State of Trance 2006 (Rmxs)

Armin Van Buuren | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 16, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Ultra Records
• ASIN: B000F1HGR4
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (54 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #45,154 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Mike Foyle – Shipwrecked (John O Callaghan vs Mike Foyle Club mix)

2. Sunlounger - White Sand (DJ Shah's Original Mix)

3. Leon Bolier & Elsa Hill - No Need to Come Back (vocal mix)

4. Matthew Dekay - Timeless (Digifruitella dub)

5. Karen Overton - Your Loving Arms (Club mix)

6. DJ Shah - Beautiful (Glimpse of Heaven) (Long Island Dub)

7. Niyaz, “Dilruba (Junkie XL Remix)”

8. Basic Perspective - Small Step to the Other Side (Elevation remix)

9. Zirenz - Edge of Space (Whiteroom remix)

10. Jody Wisternoff - Cold Drink, Hot Girl (The Original Mix)

See all 13 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Arksun - Arisen

2. Fable – Above

3. O’Callaghan & Kearney – Exactly

4. Kyau vs. Albert - Walk Down (KvA Club Mix)

5. Kuffdam & Plant – Dream Makers (Original Mix)

6. M.I.K.E. - Voices from the Inside (Proggresiva mix)

7. DJ Govenor - Red Woods

8. Kyau vs. Albert - Kiksu (Original Mix)

9. Hiroyuki ODA – Transmigration

10. Under Sun vs Signum – Captured (Sebastian Brandt)

See all 16 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

ARMIN VAN BUUREN needs no introduction - he is one of the biggest names in the dance music world, the current #3 DJ in the world (as voted by DJ Mag poll) and continually pushes the bar with the fresh trance sounds he produces and his cutting-edge mixes. State of Trance 2006 is the next chapter in his annual mix-album series and is undeniably a requisite release for all electronic music fans. A two disc continuous mix of this year's hottest trance tunes from the likes of Armin himself, Gabriel & Dresden, M.I.K.E, Filterhead, Interstate and more - this stellar lineup alongside Armin's superior mixing skills will result in a uplifting aural experience.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

45 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Armin finally nails it!, May 16, 2006

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Doctor Trance (MA, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: State of Trance 2006 (Rmxs) (Audio CD)

After both Tiesto and Armin tried to incorporate some progressive house into their mix CD's last year, which I felt didn't quite work (although the all trance disc 1 of State of Trance 2005 was hot), both go back to 2 disc, all trance mixes in 2006. Here, Armin chooses the theme of On the Beach for CD 1, and At the Club for CD 2. Well, he couldn't have picked better titles, as they completely sum up what each mix is about.

CD 1 started off a little sketchy, as I didn't feel tracks 1 and 2 were all that great, however, from track 3 on we get a flawless mix of high quality melodic trance. This disc never reaches ecstatic dance floor status, but that wasn't what it was intended to do. I think this mix takes a second listen to really kick in, due to it's slower pace. It's the perfect "background" trance CD to have on just about anywhere to listen to. Highlights include the Karen Overton vocal track Your Loving Arms, really juicy tracks 8 & 9, and one half of Way Out West (Jody Wisternoff) with a surprisingly good trance effort (he is usually house). The Jose Amnesia vs. Shawn Mitiska track My All is a hot track, and besides the Flashbrothers remix found here, I would also hunt down the even better Markus Schulz mix, which is a top 3 instrumental trance track for me right now. This entire CD seems to ever so slowly build up and put you in a mood, getting you ready of what's to come on Disc 2.

Disc 2 heats up instantly with an opening track by Arksun (who is the male half of Luminary) and only slightly hits a snag with the awkard male vocals of Kyau vs. Albert's Walk Down. They had one of the best male vocal tracks last year in Made of Sun, however this one misses the mark. The mix hits a peak with a blazing hot track by M.I.K.E. and the CD never lets up with track after track of pulsating trance full of deep melodies. The track Venus by Stoneface & Terminal is another highlight until the CD finally comes to an end with an incredible new track by Armin Van Buuren himself, Sail. It's a sweet melodic number that's going to be big this year!

Easily Armin's best mix in a while, and the best State of Trance mix out of these past 3. It's right up there with George Acosta's All Rights Reserved and ATB's DJ in the Mix 3 as tops in 2 disc trance mixes this year. Also recommended is Solarstone's Destinations and Tiesto's In Search of Sunrise 5. It seems everyone is going for two discs now, but you would be serviced well with Ronski Speed's 1 disc mix, Monster Series Volume 1: Live Germany, although it's a hard to find import not available here on US Amazon.

Let's face it, there's heaploads of great trance and great mixes in '06, and this one is near the top! Oh, and in case you missed it, if you want an incredible mix experience by Armin, and one that defies description, check out his State of Trance Year Mix 2005, which is a best of the year mix with a whopping 82 tracks spread out over 2 discs! It's a hard to find import and track times are obviously short, ranging from 28 seconds to 3:14, but it's nuts!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "A powerful uplifting Mix.", May 16, 2006

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M (Somewhere in U.S.A.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: State of Trance 2006 (Rmxs) (Audio CD)

I've had the privilege to listen to this album about a week before its actual release date through a friend of mine. Since then, it's all I ever play and what I like to listen to now and I love it! ASOT 06' is by far Armin's best work. It's an album that can move every bone in your body and it's one with balance, beautiful vocals, and new mixture of string and electro vibe elements added that's makes this album so unique and inspiring. You won't be disappointed. What I enjoy listening the most from this album is the harmonic mixing key each song transitions into the next, especially at the release of bass synths. This is the driving force in Armin's work and he really knows how to draw out those sounds to their fullest extents leaving a trancy layer of melodies and killer bass lines with an uplifting force behind it. It's simply beautiful and exciting. I love all the tracks, especially "Whitesand". Don't ask me why. Just listen to it. Most of the tracks in the first cd are at a moderate 132bpm. With perfect pitch speed sets this as the mood. As for the second cd has bit more uplift at 138bpm. It's hard hitting and energizing. I love them both and I give this album my highest grade, 5 stars!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Armin breaks loose in 2006, February 13, 2007

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LexAffection (Philadelphia, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: State of Trance 2006 (Rmxs) (Audio CD)

Armin van Buuren's style, from the countless mixes/broadcasts I have heard him put out, tends to waver with inconsistency. I think A State of Trance 2006 is where Armin finally hits his stride and is able to keep up with his own work.

Disc 1 (On The Beach) is a really great opening disc. Whether you find yourself rocking to and fro in a hammock or grooving enthusiastically in the sand & summer sun, this CD acts as a nice soundtrack. More atmospheric and spacey, Armin illustrates his grasp of the wheel when he proves himself able to incorporate some type of a pulse - sometimes surprisingly quick and hard - into this kind of "spaced" motif. In other words, On The Beach is not by any stretch of the imagination something ambient, and yet it is. The unobtrusive bpm simply propels the music, which takes the forefront, onward.

Disc 2 (At The Club) is where Armin has been known to shine; crazy, pulsating dance-floor-destroyer melodic trance comes pumping out of the speakers the minute the laser hits the disc. It doesn't become boring, and thankfully the vocals were really kept to a tolerable minimum in this mix. At The Club reminds me a lot of the frenetic, almost breakbeat melodic trance Armin dished out with his ASoT:2004, only this flows much better, linearly instead of jagged peaks and valleys. I loved ASoT:2004, but sometimes the lack of careful mixing or track placement makes it too hectic too enjoy - even on the dance floor, if you can believe that one.

I feel like Armin's been tinkering with stylistic techniques during the previous State of Trance mixes - 2004 & 2005. I loved both, but each went off in some undesirable direction at some point and never quite seemed able to return to base. Armin seems to have taken the warmer from 2004 and the cooler from 2005 and rightly combined them to produce 2006; highlighting his electronica capabilities with flying colors and putting forth a set in which BOTH discs are equally as desirable.

....No doubt this puts Armin back on the maps, even after releases like '76' temporarily took him off of my own. A great all-around CD to own, especially for Armin fans but also those of The Thrillseekers, Tiesto and Solarstone.

~Lex