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
12 July, 2010 | 2.30AMVoting 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
Bob Sinclar
David Guetta
Eric Morillo
Laidback Luke
Roger Sanchez
Sebastian Ingrosso
Steve Angello
Techno
Carl Cox
Cristian Varela
Jeff Mills
Marco V
Ricardo Villalobos
Richie Hawtin
Sven Vath
Umek
Trance
Above & Beyond
Armin Van Buuren
ATB
Ferry Corsten
Gareth Emery
Markus Schulz
Paul Van Dyk
Tiesto
International DJ
Armin Van Buuren
Carl Cox
David Guetta
Deadmau5
Erick Morillo
Richie Hawtin
Sven Vath
Tiesto
Electro House
Benny Benassi
Deadmau5
Eric Prydz
Fedde Le Grand
James Zabiela
Mark Knight
Sander Van Doorn
Sebastien Leger
Tech House
Dubfire
Joris Voorn
Layo & Bushwacka
Luciano
M.A.N.D.Y.
Paul Woolford
Radio Slave
Steve Lawler
Minimal
Adam Beyer
Guy Gerber
Loco Dice
Magda
Matthias Tanzmann
Michael Mayer
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Steve Bug
Best Newcomer
Alan Fitzpatrick
Anderson Noise
Ekkohaus
Paul Kalkbrenner
Reboot
Stimming
Tim Green
Wolfgang Gartner
Progressive House
D-Nox & Beckers
Hernan Cattaneo
John Dahlback
John Digweed
Lee Burridge
Nick Warren
Sander Kleinenberg
Sasha
Breakthrough
Dixon
Gui Boratto
Kaskade
Marcel Dettmann
Raresh
Riva Starr
Seth Troxler
Zip
Downtempo & Eclectic
DJ Ravin
Gilles Peterson
Jazzanova
Mixmaster Morris
Nightmares on Wax
Rob da Bank
Thievery Corporation
Deep House
Ben Watt
Charles Webster
Francois K
Jimpster
Kevin Yost
Milton Jackson
Nick Curly
Phonique
Psychedelic Trance
Ace Ventura
Astrix
GMS
Infected Mushroom
Liquid Soul
Perfect Stranger
Skasi
Yahel
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