DJ Mag Top 150 2008

TouchingVirus

DJ Mag this year sent the subscribers a copy of next weeks issue early for some reason so here are the results, ive set the spoilers just incase you dont want to find out the results till the announcement date, if you want to reveal the top 150 then go ahead and highlight below.

DJ Mag Top 150 2008
01. Armin van Buuren
02. Tiësto
03. Paul van Dyk
04. Above & Beyond
05. David Guetta
06. Ferry Corsten
07. Sasha
08. Markus Schulz
09. John Digweed
10. Infected Mushroom

11. Deadmau5
12. Carl Cox
13. Sander van Doorn
14. Paul Oakenfold
15. Richie Hawtin
16. Hernan Cattaneo
17. James Zabiela
18. Andy Moor
19. Eddie Halliwell
20. Axwell

21. Eric Prydz
22. Kyau & Albert
23. Gareth Emery
24. Sven Väth
25. ATB
26. Anderson Noise
27. Joachim Garraud
28. Bobina
29. Fedde le Grand
30. Dubfire

31. Aly & Fila
32. Judge Jules
33. Umek
34. Matt Darey
35. Ricky Stone
36. Ricardo Villalobos
37. Lange
38. Daft Punk
39. Benny Benassi
40. Bob Sinclair

41. Deep Dish
42. Mark Knight
43. Astrix
44. Marco V
45. The Thrillseekers
46. Laidback Luke
47. Danny Tenaglia
48. Menno de Jong
49. Marco Lenzi
50. Andy C

51. Offer Nissim
52. Martin Solveig
53. Adam Sheridan
54. Sean Tyas
55. DJ Feel
56. Yahel
57. Roger Sanchez
58. DJ Shah
59. Sander Kleinenberg
60. John O'Callaghan

61. Blank & Jones
62. Cosmic Gate
63. Steve Angello
64. Simon Patterson
65. Gabriel & Dresden
66. Richard Durand
67. Laurent Wolf
68. Matt Hardwick
69. Chris Liebing
70. Erick Morillo

71. DJ Hype
72. Signum
73. Justice
74. Dirty South
75. Wally Lopez
76. Magda
77. Lisa Lashes
78. Pete Tong
79. DJ Vibe
80. Bad Boy Bill

81. Tiddey
82. Greg Downey
83. Marcel Woods
84. Nick Warren
85. Solar System
86. Skazi
87. Mike Koglin
88. Mauro Picotto
89. Sébastien Léger
90. The Chemical Brothers

91. Steve Lawler
92. Fatboy Slim
93. Solarstone
94. Astral Projection
95. Leon Bolier
96. Nic Fanciulli
97. Ronski Speed
98. Tocadisco
99. Booka Shade
100. Alex M.O.R.P.H. & Woody van Eyden

101. Hybrid
102. Robbie Rivera
103. Sebastian Ingrosso
104. Yoji Biomehanika
105. John Dahlbäck
106. Lisa Pin-Up
107. Valentino Kanzyani
108. John 00 Fleming
109. Luciano
110. Christopher Lawrence

111. John Graham
112. BT
113. Laurent Garnier
114. Westbam
115. Super8 & Tab
116. Boys Noize
117. Talla 2XLC
118. Tiga
119. Armand van Helden
120. Gui Boratto

121. Kaskade
122. Dave Seaman
123. Danny Howells
124. Marcus Schossow
125. Andy Whitby
126. Adam Beyer
127. Alex Kidd
128. Marco Carola
129. John B
130. Trentemøller

131. Antoine Clamaran
132. Dave Clarke
133. The Plump DJs
134. Jeff Mills
135. Rank 1
136. Jon O'Bir
137. Pendulum
138. Jody Wisternoff
139. Scot Project
140. MSTRKRFT

141. John Askew
142. Felix da Housecat
143. Simon Posford
144. Satoshi Tomiie
145. Donald Glaude
146. Erol Alkan
147. Krafty Kuts
148. DJ Dan
149. Riley & Durrant
150. Victor Calderone

L1011

At least 5 invalid entries in the top 100 (as in shouldn't be there):

Chemical Bros - don't DJ (and its a DJ list not an EDM performer list)
Daft Punk - don't DJ
Deadmau5 - claims he doesn't DJ
Deep Dish - don't perform, end of
Gabriel & Dresden - as above

Nolanger

Thought DJ Dan was disqualified for cheating i.e. multiple votes from the same PC?

L1011

For only one year. The 140s mark is far more accurate than the FIFTH he got a few years back!

nah_biy!

MYOB wrote: »

For only one year. The 140s mark is far more accurate than the FIFTH he got a few years back!

Errr, they?

Helix

MYOB wrote: »

Chemical Bros - don't DJ (and its a DJ list not an EDM performer list)

they do dj sets

MYOB wrote: »

Daft Punk - don't DJ
Deadmau5 - claims he doesn't DJ

true, they just press space bar

MYOB wrote: »

Deep Dish - don't perform, end of
Gabriel & Dresden - as above

both of the above do dj together occasionally

Zascar

these polls never make any sense to me

Aidric

Did Johnny Moy make it on there this year?

DarkJager

Super8 & Tab at 115 and Tiesto at no 2? **** right off....

L1011

Helix wrote: »

they do dj sets

Where/when? Not seen one advertised in ages. They're rare enough that if people were actually voting on peoples DJing skills (which its clear they aren't) you could barely judge them.

Helix wrote: »

both of the above do dj together occasionally

G&D definitively don't - entirely broken up
Went and checked their site and Deep Dish have one combined date all year - NYE.

In both cases people are voting from memory rather than what they've seen in the past year.... as above.

nah_biy! wrote: »

Errr, they?

???

jonny68

absolute pants:rolleyes: must be mostly cheesy trance kids voting in this poll//shocking.

sur_1_nuage

jonny68 wrote: »

absolute pants:rolleyes: must be mostly cheesy trance kids voting in this poll//shocking.

well yeah as every year!:(

Jello

Yeah stupid list with the usual trance sh*te way too high up. Crap.

L1011

Votings entirely open, not much use moaning after the fact if you didn't vote yerself...

Its purely a popularity contest, and record sales wouldn't be too far off this (at least towards the top - further down it gets messy) either.

jtsuited

hmmm, i don't think this is really a popularity contest as more sensible people wouldn't bother voting in such a banal pointless poll. So you just get the trance loving kids voting because they've been brought up on interactive media!

What they should do is compile a chart of the standard fees each dj charges. It would be a vastly different poll altogether.

Chucky the tree

jtsuited wrote: »

What they should do is compile a chart of the standard fees each dj charges. It would be a vastly different poll altogether.

wouldnt make it a better one though.

L1011

If you venture beyond Ireland you find the concept of 'trance loving kids' doesn't exist, by the way... its extremely, extremely lazy stereotyping.

DarkJager

MYOB wrote: »

If you venture beyond Ireland you find the concept of 'trance loving kids' doesn't exist, by the way... its extremely, extremely lazy stereotyping.

I'm well past being a kid and I love trance, well the proper stuff anyway. The likes of Tiesto and them are not real trance in my eyes, but they are unfortunately the first muppets that come up when trance enters a conversation.


Real trance is a 6-8 minute tune you can lose yourself in. Not 6-8 minutes for Tiesto to throw jesus christ poses behind his decks...

FLYNN-DOG

Well it is also divided up in2 sections ie. best techno / best trance, based on votes, so if you don't like trance but love techno just consider the best techno dj to be the world no 1!

Executive Steve

MYOB wrote: »

If you venture beyond Ireland you find the concept of 'trance loving kids' doesn't exist, by the way... its extremely, extremely lazy stereotyping.

that's because the kids in other countres have more taste tbh.


:pac:

L1011

[cm]tyranny wrote: »

that's because the kids in other countres have more taste tbh.


:pac:

Eh, no, its because kids in other countries listen to Scooter (most of Europe), Scouse House (Britian) and all sorts of other ****e commonly released on AATW...

Trance events in Europe are attended by a similar age group to techno events here. Claiming trance is for kids is about as accurate as claiming techno is solely for snobs.

FLYNN-DOG

Trance isnt my cup of tea, but it is easily the most accesible an popular genre of dance music, and probably the genre that anyone hear in the 20-25 yr age bracket first started listening too

Nolanger

the only electronic-dance genre invented by white people.

jtsuited

MYOB wrote: »

Claiming trance is for kids is about as accurate as claiming techno is solely for snobs.

so very accurate then?

ironclaw

At least Tiesto ain't number one again. I saw him in Meath this year for the first time after being a long term fan. Don't think I'll be as quick to go back. However, Armin Van Buuren is my next act to see.

I never mind these polls anyways. Doesn't influence my track or set choices.

djfattony2000

And not a turntablist in sight.

pfff :rolleyes:

jonny68

MYOB wrote: »

If you venture beyond Ireland you find the concept of 'trance loving kids' doesn't exist, by the way... its extremely, extremely lazy stereotyping.

not true mate, in Ibiza there are trance loving kids from all over Europe who worship Van Burren,Tiesto and similar other cheesemeisters, like it or lump it but Euro Trance is the biggest genre of dance amongst the younger clubbing fraternity.

Chucky the tree

[cm]tyranny wrote: »

that's because the kids in other countres have more taste tbh.


:pac:

So your saying this poll gets the most votes from people in Ireland?


:pac::pac:

VinylJunkie

Eh why do people pay attention to these polls they are full of ****

L1011

jonny68 wrote: »

not true mate, in Ibiza there are trance loving kids from all over Europe who worship Van Burren,Tiesto and similar other cheesemeisters, like it or lump it but Euro Trance is the biggest genre of dance amongst the younger clubbing fraternity.

Ibiza is the worst possible example you could take - however, its also clear you're not actually using it properly. You've obviously never been to a trance night in Ibiza because its far from "kids". Unless you're so old that anyone under 30 is a kid?

Also, neither van Buuren nor Tiesto are "euro trance". When you know what you're talking about, come back to me, OK. Until then, please stop pronouncing from your high horse, making unsubstatiated and untrue claims and abusing genre terms.

copeyhagen

besides sasha and diggers, the rest in top 10 are a load of sh1t!!

trance chesseballs!

i wasnt gonna look at the top 10 cuz i knew i would get upset, why did i look at it!! pure crap IMO

my top 10, not in any particular order.

1.james holden
2.james zabiela
3.sasha
4.digweed
5.nick warren
6.deadmau5 (controversial i know, loved him in tripod)
7.paul woolford
8.darren emmerson
9.sven vath
10.nic fanciulli

i download a serious amount of sets every week, and by far the set i have been listening to most lately is

james holden @ four years at full spectrum 19.09.2008

4 hours of bliss!!

L1011

Did you vote for them, though?

Not much point complaining about something if you didn't vote in it, as most of the people here appear to be doing...

copeyhagen

course i did. i never go back to the site to check the results though cuz the cheesey bastards that top the list always annoy me.

Scubadevils

Anyone heard the new DJ Muffin-Head mix, a nice blend of Euro-Scag-Trance-Jazz... really uplifting and full of energy. Will upload if anyone is interested - his last set from a closing party in Ibiza on some beach under a sunset, and stuff.

*hides*

copeyhagen

i presume this beach was disserted. possibly not beforehand!!