The decks have been set, the stakes have been excessive and the one certainty was uncertainty.
At A State of Trance 2025, Armin van Buuren and Maddix took the stage for a “face-to-face” set, an audacious experiment that flipped the script on the normal DJ efficiency. With their cubicles positioned immediately reverse one another, the Dutch artists had no view of their counterpart’s decks, and have been as a substitute pressured to rely solely on old school intuition and musical instinct.
In contrast to customary b2b units, the place the DJs can simply learn one another’s monitor alternatives and physique language, van Buuren’s and Maddix’s setup eradicated that security internet solely. As a substitute, the powerhouse producers needed to anticipate one another’s strikes in real-time, creating an unpredictable, high-energy spectacle that performed out like a chess match.
Their efficiency set was only one piece of ASOT’s expansive pageant programming in Rotterdam this yr. The occasion’s opening day featured over 5 hours of dwell efficiency from van Buuren, who set the stage for a weekend that not solely celebrated trance music because it exists in the present day, but in addition its future.
Followers who missed the second dwell can now witness the entire set on YouTube right here.
Observe Armin van Buuren:
X: x.com/arminvanbuuren
Instagram: instagram.com/arminvanbuuren
TikTok: tiktok.com/@arminvanbuuren
Fb: facebook.com/arminvanbuuren
Spotify: spoti.fi/2WHsl2t
Observe Maddix:
X: x.com/maddixmusic
Instagram: instagram.com/maddixmusic
TikTok: tiktok.com/@maddixmusic
Fb: facebook.com/maddixmusic
Spotify: spoti.fi/2ImjqP4
