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REVIEW: Dan Thompson - Propaganda out on ASOT / Armada Music

If you want to experience the feeling of 10,000 people going crazy around you in Ibiza, you don’t need to do anything other than tune in to Dan Thompson’s ‘Propaganda’.

Featured prominently on Armin’s upcoming A State of Trance at Ushuaïa Ibiza compilation, this song has been one of the cornerstones of Armin’s residency sets all summer long.

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Dimitri Kechagias review: The exceptional trance producer Dan Thomspon has one of his best years of his life as Armin van Buuren is supported him a lot and all his releases so far on A State Of Trance recordings are truly successful and bring back that Dutch big room mouthful trance taste that was prominent in 2004-2006. After the massive Altitude and Outcast comes the third strike called Propaganda. Super solid composition that in my opinion represents the sound that Armin van Buuren mostly enjoys to play except the full on 138 BPM style. It starts with cool intro part that build anticipation until the full on thumping bassline, hard rocking kick and tough drums enter the arena along with the maddening rave style synthy lead on top that drives the crowds crazy. The cool melodic synthy hook comes next and drives the track forward to its full on hands in the air trance section just before the landing on the breakdown. Dan is very capable to compose beautiful breakdown with cinematic strings, melodramatic themes and massive euphoric synthy stabs that will uplift you straight away and prepare the army of trancers for the big fight for love on the dancefloor. When the beat kicks like a mule back and the euphoric synthy stabs along with epic strings you can easily guess that the climax has started and there is no possibility to stand still so better follow the crowd and jump along with hands in the air and wide smile in your face that is a must on any trancefloor! If this track is used as propaganda for the dissemination of trance message then is super good choice! 100% Must have action packed track, Love iT

Your Ibiza getaway begins in the plane, and this is no ordinary flight. From the moment you step on the aircraft, you can feel the energy rising — like one of Armin's intense buildups. With each passing minute, the passengers start buzzing more and more. You start seeing the other passengers not as annoyances on a cramped flight, but as fellow partiers just waiting for that first beat to drop.

As you swoop in for a landing, you see the Balearic island and all your troubles melt away. One of the most magical parts of Ushuaïa is that you can see flights taking off and touching down overhead while you party. Even while dancing, your mind welcomes each new group of people to the island, and you look at the plane as if to beckon them to join the greatest party on earth.

Armin van Buuren's sets have always been magical. His shows aren't just transitions from breakdown to drop — they're a progression. Lift off. Flight. Landing. Using tracks from Paul Oakenfold, Heatbeat, Simon Patterson, Aly & Fila, Gaia, Andrew Rayel, Cosmic Gate, and more, Armin is able to sculpt the crowds of Ibiza exactly how he wants.

This double-mix compilation is the definitive collection of the biggest tracks from Armin's sets this summer. The album also includes Armin's brand new track ‘Hystereo’, as well as his remix of Idina Menzel's 'Let It Go' from the Disney movie 'Frozen'. Armin has previously held residencies in Ibiza for many years and was long a mainstay of Privilege, Amnesia, Space, and the other super clubs on the island. Now he has his sights set on the moment’s hottest beach hotel and club, the world-famous Ushuaïa.

A State of Trance and Ibiza have belonged together since a young Armin first set foot on the island, and what could be better than the best DJ on earth, at the best beach hotel on earth, with the best crowd on earth? This is A State of Trance at Ushuaïa, Ibiza 2014.

Armin van Buuren, A State of Trance at Ushuaïa, Ibiza 2014 TRACKLIST

CD 1
01 Armin van Buuren - Hystereo (Intro Mix)
02 David Gravell - Timebomb
03 Omnia - Tomorrow People
04 Mark Sixma - Adagio For Strings
05 Alex M.O.R.P.H. feat. Natalie Gioia - The Reason
06 Armin van Buuren feat. Laura Jansen - Sound Of The Drums (Bobina Remix)
07 Armin van Buuren feat. Lauren Evans - Alone (Thomas Newson Remix)
08 Paul Oakenfold - Toca Me
09 Faruk Sabanci - Alexandria
10 Heatbeat - Bloody Moon
11 Cosmic Gate & Ørjan Nilsen - Fair Game
12 KhoMha - Asylum
13 Andy Moor - Fade To Light (Joseph Areas 'Dirty Rock' Remix)
14 Andrew Rayel feat. Jonathan Mendelsohn - One In A Million*
15 Mark Sixma - Shadow (W&W Edit)*
16 Alexander Popov - Eternal Flame
17 Yves de Lacroix feat. Marell - Destroyves
18 Heatbeat - Aerys*
19 Cosmic Gate & Eric Lumiere - Falling Back*
20 Simon Patterson feat. Sarah Howells - Dissolve
21 Armin van Buuren & Andrew Rayel - EIFORYA (Talla 2XLC 140 Remix)*
22 Cosmic Gate - Exploration Of Space *Armin van Buuren Mash Up*

CD 2
01 Armin van Buuren - Ping Pong (Kryder & Tom Staar Remix)
02 Andrew Bayer - The District
03 Dan Thompson - Propaganda
04 Maarten de Jong - Red And White
05 MaRLo and Fisherman & Hawkins - Forces
06 Jorn van Deynhoven - New Horizons (A State Of Trance 650 Anthem) (Mark Sixma Remix)
07 David Gravell - The Last Of Us
08 Arisen Flame - Explorer
09 Idina Menzel - Let It Go (Armin van Buuren Remix)
10 Andrew Rayel feat. Sylvia Tosun - There Are No Words
11 Ayu - Terminal (Dub Mix)
12 Markus Schulz - Remember This (Mark Sherry Remix)
13 Philippe El Sisi & Abstract Vision feat. Jilliana Danise - This Time (Wach Remix)
14 Mhammed El Alami & illitheas - Horizon
15 Aly & Fila with SkyPatrol feat. Sue McLaren - Running
16 John O'Callaghan feat. Jennifer Rene - Games (Ian Standerwick Remix)
17 Aly & Fila meets Roger Shah feat. Sylvia Tosun - Eye 2 Eye [FSOE 350 Anthem]
18 Sneijder & Bryan Kearney - Next Level
19 Gaia - Empire Of Hearts (Johann Stone Remix)

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