Armin van Buuren. New Album "Mirage"

Its the album the entire dance scene has been waiting for. After months of hard work and creativity, the number one DJ in the world delivers his fourth artist album. Armin van Buuren is proud to present to you: Mirage. Armin:Mirage has been the biggest project Ive ever worked on. Theres so many hours in this. Work started two years ago when I actually built a completely new studio for this project. Many new techniques were used and most of all I had so much fun creating this with the many people that are involved. It was a journey, an epic one!

76, Shivers and Imagine are still etched in memory of millions of dance music lovers. Fresh memories will be made as soon as the album hits stores on September 10th 2010. Mirage reveals a side of Armin his fans havent heard yet and takes in its listeners with new and surprising collaborations. Within the 2 years of endless jamming and producing, Armin invited artists like Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Ferry Corsten, BT, Nadia Ali, Guy Chambers, Christian Burns and Adam Young of Owl City into his studio.

As the first single of the album, Armin chose Full Focus, an instrumental track set to fill arenas, clubs and scorch across the festival terrains set up for the summer of 2010. Armin:The first track of the album has been a sure shot in my sets for quite a while now. I decided to come back with an instrumental trancer right before summer and all the big festivals. Half of my new album will be instrumental trance, but with the sound of 2010.

Right after summer, its time for the full Mirage album to take over. Inspired and influenced by many different types of music, Mirage is more diverse than any other Armin album before. His collaboration with Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Not Giving Up On Love is a perfect example of that, combining the best of both worlds. Armin:The Nervo Sisters, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and me met up to write the vocals for Not Giving Up On Love. I was thrilled to work with them on this. We gave it a more analog feel with some real drums, to give it a pop-rock feel. We also put a piano top line on the track and then the vocals of Sophie, which I think is a win. Its a lush summer tune with an epic vocal that gets stuck in your head and cheers you up!

Mirage is filled with musical fusions and surprising interpretations, from the orchestral masterpiece of title track Mirage, deep trance track I Dont Own You and housy Feels So Good to the eerie Take A Moment and feel-good Drowning. 16 tracks that highlight how Armin has matured as an artist.

1. Armin van Buuren - Coming Home (Album Version)
2. Armin van Buuren feat. Ana Criado - Down To Love (Album Version)
3. Armin van Buuren feat. Laura V - Drowning (Album Version)
4. Armin van Buuren feat. Sophie - Virtual Friend (Album Version)
5. Armin van Buuren feat. Nadia Ali - Feels So Good (Album Version)
6. Armin van Buuren feat. Winter Kills - Take A Moment (Album Version)
7. Armin van Buuren - Full Focus (Album Version)
8. Armin van Buuren - I Don't Own You (Album Version)
9. Armin van Buuren vs Sophie Ellis Bextor - Not Giving Up On Love (Album Version)
10. Armin van Buuren feat. Christian Burns - This Light Between Us (Album Version)
11. Armin van Buuren - Mirage (Album Version)
12. Armin van Buuren feat. Susana - Desiderium 207 (Album Version)
13. Armin van Buuren feat. BT - These Silent Hearts (Album Version)
14. Armin van Buuren - Orbion (Album Version)
15. Armin van Buuren vs Ferry Corsten - Minack (Album Version)
16. Armin van Buuren feat. Adam Young - Youtopia (Album Version)
17. Armin van Buuren feat. Fiora - Breathe In Deep (Album Version [Bonus Track])
18. Armin van Buuren feat. VanVelzen - Take Me Where I Wanna Go (Album Version [Bonus Track])
19. Armin van Buuren feat. Cathy Burton - I Surrender (Album Version [Bonus Track])
20. Armin van Buuren feat. Jessie Morgan - Love Too Hard (Album Version [Bonus Track])
21. Armin van Buuren feat. Sophie - Virtual Friend (Acoustic Mix [Bonus Track])