Armin Only is an all-night dance event featuring solo performance by Armin van Buuren. The event consists of various genres of electronic dance music

Electronic dance music

Electronic dance music is electronic music produced primarily for the purposes of use within a nightclub setting, or in an environment that is centered upon dance-based entertainment...

 (but most predominantly trance music

Trance music

Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track...

), light, laser and firework shows and supporting acts of vocalists such as Nadia Ali

Nadia Ali

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, Racoon, Ilse de Lange, and Audrey Gallagher

Audrey Gallagher

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Album promotion

In 2008, in order to promote his album Imagine

Imagine (Armin van Buuren album)

-Credits:*Track 1, 3, 5: Guitar by Eller van Buuren.*Track 2: Vocals by Chris Jones.*Track 3: Vocals by Jaren Cerf.*Track 4: Sample vocals by Denise Rivera...

, a variation of the event called Armin Only: Imagine was introduced. This consisted of van Buuren mixing for 7+ hours with different events for each of the five senses- hearing

Hearing

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, touch, sight

Sight

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, taste

Taste

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 and smell

Smell

Smell may refer to:* Olfaction, sense of smell, the ability of humans and other animals to perceive odors* Odor, the percept resultant from the sense of smell...

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In 2010, van Buuren began his "Armin Only: Mirage" tour to promote his album Mirage

Mirage (Armin van Buuren album)

Mirage is the fourth studio album by Dutch trance producer and DJ Armin van Buuren, it was released on September 10, 2010. It was preceded by the release of the lead single, "Full Focus" on June 24, 2010...

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