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Armin van Buuren: Armin Only Tour 2017

The one, the only, the totally awesome Armin van Buuren played two tumultuous gigs at Amsterdam Arena as ‘The Best of Armin Only’ celebrated the conclusion of the ‘Armin Only’ performance concept. Armin’s largest solo show to date in his home country of the Netherlands additionally marked 20 years of an incredible career as a DJ / creative music producer, and it was the first time a DJ has staged a solo show at the venue, also home to Ajax Football Club. Creating an equally awesome lighting and visual design for the occasion were Andre Beekmans of The Art of Light and Marc Heinz, who united the worlds of live events, opera and drama in a visual extravaganza to match the energy and diversity of the performance.

There were over 900 Robe moving lights to help achieve their imaginative goals which were delivered by lighting contractors Focus Amsterdam B.V. and Rent-All. The breakdown included 200 x BMFL Spots, 112 x BMFL Wash Beams, 186 Pointes, 180 LED Beam 100s and 231 Spiiders and is one of the largest ever Robe lighting rigs for a single artist show, which was organised and promoted by ALDA Events under the technical direction of Maarten Hoogland.

As with all stadium shows, one of the first steps is to ensure there are enough lights to provide the sheer spectacle and WOW factors needed, especially for the high expectations of this show. These 900 plus Robe fixtures were joined by around another 450 luminaires together with 2.5 miles of DiGidot LED strip. The large upstage 8mm video screen measured 60 metres wide by 18 high and comprised four sections which rotated with lights on the reverse. The Armin Only (AO) showcase has included four live tour extravaganzas by the artist – Imagine, Mirage, Intense and Embrace - and dates back to 2005, complete with a selection of interesting special guests producing a vibrant creative musical space encompassing numerus musical styles infused into trance including jazz, hip hop, pop and rock.

They took elements from previous AO tours - the latest being Embrace, which has just ended – with a set designed by Freek Cornelissen from 250K based on a giant ‘A’ form, with a triple level stage and a central 15 metre diameter circular truss centrepiece which was rigged above a circular ‘B’ stage below. Various stage lifts were also incorporated into the decking and the circle had two long trussing bridges at the stage end forming the ‘A’, which were rigged with a double row of Spiiders underneath and moved down to the stage level later in the evening. Andre and Marc have used Robe’s new Spiiders before but not in these quantities. Before deciding on the Spiiders, they thoroughly ‘auditioned’ the fixture in a shootout with two other products from which it emerged a clear winner. The Spiiders outlined both the legs of the A (described above) and the O centrepiece.

As the two moving bridges went from their ‘home’ position down towards the stage, the Spiiders produced lots of effects and excitement. As an Armin Only spectacular, they knew there would be several guests plus aerial performers and dancers onstage, all of whom would need key lighting in multiple positions onstage and in the air. With a trim height of 20 – 24 metres across different parts of the rig, that’s why they chose the BMFLs, as the only light currently available that is powerful and bright enough to do the job efficiently. LEDWash 800s were used as down-lighters over the stage areas, while the 186 Pointes were distributed everywhere, including on a truss around the entire arena perimeter, where they were ideally placed to provide essential background and camera candy for the live RTL4 telecast on the second night.

Forty-eight Pointes were used in the centre 24 in the air around the circle (O) truss and 24 on the floor up-lighting the underside of the circle, which featured three concentric rings of lights and an access platform for the aerialists. All lighting was controlled from two grandMA2 full size consoles (fully backed up) operated by Andre and Armin’s long time lighting operator on the road, Michael Seeverens – a mix of timecoded and manually triggered cues for the best of all worlds. All 2.5 kms of DiGidot LED strip was supplied by Invent Design and controlled and mapped by The Art of Light with their Hippotizer Karst. Video was run by Carlo Ruijgers and special content was created by Eyesupply.

The challenge was creating all the epic crowd-pleasing trance and dance looks over a four hour period and balancing these with the more precise and crafted lighting required for some of the soloists and aerial pieces. This is where the synergy between Andre and Marc works so well, uniting and crossing over two different base disciplines of lighting in this highly charged ‘live’ atmosphere. Amsterdam born-and-bred Marc really enjoyed working in the venue – packed both nights at its 35,000 capacity for dance events – which is sacred ground as he is an avid Ajax fan and has been a regular visitor since 5 years old. Andre comments that the four hour, action-packed set simply flew by the original Armin Only shows were known for their marathon 9 hours of pumping rhythms.

Photos: Jorrit Lousberg


Setlist

- Overture
- Dark Warrior (Andrew)
- Armin van Buuren & W&W - D# Fat (Original Mix) w/ Hardwell & W&W - Jump (Original Mix)
- Cosmic Gate & Mark Sixma vs. Riva Starr & Fatboy Slim vs. Fedde Le Grand & Sultan & Ned Shepard - Crushed vs. Eat Sleep Rave Repeat vs. No Good (Armin van Buuren Mashup)
- Armin van Buuren feat. Mr. Probz - Another You (Mark Sixma Remix)
- Make It Right (Angel Taylor)
- Freefall
- Armin van Buuren & Mark Sixma - Panta Rhei (Intro Mix)
- Fall Into The Sky (Zedd)
- Armin van Buuren feat. Kensington - Heading Up High (First State Remix)
- My Symphony
- Arcade (Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike)
- Explode (W&W Remix) (Jordan & Baker)
- I Need You (Armin van Buuren Club Mashup)
- Armin Van Buuren vs. Cosmic Gate feat. Cimo Fränkel - Yai vs. Strong Ones vs. Embargo (Armin van Buuren Mashup)
- Armin van Buuren feat Laura Jansen vs Bobina - Sound Of The Drums (Armin van Buuren Mashup)
- If I Ain't Dutch
- This Is A Test
- Dogs On Acid (Kryder)
- Still D.R.E.
- Armin van Buuren feat. Christian Burns – This Light Between Us
- Orbion
- Armin Van Buuren ft. Susana - Shivers (Alex morph red light dub)
- Armin van Buuren feat Trevor Guthrie - This Is What It Feels Like (John Ewbank Classic Remix) vs This Is What It Feels Like (W&W Remix) (Armin van Buuren Mashup)
- ID
- Off The Hook vs. Fine Without You
- Adagio For Strings (Mark Sixma)
- Waves vs. Warrior vs. Turn The Music Up vs. Frontera
- Hyperdrive vs. The Count
- Communication
- Armin van Buuren feat. Sharon Den Adel - In And Out Of Love
- I Live For That Energy
- I'm In A State Of Trance (Ben Gold)
- Faithless - Insomnia (Andrew Rayel Remix)
- Brute (Ferry Corsten Vs. Armin van Buuren)
- Sail
- Blue Fear
- Armin van Buuren feat. Jan Vayne - Serenity
- Armin van Buuren feat Lauren Evans - Alone (Thomas Newson Remix)
- Caught In The Slipstream
- MaRLo - Visions
- Kensington - Sorry
- Armin van Buuren pres. Rising Star ft. Betsie Larkin - Again
- Eric Prydz - Opus
- Armin Van Buuren & Arctic Moon vs. OneRepublic - If I Lose Myself Coming Home (Shura Vlasov Mashup)
- Mark Sherry meets Space Frog & Derb - Follow Me (Psyburst Mix)
- Armin Van Buuren & Andrew Rayel & Talla 2XLC vs. Cosmic Gate - Eiforya vs. Exploration Of Space (Armin van Buuren Mashup)
- Armin van Buuren vs. Vini Vici ft. Hilight Tribe - Great Spirit
- Armin van Buuren vs. Human Resource - Dominator
- Armin van Buuren vs. The Ultimate Seduction - The Ultimate Seduction
- Armin van Buuren - Ping Pong
- Armin van Buuren ft. Gavin Degraw - Looking For Your Name



selected dates 2017

24.03.2017 Ultra Music Festival at ?Bayfront Park. US-Miami
29.04.2017 EDC Japan 2017 at ?Makuhari Seaside Park, J-Kanto
09.06.2017 Spring Awakening Music Festival at Adams, US-Chicago
21.06.2017 Opening at ?Hï Ibiza, E-Ibiza
23.06.2017 A Summer Story 2017, E-Madrid
28.06.2017 Armin van Buuren at ?Hï Ibiza, E-Ibiza
04.07.2017 Exhibition Centre TMM, Slovakia
05.07.2017 Hï Ibiza, E-Ibiza
12.07.2017 Hï Ibiza, E-Ibiza
19.07.2017 Hï Ibiza, E-Ibiza
22.07.2017 Tomorrowland 2017, B-De Schorre
26.07.2017 Hï Ibiza, E-Ibiza
28.07.2017 Tomorrowland 2017, B-De Schorre
29.07.2017 Tomorrowland 2017, B-?De Schorre
02.08.2017 Hï Ibiza, E-Ibiza
03.08.2017 Untold Festival 2017 at TBA, RO-Cluj-Napoca
09.08.2017 Hï Ibiza, E-Ibiza
16.08.2017 Hï Ibiza, E-Ibiza
23.08.2017 Hï Ibiza, E-Ibiza
24.08.2017 Creamfields 2017 at ?Creamfields, UK-North
26.08.2017 Mysteryland 2017 at ?Floriade Terrein, NL-Amsterdam
30.08.2017 Hï Ibiza, E-Ibiza
06.09.2017 ?Hï Ibiza, E-Ibiza
13.09.2017 Closing at ?Hï Ibiza, E-Ibiza

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