The album incorporates pop, rock, classic and much more. Has the king of trance abandoned trance music? Do fans need to worry?
Armin:“If I decide to eat a salad on one day, does that make me a vegetarian? 85% of the album is still trance in my opinion. Trance is where my heart has been for so many years. In fact, for the fans some tracks are really ‘classical’ Armin sounding tracks (‘Last Stop Before Heaven’, ‘Intense’, ‘Pulsar’ ‘Who’s Afraid of 138?’) but I also like to explore new production techniques. I think my fans should start worrying if there’s no progression or experimentation.”
Do you somehow feel that by releasing an album this diverse, you’re getting them to be more open-minded as well?
Armin:“Like I said above, it’s all about finding your own light, your own road. We all do this every day. In the past I could be jealous of what other people had achieved but I don’t have that so much anymore. Maybe I’ve accepted myself more now and just follow that road. That’s the only thing that feels natural and right. I guess I’m more open to my ‘inner voice’, if something like that even exists. I’ve accepted that I can’t please everybody, even though it took me years to swallow.”
Taken from: http://www.armadamusic.com/news/2013...g-my-own-road/
So he's always been accused of abandoning trance and producing A State of Pop every week (honestly, those haters must listen only to the first 10 minutes because there is always some good trance in there, usually in the second half). Tiesto has abandoned trance, turns out Armin is just experimenting. He has some incredible songs on his new album as well. Is this enough to calm people down, or haters gonna hate?
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