A State of Trance (often abbreviated as ASOT) is a weekly radio show aired every Thursday at 20:00 (CET) and 14:00 (EST), hosted by prominent music producer and DJ Armin van Buuren and Ruben de Ronde. The show first aired in May 2001. Its number of listeners is estimated at 38 million.

It was also formed in 2003 as a sub-label to its Dutch parent company Armada Music. The style of released music is mainly trance and progressive trance. The label is focusing on both young producers (such as Filo & Peri, 8 Wonders, Robert Nickson, and Galen Behr) as well as established artists (like Markus Schulz, Sunlounger, Sean Tyas, Signum and Vincent de Moor). It released its first vinyl release in 2003 by Mary Spiteri and reached its 100 release (ASOT100) with “The Doppler Effect – Beauty Hides In The Deep / Envio – For You (The Blizzard Remix)”.

While it was not the first radio show to broadcast a two-hour mix from a recurring DJ, A State of Trance’s legacy has extended beyond the trance scene. Part of this may be due to the fact that for most parts of the world, A State of Trance was only accessible via Digitally Imported, an internet radio station. Since A State of Trance has gone on the air, numerous DJ’s have created their own radio programs out of the spirit of A State of Trance. Some of which include, Above and Beyond with Trance Around the World (now rebranded as Group Therapy), Aly & Fila with the Future Sound of Egypt, and Markus Schulz with the Global DJ Broadcast. Some radio shows that don’t even play trance music have spawned out of the spirit of A State of Trance (such as Carl Cox’s Global, Hardwell on Air, and Nicky Romero’s Protocol)

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By 2019, the new theme for the ASOT 900 Series will be Lifting You Higher following this year’s Be in the Moment theme for the ASOT 850 Series as announced during the 886th episode of A State of Trance during the Amsterdam Dance Event.

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