KidPhunk Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 May be being a bit slow here but i have just viewed the top 100 DJ's 2005 and i am gobsmacked - the top five are trance DJ's - surely their having a giraffe - trance is no longer and hasn't been for some time any kind of representation of the current club scene - wheres all the turntablist etc or the breaks DJ's or eclectic dj's that are way more skillful - just can't beleive that trance still dominates such polls - any views or am i just missing something here thought the days of the super clubs were nearly behind us!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeGe Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 I never understood these ‘best dj’ and ‘best guitarist’ etc. lists… It’s a matter of personal taste, isn’t it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 Well polls just print whatever is voted for- although all the big record companies massively push their DJs ( or even acts - theres a few Israeli trance producers in there - Infected Mushroom, Astrix & Yahel - rather than DJs). But I know what your saying - the days of the massive trance superclubs is long gone - so who is voting for PDV etc... Then again you do see these big Arena events with PDV or Teisto playing and wonder who the 10 000 folk who go to them are... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaBouncer Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 Kidphunk you dont know what you're on about. Trance rules... always has, always will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Rock Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 No way! Rock rules! Always has and always will.... :headbang: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedwayDan Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 yah, dont worry about these stupid polls, all you get is the readers of the mags voting, and all the bigger named dj's asking people they deal with to vote for them, as it helps promotion. its all personal taste, i respect hearing turntablists, what they do is fantastic technically, but to sit there and listen to them for longer than five minutes would drive me mad. id rather listen to a good techno dj, so this proves, its all personal opinion, and i doubt any of the lower placed dj's, or the dj's that didnt even feature, could give a damn about this poll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWatcher Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 Erm, I hate this kind of "i only like one genre" discussion. It's barmy, blinkered and very short sighted. Besides, I'd hate to be into only one scene, it must be terribly dull to leap on every passing bandwagon just because they're in the genre you like and it's suffering a lull. Anyway, back to the Dj list. The big clubs in the country are still packing them in with the trance scene, regardless of how "trendy" it's viewed so it makes sense that trance dj's make the top five. Also, trance is the main scene in Europe and the survey is worldwide isn't it? I don't agree with it, but PVD is a bloody popular dj, not my cup of tea. I'd have liked to see Optimo or Stuart Price get the nod but they didn't. Ah well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unuspromulti Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 As previously stated its a popularity contest and its worldwide, doesnt necessarily mean Tiesto was the worlds best disk jockey for 3 years does it. He even said that Eddie Halliwell was a much more skillful dj than he but thats not important. Being worldwide its obviously going to have different influences from different countries, the USA has a massive influence on the poll. The Carl Cox, Oakenfolds etc dont really play much if anythin over here anymore but they're well known in the states and because of that they still make the top 20, pvd also did a big US tour last year which wouldve racked him a few votes no doubt. I'm sure the french are aggrieved as theres none of their tossy house djs in there bar David Guetta, but thats just because its only played in France. Trance, however, is played the world over still and just because the day of the badly run superclubs is over doesnt mean there's no support for it here either. Just because there's no trance nights in Sheffield doesnt mean much, theres hardly much goin on here for any genres under the EDM umbrella. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 would this be it? Top 100 DJs Poll results 2005 1 Paul Van Dyk 2 Tiesto 3 Armin Van Buuren 4 Sasha 5 Ferry Corsten 6 John Digweed 7 Hernan Cattaneo 8 Deep Dish 9. ATB 10. Carl Cox 11 Paul Oakenfold 12 Richie Hawtin 13 James Zabiela 14 Christopher Lawrence 15 Judge Jules 16 Marco V 17 Eddie Halliwell 18 Erick Morillo 19 Above & Beyond 20 Sander Kleinenberg 21 Markus Schulz 22 Benny Benassi 23 Sven Vath 24 DJ Dan 25 Danny Howells 26 Infected Mushroom 27 Roger Sanchez 28 Mauro Picotto 29 Gabriel & Dresden 30 Steve Lawler 31 Blank & Jones 32 Yoji Biomehanika 33 Chris Liebing 34 Danny Tenaglia 35 Nick Warren 36 Dave Clarke 37 James Holden 38 Mario Piu 39 David Guetta 40 DJ Vibe 41 Kai Tracid 42 Bad Boy Bill 43 Tall Paul 44 Tiga 45 DJ Yahel 46 Andy Moor 47 Ricardo Villalobos 48 Ricky Stone 49 Pete Tong 50 Martin Garcia 51 Frank T.R.A.X 52 Timo Maas 53 Laurent Garnier 54 Desyn Masiello 55 Victor Calderone 56 Lisa Lashes 57 Johan Gielen 58 Matt Hardwick 59 Mistress Barbara 60 Fergie 61 Armand Van Helden 62 Michel De Hey 63 Fatboy Slim 64 Jeff Mills 65 DJ Rush 66 The Flash Brothers 67 Adam Beyer 68 Donald Glaude 69 Dave Seaman 70 Andy C 71 Chus & Ceballos 72 John '00' Fleming 73 Satoshi Tomiie 74 DJ Tatana 75 Astrix 76 Lee Burridge 77 M.I.K.E. 78 Lady Dana 79 Umek 80 Nic Fanciulli 81 Rank 1 82 BT 83 Anne Savage 84 Luke Fair 85 Plump DJs 86 Miss Kittin 87 Felix Da Housecat 88 Christian Cambas 89 Scott Project 90 Cosmic Gate 91 Matt Darey 92 DJ Sammy 93 Proteus 94 DJ Luna 95 Moshic 96 Max Graham 97 DJ Amadeus 98 Gigi D'Agostino 99 Marco Bailey 100 Magdac what No Dave Pearce! :o hmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 Judge Jules is in it. lost all credability straight away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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