Armin Van Buuren: ‘I have been dying to come back to India’
Updated On: 07 October, 2023 12:36 PM IST | Mumbai | Nascimento Pinto
In an exclusive interview with mid-day.com, Armin Van Buuren delves into EDM music, his love for touring India, and even making new music
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Armin Van Buuren will perform on October 6 at the Jio World Garden in Bandra Kurla Complex at the Sunburn Arena in Mumbai. Photo Courtesy: Sunburn Arena
It has been two years since the last time Dutch DJ and music producer Armin Van Buuren was in India. After having visited the country just after the Covid-19 pandemic, he can’t wait to come back here next month, when he performs on October 6 at the Jio World Garden in Bandra Kurla Complex at the Sunburn Arena in Mumbai. He reacts, “It feels amazing to be back in India. I have been looking forward to this. I think the last time I played here was 2021, just after the global pandemic. I have been dying to come back and I am happy we have finally been able to make that happen.”
Buuren, who has won many accolades, has notably been among the world’s top DJs over the last two decades. For someone who has seen the early days of trance in the 90s, the world-renowned DJ has seen a lot of change in the way that people consume the music over the years. He explains, “I was there for the earliest heyday of trance in the late ‘90s and early 2000s. A bit after the 2010s, trance music became more of a niche genre, and other genres began to dominate mainstream electronic music, such as big room and more recently, (melodic) techno." Interestingly, as more people started listening to the genre not only around the world but also in India, even the kind of music being produced has evolved to cater to them. “I think it is safe to say that even though it never left, trance music is back and bigger than ever before. As for dance music as a whole, it never stops evolving, and that is what I love about it,” he adds.
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