As a producer

Armin has always had his own studio and works alone the majority of the time. He has never employed an engineer, claiming he does not want the music to be influenced in any way.

As a performer

Van Buuren began his DJ career at club Nexus in Leiden, where he learned to play long DJ sets, which were regularly six to seven hours per set. During school holidays he played more than four times a week. In 1999, he met Dave Lewis who introduced him as a DJ in England and the United States. His DJ career accelerated, entering the DJ magazine Top-100 in November of 2001 at Number 27. He has played in more than 25 different countries and can often be found on the main stage at big summer festivals. Recently, Van Buuren played a record-breaking nine-hour set for Dancetheater in The Hague (Holland). In the United Kingdom one can see him perform regularly at Passion (resident 2002), Godskitchen, Gatecrasher, Slinky, Peach and Golden.

Discography

Compilations

• 1999 "Boundaries of Imagination"
• 2000 "001 A State of Trance"
• 2001 "002 Basic Instinct"
• 2001 "003 In Motion"
• 2002 "004 Transparance"
• 2003 "Universal Religion Chapter One"
• 2004 "A State of Trance 2004"
• 2004 "Big Room Trance"
• 2004 "Universal Religion"
• 2005 "A State of Trance 2005"
• 2005 "A State of Trance 2005 Year Mix"
• 2006 "A State of Trance 2006"
• 2006 "A State of Trance Classics"

Singles

• 1997 Blue Fear
• 1999 Communication
• 2000 Touch Me (As Rising Star)
• 2000 Eternity (With Tiesto as Alibi)
• 2000 Wonder Where you are (With Tiesto as Major League)
• 2001 4 Elements (As Gaia)
• 2001 The Sound of Goodbye (As Perpetuous Dreamer)
• 2001 Exhale (With Ferry Corsten as System F)
• 2002 Clear Blue Moon/Star Theme (As Rising Star)
• 2002 Sunspot (As Rising Star vs. Airwave)
• 2003 Sunburn
• 2003 Yet Another Day (With Ray Wilson)
• 2004 Burned With Desire (With Justine Suissa)
• 2004 Blue Fear 2004
• 2005 Shivers
• 2005 Serenity (With Jan Vayne)
• 2005 Zocalo (With Gabriel & Dresden)
• 2006 Who Is Watching (With Nadia Ali)
• 2006 Sail
• 2006 Control Freak
• 2006 Love You More (With Racoon)
• N/A Sahara

Albums

• 2003 "76"
• 2005 "Shivers"

Video

• 2006 Armin Only - The Next Level (DVD)