Event Lineups

Oxygen Arena
Armin Van Buuren (9 hour set)

Nitrogen Room
Oliver Lang
Chris Turner
Ash Causer
Jim Ryan

Carbon Lounge
Will Bailey
Tim Roberts
Tom Hill

Location Info
Air Birmingham
Heath Mill Lane
Digbeth
Birmingham

Entrance Fee
£15.50 advanced, £17.00 door

Last year for the first time Godkitchen presented the Absolute Armin event, where world no. 3 DJ Armin Van Buuren would dominate the lineup for that night, a massive 9 hour set by the star man himself. After the huge success that it brough last year, once again this year the biggest club night in United Kingdom brought the very popular event back. A huge 9 hour set by Armin Van Buuren. Upon arrival at 9:45 pm, the venue was already more crowded that it would usually be at this time. The first tune that Armin greeted me with was Leama & Moor's Fact of the Matter. There was already a good crowd going on, energetic and moving to the tunes that Armin was spinning, and it would continue to remain until the end of the night. By 11:00 pm, the club was already full. Party goers packed onto one another, there was hardly any space to stand, let alone dance. Clearly shows that big names attract big crowds. Armin started his set with tunes that were not as energetic as the ones he would play at the peak hours. Among the 'early' tunes that he played were Max Graham - Gone, and the Ridgewalkers feat. El - Find. It certainly warmed the crowd up for what would be an amazing night. By midnight, the energy level of the crowd was reaching its peak. Schools of fans were crowding around the DJ booth, looking for an autograph, picture, or to request tunes. At some point, it would seem like they were harassing Armin, constantly disturbing Armin, even when he's in the middle of mixing. However, Armin remained very professional, and did his best to keep all his fans happy. Armin himself was energetic, moving and jumping about, which spurred the crowd even more. Tunes like M.I.K.E - Massive Motion and Fred Baker vs Nyram - Confirmation drove the crowd wild, and by the middle of his 9 hour set, Armin was playing really powerful material. He would also find the chance to play some trance classics, among them Solar Stone - Seven Cities, which drove roars from the crowd. At about 03:00 am, parts of the crowd who already exhausted started leaving, clearing up some room (it was still very crowded even when people started to leave). He was still going strong with his mixing, his mixing was flawless, and the tunes kept coming in. Almost 05:00 am and in my 8th hour, I decided to call it a stop as I was exhausted, I had gone non stop for 7-8 hours, but when I heard Armin play Carl B - All Day, he made me stay that extra 10 minutes. It was unfortunate that I was too exhausted to stay for the entire event, but it was a great night out for me, and I'm sure for all the party goes there too. Armin clearly shows us why he is one of the best and most popular DJ in the world, excellent mixing, great tracklist selection, excellent interaction with the crowd, and last but not least, the professionalism.

A downside of this event was the price of the drinks, Air clearly wanted to capitalise on the large and thirsty crowd. Prices of drinks were high, especially £2.50 for a bottle of mineral water.

I was unable to ID all the tunes that was played on the night, it was a 9 hour set, there had to be at least 80 songs that he played. However, I did manage to ID some of them, and below is a list of IDs that I was able to make (and remember after a whole night) :

Above & Beyond - No One On Earth (Gabriel & Dresden Remix)
Leama & Moor - Fact Of The Matter
Ridgewalkers feat. El - Find (Andy Moor Remix)
Enmass - CQ
Hydra - Affinity (Menno De Jong 2005 Remix)
Firewall - Sincere 2005 (Smith & Pledger Remix)
Synergy - Hello Strings
Peter Martin - Simply Blue
Mike Foyle pres. Statica - Space Guitar
Solar Stone - Seven Cities
Sarah McLachlan - Fallen (Gabriel & Dresden Remix)
Oceanlab feat. Justine Suissa - Satellite
Armin Van Buuren - Communication part 3
Armin Van Buuren - Birth Of An Angel
Armin Van Buuren - Blue Fear 2004
Cosmic - Freefall
Fred Baker vs Nyram - Confirmation
M.I.K.E - Massive Motion
Kyau vs Albert - Made Of Sun
Young Parisians feat. Ben Lost - Jump The Next Train (Kyau vs Albert Remix)
The Cranberries - Shattered (Bootleg)
Max Graham feat. Jessica Jacobs - Gone
Jan Johnston - Calling Your Name (Thrillseekers Remix)
Chicane - Autumn Tactics (Thrllseekers Remix)
U2 - With Or Without You (Remix)
Robert Nickson - Twisted By Design
Randy Katana - One Solid Wave
Nu NRG - Freefall
M.I.K.E - Sunset At Palamos
Reflekt feat. Deline Bass - Need To Be Loved
Tiesto - Traffic
Duende - Amor De Dios
Ernesto vs Bastian - The Dark Side Of The Moon
Jonas Steur - Castamara
DJ Vesiga vs Jomar - Nightoperator
Blank & Jones feat. Bobo - Perfect Silence (E-Craig 212 Dub)

These were among the tunes that were played, on a night filled with excellent trance tunes.

Party Moment : When Armin played Solar Stone - Seven Cities



Party Rating : 9/10 - 1 mark for each excellent hour that Armin provided

Value For Money : 8/10 - A bit pricey, but Armin makes up for all of it.

Lineup : 10/10 - Lineups don't get better than this.

Music : 9/10 - 9 hours of A State of Trance, but live in an event.

Crowd : 7/10 - Very crowded, constant harassing of Armin


Reviewed By : Blinque

OMFG 9 HOUR SET OF AVB SUPER!!!

yeaa..we used to get a few 9 hours set in gods. but not anymore.