I like trance, it is quite good and everything.

I'm most regularly found at The Gallery or Godskitchen, especially if anyone Dutch is playing. Or just if anyone half-decent is playing, cos I haven't got anything better to do really.

I originally come from Loughborough but ended up at uni in Birmingham back in 2000 and I've stayed there since.

'Ski' was just a nickname I got at school (I'll leave it to your imagination) which I used on forums due to not having been given any other interesting nicknames since. It appears some bastard's already taken it on here, though, so I've had to use my proper name as well.

I've found myself on the Armin Only 2006 DVD!! Yeah, OK, so it's in the bonus 'making of' feature but, hey...



Armin had just dropped Push - Strange World (2000 Remake), which I fondly remember him playing back-to-back with the Airwave Remix of Strange World on his Godskitchen debut in March 2001. I was rather happy. Just look at the teeth.



The Armin van Buuren Gig Attendance List
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01. 30/03/2001 Godskitchen @ Code, Birmingham (with Judge Jules, Ferry Corsten, Timo Maas and Daniel Soto)

02. 26/10/2001 Godskitchen @ Code (3hr set, with Fergie and Dumonde)

03. 25/01/2002 Godskitchen @ Code (with Judge Jules and Signum)

04. 08/03/2002 Godskitchen @ Code (with Ferry Corsten and Marco V)

05. 07/06/2002 Godskitchen @ Code (with John Kelly)

06. 05/07/2002 Godskitchen @ Code (with Marco V)

07. 09/08/2002 Godskitchen @ Code (with Paul van Dyk and Darren Shambhala)

08. 15/11/2002 Godskitchen @ Code (with Christopher Lawrence. £5 entry!)

09. 20/12/2002 Godskitchen @ Code (with Ferry Corsten, Ronald van Gelderen and Fergie)

10. 31/01/2003 Godskitchen @ Code (with Ferry Corsten, Armin & Ferry B2B and Jon O'Bir)

11. 28/03/2003 Godskitchen @ Code (with Marco V, Guy Ornadel, Montana and Jon O'Bir)

12. 18/07/2003 Godskitchen @ Code (9hr set, Code closing party)

13. 29/11/2003 Gatecrasher @ NEC Arena, Birmingham (with Tiësto, Paul van Dyk, Ferry Corsten, Judge Jules, Gabriel & Dresden, Scott Bond, Matt Hardwick and a live PA of Motorcycle - As The Rush Comes)

14. 31/12/2003 Godskitchen @ Air, Birmingham (4hr set, with Gabriel & Dresden, Jon O'Bir and another Motorcycle live PA)

15. 16/01/2004 Godskitchen @ Air (3hr set, Armin's residency launch night with Pulser and Jon O'Bir)

16. 27/02/2004 Godskitchen @ Air (3hr set, with Lange, Markus Schulz and Jon O'Bir)

17. 26/03/2004 Godskitchen @ Air (9hr set)

18. 23/04/2004 Godskitchen @ Air (with Harry Lemon and Jon O'Bir)

19. 21/05/2004 Godskitchen @ Air (with Remy and Jon O'Bir)

20. 25/06/2004 Godskitchen @ Air (with Markus Schulz and Jon O'Bir)

21. 23/07/2004 Godskitchen @ Air (with The Thrillseekers, Smith & Pledger, Guy Ornadel, Agnelli & Nelson, Gareth Emery and Jon O'Bir)

22. 20/08/2004 Godskitchen @ Air (4hr set, with Perry O'Neil and Jon O'Bir)

23. 24/09/2004 Godskitchen @ Air (with Markus Schulz, Remy and Jon O'Bir)

24. 29/10/2004 Godskitchen @ Air (3hr set, with Jon O'Bir, Adam Sheridan and Mark Eteson)

25. 17/12/2004 Godskitchen @ Air (with The Thrillseekers, Pulser, Remy and Jon O'Bir)

26. 19/02/2005 Godskitchen @ Air (9hr set)

27. 23/04/2005 Godskitchen @ Air (with Ronald van Gelderen)

28. 25/06/2005 Godskitchen @ Air (with Markus Schulz, M.I.K.E. and Jon O'Bir)

29. 30/07/2005 Global Gathering @ Long Marston Airfield, Stratford-upon-Avon

30. 26/08/2005 The Gallery @ Turnmills, London (8hr set, with Gavyn Mytchel)

31. 24/09/2005 Godskitchen @ Air (9hr set)

32. 05/11/2005 Godskitchen @ Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle (with Above & Beyond, Tall Paul, Judge Jules, Jon O'Bir, Matt Hardwick and Fergie)

33. 16/12/2005 The Gallery @ Turnmills (with Pete Tong, Tall Paul and Gavyn Mytchel)

34. 17/12/2005 Godskitchen @ Air (3hr set, with Judge Jules and Mark Eteson)

35. 17/02/2006 The Gallery @ Turnmills (with Sister Bliss and Greg Downey)

36. 18/02/2006 Godskitchen @ Air (4hr set, with Judge Jules and Mark Eteson)

37. 28/05/2006 Crasher @ Gatecrasher One, Sheffield (with Above & Beyond, Markus Schulz, Riley & Durrant, Matt Hardwick and Will Holland)

38. 29/07/2006 Global Gathering @ Long Marston Airfield, Stratford-upon-Avon

39. 25/08/2006 Godskitchen @ Air (4hr set, with Markus Schulz and Mark Eteson)

40. 26/08/2006 South West Four Afterparty @ Brixton Academy, London (with Sander van Doorn, Judge Jules, John Askew and Gavyn Mytchel)

41. 25/10/2006 DJ Mag Top 100 Party @ Fabric, London (with Paul van Dyk, Sander van Doorn and Flash Brothers)

43. 11/11/2006 Armin Only @ Ahoy, Rotterdam

44. 23/12/2006 Godskitchen @ Air (with Judge Jules, Matt Hardwick and Mark Eteson)

45. 03/03/2007 Passion's 12th Birthday @ The Emporium, Coalville (4hr set, with JFK)

46. 28/04/2007 Godskitchen @ Air (with Markus Schulz, Remy and Mark Eteson)

47. 05/05/2007 Godskitchen Soundclash @ Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle (3hr set, with Erick Morillo, Micky Slim, Paul Kershaw and Riley & Durrant)

48. 11/05/2007 The Gallery's 12th Birthday @ Turnmills (with Tall Paul, Niklas Harding, Gavyn Mytchel and Remy)

49. 17/05/2007 A State Of Trance 300 @ Pettelaarse Schans, Den Bosch (with Markus Schulz, Marcel Woods, Menno de Jong, Sean Tyas and Aly & Fila)

50. 17/05/2007 Armada Night @ 013 Pop Podium, Tilburg (with Markus Schulz and ElSandro)

51. 28/07/2007 Global Gathering @ Long Marston Airfield, Stratford-upon-Avon

52. 11/09/2007 Armada @ Amnesia, Ibiza (with Markus Schulz and ATB)

53. 20/10/2007 Cream's 15th Birthday @ Nation, Liverpool (with Marco V, Adam Sheridan, Gareth Wyn and Tylor Leigh)

54. 24/10/2007 DJ Mag Top 100 Party @ SeOne, London (with Sander van Doorn, Gareth Emery and Infected Mushroom)

55. 21/12/2007 The Gallery @ Turnmills (with Judge Jules, Gavyn Mytchel, Blake Jarrell and Tall Paul)

56. 22/12/2007 Godskitchen @ Air (5hr set, with Blake Jarrell and Mark Eteson)

57. 19/04/2008 Armin Only @ Jaarbeurs, Utrecht

58. 25/04/2008 The Gallery's 13th Birthday @ Ministry of Sound, London (with Judge Jules, John Askew and Gavyn Mytchel)

59. 26/04/2008 Godskitchen @ Air (4.5hr set, with Blake Jarrell)

60. 30/05/2008 Superstar Boudoir @ GatecrasherLovesNottingham, Nottingham (4hr set, with Blake Jarrell)

61. 26/07/2008 Global Gathering @ Long Marston Airfield, Stratford-upon-Avon

62. 23/08/2008 Passion @ The Emporium (3hr set, with Markus Schulz, JFK and Genix)

63. 09/09/2008 Armada @ Amnesia (with Markus Schulz, Armin vs. Markus B2B)

64. 20/09/2008 Gatecrasher 15 @ Carling Academy, Sheffield (with Ferry Corsten, Sied van Riel and Riley & Durrant)

65. 29/10/2008 DJ Mag Top 100 Party @ Ministry of Sound (with Markus Schulz, Deadmau5 and Kyau & Albert)

Girls Aloud are fucking amazing as well, I've seen them in concert 9 times.

I've posted 101 comments, I've not posted in the live-chat yet, and I've been spotted 110 times.

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