Trance music enthusiasts are sure to converge at the Manila World Trade Center this November 21, Friday as the world’s #1 DJ (as certified by DJMag) Armin van Buuren is set to bring Metro Manila again through an epic trance journey. This dance party is part of Armin’s worldwide tour to promote his new DJ mix compilation, A State of Trance 2008. He has a weekly radio show with the same name and his yearly compilations are meant to highlight the best trance music for the year. Joining him is Blake Jarrell, who I know as the one who did an extremely wicked trance remix of Linkin Park’s “Shadow of the Day”.

I’ve bought A State of Trance 2007 and have started listening to his radio show a few months ago and I can definitely say that Armin IMO has better taste in trance music than either Paul van Dyk or Tiësto, the two DJs Armin has dethroned from the #1 spot. (Tiësto was #1 from 2002 to 2004 and which PvD took over from 2005 to 2006.) While I have bought a lot of PvD’s CDs, I prefer him as a trance music producer instead of as a DJ and Armin gets my nod as my favorite trance DJ. So I guess it’s high time that Armin got the top spot in 2007 and 2008!

The last time I went to a Trance DJ party was to Tiësto’s set way back in 2006 at the PICC Forum. I managed to get a free ticket from a good friend whose brother was one of the opening DJs before Tiësto’s set. It was a great! I had fun dancing to the anthemic trance selection till the wee hours of the morning.

I wish I could go to Armin’s set, but due to various circumstances, I’ll just have to content myself with buying his CD. :-P

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