Armin Only Intense Magazine by Alda Events

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DEAR VISITOR You were just part of one of the most memorable moments of my life. After touring for 1 year and visiting more than 30 different cities around the world, this weekend it’s time to say goodbye to “Intense” — the biggest project I’ve ever worked on. We finish where we started after literally touring all around the world. This is how it must feel when you’re in a band that’s breaking up. I will really miss this crew and the artists. We experienced so much together that we all grew close and became friends for life. It was very exciting to work on this big project with all these people, and I can’t thank them enough. From the very first try-outs in Den Bosch in the fall of 2013 to now, I think the show only got better and better as everybody got more and more used to their own parts in the show. I think everybody had to really learn something new on this tour in order to meet the demands we had for the show, including me. Every Armin Only set on the Intense tour was different. The fact that I played a track with show elements more or less randomly during my set was something everybody had to get used to. Working with people from the world of theater was a very new thing for most of us. They didn’t really know the dance music world, and we didn’t really know their world either. That was one of the reasons why this tour was so special to me. I got to try a lot of new things and interact in a totally different way with the audience.

THANK YOU PRODUCER DENNIS DE BRUIN, ALDA EVENTS TOUR MANAGER DANIELLE STOKMAN, ALDA EVENTS PROJECT ASSISTENT CAROLINE BROEKHUIZEN, ALDA EVENTS TECHNICAL PRODUCER MAARTEN HOOGLAND, ALDA EVENTS MARKETING MANAGER EVELIEN BODDAERT, ALDA EVENTS MARKETING DIRECTOR CHANTAL MUSQUETIER, ALDA EVENTS DIGITAL MARKETING MANAGER KOEN BLUIJS, ALDA EVENTS JUNIOR CREATIVE MARKETEER SEBASTIAAN BEK, ALDA EVENTS SHOW DIRECTORS JOS THIE, ALDA EVENTS AND SANDER RENEMAN, 250K MUSIC ARMIN VAN BUUREN AND ALL ARTISTS WHO WORKED CLOSELY WITH HIM ON THE “INTENSE” ALBUM SHOW CALLER MARGUS SPEKKERS VISUALS CARLO RUIJGERS, EYESUPPLY LIGHT DESIGN MARC HEINZ AUDIO WOUTER ASSELMAN, 250K CHOREO THOM STUART & RINUS SPRONG, DUTCH DON’T DANCE DIVISION COSTUME NANCY STEEMAN, MARIEKE VAN DER KLEIJ, LINDA GERRITSEN GRAPHIC DESIGN FAKTORY6 TECHNICAL TEAM JAN KONINGS, BJORN VANDERBROECK, RONNIE SANTEGOEDS, CHRIS DAS ARTISTS ARMIN VAN BUUREN, TREVOR GUTHRIE, FIORA CUTLER, CINDY ALMA , RICHARD BEDFORD, LAUREN EVANS, LAURA JANSEN, ELLER VAN BUUREN, MICHIEL EILBRACHT, KOEN HERFST ACROBATS JEROEN KASLANDER, TARA FOKKE DANSERS NATAN PRINS, ROBIN VOSSE, ALEXE JANSEN, MYRTHE KAARS 250K SANDER RENEMAN, MICHAEL SEEVERENS, ANDRÉ BEEKMANS, BAS SCHEIJ, WOUTER ASSELMAN, BOB ROODENBURG, CASPER DE JONG, KARIEN HORSTEN, ILONA VAN DEN BROEK CORRINO CHIEM VAN HOUWENINGE, ERIC LIMBUG, JAIR MAHAZRI, ATILLA MEIJS, ILJA HAPPEL EYESUPPLY CARLO RUIJGERS DAVID LEWIS PRODUCTIONS, ARMADA, SPONSORS KLM, PHILIPS, DENHAM, RADIO 538

Now that over 500,000 people have seen this show, we end the Intense world tour here and now. No more dropping balloons, no more hands that lift the ball, no more hugging my brother or Laura Jansen on stage. It will be a great memory. But where one door closes, another one opens. I’m already working on a new album, and I hope to come back with a new Armin Only tour soon. I want to thank YOU for visiting us tonight and making this show possible. And remember, whatever you do, make it Intense! -Armin

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INTERVIEW ARMIN VAN BUUREN

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INTERVIEWS SANDER AND JOS

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INTERVIEW ARMIN VAN BUUREN

WHAT’S THE THING YOU’LL BE MISSING MOST ABOUT THE SHOW AND BEING ON THE ROAD WITH THIS INCREDIBLE CREW FOR OVER A YEAR NOW? I think the moment 30 minutes before the show, when we made a massive circle with the whole crew — I called it the “group hug”. It was a special moment to connect and focus. WHATS NEXT!? WHAT’S 2015 GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR YOU? ASOT700 is coming up, and it will be transformed into a festival with several stages. Also I hope to finish my new artist album in 2015, which is a lot of work, but I’m already very excited about what I have so far.

“FOR SOME REASON THE SHOW IN MEXICO CITY WAS EXTRA SPECIAL” WHAT’S BEEN THE MOST CHALLENGING SHOW DURING THE INTENSE TOUR? I think you have to ask the production crew, but I think almost every show was challenging. The bar we set for this show was very high, and we demanded a lot from the local crews. Most of them had never

done anything like this before. Sometimes the stage was perfect but then the trampolines were missing, sometimes we worked with failing lights during the show and sometimes it was simply raining during the construction of the show! The funny thing was that I feel the audience hardly noticed anything. Especially the technical crew did such an amazing job. They worked together with the local crews to make sure everything was done in time. WHATS THE CRAZIEST THING YOU ENCOUNTERED DURING THE TOUR? I still don’t know how we did it in India. The stage was almost completely made out of wood! But it was a very good show I think. And then we had the thunderstorms in Buenos Aires, the only outdoor edition of the show. It stopped raining for the duration of the show, even though the weather prediction said otherwise. WHAT’S THE FIRST THING YOU’RE GOING TO DO THE DAY AFTER THE FINAL SHOW? Sleep! Haha. Oh and work more on these tracks I’ve been working on for so long… WHAT DESTINATION HAVEN’T YOU BEEN TO, BUT WOULD LIKE TO GO TO DURING THE NEXT TOUR? Because the demands for the stage were

“SOME TRACKS OF MY NEW ALBUM WILL EVEN BE A LITTLE BIT OLDSKOOL” quite high, we simply couldn’t do the show in every venue. I would really like to do shows in the Middle East and Asia. WHAT SHOW IMPRESSED YOU THE MOST? I think all the shows were special. But for some reason the show in Mexico City was extra special. More than 20,000 fans showed up and it was simply insane! WHATS THE WEIRDEST GIFT YOU RECEIVED FROM A FAN? I got so many gifts during this tour, especially in Ukraine and India. Somebody gave me a beautiful violin in Buenos Aires. I will keep that forever! WHAT CAN THE FANS EXPECT FROM YOUR NEW ALBUM? I’ve got quite a few tracks ready, and I’m really excited about what I have. Some of it will even be a little bit oldskool!☺ WILL THERE BE A NEW ARMIN ONLY WORLD TOUR NEXT YEAR? Working on it

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ARMIN ONLY FACTS 3D SCAN OF ARMIN TO CREATE A FULL BODY 3D ANIMATION 388 MOVING LIGHTS

270 FULLY CUSTOMIZED FREESTYLE VIDEO CLIPS

20.000 PING PONG BALLOONS

3 HOURS PRE PROGRAMMED TIMECODE LIGHTING 22 EPISODES OF THE ARMIN ONLY ROAD MOVIE OVER 500.000 VISITORS DURING THE YEAR

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33 SHOWS IN 5 CONTINENTS 3 MONTHS & 11 PEOPLE VIDEO PRODUCTION

67 STROBE LIGHTS

CREW OF THIRTY PEOPLE PER SHOW AROUND 2000 FLIGHTS DURING ONE YEAR

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INTERVIEW SANDER RENEMAN

TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF AND YOUR ROLE IN THE ARMIN ONLY INTENSE SHOW Sander Reneman, 36 years young, CEO and Founder of 250K and Eyesupply and creative -show director for the Armin Only Intense World Tour. IN THE ARMIN ONLY INTENSE ROADMOVIE WE’VE SEEN SOME VERY CHALLENGING SITUATIONS. WHICH ONE WILL YOU MOST LIKELY, NEVER FORGET? What happens on tour stays on tour so I can’t tell all the details and luckily not everything is in the Roadmovie. Show wise the one I will likely never forget is probably the one with the firework cue’s in Quito. I gave the cue to the local pyro guy during the show and the shot he fired contained an outdoor effect! The explosion was so hard and loud we all ducked down. I still haven’t apologized to Armin for the big bang, he was standing on stage at the moment, so sorry Armin. WHEN YOU’RE WORKING WITH SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, WHAT’S KEY TO KEEPING THE QUALITY UP TO YOUR STANDARDS? We travel with a big group of highly trained professionals that have extensive experience in every discipline of the trade, which made it possible to provide the local partners with the best possible show. However, key for keeping up quality is sharing our know-how with our local partners. A good quality show as Armin Only Intense can

INTERVIEW JOS THIE

only be achieved by work- postpone the moment that I’ll have to say ing together as one group. good bye to everybody. A goodbye that will be very emotional, because it has been an absolute privilege to travel with such an DID YOU EVER FACE A amazing group. SITUATION WHERE YOU WERE AFRAID THAT ANY NEW CHALLENGES AHEAD? SOME ASPECTS OF THE I just became a father, which is very speSHOW WOULD FAIL? Off course, some may- cial. The funny thing is, that I met my wife or problems crossed our during the previous Armin Only tour and at path, but if you’re flexible the end of this tour she gave birth to our as a group and you know beautiful daughter. I’ve always been paswhat you’re doing, you’ll sionate about my work and will jump from be able to anticipate to one project into the next one and as Armin certain situations and re- is most likely to release his new album mid act accordingly. This entails that you’ll next year, we’ll also need to start thinking have to make decision that can influence about a new tour that will hopefully start the show or have consequences for the the end of next year. dancers, acrobats, singers and even Armin. However, when you stay focused on creat- WHAT WAS THE COOPERATION BETWEEN ing that certain moment you can achieve YOU AND JOS LIKE? CONSIDERING THE the same impact even if it’s completely FACT THAT THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE SHOW ELEMENTS AND THEATRE IS different from what we scripted. WHAT MAKES THIS SHOW SO UNIQUE DID YOU EVER PRESS THE WRONG BUT- First of all I admire and respect Jos as a director. He has a phenomenal reputaTON DURING A SHOW? Never, and otherwise it’s always some- tion in the world of Dutch theatre and as body else’s fault….hahaha. No seriously, a young director he gave me the opportueverybody makes mistakes including me. nity to learn a lot from his theatre backI remember a moment in Toronto, our time ground. I probably said it before but the code system allows us to start tracks that good thing of working together with Jos, are selected on Armin’s CDJs. The intro was the chance to explore each other’s was playing and during that track the ball background. This really shines through in the show. In my opinion the show is really good and together we have reached a next “IT HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTELY level DJ show that will hopefully set the PRIVILEGE TO TRAVEL WITH standard for EDM shows in general

SUCH AN AMAZING GROUP”

ANYTHING YOU WANTED FROM THE DANCERS, BUT JOS TOLD YOU COULDN’T BE DONE? Everything is possible and we always had open discussions about everything. We reached out to each other for good suggestions and always found a way to reach our collective goal.

comes down. We lost control of the ball so you could only hear the audio but the ball didn’t come down, so I stopped the track and wanted to go back to the beginning of the song and start the show all over. Instead of stopping the track, I mixed up the players and started the track ‘Intense’, se- LOOKING FORWARD TO A NEW ARMIN lected in the second DJ booth on another ONLY TOUR? ;) CDJ. In my mind I’ve already been working on this for a few month’s now and slowly we WHAT’S THE FIRST THING YOU’LL BE are discovering which direction we need to DOING AFTER THIS FINAL SHOW? take for the next Armin Only Tour. I’m defiDrink and party with everybody and the nitely excited to explore and conquer the entire Armin Only family till sunrise and world with another show’.

exerting the dancers. On top of this, the me. I fell from one amazing discovery into dancers took really good care of them- the other. I had no idea that these techniques selves. had come this far over the last few years and the talent surrounding Sander is absoAFTER DOING THIS TOUR, DO YOU FEEL lutely amazing! I believe I speak on behalf A WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES OPENED TO of Sander when I tell you he probably had THE WORLD OF THEATRE, DANCE AND a similar experience with the world I came EDM? from. Things like the power of repetition and I experienced the tour as a unique collab- rehearsal were completely new to him too! oration between theatre and dance. After a year on tour, I believe we may conclude ANYTHING YOU WANTED FROM THE that a whole new world has opened up STAGE, BUT SANDER TOLD YOU COULDN’T BE DONE? Many dreams have been left unfulfilled. I YOU WERE ONE OF THE FIRST TO would have liked to have 4 stages surround“THE ART OF LEAVING THINGS BRING THEATRE TO THE WORLD OF ing the audience for instance. However, that’s OUT, SO ONLY THE MOST EDM, WHAT WAS THE BIGGEST how it works when creating a show of this calCHALLENGE FOR YOU IN DOING THIS? POWERFULL ELEMENTS REMAIN” iber. It’s all about the art of leaving things out, The biggest challenge for me was, creating so only the most powerful elements remain. a show that would last for over 6 hours. In the world of theatre, this would be similar to us. Sparked by nothing but positive WHAT’S THE FIRST THING YOU’LL BE reactions from the audience, this collabo- DOING AFTER THE FINAL SHOW? to trying to achieve a world record. ration has definitely been a success. Get some much needed rest and continLIVE ON THE ROAD IS PHYSICALLY ue the roller coaster ride with the opening WHAT WAS THE COOPERATION BECHALLENGING ESPECIALLY FOR THE nights of three new shows. DANCERS, EVER HAD THE FEELING YOU TWEEN YOU AND SANDER LIKE? CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT THE WERE PUSHING THEM BEYOND THEIR LOOKING FORWARD TO A NEW ARMIN INTERACTION BETWEEN THE SHOW LIMITS? ONLY TOUR? ;) Besides being incredibly motivated, the ELEMENTS AND THEATRE IS WHAT I would love to do a similar production dancers are also very experienced. They MAKES THIS SHOW SO UNIQUE with this team. There is always room for know exactly what their capable of and It’s literally been a first in every sense of the improvement. Armin, being the only one what their limits are. I just made sure I world. The way stage designs and visuals are in the business who understands this, will didn’t overstep these limits and risk over- developed was something completely new to hopefully initiate another tour. Jos Thie is a theatre director known for the spectacular. Music always plays a central role in the countless theatre productions directed by Thie. Audiences were blown away when he presented his raw and Dutch version of the rock opera Tommy and his hit musical Doe Maar, about Holland’s most popular band from the eighties, had people dancing in the isles for two years. Jos Thie is not easily shaken by scale, as he proves with this mega show that he has created together with Armin, Sander and a team of outstanding artists.

A STATE OF TRANCE FESTIVAL Last year we brought you A State of Trance: New Horizons! This year, we’ll venture into new territories by bringing you on a brand new musical journey that infallibly captures the true spirit of A State of Trance. This year, we proudly present you: ‘A State Of Trance Festival’. Divided over several continents at the most incredible locations, A State of Trance festival will deliver the unique ASOT vibe and electrifying atmosphere in its ultimate purest form. Staying true to the roots of ASOT we’ll be kicking of this edition with a celebration weekend, ASOT style. The home of this celebration weekend will be Australia,

during which an awe inspiring selection of trance Djs will take the stage during a live recording of the 700th episode of A State Of Trance on February 6th in Melbourne and February 7th in Sydney. On February 21st, we will proudly host A State Of Trance Festival with the first show in Utrecht.

of the ASOT story, celebrating Trance and sharing this with the rest of the world.

Been lucky enough to have you and your friends’ ultimate State of Trance moment captured by one of our lovely polaroid girls? Share your photo on facebook.com/ asotfest and get the chance to witness A State of Trance Festival up close, on FebThis year, A State of Trance hones in on ruary 21 in Utrecht! you! Together with you, we want to create and share that feeling of togetherness “Its time to go back to the essence. Back through our shared passion for everything to where it all started. That incredible feelthat is Trance. The very thing that makes ing. Together in A State Of Trance.” us part of something unique! Being part

WE’VE LEARNED A LOT, SAW EVEN MORE, PARTIED HARD BUT WORKED EVEN HARDER AND ENJOYED EVERY SINGLE SECOND OF THE RIDE!!! WE’RE GONNA MISS EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU SO MUCH! ARMIN, THANKS FOR THE INSPIRATION TARA & JEROEN

I THINK THE PEOPLE THAT WORKED TOGETHER FOR A YEAR ON THIS TOUR (AND NOT ONLY THE ARTISTS) HAVE GROWN INTO A FAMILY. THAT MADE THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE OF THE TOUR SO MUCH BETTER AND IT GAVE ANOTHER DIMENSION TO IT ALL. NATVAN PRINS

THERE’S NOTHING QUITE LIKE SEEING A STADIUM FULL OF PEOPLE SINGING YOUR WORDS AND MELODIES WITH PASSION FROM THE HEART. IT’S MAGICAL! LAUREN EVANS

THIS YEAR HAS BEEN INTENSE! THE SHOWS, THE FANS, THE TRAVELING, SEEING ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRIES AND MEETING ALL THESE AMAZING PEOPLE. I WILL MISS THE IDEA THAT I CAN CALL THIS “WORK”! BEST JOB EVER! ALEXE JANSEN

THE CHANCE TO CONNECT WITH AND SHARE MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE AMAZING CROWDS AND SUCH AN AMAZING TEAM OF CREATIVE GENIUSES IS BOTH A PRIVILEGE AND A HIGHLIGHT OF MY CAREER THIS FAR. RICHARD BEDFORD

THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE WORLD AND PERFORM WITH SUCH A GREAT TEAM FOR AMAZING CROWDS, REALLY MAKES THIS A DREAMJOB! MYRTHE KAARS-GARCIA

WE’VE FLOWN SO MANY MILES. I COULD DO A LOT MORE THOUGH. TRAVELING THE WHOLE WORLD SEEING SO MANY HAPPY FACES IS TRULY ONE OF THE BEST THINGS I HAVE SEEN. ARMIN ONLY INTENSE IS A BIG PACK OF EVERYTHING, FOR EVERY SENSE. ELLER VAN BUUREN

WITH EACH AND EVERY SHOW WE DID LAST YEAR I’VE COME TO REALIZE HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE AND RESPECT THE FACT THAT ARMIN IS ABOUT THE ONLY DJ WHO DARES TO INCORPORATE SO MANY ASPECTS INTO THE ARMIN ONLY SHOW. MICHIEL EILBRACHT

“WE MADE MUSIC TOGETHER ALL OVER THE WORLD, WHAT COULD BE BETTER THAN THAT!” WITHOUT QUESTION THE THING I WILL MISS THE MOST IS THE AMAZING PEOPLE ON THIS TOUR THAT BECAME MY FAMILY. AND HEARING CROWDS ALL OVER THE WORLD SINGING ALONG WITH ME… AND PING PONG ;-) FIORA

MY FAVORITE PART OF THE SHOW (NEXT TO MY DRUMSOLO OF COURSE) IS LOVE NEVER CAME; WHERE ARMIN, THE BAND AND RICHARD, THE DANCERS AND THE VISUALS, THE LIGHTS AND THE SPECIAL EFFECTS BRING TOGETHER A REALLY EPIC SHOW. KOEN HERFST

I AM REALLY GONNA MISS EVERY PERSON IN THE ARMIN ONLY TEAM THAT SUPPORTED ME DURING THIS TOUR, I AM GONNA MISS ALL THE GOOD TIMES AND EVEN THE HARD ONES! CINDY ALMA

I’VE BEEN MOVED TO TEARS, BEEN TIRED BEYOND BELIEF, PUSHED MYSELF FURTHER THAN EVER BEFORE AND HAVE BEEN REWARDED WITH MEMORIES THAT WILL COLOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. IT HAS BEEN ONE HUGE AND BEAUTIFUL GIFT. LAURA JANSEN

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WHAT’S THE STORY BEHIND DENNIS DE BRUIN AND THE AO INTENSE TOUR I am the tour director / producer of the Armin Only Intense tour. That basically entails that I’m responsible for putting together the team, overseeing creation, budgeting and setting up the planning for the tour. FROM A PURELY PRODUCTION POINT OF VIEW, WHAT’S ALWAYS BEEN THE TRICKIEST ASPECT OF THE SHOW TO TAKE ON THE ROAD? The Intense show was initially devised in order to create an experience that was unprecedented in EDM concerts; to exceed expectations and blow people away in amazement. More spectacular and Intense than we’d ever attempted before, while at the same time, reach as many fans as humanly possible. However, we needed to take into account that the show would be taken on the road and had to be reproducible in countries where the level of technical advancements was way below those of the Dutch. Not everyone is as advanced in EDM productions as we are, thus making it feasible for others to reproduce the show, caused many headaches. In the end we succeeded in what we wanted to achieve and were able to produce and reproduce an unforgettable show in almost every country.

EVERY COUNTRY HAS ITS OWN CUSTOMS AND HABITS, WHAT WAS THE STRANGEST ONE YOU ENCOUNTERED DURING PRODUCTION? That must have been India! The Armin Only Intense show in Mumbai has been an unforgettable experience in every sense of the word. Hundreds of locals threw in everything they had to help out in building the show. Small hammers, little saws and an incredible passion to get everything done in time for the show left a deep impression on me.

HAVE YOU EVER COME TO POINT, WHERE YOU WERE LEANING TOWARD CANCELING A SHOW? We always did everything within our power to prevent this, even if this meant making certain adjustments to the show. As long as the end result wasn’t compromised. For Ostrava unfortunately, this wasn’t enough. Even though we did everything within our power to save the show, we couldn’t go through with the Ostrava show and we felt terrible about it.

WHAT’S THE FIRST THING YOU’LL BE IN THE ARMIN ONLY INTENSE DOING AFTER THIS FINAL SHOW? ROADMOVIE WE’VE SEEN SOME VERY Down a bottle of champagne and party all CHALLENGING SITUATIONS. WHICH ONE night with the team. After a year on tour WILL YOU MOST LIKELY, NEVER FORGET? you become somewhat of a family. The toOne of the most challenging shows was the getherness and the feeling of conquering one in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Normally the world with each other is something we don’t do outdoor shows, but we couldn’t very special. That feeling and the experijust pass over on the chance to give the fans ence is something I’ll never forget! and an incredible country like Argentina the show of a lifetime. That’s why I decided to go ANY NEW CHALLENGES AHEAD? ahead and do an outdoor show. However, this The preparations for A State of Trance 700 meant that a very challenging task lay ahead. celebration weekend and festivals are in And of course as the weathergods would have full swing. We’ll be doing something difit; Rain…. More rain … And…. Incredibly ferent from what we usually do, which calls heavy thunder storms. Lightning even struck for a lot of adjustments. In addition a few the front of house during the rehearsals. At major steps have been taken towards the one point the weather threatened to put a creation of another Armin Only tour. It’ll be stop to the show. However by some divine hard work to top the current Intense tour, miracle, the skies cleared, and we were able but we’ll do everything within our powers to do so. to perform the show without a drop of rain.

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