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.
- Armin van Buuren – Am I AI? (A State of Trance Year Mix 2023 Intro)
- Gareth Emery feat. Maria Lynn – Missing You
- Above & Beyond – 500
- Armin van Buuren feat. Anne Gudrun – Love Is A Drug
- DIM3NSION – Stronger Now
- Armin van Buuren & Matoma feat. Teddy Swims – Easy To Love (Tanner Wilfong & Assaf Remix)
- Estiva – Via Infinita
- anamē – Escape
- Super8 & Tab and Crowd+Ctrl feat. Jess Ball – Incomplete
- Miss Monique & AVIRA feat. LUNA – Subterranean
- Laura van Dam – Needing You
- Maor Levi & Magnificence – Let You Go
- KASIA – Universal Nation
- Hel:sløwed & Amber Revival – If You Only Knew
- anamē – Anywhere (Road Trippin’)
- Armin van Buuren feat. Stuart Crichton – Dayglow
- Dekkai – Firmament
- Armin van Buuren feat. Sharon Den Adel – In And Out Of Love (Innellea Remix)
- Orjan Nilsen – 9910
- Armin van Buuren – Motive
- Chicane feat. Moya Brennan – Saltwater (Ilan Bluestone Remix)
- Seven Lions and Above & Beyond feat. Opposite The Other – Over Now
- 7 Skies – Tokyo777
- The Blizzard – Kalopsia (Matt Fax Remix)
- Luke Bond x M6 – Nexus
- UUFO – Energize
- Eelke Kleijn – Time Machine
- Armin van Buuren & Punctual feat. Alika – On & On
- DIM3NSION – Adagio In G Minor
- Giuseppe Ottaviani x Alex Sonata & TheRio feat. Tishmal – Tears Of The Kingdom
- Giuseppe Ottaviani & Ilan Bluestone – Futuro
- Hel:sløwed & That Girl – Hold Onto This
- Gareth Emery feat. Sarah de Warren – Vertigo
- Ahmed Helmy – Glitch
- Ferry Corsten – Mind Trip
- Cubicore – Bifrost
- Lostep – Burma (anamē AM Remix)
- Armin van Buuren feat. Vanessa Campagna – Vulnerable
- Ahmed Helmy – R4VE 201
- Achilles & Wintersix – Night Vision
- Fergie – Here Comes That Sound
- D.O.D – So Much In Love (Armin van Buuren Remix)
- Ferry Corsten – Yes Man
- Ahmed Helmy & D72 – Analogy
- Ben Gold & Ruben de Ronde – Bliksem
- Bryan Kearney vs Karney – Compromise
- Achilles, Semblance Smile & Sharon Valerona – Never Lost
- Orjan Nilsen – XIING (nilsix Remix)
- Maarten de Jong, Frank Spector & Luca Morris – Minuetto
- Asteroid – Free
- MurZo – Kiss The Night
- XiJaro & Pitch with Adara – Invisible
- Bryan Kearney & Bo Bruce – Shine A Light
- Paul van Dyk & Ciaran McAuley – Someone Like You
- Paul van Dyk, Marc van Linden & Sue McLaren – Beautiful Life (SHINE Ibiza Anthem 2023)
- Miyuki feat. Tara Louise – Love Again Like That
- XiJaro & Pitch – Chasing Dreams
- Binary Finary – 1998 (Victor Ruiz Remix)
- Emma Hewitt x Roman Messer – FALLEN
- Will Rees x Asteroid – Exhilarate
- Artento Divini x Davey Asprey presents A.D.D.A. & onTune – DivAs
- Whiteout – ADSR
- Mhammed El Alami – Healing
- Ciaran McAuley & Susie Ledge – You’re Never Alone (Uplifting Mix)
- Driftmoon – Feel The Waves
- Allen Watts & Rene Ablaze feat. Cari – On My Way
- XiJaro & Pitch with Cari – Time
- Trance Wax – Artificial Intelligence
- John O’Callaghan – Riverside
- Alex M.O.R.P.H. & Amy Wallace – Surrender
- Allen Watts – Set Me Free
- Giuseppe Ottaviani feat. Faith – Angel (Yelow Remix)
- Aly & Fila x Chapter 47 x Richard Bedford – Edge Of Tomorrow
- Sneijder x Cari – You Take My Breath Away
- Ben Gold feat. Madelyn Monaghan – Follow The King (David Forbes Remix)
- Solarstone – Solarcoaster (Maarten de Jong Remix)
- Daxson – Who We Are
- Giuseppe Ottaviani – To The Stars (A Dreamstate Anthem)
- HALIENE – Reach Across The Sky (Ben Gold Remix)
- Trance Wax – Ascend
- Emma Hewitt x XiJaro & Pitch – EVERLASTING
- Craig Connelly & Christina Novelli – Black Hole (Giuseppe Ottaviani Remix)
- Andrew Rayel – One More Memory
- Craig Connelly – Nathan’s Song
- Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Rank 1 & Ruben de Ronde – Destination (A State of Trance 2024 Anthem)
- A.R.D.I. – Mystical
- John Askew – Aces Hi
- Giuseppe Ottaviani – Conscious Mind
- Armin van Buuren & Just_us – Make It Count
- BK – XTC Nation
- Bryan Kearney – Encanta
- Somna & Sarah de Warren – Satellites (Will Atkinson Remix)
- Emma Hewitt x Daxson – WARRIOR
- Craig Connelly & HALIENE – Other Side Of The World
- RAM & Cari – What Matters
- Sneijder x Nat Conway – Everybody’s Free
- John Askew – Running In The Dark
- Ben Gold – Ultrasonic (Maarten de Jong Remix)
- Armin van Buuren – Computers Take Over The World (Maddix Remix)
- Will Atkinson – Cosmic Heartbreak
- Armin van Buuren x Xoro feat. Yola Recoba – God Is In The Soundwaves
- Armin van Buuren & Vini Vici feat. ALBA – When We Come Alive
- BK – You Are The Master
- David Forbes – Dreamstate
- Liam Melly – Energy
- Armin van Buuren – Space Case
- The Obsessed – Free Yourself
- le Shuuk & B-Stylezz – Konje
- Armin van Buuren – Lose This Feeling (Maddix Remix)
- Armin van Buuren – Lose This Feeling (Dimension Remix)
- Armin van Buuren – AI vs Humanity (A State of Trance Year Mix 2023 Outro)
Listen to the A State of Trance Year Mix 2023 (Mixed by Armin van Buuren) here
