Armin van Buuren Announces A State of Trance 2015 Compilation; Revives 'Rising Star' Alias

Coming off an exceedingly successful year that saw Trance superstar Armin van Buuren receive a Grammy nomination and quite a few platinum awards for ‘This Is What It Feels Like’, he who is never the one to rest on his laurels now returns with yet another much awaited compilation of the year, A State of Trance 2015. Relentlessly pursued to expand and build upon the genre he helped define, he has opened up new worlds for not only himself, but also for his fellow performers and of course, audiences around the world. On comparing with compilations mixed by himself years ago, one would simply be certain of this twelfth installment in series, a clear marking to the start of life on a superior phase.

Though it goes without any saying for fans who have known Armin’s typical style of making A State of Trance compilation, but for those who didn’t know, the ASOT compilation is divided into 2 CDs; first ‘On The Beach’ with low tempo and more of progressive tracks, and second is ‘In The Club’ that involves all the hard hitting dance floor destructive trance numbers. On its A-side, ASOT 2015 consists of eighteen tracks including an exclusive Gareth Emery’s remix of Cosmic Gate and a selection of Armin‘s own personal favorites from the likes of Protoculture, Orjan Nilsen and Simon Patterson to name a few.

Whereas side-B with nineteen top notch productions is no less than a box full of surprises. As if a single wasn’t enough, there are two Gaia tracks included to blow your mind away. Their first release ‘In Principio’ has already been making waves, thus this time all eyes will be on the brand new ‘Carnation’. Oh! Did we say ‘Rising Star’? All the time in the Trance scene you knew about Armin van Buuren’s Gaia alias, but perhaps never heard of Rising Star. It’s an even older side project of him that dates all the way back to 1999 when he launched his label Armind Recordings and released a track called ‘Touch Me’. Capturing trance sounds from an older era when Tiesto ruled as king, Rising Star never saw light any sooner then and now Armin is bringing it back.

Called as ‘Safe Inside You’ it features the angelic vocals by Betsie Larkin floating over Armin’s proper trance sound that many of his fans had been craving for a long time. Apart from these huge surprises, in the CD 2 there are unreleased tracks by Alexander Popov, Jorn van Deynhoven and a brand new collaboration with Mark Sixma entitled ‘Panta Rhei’. With ASOT 700 celebrations in full swing, it’s quite predictable that tracks from the compilation will be played, so you better keep yourself linked with the live broadcasts. The double CD mix compilation A State of Trance 2015 lands on March 27th and you can pre-order it now on iTunes. Check the full track list along with the new Rising Star track below:

 

CD 1: On the Beach

  1. Cosmic Gate & Emma Hewitt – Going Home (Gareth Emery Remix) [Armin van Buuren’s Intro Mix]
  2. Protoculture – Pegasus
  3. Dawn – The Truth We Can’t Escape
  4. Adam Szabo & Willem De Roo – Looking Back
  5. Orjan Nilsen – The Edge
  6. DRYM – Calipso
  7. Denis Kenzo & Sarah Lynn – Ashes
  8. Fabio XB & Liuck feat. Christina Novelli – Step Into The Light
  9. Ruben de Ronde feat. Victoria Ray – Dreams Come True (DRYM Remix)
  10. ilan Bluestone – Tesseract
  11. Moiez & Alina Renae with Mike Shiver & Rapha – What I Need (Ronski Speed Remix)
  12. Mino Safy – When The Sun Smiles
  13. Eximinds & Yan Space – Atlas
  14. Venom One & Tomas Heredia – Moments
  15. Canberra & Astrid Suryanto – UP (Mike Saint-Jules Remix)
  16. Timmus – Still Alive
  17. Alex M.O.R.P.H. feat Natalie Gioia – 4Ever (Dub Mix)
  18. Simon Patterson feat. Matt Adey – Time Stood Still

 

CD 2: In The Club

  1. Armin van Buuren – Together (In A State of Trance) (Intro Mix)
  2. Talemono – Overload
  3. Alexander Popov – Multiverse
  4. Andrew Rayel – Find Your Harmony (Driftmoon Stellar Mix)
  5. Craig Connelly & Dan Thompson – Welcome To Earth
  6. Faruk Sabanci – Albino
  7. Fisherman & Hawkins and Gal Abutbul – United
  8. Armin van Buuren & Mark Sixma – Panta Rhei
  9. Eximinds & Vigel – Handprint
  10. Arisen Flame & Driftmoon – Live Your Dream
  11. Gaia – Carnation
  12. Jorn van Deynhoven – Freaks (Festival Mix)
  13. Gaia – In Principio
  14. Gai Barone – Mr. Slade (Solarstone Pure Mix)
  15. Standerwick & Philippe El Sisi feat. Ana Criado – Magic Light
  16. Armin van Buuren presents Rising Star feat. Betsie Larkin – Safe Inside You
  17. Allen Watts – Gravity
  18. Dan Stone – Proteus
  19. Aly & Fila feat. Roxanne Emery – Shine (Club Mix)

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