077 What do you feel when you go out to play in front of thousands and thousands of people? When I play in front of so many people, I still get nervous, it sounds silly at the same time, but yes, like this weekend at the Ultra Music Festival. There were so many people that you just want to play perfect sets, and it’s always difficult to please everyone. But I just tell myself that I have to be in the moment and enjoy it because it’s something I have to be very, very grateful for that so many people come to see my show and listen to my music. It’s amazing that people appreciate what you do, it’s something that I will be incredibly grateful for. Can you tell us what song is your favorite and that you can’t help but dance to? There are many tracks that I love, I’m a big music lover so I have a huge collection of music at home. I like early dance music, some tracks like Donna Summer’s “I feel love,” for example, because it’s one of the songs that started it all. Project, future ideas... That you can share with us. I’m working on many projects at the moment, this week I’m releasing my new album called “Feel Again Us” with 34 tracks. I have already released the first and second part, and this week I am going to release the third part, so there are a total of 34 tracks. I’m very excited about my new single with Punctual and Alika, and I have already finished my next singles for after the album, so there is a lot on the way. I can also tell you that I have started working on State of Trance 2023, my new compilation that will be released in May, and we are going to do another State of Trance Festival this time in London on July 2nd. And of course, I’m super excited to be back in Ibiza, in September I’m going to play on Sundays at Ushuaïa, so I’m very excited about all of this. What has been the most exciting moment you have experienced in your career? The most exciting moment in my career so far was in Amsterdam in 2017. I was at the stadium and we did something called “The Best of Armin Only,” and I played for 4 and a half hours. It was special because I played all my big hits, with all the artists singing live. My parents were there, my brothers, my friends, and my fans. I didn’t travel around the world, but the world came to me, and the whole show is on my Youtube channel, and you can see that it was the biggest thing I’ve ever done. How do you see electronic music in 25 years? I remember when I started as a DJ in 96-97 and many people asked me if dance music would last more than 2-3 years. I remember that all the interviews I did in those days asked me, “How long do you think this music will last?” But we’re here, 30 years later, and the music is still here. So if I have to guess, I think electronic music will evolve, I think the development of artificial intelligence will be super important for the creation of electronic music. I think AI will help us create new music, I think dance music will always be there, and that electronic music is now the basis of a lot of popular music.
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