Max Kane Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 1. David Guetta 2. Armin Van Buuren 3. Tiesto 4. DeadMau5 5. Above & Beyond 6. Avicii 7. Afrojack 8. Dash Berlin 9. Markus Schulz 10. Swedish House Mafia 11. Paul Van Dyk 12. Axwell 13. Gareth Emery 14. Fedde Le Grand 15. ATB 16. Sander Van Doorn 17. Headhunterz 18. Ferry Corsten 19. Skrillex 20. Laidback Luke 21. Infected Mushroom 22. Aly & Fila 23. Steve Angello 24. Hardwell 25. Arty 26. Sebastian Ingrosso 27. Benny Benassi 28. Daft Punk 29. Martin Solveig 30. Kaskade 31. Carl Cox 32. Chuckie 33. Bob Sinclar 34. Calvin Harris 35. Noisecontrollers 36. W & W 37. Pete tha Zouk 38. Dada Life 39. Angerfist 40. D Block & S Te Fan 41. Coone 42. Steve Aoki 43. Cosmic Gate 44. Bobina 45. Richie Hawtin 46. Eric Prydz 47. Zatox 48. Tydi 49. Orjan Nilsen 50. Andy Moor 51. Roger Shah 52. John O'Callaghan 53. Astrix 54. Erick Morillo 55. John Digweed 56. Wolfgang Gartner 57. DJ Feel 58. Showtek 59. Richard Durand 60. Umek 61. Skazi 62. Paul Kalkbrenner 63. Sasha 64. Eddie Halliwell 65. Moonbeam 66. Myon & Shane 54 67. Judge Jules 68. Matt Darey 69. Paul Oakenfold 70. Alesso 71. Mark Knight 72. Sean Tyas 73. Mat Zo 74. Lange 75. Joachim Garraud 76. Simon Patterson 77. Francis Davila 78. Psyko Punkz 79. Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike 80. Wildstylez 81. Roger Sanchez 82. Hernan Cattaneo 83. Tritonal 84. DJ Vibe 85. An21 86. Bloody Beetroots 87. Felguk 88. Nero 89. Juanjo Martin 90. Boy George 91. Tenishia 92. Sidney Samson 93. Dirty South 94. James Zabiela 95. Marcel Woods 96. Porter Robinson 97. Sven Vath 98. Brennan Heart 99. Leon Bolier 100. Boys Noize Jules in at #67 this year with some utterly (but predictably) shocking DJs very high. Dash Berlin in the top ten?! Really! Deadmau5 comments on this were pretty funny - will post them up soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Kane Posted October 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 #4 again on the top100 DJ polls... hey, not bad for someone who isnt a DJ. Anythings possible folks! now.. where did i rank in the top100 dentists poll? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number2Fan Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 That list is hilarious, on so many levels! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissie Brown Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 Unbelievable!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonB Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 I voted and none of my choices have made it!, not surprised too much though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Kane Posted October 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 I haven't voted over the past few years (either due to lack of clubbing activity, apathy or both) but certainly was not going to bother this year due to the new facebook system. I would imagine that has played quite a part if Guetta being number one and some of the stranger choices making it so high Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number2Fan Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 Well I voted, simply because I thought I shouldn't moan about the results if I didn't even vote. Like politics! Maybe we could set up something for next year in order to get one of our own names on the list! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Bradley Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 i hope jules dont think about quitting due to this poll i know it means alot to him in regards to worldwide bookings , old trance needs to come back but just get updated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Kane Posted October 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 Jules won't quit while JS is booming and he's still getting booking after booking unless he descides it's time to retire. I guess that day will only ever come if he gets bored of it all or his hearing goes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number2Fan Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 Pretty sure his hearing has long gone. Whether or not he knows this, I dunno, maybe he's still in denial! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregg Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 Like Tom, I've not bothered voting in the last few years...the DJ's who deserve to be in there rarely place as high as they should. It does highlight the 'state of trance' today though...they've all dropped quite considerably to make way for commercial bollocks like Guetta. Above & Beyond can barely call themselves dance music these days, more like chill out music they're so slow! You can f*** right off if Boy George is a better DJ than J00F and Jon O'Bir...and how did Gash Berlin get so high? Martin Solvieg said Hello and gets to number 29? wtf? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregg Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 Maybe we could set up something for next year in order to get one of our own names on the list! I said something similar on FB...get someone who's never played out properly up the list and then 'retire' from DJing when they place in the chart! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 Maybe we could set up something for next year in order to get one of our own names on the list! I said something similar on FB...get someone who's never played out properly up the list and then 'retire' from DJing when they place in the chart! lol This happened a few years ago on the Trance Addict board. They all voted for a guy called Mikey Mike as a joke (he's also a member of the Matt Hardwick board) - and he got enough votes to finish 110th in the DJ Mag poll. DJ Mag published a small article on the results page of their magazine: SECURITY Security was even tighter this year, with all over-enthusiastic cheaters weeded out. However, evidence of a campaign working is the election of Mikey Mike to No. 110. The idea to get lots of people to vote for this unknown trance jock started on a trance website, and spread to loads of other forums. Participants in this enterprise thought they were going to "f*** up the poll", but all this result shows is that if enough people vote for one particular DJ then they can expect a healthy placing. (Credit: DJ Magazine No.02/Vol4 Page 041) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number2Fan Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 We should so do this!! But if we pick someone of us who actually DJ's out will be better I think. Tbf so many DJ's I appreciate now aren't ever gonna be in that list, and they're all the better for it too! I'm happy to vote Briggsy next year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonman Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 BORING! The best nights ive had out this year (in Ibiza particularly) were listening to no name dj's playing tunes that are fresh. The problem with, certainly the top 20, is, they all play the same tunes. How many of them said their big tune of the year was either Avicii "Levels" or SHM "Save The World"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissie Brown Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 Its a joke, Marco V isn't listed :ermm: I like most of the tunes Avicii has done but he has only been around for a couple of years so how does he manage to get to No6? and Tiesto? it sucks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Kane Posted October 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 Marco V has been losing a lot of popularity in recent years - I think many, many people turn up to see him still expecting vintage 2004 Marco and are dissapointed when they here his current sound. Last time I saw him was at PaSSion's 14th Birthday - he played pretty nicely but he's still a shadow of the DJ he once was (imo of course). Tiesto sells tickets and pop singles - ala Guetta, that's what the poll is about. I would imagine half the voters aren't even old enough to go clubbing to be honest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number2Fan Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 At what year did the DJ mag poll become the farce it is today? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissie Brown Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 Marco V has been losing a lot of popularity in recent years - I think many, many people turn up to see him still expecting vintage 2004 Marco and are dissapointed when they here his current sound. Last time I saw him was at PaSSion's 14th Birthday - he played pretty nicely but he's still a shadow of the DJ he once was (imo of course). Tiesto sells tickets and pop singles - ala Guetta, that's what the poll is about. I would imagine half the voters aren't even old enough to go clubbing to be honest Must admit l haven't seen Marco V this year so can't make a judgement as to how good or bad he's become. Of course you're right, Tiesto and Guetta, do sell pop singles and tickets and that's what its all about! However not every one is on Facebook so its unfair to expect people to join in order to vote! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Kane Posted October 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 However not every one is on Facebook so its unfair to expect people to join in order to vote! Opening it up to facebook probably allowed them to police it a little better as the obvious repeat voters would have had to go to a lot more effort to duplicate their votes. I did hear many stories of people not being able to vote due to problems with the system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 A couple of friends that are Marco V fans have seen him twice in the past 4 months, and now hate what he's playing because he's changed his sound this year - and is now playing more cheesy, commercial-orientated stuff. I think these samples of his latest Swedish House Mafia-esque productions say it all really: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jn1umIAM40 At what year did the DJ mag poll become the farce it is today? Just after Tiesto won it. Prior to Tiesto winning, the DJs that won it didn't really take any notice of it - and just carried on as they were before. Then when Tiesto won it, he milked it like no other DJ had before. He hiked his fee up, started 'solo' concerts, only played a handful of clubs - and made a huge amount of money from it. Other DJs (Paul van Dyk and Armin) then started doing similar things to what Tiesto did - and they also made a lot of money from it. Now lots of DJs have seen how much money is involved, so now they're all desperate to be in that position too - so they're doing whatever it takes to get there. Hence the amount of DJs that are now producing cheesey tunes or copying "sound of the moment" tunes. It might be good for their careers - but its killing the dance music scene (particularly Trance). I did hear many stories of people not being able to vote due to problems with the system I tried twice - and on both occasions, I never recieved the email I was supposed to recieve to confirm my votes, so I gave up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Kane Posted October 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2011 "Reaver" has been about for ages - easily a year or more. His (Marco V's) big change came around 2006/7 when he ditched the harder trance (which he was the best DJ at playing) and started to go more housey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quadrant Posted October 25, 2011 Report Share Posted October 25, 2011 I know we all have to earn our ££ in careers, but seriously, I say again I could not bring myself to release a track without it being a masterpiece. How many producers can say that? Quality, not quantity, people.... And also, Deadmau5 makes a good point - how can he be elected in the top 5 DJ Mag poll when he has never DJ'd in his life? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted October 25, 2011 Report Share Posted October 25, 2011 Deadmau5 makes a good point - how can he be elected in the top 5 DJ Mag poll when he has never DJ'd in his life? That's why the poll is a joke. Its a poll full of people that have been voted for based on their productions rather than DJ'ing - therefore, it makes a mockery of the DJ Mag Top 100 "DJs" title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsteve Posted November 12, 2011 Report Share Posted November 12, 2011 I have no idea how the vote works now as I firmly have my slippers on, but surely any votes for non-DJs should have been discarded? Or ask DJs that want to be in the running, to pre-register and then some drop-down box system could operate. Something has to be done to restore credibility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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