers worldwide

Thanks for the excellent lineup of dj's and quality tunes that was provided over 72 hours to us.

There's not a day that goes by without me listening to your show; this can only mean one thing - you're doing great bud

All the best and may you continue to serve the world with your great talent for many years to come

Cheers from Yusuf aka Tranceponder

Thanks you very Much Armin Van Buuren for your 400TH episode of A State of Trance, Thank you so much for 8 years of Trance, i listened and watched all of asot 400, i so cant wait for for the next 2 asot Parties , well done for this incredible Milestone , 8 years of A STATE OF TRANCE

Thanks Aka ArminWhite2007 (Erik)

Wow...what's left for me to say? LOL I guess I'll say this...for the past six years I've been listening and seeing you, Armin, live...I still feel the same way I did the first time I seen you! You never seize to amaze me Armin. Even with your status, you still show your fans your appreciation.

So NO, "THANK YOU", for all the wonderful memories...the amazing sets...and taking your time for us, the fans!!

thanks for the awesome radio show really enjoyed it, and im on the other side of the world lol,.

trance is alive in south africa too hopefully i come to europe for one of the celebrations if i get the chance keep up the good work!!!, no.1 DJ definatly in my books

That night in Maassilo was to big for me, THANK YOU Again Armin as I did thank you when I was leaving the club waving you goodbye in your studio, Very BIG Thanks to Armada and SEAT for making this all real, and also would like to thanks all DJ's for their brilliant job and for how good atmosphere they did in all 3 days of Celebration

I'm so looking forward to the next Episode 401 and I think I will explode if 450 won't be next week

You got a pic i want one too someday just busy with school atm

Armin has GOT to be the coolest person to ever walk the planet other than the messiah thousands of years ago.

i watched all the State of Trance Se at sponsered stuff with him chilling in the back of the plush leather seats.

Multi lingual badddd man1 ..

Just reach out and grab the world Armin...cause its yours!

congrats on 400!

I will be fully recovered from this stupid recession and traveling to every gig you do for 500 m8!

be good, have safe travels.

401 will be chill tomorrow.. im sure

trancearmin van buuren
is the best dj ever
in music history of
all times god bless
you are an angel who
came down to save us
all trance armin the same
is it armin love forever

trance

You still with us?? Or have u exploded yet??

Thanks you Armin, it is magnificent. It was simply wonderful! ASOT 400 !!!!!!!!!!!

From Russia with love.

totally exploded, Still under influence of Emotions for me that wasn't just a regular gig

I am 46 years old and listening to music since i was born. I have seen many Dj's, been to many parties, gone to concerts of what so called famous singers and artists. Who else has a radio show going on for more than 8 years?
A State of Trance 400 showed that IT WAS THE BEST SHOW ON THE EARTH

Thanks Armin, keep up the good work and keep on quinching our crave for music.

not enough words to thanq Armin...It was massivly...We wait 4 u Armin in Romania at the end of Iune 2009...A State Of Trance move's to South Est Coast of Romania...Mamaia, Constanta...dieing to see ya...cheers from the beach...Dany (THIS IS A STATE OF TRANCE WITH ARMIN VAN BUUREN)

Pete Tong with the Essential Mix...and i'm sure Armin would acknowledge himself that the Essential Mix is the pinnacle of all radio shows
ASOT a VERY respectable 2nd

Orkidea. For 11 years.