Armin Jozef Jacobus Daniël van Buuren OON is a Dutch DJ and record producer. Since 2001, he has hosted A State of Trance (ASOT), a weekly radio show, which is broadcast to nearly 40 million listeners in 84 countries on over 100 FM radio stations. According to the website DJs and Festivals, "the radio show propelled him to stardom and helped cultivate an interest in trance music around the world".
A State of Trance is a Dutch trance radio show, hosted by Armin van Buuren and co-producer Ruben de Ronde, that first aired in June 2001. It is currently aired weekly every Thursday at 20:00 (CET) and 14:00 (EST) and as of January 2021, ASOT is broadcast by more than 150 stations in 84 countries claiming a weekly listener count surpassing 40 million.
Cosmic Gate is a German DJ duo consisting of trance music producers Claus Terhoeven and Stefan Bossems. Both hail from Krefeld, Germany.
Kyau & Albert is the working name for two trance music producers and DJs from Germany named Ralph Kyau and Steven Moebius Albert. They were formerly known as Kyau vs. Albert but changed their working name to Kyau & Albert in 2006.
Tiffany "Tiff" Lacey is an English trance and electronic dance music (EDM) vocal singer, songwriter, author, and painter. She is the vocalist on several electronic music singles. Best known for her international singles with German producer André Tanneberger and for her work with British producer Don Jackson, Matt Darey, and Cosmic Gate. Lacey is the performer with the highest number of officially released collaborations within the EDM genres so far.
Roger Shah, also known as DJ Shah and Sunlounger, is a German electronic music composer and producer.
A State of Trance 2008 is the fifth compilation album in the A State of Trance compilation series mixed and compiled by Dutch DJ and record producer Armin van Buuren. The 2 disc album was released on 29 September 2008 by Armada Music. It peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Top Dance/Electronic Albums in October 2008.
John O'Callaghan is an Irish musician and DJ, who mainly produces trance music. He also produces music under the aliases of Joint Operations Centre, Mannix, Henrik Zuberstein, and Stenna. He has collaborated with fellow Discover artists such as Bryan Kearney, Neal Scarborough, Thomas Bronzwaer, and Greg Downey as well as, more recently, trance hero Leon Bolier. His best-known tracks are "Exactly" with Bryan Kearney, "Big Sky", in collaboration with vocalist Audrey Gallagher, and "Find Yourself". Callaghan has received remixes by trance artists such as The Thrillseekers, Sean Tyas, Gareth Emery, Cosmic Gate, Markus Schulz and Indecent Noise. He has also worked with Heatbeat and Aly & Fila.
Giuseppe Ottaviani is an Italian DJ and record producer. He's best known for his 2019 album, EVOLVER, which included the hit singles Tranceland, 8K, & Panama. A long-time veteran of trance music, Ottaviani is also a member of the project Pure NRG with Irish producer Solarstone.
Armin van Buuren is a Dutch DJ and record producer.
W&W is a Dutch DJ and record production duo composed of Willem van Hanegem Jr. and Wardt van der Harst. They began their careers by producing trance music, before venturing into big room house and other forms of EDM.
Christopher Anthony Jones is an English singer and songwriter best known for featuring the vocals and lyrics on "Going Wrong" (2008), written and produced by Dutch trance DJ and producer Armin van Buuren plus German trance DJ and producer Roger Shah. This track was present in the Dutch charts for nine successive weeks and has been viewed more than 19,000,000 times on YouTube.
Andrei Rață, better known by his stage name Andrew Rayel, is a Moldovan producer and DJ. Initially releasing his music on Armada Music, Rayel founded the label "inHarmony Music" on 22 September 2017, where his role is label chief and head of A&R.
Natalie Gioia is an electronic music vocalist and songwriter, based in Kyiv, Ukraine. At the age of 16, Natalie decided to try herself as a vocalist. Later, when she reached 20, she was invited as a solo singer to Japan's tour with show ballet Bourgeois. Tunisia was the next step in her career. Touring in the African country, Natalie met Italian impresario Flavio Demichelis, who invited her to collaborate in Italy. In the 2006 she signed contract and later released a new song Che donna vorei. It was a success in the eyes of critics. In 2009 Natalie came to Ukraine, where she met her love. This fact influenced Natalie's music tastes and she tried to sing on the EDM tracks. After her first EDM collaboration was released through Angelu music label, Natalie immediately caught the attention of producers like EDU and Tucandeo, which developed her professionalism in this genre of music. Understanding this song are not the ones, which could be the center of her music career, she started to collaborate with Alex M.O.R.P.H. As the result, track Dreams was released on the A State of Trance (Armada) label. Dreams of Alex and Natalie reached TOP5 tracks and was included to the Universal Religion Chapter 7.
Steve Helstrip, known by the stage name The Thrillseekers, is an English DJ and record producer. His debut single was "Synaesthesia", released in 1999.
Mark Frederik Sixma is a Dutch trance and house music producer and DJ. In his career, Sixma has worked on collaborations with Armin van Buuren, Faruk Sabanci and W&W, among others. He is best known for his hit singles "Sinfonia", "X", "Chased", and "Panta Rhei".
Ram Boon, better known by his stage name RAM, is a Dutch trance producer and DJ.
Denis Kenzo is a Russian DJ and music producer, who is well known in the trance music scene. He is a former member of musical duo Two&One. Since 2016, he is the label owner of Denis Kenzo Recordings. Kenzo was born in Khabarovsk, Russia.
Sanne Boomhouwer, who performs as Susana, is a Dutch trance music vocalist, songwriter and radio host.
"If You Should Go" is a song by Dutch disc jockey and record producer Armin van Buuren. It features vocals and lyrics from Dutch singer Susana. The song was released in the Netherlands by Armind on 21 April 2008 as the only single from van Buuren's compilation Universal Religion Chapter 3 and from Susana's album Closer. The song is included as a bonus track on the iTunes version of van Buuren's third studio album Imagine. It is the second collaboration between van Buuren and Susana after their hit "Shivers" in 2005.
