A State of Trance 2006

Personally, I had doubts about buying this even after buying SOT 2005. I read the comments from people here and just bought it. Whooa! Was I pleasantly surprised! This album is amazing! I still have not 100% listened to the first CD because I am stuck in the club. The Club CD is just perfect. When I think of the Summer of 2006, I will only think of this album, it was just that good. Just buy it, you will not regret it at all.

I'm a purist, and I've heard a LOT of trance. There is a very specific way I want my trance to make me feel and this album does it. I have a lot of trance CDs, and most of them scratch the surface, but only a few make it to this level. This is along side Matt Darey "Upfront Trance", AnjunaBeats 100, and disc 2 of "In Search of Sunrise 7" by Tiesto ( right before he sold out ), in my top trance collections.

This is a favorite of mine for quite some time and I just decided to own the disc. Classic mix by Armin Van Buuren. Perfect for listening in one session and in small bits. One of the great musicians.

Do not buy thrillseekers or DJ in the mix -ATB. but this album is solid, and a beautiful mixture. Listen to me, My review is the only one you will need to read. thrillseekers and ATB are horrible. but ASOT 2006 is worth evey penny and much much more. I bought thrillseekers and ATB and was disgusted I am sending them back but I have all three of Armin Van Burren's mixes of the asot This one is as good and even a little better than 2004.

Armin van Buuren's style, from the countless mixes/broadcasts I have heard him put out, tends to waver with inconsistency. I think A State of Trance 2006 is where Armin finally hits his stride and is able to keep up with his own work. Disc 1 (On The Beach) is a really great opening disc. Whether you find yourself rocking to and fro in a hammock or grooving enthusiastically in the sand & summer sun, this CD acts as a nice soundtrack. More atmospheric and spacey, Armin illustrates his grasp of the wheel when he proves himself able to incorporate some type of a pulse - sometimes surprisingly quick and hard - into this kind of "spaced" motif. In other words, On The Beach is not by any stretch of the imagination something ambient, and yet it is. The unobtrusive bpm simply propels the music, which takes the forefront, onward. Disc 2 (At The Club) is where Armin has been known to shine; crazy, pulsating dance-floor-destroyer melodic trance comes pumping out of the speakers the minute the laser hits the disc. It doesn't become boring, and thankfully the vocals were really kept to a tolerable minimum in this mix. At The Club reminds me a lot of the frenetic, almost breakbeat melodic trance Armin dished out with his ASoT:2004, only this flows much better, linearly instead of jagged peaks and valleys. I loved ASoT:2004, but sometimes the lack of careful mixing or track placement makes it too hectic too enjoy - even on the dance floor, if you can believe that one. I feel like Armin's been tinkering with stylistic techniques during the previous State of Trance mixes - 2004 & 2005. I loved both, but each went off in some undesirable direction at some point and never quite seemed able to return to base. Armin seems to have taken the warmer from 2004 and the cooler from 2005 and rightly combined them to produce 2006; highlighting his electronica capabilities with flying colors and putting forth a set in which BOTH discs are equally as desirable. ....No doubt this puts Armin back on the maps, even after releases like '76' temporarily took him off of my own. A great all-around CD to own, especially for Armin fans but also those of The Thrillseekers, Tiesto and Solarstone. ~Lex

... now all those songs on both discs are "classics". And, as such we got sooo used to them - love 'em. Great CD to have, because that's around the time (2006) when TRANCE started to move from underground to mainstream. Awesome collection. Raw and beautiful. Considered a TRANCE CLASSIC in my books. ... one you have to have.

I have a new favorite DJ! This compilation is amazing! I couldn't get out of the car..I was late for work!! I've had it on all day at my desk, and my jaw is on the floor! BUY THIS CD SET! AMAZING. I'm going now to pickup all his other music... WHY have I not been listening to this guy??

I found this disc to be filled with good trance music, but overall I feel this is not Armin's best, yet not his worst either. I much prefer his "Universal Religion 2004 - Live from Ibiza" album. Ranks somewhere in the middle for me, so I only gave it 3 stars. JEC

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７月３日予定が６月２６日に届きました。海外からなので無事届いただけまだマシなのかもですが、ケースにはヒビが入ってました。開けてよく見ると２枚目のディスクに長い傷が見えたので聴く前からガッカリ…。 ケースは手持ちの２枚収納ケースと交換出来るけど…と思いつつディスク外したら長い傷はケースに付いてたもので、ディスクは無傷でした。良かったー❗ 聴きたい曲がいくつか有ったので購入出来て良かったです。曲は最高〜❗

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