Armada Music

Armada Music was founded in 2003 by Armin van Buuren together with Maykel Piron and David Lewis — the name is an acronym of their first names (Armin, Maykel, David). Headquartered in Amsterdam, the label has grown over two decades into the world's largest independent dance music label, with a catalogue spanning trance, progressive, future house, deep house, and beyond. It distributes its own family of imprints (Armind, Armada Captivating, Armada Trice, WAO138?!, and many more) as well as serving as label and distribution partner for top trance brands. Armada is the home of A State of Trance — both the radio show and the compilation series that has documented the genre quarter by quarter since 2004. Major artists who have called Armada home include Armin van Buuren himself, Andrew Rayel, Aly & Fila, Dash Berlin, Markus Schulz (via Coldharbour), Andrew Bayer, BT, and many more across the trance and electronic spectrum. The label has won the IDMA Best Global Label award multiple times and continues to be the genre's central commercial institution, processing thousands of releases annually across its imprint network.