Armin van Buuren is a happy man, and with good reason. Moving up to number 3 in the prestigious public-voted DJ Top 100, he's made the transition from talented young upstart to leading light in the echelons of trance – and beyond. The release of 10 Years marks the first time Armin's back catalogue of trance classics are available in their full original versions on one collection. While some DJs weave a set strictly out of other people's records, other DJs go that extra mile and add their own productions to the mix. As a result, you desperately want to hear their own classic tracks and exclusive remixes as much as the freshest cuts at the front of their boxes every time they play out. Armin van Buuren falls into the latter category, and it's testament to his ability to produce timeless, genre defining tracks that even 6 years after their release, clubbers regularly fight their way to the front to beg for one more spin of the likes of ‘Communication’ and ‘The Sound of Goodbye’ to make their evening's aural pleasure complete.