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Vote now in the DJ Awards, featuring Deadmau5, Mark Knight, Richie Hawtin, Tiesto and more

Vote now in the DJ Awards, featuring Deadmau5, Mark Knight, Richie Hawtin, Tiesto and more

Voting opens today in the DJ Awards, Ibiza’s dance-music poll. Until August 16, members of the public may vote for their favorite DJs in categories including house, techno, trance, minimal, “Best Newcomer,” and more; the awards ceremony will be held September 28 at Pacha Ibiza.

The DJ Awards were founded in 1998 by longtime Ibiza fixtures Jose Pascual and Lenny Ibizarre “to recognise and celebrate the talents of the greatest DJs”, according to the organization’s press materials. In keeping with Ibiza’s liberal spirit, however, they stress that “the fundamental philosophy of the DJ Awards is not that of a competition, as we are dealing with an art form whose merits are purely subjective and therefore there is no best.”

The DJ Awards’ mascot is Doofy, a cross between the acid-house smiley face and a little green alien. Says the organization:

“The little alien was chosen to bridge the mundane world of everyday life with that of infinite intergalactic possibilities through the tuning of consciousness. While there are excellent chances that there is life out there in Space there is also almost no possibility to reach beyond our solar system. Through morphogenetic fields of intelligence, a connection can be made, and the DJ Awards are of the firm belief that, when everything is just right, the power of electronic dance music can propel a shamanic force that can lift the sum of consciousness of the people under the spell of the DJ.”

So fire up your SETI system and cast your votes: just go to the “Click Here to Vote” link on the DJ Awards website. Keep reading for a full list of the nominees after the jump.

House

Axwell [a]
Bob Sinclar [a]
David Guetta [a]
Eric Morillo
Laidback Luke [a]
Roger Sanchez [a]
Sebastian Ingrosso [a]
Steve Angello [a]

Techno

Carl Cox [a]
Cristian Varela [a]
Jeff Mills [a]
Marco V [a]
Ricardo Villalobos [a]
Richie Hawtin [a]
Sven Vath [a]
Umek [a]

Trance

Above & Beyond [a]
Armin Van Buuren [a]
ATB [a]
Ferry Corsten [a]
Gareth Emery [a]
Markus Schulz [a]
Paul Van Dyk
Tiesto

International DJ

Armin Van Buuren [a]
Carl Cox [a]
David Guetta [a]
Deadmau5 [a]
Erick Morillo [a]
Richie Hawtin [a]
Sven Vath [a]
Tiesto

Electro House

Benny Benassi [a]
Deadmau5 [a]
Eric Prydz [a]
Fedde Le Grand [a]
James Zabiela [a]
Mark Knight [a]
Sander Van Doorn [a]
Sebastien Leger [a]

Tech House

Dubfire [a]
Joris Voorn [a]
Layo & Bushwacka [a]
Luciano [a]
M.A.N.D.Y. [a]
Paul Woolford [a]
Radio Slave [a]
Steve Lawler [a]

Minimal

Adam Beyer [a]
Guy Gerber [a]
Loco Dice [a]
Magda [a]
Matthias Tanzmann [a]
Michael Mayer [a]
Minilogue [a] [l]
Steve Bug [a]

Best Newcomer

Alan Fitzpatrick [a]
Anderson Noise [a]
Ekkohaus [a]
Paul Kalkbrenner [a]
Reboot [a]
Stimming [a]
Tim Green
Wolfgang Gartner [a]

Progressive House

D-Nox & Beckers
Hernan Cattaneo [a]
John Dahlback [a]
John Digweed [a]
Lee Burridge [a]
Nick Warren [a]
Sander Kleinenberg [a]
Sasha [a]

Breakthrough

Dixon [a]
Gui Boratto [a]
Kaskade [a]
Marcel Dettmann [a]
Raresh [a]
Riva Starr [a]
Seth Troxler [a]
Zip [a]

Downtempo & Eclectic

DJ Ravin
Gilles Peterson [a]
Jazzanova [a]
Mixmaster Morris [a]
Nightmares on Wax
Rob da Bank
Thievery Corporation [a]

Deep House

Ben Watt [a]
Charles Webster [a]
Francois K [a]
Jimpster [a]
Kevin Yost [a]
Milton Jackson [a]
Nick Curly [a]
Phonique [a]

Psychedelic Trance

Ace Ventura [a]
Astrix [a]
GMS [a]
Infected Mushroom [a]
Liquid Soul [a]
Perfect Stranger [a]
Skasi
Yahel [a]

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