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.
Whether in music or anywhere else, technological advancement will never function without a soul like ours. And it will never be able to replicate our union in A State of Trance. A State Of Trance Year Mix 2023 is available as a limited edition of 1500 individually numbered copies on black vinyl. The package includes an insert with liner notes by Armin van Buuren.
Tracklist:
Side A
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)
7. Estiva – Via Infinita
8. Anamē – Escape
9. Super8 & Tab and Crowd+Ctrl feat. Jess Ball – Incomplete
10. Miss Monique & AVIRA feat. LUNA – Subterranean
11. Laura van Dam – Needing You
12. Maor Levi & Magnificence – Let You Go
13. KASIA – Universal Nation
14. Hel:sløwed & Amber Revival – If You Only Knew
15. Anamē – Anywhere (Road Trippin’)
16. Armin van Buuren feat. Stuart Crichton – Dayglow
Side B
1. Dekkai – Firmament
2. Armin van Buuren feat. Sharon Den Adel – In And Out Of Love (Innellea Remix)
3. Ørjan Nilsen – 9910
4. Armin van Buuren – Motive
5. Chicane feat. Moya Brennan – Saltwater (Ilan Bluestone Remix)
6. Seven Lions and Above & Beyond feat. Opposite The Other – Over Now
7. 7 Skies – Tokyo777
8. The Blizzard – Kalopsia (Matt Fax Remix)
9. Luke Bond x M6 – Nexus
10. UUFO – Energize
11. Eelke Kleijn – Time Machine
12. Armin van Buuren & Punctual feat. Alika – On & On
13. DIM3NSION – Adagio In G Minor
14. Giuseppe Ottaviani x Alex Sonata & TheRio feat. Tishmal – Tears Of The Kingdom
15. Giuseppe Ottaviani & Ilan Bluestone – Futuro
16. Hel:sløwed & That Girl – Hold Onto This
17. Gareth Emery feat. Sarah de Warren – Vertigo
Side C
1. Ahmed Helmy – Glitch
2. Ferry Corsten – Mind Trip
3. Cubicore – Bifrost
4. Lostep – Burma (anamē AM Remix)
5. Armin van Buuren feat. Vanessa Campagna – Vulnerable
6. Ahmed Helmy – R4VE 201
7. Achilles & Wintersix – Night Vision
8. Fergie – Here Comes That Sound
9. D.O.D – So Much in Love (Armin van Buuren Remix)
10. Ferry Corsten – Yes Man
11. Ahmed Helmy & D72 – Analogy
12. Ben Gold & Ruben de Ronde – Bliksem
13. Bryan Kearney vs Karney – Compromise
14. Achilles, Semblance Smile & Sharon Valerona – Never Lost
15. Ørjan Nilsen – XIING (nilsix Remix)
16. Maarten de Jong, Frank Spector & Luca Morris – Minuetto
17. Asteroid – Free
18. MurZo – Kiss the Night
19. XiJaro & Pitch with Adara – Invisible
20. Bryan Kearney & Bo Bruce – Shine A Light
21. Paul van Dyk & Ciaran McAuley – Someone Like You
Side D
1. Paul van Dyk, Marc van Linden & Sue McLaren – Beautiful Life (SHINE Ibiza Anthem 2023)
2. Miyuki feat. Tara Louise – Love Again Like That
3. XiJaro & Pitch – Chasing Dreams
4. Binary Finary – 1998 (Victor Ruiz Remix)
5. Emma Hewitt x Roman Messer – Fallen
6. Will Rees x Asteroid – Exhilarate
7. Artento Divini x Davey Asprey presents A.D.D.A. & onTune – DivAs
8. Whiteout – ADSR
9. Mhammed El Alami – Healing
10. Ciaran McAuley & Susie Ledge – You’re Never Alone (Uplifting Mix)
11. Driftmoon – Feel The Waves
12. Allen Watts & Rene Ablaze feat. Cari – On My Way
13. XiJaro & Pitch with Cari – Time
14. Trance Wax – Artificial Intelligence
15. John O’Callaghan – Riverside
16. Alex M.O.R.P.H. & Amy Wallace – Surrender
17. Allen Watts – Set Me Free
18. Giuseppe Ottaviani feat. Faith – Angel (Yelow Remix)
19. Aly & Fila x Chapter 47 x Richard Bedford – Edge Of Tomorrow
20. Sneijder x Cari – You Take My Breath Away
21. Ben Gold feat. Madelyn Monaghan – Follow The King (David Forbes Remix)
22. Solarstone – Solarcoaster (Maarten de Jong Remix)
23. Daxson – Who We Are
24. Giuseppe Ottaviani – To The Stars (A Dreamstate Anthem)
25. HALIENE – Reach Across The Sky (Ben Gold Remix)
Side E
1. Trance Wax – Ascend
2. Emma Hewitt x XiJaro & Pitch – EVERLASTING
3. Craig Connelly & Christina Novelli – Black Hole (Giuseppe Ottaviani Remix)
4. Andrew Rayel – One More Memory
5. Craig Connelly – Nathan’s Song
6. Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Rank 1 & Ruben de Ronde – Destination (A State of Trance
2024 Anthem)
7. A.R.D.I. – Mystical
8. John Askew – Aces Hi
9. Giuseppe Ottaviani – Conscious Mind
10. Armin van Buuren & Just_us – Make It Count
11. BK – XTC Nation
12. Bryan Kearney – Encanta
138. Somna & Sarah de Warren – Satellites (Will Atkinson Remix)
14. Emma Hewitt x Daxson – WARRIOR
15. Craig Connelly & HALIENE – Other Side Of The World
16. RAM & Cari – What Matters
17. Sneijder x Nat Conway – Everybody’s Free
18. John Askew – Running In The Dark
Side F
1. Ben Gold – Ultrasonic (Maarten de Jong Remix)
2. Armin van Buuren – Computers Take Over The World (Maddix Remix)
3. Will Atkinson – Cosmic Heartbreak
4. Armin van Buuren x Xoro feat. Yola Recoba – God Is In The Soundwaves
5. Armin van Buuren & Vini Vici feat. ALBA – When We Come Alive
6. BK – You Are The Master
7. David Forbes – Dreamstate
8. Liam Melly – Energy
9. Armin van Buuren – Space Case
10. The Obsessed – Free Yourself
11. Ie Shuuk & B-Stylezz – Konje
12. Armin van Buuren – Lose This Feeling (Maddix Remix)
13. Armin van Buuren – Lose This Feeling (Dimension Remix)
14. Armin van Buuren – AI vs Humanity (A State of Trance Year Mix 2023 Outro)