Armin van Buuren played one of Deadmau5′ tracks in A State Of Trance and that lead to an online collaboration on Twitter. Deadmau5 thanked Armin van Buuren for playing his track and suggested to do an open collab. Read on how this came all together!

Deadmau5: thanks for the play @arminvanbuuren #ASOT
Armin: Love the new album.
Deadmau5: lets do an open collab! ill post some stuff for you to grab. this should be fun! gimme a few mins
Armin: deal! I’ll be in my hotel in an hour. I’ll get on it
Deadmau5: there you go @arminvanbuuren just a decent lil melody off the cuff, gotta start somewhere. .mid included 

working on a lead part, @arminvanbuuren might wanna mess with it tho, he’s probably better at them big ol trancey leads than me. aaand passing the torch over to armin for tonight to see if he can play off that melody, then we’ll just go back n forth yay.

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Update:

Armin: Yo @Deadmau5 this is a first rough bounce of the track. Let me know your thoughs. Deadmau5: right on… lemme snag it from there. sounds good

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Update 2:

Armin: Hey @deadmau5 did some more work on a topmelody audio.
Deadmau5: cool, pulling it all into cubase now
Armin: ok let me know if you need more parts
Deadmau5: you trust me with the mastering / project file? meaning, ill mix it etc, then we’ll both agree on arrangement stuff later
Armin: sure but I’m in Logic. Should I send you a project file?
Deadmau5: i have no logic. just pure chaos. it’s cool, i can transcribe to cubase eeezy peeezy.
Armin: ok here’s the Logic Project zip
Deadmau5: upped the tempo to 132, coz youre trancey like that. sped it up a little.. 132bpm now.
Armin: Great! 132 it is! 

01. Armin van Buuren feat. Jan Vayne – Serenity (Eximinds Remix)
02. Beat Service, Ana Criado – Whispers
03. Tritonal vs. Super8 & Tab – Arc
04. Arty – Grand Final
05. D-MAD – All To The Good
06. Markus Schulz Feat. Ana Diaz – Nothing Without Me (Markus Schulz Return to Coldharbour Remix)
07. Liuck & XB feat. Fenja – Prince & Beggar (Andrew Rayel Remix)
08. Armin van Buuren vs. Deadmau5 – ID
09. Ron Hagen & Al-Exander – Electric Eyes
10. Craig Connelly – Like Whatever (Original Mix)
11. Turn & Aguada feat Eskova – Straight From My Heart (Re:Locate Remix)
12. Skytech & Darius Romanovski – Another Joy
13. Spark7 & Sylvi – Dissapear
14. Dart Rayne & Yura Moonlight feat. Gemma Pavlovic – Agree to Disagree
15. Andrew Rayel feat. Jano – How Do I Know
16. Mario Ayuda & Chris Callado – Limitless (Original Mix)
17. AYDA – Pharaoh (Wach Remix) [Future Favorite]
18. Alexandre Bergheau – Adduria
19. Anthony S – The Spirit [Tune Of The Week]
20. André Visior – True Moments (Suncatcher Remix)
21. Tonny Nesse – Hole In The Sky (Arctic Moon Remix)
22. Solange & Binary Finary – Subliminal Delusions
23. Damian Wasse & Specific Slice – Supernova Explosion
24. Lee Miller – Reckless
25. Proyal – Bazaar
26. Jamie Drummond – Joyride
27. Eddie Bitar – The Ascend
28. Ronski Speed With Stoneface & Terminal – Incognition (Club Mix) [ASOT Radio Classic]

What’s going through your mind as you’re about to be crowned number one DJ of the world — for the fifth time? What’s it like to be back at number one, and how does it feel to have thousands and thousands of people vote for you? You’re about to find out!

On Friday October 19th 2012, we followed Armin during a magical but busy night, as he played the Armada Night in the Passenger Terminal Amsterdam, headed to the DJ Mag Awards party at the Convention Center to be awarded with the number one trophy, play another stunning set and last but not least, fly over to London for the second DJ Mag party and celebrate his winning. Enjoy this exclusive behind the scenes footage, of a night that rushed by, but won’t be forgotten!

01. Nigel Good – Come Home (Blake Jarrell Remix)
02. Roger Shah ft. Adrina Thorpe – Island (Antillas Remix)
03. Cosmic Gate feat Emma Hewitt – Calm Down (Omnia Remix)
04. Maywave – Harmony
05. SHato & Paul Rockseek – Found You
06. EDX – Touched
07. Ellie Lawson with Adrian & Raz – A new Moon (Abstract Vision & Elite Electronic Dub Mix)
08. Rank 1 – 7 Instead Of 8
09. NDS & Blue vs Spark7 – Senses (Jonas Hornblad Remix)
10. AYDA – Pharaoh (Wach Remix)
11. Shogun – UFO
12. Ahmed Romel – Moon Glow (Alexandre Bergheau Remix)
13. Chris Schweizer – Believe
14. Trance Arts & Colin James – Somnium [Tune Of The Week]
15. Giuseppe Ottaviani feat. Amba Shepherd – Lost For Words (On Air mix)
16. Alex M.O.R.P.H. feat. Hannah – When I Close My Eyes (Aly & Fila Remix)
17. Yahel & Liya – Creatures (Paul Oakenfold Remix)
18. Falcon – Aquila
19. John Newall – Dropkick (Simon Bostock Remix)
20. SoundLift – Alexandria [Future Favorite]
21. Alex Larichev – Operatic (Matt Bukovski Remix)
22. Sneijder – Shadow

01. letthemusicplay feat. UTRB – All I Can Give You (Ashley Wallbridge Remix)
02. Eric Prydz – Every Day
03. Maywave – Harmony
04. Bartlett Bros & Amex vs. York & Steve Brian – Illuminate (Aurosonic Remix) vs. Salida Del Sol (York’s Album Mix) (Allion Mashup)
05. Ultimate – One Way To A Better World
06. Andy Moor feat. Sue McLaren – Trespass (Antillas & Dankann Remix)
07. Estiva feat. Josie – Cliche
08. Tenishia – Where Do We Begin (Andrew Rayel Remix) [FUTURE FAVORITE]
09. Ben Gold feat. The Glass Child – Fall With Me
10. Armin van Buuren feat. Ana Criado – I’ll Listen (John O’Callgahan Dark Mix)
11. Tommygoff – Photon
12. Alex Bergheau – Colors of Persia
13. UCast – Genesis [TUNE OF THE WEEK]
14. Airwave – Above The Sky 2012
15. Frans Bak – The Killing (Armin van Buuren Remix)
16. MaRLo – Lightning
17. Ralphie B – Holy Grail
18. Stevy Forello – Horizon Of City Lights (Sunset Remix)
19. Michael Dow – Ursa Major
20. Neptune Project feat. Polly Strange – The Inside
21. Airway 7 – Electrified (Global Influence Remix)
22. Space Raven – Samantha (Original Mix)
23. Photographer – Airport
24. SoundLift – Revenge
25. Lost Witness – Happiness Happening (Lange Remix) [ASOT Radio Classic]