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Saturday September 12, 2009
NEW ISLAND FESTIVAL presents
ARMIN VAN BUUREN

As part of the New Island Festival’s celebration of provocative theatre, stunning site specific performances and dazzling visual arts, world famous Dutch DJ Armin van Buuren will be bringing the dance floor to Governors Island’s Water Taxi Beach for a FREE dance party on Saturday, September 12th, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

As a producer, DJ, and electronic music pioneer, Armin van Buuren has secured his place as one of the most influential musicians around. Known as an innovator of trance, Van Buuren is largely considered the #1 DJ in the world, playing to enormous sold out crowds, and broadcasting his weekly radio show “A State of Trance” to over 30 million people in 40 countries, making it the largest radio audience on the planet!

Direct from Holland, the New Island Festival will set up stakes on New York City’s Governors Island from September 10–13 and again from September 17–20. The festival will kick off the fall with provocative theatre, stunning site-specific performance, dazzling visual arts and exhilarating DJ sets, performed by world-class Dutch performers. More than 150 artists will perform during the festival to celebrate the universal character of art and culture, and the special bond between Holland and New York City.

Before his set, Armin van Buuren will be officially announced by the Dutch royal family’s Crown Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Máxima of The Netherlands.

GETTING THERE… A Water Taxi departing from Pier 11 at the base of Wall St. (just a few blocks south of the South Street Seaport) will bring you to the Water Taxi Beach. Entry is FREE but you must purchase a $10 round trip Water Taxi ticket to get to the island. *Admission to the event requires the purchase of this ticket on the Water Taxi and travel to Governors Island on these reserved boats. Water Taxis will be leaving from Pier 11 in Manhattan every 15 minutes starting at 11am.  GET YOUR TICKETS HERE!

After the show, stay and enjoy all the other events happening at the New Island Festival, including the Silent Disco (a “quiet” dance party where all the participants wear headphones) and all of the incredible free shows on the Boulevard of Broken Dreams at the center of the festival. Governors Island will be open until 12 midnight!

The New Island Festival is part of NY400, which celebrates the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s voyage from Amsterdam to New York Harbor, and commemorates 400 years of enduring friendship between the Netherlands and the United States.

From 1 PM — 5 PM
FREE EVENT*
All Ages

For more info, check www.arminvanbuuren.com or www.newislandfestival.com

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ELECTRIC ZOO NEW YORK ANNOUNCES DEADMAU5, TIGA, DESYN MASIELLO, STEVE AOKI, BUSY P, THE WHIP AND MORE
2-DAY OUTDOOR FESTIVAL ON RANDALL’S ISLAND PARK
New York’s Electronic Music Festival
September 5 & 6, 2009 (Labor Day Weekend)

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5th
Armin van Buuren
Deadmau5*
Benny Benassi
Danny Tenaglia
Roger Sanchez
Luciano
Robbie Rivera
Tiga*
Marco Carola
Chus & Ceballos
Steve Aoki*
Busy P*
Kaskade
DJ Mehdi*
Paco Osuna
Chris Lake
Speedy J
The Whip*
Martin Buttrich
Yuksek*

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6th
David Guetta
Ferry Corsten
Richie Hawtin
Markus Schulz
Special Disco Version featuring
James Murphy & Pat Mahoney
(LCD Soundsystem/DFA)
Andy Butler (Hercules & Love Affair)*
Frankie Knuckles
Steve Bug
Josh Gabriel
Desyn Masiello*
James Holden
Adam Beyer*
Tom Middleton*
Audion
Nathan Fake*
Menno De Jong
Chateau Flight*

*New additions
+More acts to be announced!
www.electriczoofestival.com

Electric Zoo New York – to be held in Randall’s Island Park, New York City on Saturday, September 5 & Sunday, September 6, 2009 – is pleased to announce more acts at this year’s inaugural festival.  On Saturday, the heavyweight line-up is joined by Canadian prog/tech star Deadmau5, Montreal’s club veteran Tiga, LA’s  scenster DJ Steve Aoki, Ed Banger electrohouse DJ Busy P, fellow French cohort DJ Mehdi, English electro-rock band The Whip, and fiery French live act Yuksek. On Sunday, NYC’s own disco-house purveyor Andy Butler (Hercules & Love Affair), UK progressive house darling Desyn Masiello, Swedish techno auteur Adam Beyer, prolific Jedi/producer /remixer Tom Middleton, next-wave computer rock technoist Nathan Fake, and Parisian experimental house/techno outfit Chateau Flight join the festivities to close out the weekend.

Special introductory ticket prices for Electric Zoo end on 12 midnight June 18th. Use promo code EZNY for $45 single-day passes and $80 double-pak two-day passes for General Admission. VIP single-day passes are available at $120 and VIP double-pak two-day passes at $225. VIP passes include a separate VIP entrance, access to VIP lounge with private cash bar, exclusive viewing area at main stage and access to VIP-only deluxe bathrooms. Tickets are available at www.electriczoofestival.com.

About Electric Zoo New York
New York’s premiere electronic music production team Made Event presents the next chapter in their ongoing success story of top-quality electronic music events. This Labor Day weekend on Saturday, September 5th and Sunday, September 6th, 2009, Electric Zoo will transform Randall’s Island Park from 12 noon to 11pm each day into an open-air music festival with an unprecedented line-up of over 50+ artists across 4 stages, covering all genres; House, Techno, Trance, Electro, and Indie, including DJs and live acts.

Randall’s Island is accessible by car, bus, pedestrian and ferry.

For additional info, please go to www.electriczoofestival.com.
Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ElectricZooNY

About Made Event
Made Event, helmed by Mike Bindra and Laura De Palma, working with a team of industry leaders, is committed to excellence in the programming, promotion, and production of electronic dance music events. They stand at the vanguard of their field due to the world-renowned caliber of entertainment and expert production values they bring into a variety of distinctive and innovative venues. With over 25 years of combined experience, and over 400 successful events produced in New York City and at Winter Music Conference in Miami, Made Event continues to set the bar for quality electronic music events. For more info, please go to www.made-event.com.

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Friday, October 31st
Made Event presents
ARMIN VAN BUUREN
HALLOWEEN BALL
w/ Blake Jarrell
Come dressed in your best Halloween attire!

“It’s not just love for music, it’s my passion. It goes beyond liking, and beyond a hobby, it’s about a way of living. Music is essential to my life”. – Armin Van Buuren

Made Event presents an extra spooky and special Halloween Ball with Armin Van Buuren at Roseland Ballroom on Friday, October 31st, 2008.  Be sure to come adorned in your best Halloween costume as this is surely going to be an All Hallowed Eve for the ages!

Armin Van Buuren simply put, is one of the greatest trance music producers and DJs of all time; DJ Mag, along with the rest of the world agree, as he was voted number one DJ for 2007 in the magazines annual Top 100 vote.  Being the official World’s Best DJ is just one of his many achievements, but the fundamental force behind his success is an overriding passion for dance music.  Even a short list of his recent accomplishments would for many comprise a lifetime body of work: ‘Best Album’ for artist album “Shivers” at both the Dutch Release Dance Awards and the prestigious Edison Awards; ‘Best Compilation’ for “A State Of Trance”, and ‘Best Mix Radio Dutch Show’ at the Miami Winter Music Conference 2006 for radio show ‘A State Of Trance’ – now broadcasting on a massive 40 FM stations worldwide as well as satellite and internet radio, with over 6 million listeners a week; and a 5th year residency in Ibiza at Amnesia, just to name a very few.

Armada and MySpace have teamed up to take care of your listening pleasure. Members of MySpace are now offered a special and exclusive preview of ‘A State of Trance 2008′ which can be heard on Armin van Buuren’s MySpace profile at www.myspace.com/arminvanbuuren.

On the October 7th, the fifth edition of Armin van Buuren’s stunning and International Dance Music Awards Winning compilation ‘A State of Trance’ will be released on Ultra Records. ‘Armin van Buuren – A State of Trance 2008′ is the long expected new album of the award winning sequence and is filled with a range of the most exclusive and hottest tracks around.  The four previous editions of the ‘A State of Trance’ series were a big success and therefore he chose to continue the concept of ASOT 2006 and 2007; CD1 contains the ‘On the Beach’ theme and consists of tracks with catchy beats, warm vocals and delicate summer melodies, while CD2 reflects the atmosphere of an Armin performance ‘In The Club’.

Armin van Buuren “Imagine” is out now on Ultra Records.
Armin van Buuren “A State of Trance 2008″ to be released on Ultra Records on October 7th.

Roseland Ballroom
239 W 52nd St.
NYC 212.247.0200
Doors at 9pm
Valid state issued photo I.D. required
Event Info Line: 917.723.9381

Complete sound system installed and engineered by Integral Sound
Full light and video show
Advanced tickets $40 from ticketweb.com until midnight September 25th
Tickets also available at Rebel Rebel, 319 Bleecker St., NYC 212.989.0770

Very Limited VIP Seating available:
VIP Premium Seating ($275)
Premium Seating is on an elevated platform on the dance floor level with premium views of Armin

VIP Mezzanine Seating ($200)
Mezzanine Seating is one flight up from the dance floor level, overlooking the dance floor

www.made-event.com
www.arminvanbuuren.com
www.armadamusic.com
www.davidlewisproductions.com
www.ultrarecords.com
www.roselandballroom.com

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Saturday, July 5th, 2008
Made Event presents
ARMIN VAN BUUREN
@ McCarren Pool

Made Event presents DJ Mag’s #1 DJ in the world Armin van Buuren at Brooklyn’s outdoor mega-venue McCarren Park Pool for a solo DJ concert this summer on Saturday, July 5th.

Last year Armin van Buuren debuted at the former 50,000 square foot NYC public pool to an ecstatic crowd numbering over 3,000. During last year’s show, the epic day-to-night event featured a stunning sunset that set the stage for a spectacular and powerful canopy of laser disco lights like effect for Armin’s epic soundtrack. Now in a bold move owing to his ever-growing popularity, Armin will be performing solo at New York’s coolest concert space and quite possibly the last DJ event of this caliber, as McCarren Park Pool undergoes a major renovation in 2009.

Armin van Buuren returns to NYC on the heels of his hotly anticipated third artist album IMAGINE out now on Ultra Records. The album is a testament to his ongoing transition from producer to fully-fledged artist, and is the perfect amalgamation of beats and electronica with lush chords and songwriting.

While trance’s universal appeal and Armin’s dedication to the genre have contributed to his huge global success, including a radio show that broadcasts on a massive 40 FM stations as well as satellite and internet radio, with over 6 million listeners a week, Armin’s albums are more than a series of identical trance tracks based on an 8-bar loop. Imagine is the product of two years’ work, with tracks recorded across 8 locations – everywhere from Washington to Holland, and LA to Ireland – and featuring a number of vocals, from the sublime tones of American Jennifer Rene to the rock-friendly sound of Liverpudlian Chris Jones on “Going Wrong.”

The internationally celebrated DJ Armin van Buuren quickly rose to fame in the dance music arena over the last 6 years with the success of both his music career and his label & management company, Armada.  As a result, he was crowned the #1 DJ in the world by the notorious DJ Mag poll in November 2007. Born in Leiden, Holland, former law student van Buuren now sells out venues from Europe to Russia, the Middle East to the United States, with a recent sold-out Armin Only event in the Netherlands with 16,000!

Join us as NYC’s premiere electronic dance music event promotions company Made Event presents a full-scale production with customized Integral Sound, along with spectacular lasers & lighting effects at this unique landmark outdoor concert venue for the most memorable fresh air DJ experience of the summer!

Armin van Buuren Imagine is out now on Ultra Records.

IMAGINE E-CARD : Listen to the album here
www.ultrarecords.com/web/ecard/avbimagine

Saturday, July 5th, 2008
Armin van Buuren
Advance tickets $40 while supplies last at www.ticketweb.com
Tickets also available at Rebel Rebel 319 Bowery, NYC 212.989. 0770

McCarren Pool is located at
Lorimer Street between
Driggs Avenue & Bayard Street
Williamsburg, Brooklyn

ALL AGES
Doors at 4.30pm
*Sound by Integral Sound
Event Info 917.723.9381
www.made-event.com

“[McCarren Park Pool] New York’s freshest, coolest concert space.” – New York

“[Armin van Buuren 2007]…an all-ages, open-air dance music extravaganza.” – Remix

“Armin van Buuren, one of the most energetic, infectious and engaging DJ’s around…As the sun went down, laser lights played along the back walls of the complex, and the Intelligent Lighting system, fog machine, and short movies shown on  the two screens flanking Armin helped to create a feeling of a musical oasis.” – EDGE NY
“Smiling the entire time, the charismatic Armin spun an arresting four and a half hour trance set full of dramatic build-ups and tumultuous drops as the sun set…A true master of his genre, his performances are not to be missed!” – New York Press

www.arminvanbuuren.com
www.armadamusic.com
www.davidlewis.nl
www.ultrarecords.com