Who could have predicted back in 1996, when a 19-year old Dutchman named Armin van Buuren released his debut single Blue Fear, that he’d go onto become one of the most powerful and influential figures working in electronic music? In 2009, this is exactly where the captain of the Armada finds himself – as the world’s #1 DJ, head of one of dance music’s most successful record labels, the host of the A State of Trance radio show that draws more than 30 million listeners every week; and most importantly of all, mentor to the next generation of talent in the trance scene.

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