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.
CD 1
1. Armin van Buuren - Am I AI? (A State of Trance Year Mix 2023 Intro)
2. Gareth Emery feat. Maria Lynn - Missing You
3. Above & Beyond - 500
4. Armin van Buuren feat. Anne Gudrun - Love Is A Drug
5. DIM3NSION - Stronger Now
6. Armin van Buuren & Matoma feat. Teddy Swims - Easy To Love (Tanner Wilfong & Assaf Remix)
7. Estiva - Via Infinita
8. anam? - Escape
9. Super8 & Tab and Crowd+Ctrl feat. Jess Ball - Incomplete
10. Miss Monique & AVIRA feat. LUNA - Subterranean
11. Laura van Dam - Needing You
12. Maor Levi & Magnificence - Let You Go
13. KASIA - Universal Nation
14. Hel:sløwed & Amber Revival - If You Only Knew
15. anam? - Anywhere (Road Trippin')
16. Armin van Buuren feat. Stuart Crichton - Dayglow
17. Dekkai - Firmament
18. Armin van Buuren feat. Sharon Den Adel - In And Out Of Love (Innellea Remix)
19. Orjan Nilsen - 9910
20. Armin van Buuren - Motive
21. Chicane feat. Moya Brennan - Saltwater (Ilan Bluestone Remix)
22. Seven Lions and Above & Beyond feat. Opposite The Other - Over Now 23. 7 Skies - Tokyo777
24. The Blizzard - Kalopsia (Matt Fax Remix)
25. Luke Bond x M6 - Nexus
26. UUFO - Energize
27. Eelke Kleijn - Time Machine
28. Armin van Buuren & Punctual feat. Alika - On & On
29. DIM3NSION - Adagio In G Minor
30. Giuseppe Ottaviani x Alex Sonata & TheRio feat. Tishmal - Tears Of The Kingdom
31. Giuseppe Ottaviani & Ilan Bluestone - Futuro
32. Hel:sløwed & That Girl - Hold Onto This
33. Gareth Emery feat. Sarah de Warren - Vertigo
34. Ahmed Helmy - Glitch
35. Ferry Corsten - Mind Trip
36. Cubicore - Bifrost
37. Lostep - Burma (anam? AM Remix)
38. Armin van Buuren feat. Vanessa Campagna - Vulnerable
39. Ahmed Helmy - R4VE 201
40. Achilles & Wintersix - Night Vision
41. Fergie - Here Comes That Sound
42. D.O.D - So Much In Love (Armin van Buuren Remix)
43. Ferry Corsten - Yes Man
44. Ahmed Helmy & D72 - Analogy
45. Ben Gold & Ruben de Ronde - Bliksem
46. Bryan Kearney vs Karney - Compromise
47. Achilles, Semblance Smile & Sharon Valerona - Never Lost
48. Orjan Nilsen - XIING (nilsix Remix)
49. Maarten de Jong, Frank Spector & Luca Morris - Minuetto
50. Asteroid - Free
51. MurZo - Kiss The Night
52. XiJaro & Pitch with Adara - Invisible
53. Bryan Kearney & Bo Bruce - Shine A Light
54. Paul van Dyk & Ciaran McAuley - Someone Like You
CD 2
1. Paul van Dyk, Marc van Linden & Sue McLaren - Beautiful Life (SHINE Ibiza Anthem 2023)
2. Miyuki feat. Tara Louise - Love Again Like That
3. XiJaro & Pitch - Chasing Dreams
4. Binary Finary - 1998 (Victor Ruiz Remix)
5. Emma Hewitt x Roman Messer - Fallen
6. Will Rees x Asteroid - Exhilarate
7. Artento Divini x Davey Asprey presents A.D.D.A. & onTune - DivAs
8. Whiteout - ADSR
9. Mhammed El Alami - Healing
10. Ciaran McAuley & Susie Ledge - You're Never Alone (Uplifting Mix)
11. Driftmoon - Feel The Waves
12. Allen Watts & Rene Ablaze feat. Cari - On My Way
13. XiJaro & Pitch with Cari - Time
14. Trance Wax - Artificial Intelligence
15. John O'Callaghan - Riverside
16. Alex M.O.R.P.H. & Amy Wallace - Surrender
17. Allen Watts - Set Me Free
18. Giuseppe Ottaviani feat. Faith - Angel (Yelow Remix)
19. Aly & Fila x Chapter 47 x Richard Bedford - Edge Of Tomorrow
20. Sneijder x Cari - You Take My Breath Away
21. Ben Gold feat. Madelyn Monaghan - Follow The King (David Forbes Remix)
22. Solarstone - Solarcoaster (Maarten de Jong Remix)
23. Daxson - Who We Are
24. Giuseppe Ottaviani - To The Stars (A Dreamstate Anthem)
25. HALIENE - Reach Across The Sky (Ben Gold Remix)
26. Trance Wax - Ascend
27. Emma Hewitt x XiJaro & Pitch - EVERLASTING
28. Craig Connelly & Christina Novelli - Black Hole (Giuseppe Ottaviani Remix)
29. Andrew Rayel - One More Memory
30. Craig Connelly - Nathan's Song
31. Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Rank 1 & Ruben de Ronde - Destination (A State of Trance 2024 Anthem)
32. A.R.D.I. - Mystical
33. John Askew - Aces Hi
34. Giuseppe Ottaviani - Conscious Mind
35. Armin van Buuren & Just_us - Make It Count
36. BK - XTC Nation
37. Bryan Kearney - Encanta
38. Somna & Sarah de Warren - Satellites (Will Atkinson Remix)
39. Emma Hewitt x Daxson - WARRIOR
40. Craig Connelly & HALIENE - Other Side Of The World
41. RAM & Cari - What Matters
42. Sneijder x Nat Conway - Everybody's Free
43. John Askew - Running In The Dark
44. Ben Gold - Ultrasonic (Maarten de Jong Remix)
45. Armin van Buuren - Computers Take Over The World (Maddix Remix)
46. Will Atkinson - Cosmic Heartbreak
47. Armin van Buuren x Xoro feat. Yola Recoba - God Is In The Soundwaves
48. Armin van Buuren & Vini Vici feat. ALBA - When We Come Alive
49. BK - You Are The Master
50. David Forbes - Dreamstate
51. Liam Melly - Energy
52. Armin van Buuren - Space Case
53. The Obsessed - Free Yourself
54. le Shuuk & B-Stylezz - Konje
55. Armin van Buuren - Lose This Feeling (Maddix Remix)
56. Armin van Buuren - Lose This Feeling (Dimension Remix)
57. Armin van Buuren - AI vs Humanity (A State of Trance Year Mix 2023 Outro)