Change is a double-edged sword. Though we keep pushing forward on the premise that standing still means trailing behind, we remain fearful of the unknown and how it may disrupt all we feel comfortable with. It’s the same with music. We laud artists for breaking new ground, yet we’re hesitant about accepting new styles because we’re scared it might irrevocably change the sound we love. With ‘A State of Trance Year Mix 2023’, the twentieth installment of the annual year mix series, Armin van Buuren shows that it’s not a matter of choosing between the old and the new.
With its diverse and innovative, yet legacy-upholding selection of 111 tracks, the year mix of 2023 exhibits that the future of music doesn’t demand renouncing the past. Featuring productions from the likes of Armin van Buuren, AVIRA, Bryan Kearney, Chicane, Eelke Kleijn, Ferry Corsten, Gareth Emery, Giuseppe Ottaviani, Miss Monique, Laura van Dam, Rank 1 and Ruben de Ronde, the mix album exemplifies that ingenuity doesn’t need to come at the cost of a beating heart.
“I can’t believe I’ve been doing these mixes for twenty years already,” says Armin van Buuren. “I’ve seen trance music shedding its skin countess times over the past two decades, but its beating heart has always been – and will remain – a constant. The old and the new can exist together in perfect harmony, and I hope this mix album, the culmination of a remarkable year, shows that!”
Tracklist
1. Armin van Buuren - Am I AI? (A State of Trance Year Mix 2023 Intro)
2. Gareth Emery feat. Maria Lynn - Missing You
3. Above & Beyond - 500
4. Armin van Buuren feat. Anne Gudrun - Love Is A Drug
5. DIM3NSION - Stronger Now
6. Armin van Buuren & Matoma feat. Teddy Swims - Easy To Love (Tanner Wilfong & Assaf Remix)
66. Allen Watts & Rene Ablaze feat. Cari - On My Way
67. XiJaro & Pitch with Cari - Time
68. Trance Wax - Artificial Intelligence
69. John O'Callaghan - Riverside
70. Alex M.O.R.P.H. & Amy Wallace - Surrender
71. Allen Watts - Set Me Free
72. Giuseppe Ottaviani feat. Faith - Angel (Yelow Remix)
73. Aly & Fila x Chapter 47 x Richard Bedford - Edge Of Tomorrow
74. Sneijder x Cari - You Take My Breath Away
75. Ben Gold feat. Madelyn Monaghan - Follow The King (David Forbes Remix)
76. Solarstone - Solarcoaster (Maarten de Jong Remix)
77. Daxson - Who We Are
78. Giuseppe Ottaviani - To The Stars (A Dreamstate Anthem)
79. HALIENE - Reach Across The Sky (Ben Gold Remix)
80. Trance Wax - Ascend
81. Emma Hewitt x XiJaro & Pitch - EVERLASTING
82. Craig Connelly & Christina Novelli - Black Hole (Giuseppe Ottaviani Remix)
83. Andrew Rayel - One More Memory
84. Craig Connelly - Nathan's Song
85. Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Rank 1 & Ruben de Ronde - Destination (A State of Trance 2024 Anthem)
86. A.R.D.I. - Mystical
87. John Askew - Aces Hi
88. Giuseppe Ottaviani - Conscious Mind
89. Armin van Buuren & Just_us - Make It Count
90. BK - XTC Nation
91. Bryan Kearney - Encanta
92. Somna & Sarah de Warren - Satellites (Will Atkinson Remix)
93. Emma Hewitt x Daxson - WARRIOR
94. Craig Connelly & HALIENE - Other Side Of The World
95. RAM & Cari - What Matters
96. Sneijder x Nat Conway - Everybody's Free
97. John Askew - Running In The Dark
98. Ben Gold - Ultrasonic (Maarten de Jong Remix)
99. Armin van Buuren - Computers Take Over The World (Maddix Remix)
100. Will Atkinson - Cosmic Heartbreak
101. Armin van Buuren x Xoro feat. Yola Recoba - God Is In The Soundwaves
102. Armin van Buuren & Vini Vici feat. ALBA - When We Come Alive
103. BK - You Are The Master
104. David Forbes - Dreamstate
105. Liam Melly - Energy
106. Armin van Buuren - Space Case
107. The Obsessed - Free Yourself
108. le Shuuk & B-Stylezz - Konje
109. Armin van Buuren - Lose This Feeling (Maddix Remix)
110. Armin van Buuren - Lose This Feeling (Dimension Remix)
111. Armin van Buuren - AI vs Humanity (A State of Trance Year Mix 2023 Outro)
About Armin van Buuren
Armin van Buuren has long been a global ambassador for electronic music. He currently has eight full-length artist albums to his name — the latest is 2023’s ‘Feel Again’ — and continues to cultivate a massive worldwide following through his weekly A State of Trance radio show, event series and album series, reaching 40 million listeners from 80 different countries on a weekly basis. Armin van Buuren headlines tens to hundreds of shows per year at leading festivals and venues around the world, including Electric Daisy Carnival (Las Vegas, New York), Ultra Music Festival (Miami), Lollapalooza (Chicago) and Tomorrowland (Belgium) plus residencies on Ibiza and in Las Vegas. In the summer of 2022 alone, he reconnected with fans through over thirty shows, including the ‘Feel Again’ shows in the Ziggo Dome, Ultra Europe, Tomorrowland, Parookaville, Creamfields, Electric Zoo and his summer residencies at Hï Ibiza and Ushuaïa.
About A State of Trance
Having evolved from a small radio show into a wide-ranging and far-reaching brand with many different spin-offs, ‘A State of Trance’ is one of the world’s biggest and most popular dance music brands. Built from the ground up since the very first episode of Armin van Buuren’s radio show in 2001, ASOT now entails a globally acclaimed label and a breathtaking event series to boot, drawing tens of thousands of music lovers from all over the globe.