A State of Trance

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A State of Trance
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Genre
Running time2 hours
Country of originNetherlands
Home station
StarringArmin van Buuren, Ruben de Ronde, Ferry Corsten
Created byArmin van Buuren
Original release1 June 2001 – present
No. of episodes1052
WebsiteA State of Trance

A State of Trance (often abbreviated as ASOT) is a Dutch trance radio show hosted by Armin van Buuren and co-producers Ruben de Ronde and Ferry Corsten that first aired in June 2001. It is aired weekly every Thursday at 20:00 (CET) and 14:00 (EST). As of January 2021, ASOT is broadcast to more than 150 stations in 84 countries, and its listener count surpassed 40 million.[1][2]

ASOT is broadcated as a 2-hour livestream with some stations re-airing the entire stream (including Honolulu's My 95.9, Barcelona's Europa FM, Russia's Radio Record, and Sirius XM channel Diplo's Revolution). However several of its radio affiliates (including Romania's Dance FM, Western Africa's Hit Radio, Brisbane's Radio Metro, and Sri Lanka's Yes101) omit the second hour, while stations (including New Zealand's Pulzar FM, Melbourne's 88.7 Kiss FM, Argentina's Delta 90.3, and Jamaica's Fame 95 FM) format the show into two 58-minute segments to make time for local advertising and station branding.

History[]

Background and growth[]

The show takes the format of a two-hour mix in which Armin plays new trance music (uplifting trance, vocal trance, and progressive trance), both promotional and commercially released. All tracks are announced during the show. The show has its own website, which enables fans to converse in chat-rooms and forums while listening to the broadcast. The success of the show has also spawned several dance events around the world. The show is celebrated live each year in different locations around the globe with a lineup consisting of many trance artists.[1]

It began airing through ID&T Radio.

On 1 June 2001 (a Friday), Episode 001 was broadcast, and it continued to be broadcast weekly. In the first three episodes, the show was called Into Trance. From Episode 004 onwards, it was called A State Of Trance.

Since episode 017, it airs on Thursdays.

Episode 182 was the last to air on ID&T Radio, as the show was canceled unexpectedly after the station decided to change its music policy. Episode 183 was aired a month later, through the Internet radio station ETN.fm. To better adapt to an international audience, Armin went from presenting in Dutch to presenting in English.

From Episode 185 onwards, the show went from ETN.fm to DI.fm and began to synchronize on many national radio stations.

The A State of Trance radio show is currently broadcast by websites like Digitally Imported. Also, the show is broadcast by many radio stations around the world. Since Episode 800 Part 2 in 2018, the show is streamed live on YouTube. The show is available in its entirety on YouTube and Twitch. Individual tracks from A State of Trance are available on a number of streaming services, including Spotify,[3] iTunes, Deezer, Tidal and Anghami.[4] Track lists for every episode can be found in the description of each YouTube stream, 1001tracklists.com, and the Episodes page of Armin van Buuren's A State of Trance website.

Record label (2003–present)[]

The label A State of Trance was formed in 2003 as a sub-label to its Dutch parent company Armada Music. The style of released music is mainly trance and progressive trance. The label is focusing on both young producers (such as Filo & Peri, 8 Wonders, Robert Nickson, and Galen Behr) as well as established artists (like Markus Schulz, Sunlounger, Sean Tyas, Signum and Vincent de Moor). It released its first vinyl release in 2003 with "Questia - Nexus Asia"[5] and reached its 100th release (ASOT100) with "The Doppler Effect – Beauty Hides in the Deep / Envio – For You (The Blizzard Remix)" in June 2008.[6]

The radio show's legacy[]

While it was not the first radio show to broadcast a two-hour mix from a recurring DJ, A State of Trance's legacy has extended beyond the trance scene. Part of this may be due to the fact that, for most parts of the world, A State of Trance was only accessible via Digitally Imported (also known as DI.FM), an internet radio station. Since A State of Trance has been on the air, numerous DJs have created their own radio programs similar to A State of Trance; some of these include Above & Beyond's Group Therapy (formerly Trance Around the World), Aly & Fila's Future Sound of Egypt, and Markus Schulz's Global DJ Broadcast.

Special episodes and celebrating events[]

Although the program usually takes the format of a mixture of two hours in which the latest musical developments are presented, special episodes are also made such as anniversary broadcasts, programs in which the Tune of the Year is chosen, the Yearmix, broadcasts of recorded or live sessions, as well as various specials (such as episode 666).

The 100th episode was a 5-hour special show, with guest mixes and the best tunes of the 100 episodes.

The 200th episode was a 4-hour special show, with the most requested songs by listeners, a Gabriel & Dresden guest mix, and one hour of a live show from Amsterdam.

Since the 250th episode, and every subsequent 50th episode of the show, there are some celebrations that include guest trance DJs that play live. Since the 400th episode, these celebrations have often taken place in different countries.

In March 2011, during the Ultra Music Festival, A State of Trance was given its own stage as part of its A State of Trance 500 Tour. This was the first time a radio show was given its own tent at a music festival, along with its own broadcast, separate from the festival's official broadcast. Typically, a festival stage is hosted by either a particular style of music, or a record label. Since Ultra 2011, A State of Trance has had its own arena at Ultra and the Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas.

Since the 500th episode, A State of Trance's annual episodic celebrations have effectively replaced Trance Energy (later simply called Energy, focusing on electro house instead of trance) as the main trance event in the Netherlands, where every year the biggest of these celebrations takes place.

Besides episodes with numerical significance, van Buuren annually records so-called Year Mixes that comprises the crème de la crème of trance music from the previous year. Besides being broadcast and streamed, these are available in CD format (as per the Compilation section below).

Regular features[]

Each regular broadcast features five songs selected as Tune of the Week, Future Favourite, Service for Dreamers, Trending Track and Progressive Pick.

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

The Future Favorite is voted for by listeners from a list of new tunes from the previous week's show. This section began in episode 090. The poll takes place at Future Favorite.

For Service for Dreamers, Armin asks the listeners of A State of Trance to submit original suggestions for a trance track that has had an meaningful impact on their lives. During episodes 248–769, when it was known as ASOT Radio Classic (and between episode 770 and 799 as Armin's Oldskool Classic), Armin would select a track from past years and briefly describe what made the track a classic. 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 1990s and showcased some of the very earliest pioneers of the Trance genre.

The Trending Track is the most discussed track from last week's show. This section began in episode 706.

The Progressive Pick is a segment for a featured new progressive trance track. This segment began in episode 717.

Compilation series[]

Main article: A State Of Trance discography

Armin van Buuren annually releases a double mix CD of A State of Trance compilations, as listed below:

Awards and Nominations[]

International Dance Music Awards[]

Year Category Work Result Ref.
2004 Best Podcast or Radio Show A State of Trance - Armin van Buuren Won [7]
2005 Won [8]
2006 Won [9]
2007 Won [10]
2008 Won [11]
2009 Won [12]
2010 Won [13]
2011 Won [14]
2012 Won [15]
2013 Won [16]
2014 Won [17]
2015 Nominated [18]
2016 Nominated [19]
2018 Won [20]
2019 Won [21]
2020 Won [22]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "About « A State of Trance". A State of Trance.
  2. ^ "Today is the day! Congratulations @arminvanbuuren, rubenderonde and the entire @asot team on reaching episode 1000! #ASOT1000". Twitter. Retrieved 29 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "A State of Trance now exclusively streamed on Spotify!". Armin van Buuren. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  4. ^ "According to A State of Trance website". Enter.astateoftrance.ocm. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Questia – Nexus Asia (2003, Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  6. ^ "The Doppler Effect / Envio - Beauty Hides In The Deep / For You (The Blizzard Remixes)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
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  17. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 March 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  18. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 April 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  19. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  20. ^ "International Dance Music Awards (IDMA) presents 2018 winners". Weraveyou.com. 22 March 2018.
  21. ^ "WMC: International Dance Music Awards (IDMA) 2019 Winners". Co-fr.facebook.com. Retrieved 20 December 2021 – via co-fr.facebook.com.
  22. ^ Lakshay Bhagtani (1 April 2020). "IDMA 2020 winners announced: Avicii's 'Tim' named as the best album". Weraveyou.com. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  23. ^ "Corsten's Countdown". Corstenscountdown.com. Retrieved 9 August 2014.

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