
In 2003, he worked with such artists such as DJ Seth Alan Fannin throughout a global tour on Dance Revolution in Europe, selling out to crowds of 20,000 people in the Netherlands. A fourth album, Transparence, followed in 2002. The third album, In Motion was released 6 August 2001. Later in the year, the track hit No. 1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. This track entered the Dutch charts in June 2001 at number 26. His second album, Basic Instinct featured a new track: "Perpetuous Dreamer" – "The Sound of Goodbye". Under the pseudonym Gaia he released "4 Elements" on Captivating Sounds, a sub-label of Warner Brothers. Released as a single, this track reached Gold status.

Together with Ferry Corsten, Van Buuren recorded a riff titled "Exhale " for the System F album, Out of the Blue. Another major collaboration followed this. "Eternity" received club and chart success and was signed to Paul van Dyk's imprint Vandit Records. Teaming up with Tiësto, two new projects were born: Major League – "Wonder Where You Are?" was released on Black Hole Recordings and Alibi – "Eternity" was released on Armind. His first compilation album, A State of Trance (not to be confused with his weekly A State of Trance radio shows), sold 10,000 copies and contains Van Buuren's remix of Moogwai, "Viola". In 2000, Van Buuren started his own Armin van Buuren compilation series, a mix of progressive house and vocal trance styles of music.
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2000–2004: 76 and A State of Trance series During this year, he remixed the first two singles of Gouryella ( Gouryella and Walhalla) and, under the guise of Rising Star, produced a remix of L'Esperanza, a song by Airscape. By the time of his third release, Gimmick – "Free" was signed to R&S Records. The second release, "Touch Me" under the name Rising Star, was signed to Ministry of Sound in the UK, before the record was released. The first release, Gig – "One", was well received. In the beginning of 1999, Van Buuren started his label Armind together with United Recordings.

After being signed to AM PM Records, this track entered the UK Singles Chart at No. 18 in 2000. Another successful track, "Communication", was released under the same label and became popular in Ibiza, Spain in the summer of 1999. Van Buuren had his first success with a track called "Blue Fear", which was released under the Cyber Records label in 1997. In 1996, Van Buuren released EP and Push on Timeless Records. Music career 1996–1999: Early career and success
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On 16 February 2018, van Buuren explored his family history in an episode of the TV series Verborgen verleden, the Dutch version of the UK series Who Do You Think You Are?. van Buuren announced just hours before he was due to headline the main stage at Tomorrowland (27 July 2013) that his wife had given birth to a son, Remy. Their daughter Fenna was born in July 2011. On 18 September 2009, van Buuren married Erika van Thiel. As his musical career began to take off, he put his law degree on hold, but he did return to graduate from law school in 2003. In 1999, he met Dave Lewis who introduced him as a DJ in England and the United States.

He began working as a DJ in Club Nexus, playing multiple sets a week, most of which lasted six or more hours. Van Buuren graduated from the Stedelijk Gymnasium Leiden in 1995, and studied law at Leiden University. He was inspired by French electronic music composer Jean-Michel Jarre and Dutch DJ and Remixer Ben Liebrand.
