hardly say average, he's done some absolute corkers in his time jus very stale of late Iio - Rapture is one of the best of his remixes
blue fear sunburn song for the ocean all incredible. Blue fear was one of the defining trance tunes of the current generation - and he was only about 17 or something when he released it. The man is a legend.
never been a huge fan of his own productions really but some of his remixes have been amazing, Sky Falls Down and Time Is The Healer come to mind.
Armins never been an average producer imo. the blokes up there with alot of the very best producers in the world. Love all his older material thats already been mentioned but if theres one recent track that proves what ive said above its empty state which features Mic Burns, its something special
Re: Armins productions I disagree! Blue Fear and Communication are 2 of my fave trance tunes ever! The only thing Armin has done that I've not been keen on is Burned With Desire
Gaia - 4 Elements is one of the greatest ever trance instrumentals. His remixes of Airscape - L'Esperanza, Riva - Time is the Healer, 7 Cities etc etc are fantastic too Its his recent stuf that wasnt great. Shivers wasnt anything special at all. However watch out for a big instrumental hes been playing called Sail. Its a remix fo his album track with Jan Veyne called Hymne. Its in the Gaia style and is amazing
Fair enough you lot have named a few good productions but i have to say Blue fear is a horrible tune. Compared to 3 the other "big 3" he is nowhere near on par production wiase IMO
moogwai - viola (armin van buuren remix) made when he was about 19, theres no fucking way thats average