Old Skool (EP)

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Old Skool
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EP by
Released4 August 2016 (2016-08-04)
Label Armada
Producer
Armin van Buuren chronology
A State of Trance 2016
(2016)
Old Skool
(2016)
A State of Trance Ibiza 2016
(2016)
Singles from Old Skool
  1. "Dominator"
    Released: 30 June 2016 [1]
  2. "The Ultimate Seduction"
    Released: 14 July 2016 [2]
  3. "Pull Over"
    Released: 30 June 2016 [3]

Old Skool is an extended play (EP) by Dutch DJ and record producer Armin van Buuren. It was released on 4 August 2016 by Armada Music. [4] Van Buuren said of the album, "What I miss sometimes in dance music is a little bit of the fun, the fun that we had by experimenting and going out of our way and doing strange things. And that's what I wanted to do with Old Skool". [5]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Dominator" (Armin van Buuren vs. Human Resource)
  • Guido Pernet
  • Jasper Drexhage
  • Johan van Beek
  • Larenzo Nash
  • Robert Mahu
2:29
2."The Ultimate Seduction" (Armin van Buuren vs. The Ultimate Seduction)2:14
3."Pull Over" (Armin van Buuren vs. Speedy J) Jochem Paap 2:25
4."Quadrophonia" (Armin van Buuren vs. Quadrophonia)
  • Olivier Abbeloos
  • Lucien Foort
3:20
5."88 to Piano" (Armin van Buuren vs. MainX)Rene van den Berghe3:00
6."Old Skool" (Vigel remix)
2:52
7."Old Skool Ping Pong"
  • van Buuren
  • de Goeij
  • Heard
2:48
CD version (bonus track)
No.TitleLength
8."Minimix" 
Digital download — extended versions [6]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Dominator" (Armin van Buuren vs. Human Resource) (extended mix)
  • Pernet
  • Drexhage
  • van Beek
  • Nash
  • Mahu
4:22
2."The Ultimate Seduction" (Armin van Buuren vs. The Ultimate Seduction) (extended mix)
  • Groeneveld
  • van der Zwan
3:56
3."Pull Over" (Armin van Buuren vs. Speedy J) (extended mix)Paap4:00
4."Quadrophonia" (Armin van Buuren vs. Quadrophonia) (extended mix)
  • Abbeloos
  • Foort
4:59
5."88 to Piano" (Armin van Buuren vs. MainX) (extended mix)van den Berghe3:59
6."Old Skool" (Vigel remix) (extended mix)
  • van Buuren
  • de Goeij
  • Heard
4:03
7."Old Skool Ping Pong" (extended mix)
  • van Buuren
  • de Goeij
  • Heard
5:28

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [7] 13
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [8] 45
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [9] 8

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