What a year it’s been, reflecting on so many incredible memories, it’s hard to put it all into one post. I feel like it’s been a year of all round growth, from my physique, to my music, I feel better then I ever have in my career and I’m looking forward to next year, where we’ll celebrate 25 years of A State of Trance, can’t believe it already been so many years and I’m so proud to see where it stands now. Here are some of my favorite memories of the year in no particular order
1. Being on the cover of menshealthnl
2. Recording & releasing my Piano album, something I’ve been working on for the past 5 years
3. Going F2F for the first time with maddixmusic
4. I got to officially release my remix for bonjovi’s Keep The Faith, really crazy and still super honored to have had this chance
5. Playing Set Me Free all around the world and seeing it turn into a true fan favorite
6. Going B2B with ki.slash.ki in the arena, such a highlight of this year, after going B2B two years ago, I feel like this was the perfect follow up
7. My F2F set with lilly_palmerdi in Mexico was just crazy and definitely felt like the best way to bring the festival back in Mexico after 4 years
8. Going B2B with my friend davidguetta in UNVRS
9. This year’s Tomorrowland Mainstage set
10. Fully releasing my ninth studio album Breathe
11. My crazy B2B with indirapaganotto at Sonar
12. It was so good to return to South Africa after 7 years
13. Another big highlight for me was bringing The Orb concept to life with more shows, spread across the entire world
14. My B3B with maddixmusic & oliverheldens truly feels like a boyband
15. Going B2B with the legend realadambeyer, and releasing our track Techno Trance
16. ASOT London in general was a big highlight, and so happy to have gone F2F there with oliverheldens
17. Finally teaming up with martingarrix for a track
18. And finally, my ushuaiaibiza residency. I always love coming to Ibiza, and the shows this year were next level
这一年真的太不可思议了，回顾这么多珍贵又疯狂的回忆，几乎没办法用一条动态说完。我感觉这是全面成长的一年，不管是身体状态还是音乐创作，都达到了我职业生涯里前所未有的高度。也非常期待明年，我们将迎来 A State of Trance 的25周年，真的不敢相信已经走过这么多年，也为它今天所站的位置感到无比自豪。下面是不分先后的年度高光时刻
1. 登上 menshealthnl 封面
2. 录制并发行了我的 Piano 专辑，这是我花了整整5年打磨的作品
3. 第一次和 maddixmusic 进行 F2F
4. 正式发行了我为 bonjovi《Keep The Faith》制作的混音，依然觉得不可思议，也非常荣幸
5. 在世界各地演出《Set Me Free》，亲眼看着它成为真正的歌迷最爱
6. 在体育馆和 ki.slash.ki B2B，这绝对是今年的高光之一，两年前合作过一次，这次是完美升级
7. 在墨西哥和 lilly_palmerdi 的 F2F set 简直疯狂，也成为音乐节时隔4年回归墨西哥的最佳方式
8. 在 UNVRS 和我的好友 davidguetta B2B
9. 今年的 Tomorrowland 主舞台演出
10. 正式完整发行我的第九张录音室专辑《Breathe》
11. 在 Sonar 和 indirapaganotto 的炸裂 B2B
12. 时隔7年再次回到南非，意义非凡
13. 将 The Orb 概念带到全球更多城市并真正实现落地
14. 和 maddixmusic、oliverheldens 的 B3B，真的像个男团
15. 与传奇人物 realadambeyer B2B，并发行了我们的合作曲《Techno Trance》
16. ASOT London 本身就是一大高光，还在那里和 oliverheldens 完成了 F2F
17. 终于和 martingarrix 合作了一首作品
18. 最后是我在 ushuaiaibiza 的驻场演出，我一直热爱伊比萨，而今年的现场真的全面升级#arminvanbuuren##ArminvanBuuren## 微博演出季#