As fans from all over India were gearing up for A State Of Trance’s 600th edition in Mumbai. The Bangin Beats got a chance to get a preview of what was to come at the Submerge ASOT600Mum Pre Party with Armin Van Buuren’s protégé and highly renowned trance producer, Arnej at the Jack N’ Jones clothing store at Mumbai,
We arrived at the store at around 9 pm, just to beat the rush, as it was a “By Invitation Only” party.
Reaching the second floor of the store, we found that the entire floor was transformed to a mini-club with an amazing lighting and sound set up. Totally set the mood for what one could expect for the night ahead.
Vandana was already on the decks and played a very groovy warm up set.
Nikhil Chinapa on the decks!
Close to 9.30 pm, Nikhil Chinapa took to the decks to open for Arnej and delivered a set which was perfect as a build up for the man everyone couldn’t wait to watch. With a plethora of progressive house & house music, Nikhil got the audience pumped up before they could be blown awat by Arnej’s arsenal of tracks.
At about 10.30pm, Arnej took over the reigns from Nikhil Chinapa and what followed was absolutely phenomenal.
Hitting us with his unique brand of trance, he really got the audience to shed all inhibitions and led them to have the time of their lives on the dancefloor. It was almost as if we were on a space ship and he was it’s commander. Adding to craze was Nikhil Chinapa, enjoying himself to the hilt as he fired a smoke gun at the crowd.
Masterfully blending progressive trance with some of the catchiest electro tunes, Arnej really made the night a perfect precursor to what was to be in store at the “A State Of Trance 600th Episode celebration”. He gave fans a mild little sample to what promised to be a much more exciting and intense event.
Arnej dropped club smashers like “Clarity (W&W Bootleg)”, his very own mash-up of Tiesto’s “Traffic” and W&W’s “Lift-Off”, his re-work of W&W’s “Operation AK-47″ and ‘Not Giving Up On Love” by Armin Van Buuren . He ended the powerful foot stomping journey with Eric Prydz rework of Depeche Mode’s “Personal Jesus”.
To sum it up in a nutshell, it was a stellar night with beautiful music and beautiful people. Submerge and Jack n Jones really couldn’t have come up with a better precursor for one dance music’s biggest events which India was more than ready to experience!
Arnej even had this to say about the night;
“So they managed to ram 400 ppl into a men’s department of a clothing store for the ASOT600 pre-party, gotta love them crazy Indian fans!”
Arnej also played at A State Of Trance’s 600th Episode Celebration in Mumbai, along with Armada Music loyalists, Rank 1, Aly & Fila, Shogun and the Man himself, Armin Van Buuren and it was definitely an amazing experience!
Watch out for more from our team about the stupendous night that ASOT 600 Mumbai was!