Armin van Buuren - The Making Of Mirage

Download 'Mirage' on iTunes: http://bit.ly/d6BGYt
Buy the 'Mirage' cd on Armadashop.com: http://bit.ly/aZ3oF6
Download 'Mirage - Extended Versions' on Beatport: http://tinyurl.com/MIRAGE-EXTENDED

It's no secret -- creating electronic music is so much more than sitting behind a computer and doing a few clicks! A great example is Armin van Buuren's masterpiece of an album title-track named 'Mirage'. As the No. 1 DJ already revealed during one of his studio sessions, his brother Eller's band Bagga Bownz had main influence on the way the orchestral track came into being.

Eller and his Bagga Bownz band recorded the strings 27 times, the guitar 8 times and the bass guitar 4 times -- and all of that accompanied by a camera. The video we've just uploaded gives you an impression of how and where they were all recorded. They've used 4 studios to record and mix all the tracks together into one mayhem of sound. Strings were recorded in Delft, at Marmalade music, drums at Holland Spoor studios in The Hague and guitars and basses in Nutsville Noiselab, homestudio of Bagga Bownz. All was mixed together in Nutsville Noiselab and then in the studio with the rest of the track in the studio of Armin himself.

The idea itself that Armin made up came from Bagga Bownz' first album, called 'Done with the Pain' (available on iTunes). The song that inspired to do so, is called 'Ready or not'.

For more info check:
http://www.arminvanbuuren.com
http://www.armadamusic.com
http://www.itunes.com/arminvanbuuren
http://www.youtube.com/asotrecordings
http://www.armadadownloads.com
www.baggabownz.com

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[ummmwhatnow]

Is it just me, or do Europeans have a better appreciation of music than the western pop culture? Personally I would love to be surrounded by this kind of music rather than justin beiber and hanna montana every where I go. THIS is music.

[DigitalLaugh]

UGH! I'm in love with how diverse he is. :)

[Rxk3r]

Wow, this kinda sounds like some Metallica S&M shit !!

[amsterdamfan12]

6 peple dont know how to record the Making of their Music Lives.....

[Trance88]

Sweeet! The studio the drums and guitars were recorded in uses a lot of the same equipment my school uses (AKG 414 mics, Shure SM57 mics, Digidesign D-command console w/ Protools)!

[jono898]

@ummmwhatnow maybe the media is this way, but ultimately its your choice what music you listen to and what you surround yourself with. most musicians tour in the west too you know.

[lukasg57]

to create the real modern music.. amazing... just amazing...

[NikoSaltnes96]

@ummmwhatnow you wont hear justin beaver/hanna montana in europe, but it is same as hated here.

[malave22]

great job by a great dj and producer XD mirage

[RokerBorut]

AND THAT'S WHY HE'S THE GREATEST DJ FOR A WHILE NOW ;)

[fable254]

@ummmwhatnow We do listen to shitty music. I personally love this music and everyone thinks I'm weird. There are very few true artist's in America, we have a bunch of random people who may produce 1 or 2 hits then its like you never hear from them again. I think its the fact that in America everyone wants to make money with doing the least amount of work and once they have it they just are going to relax the rest of their life's. American music is the same thing there is no diversity in it.