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Sander Van Doorn
The Kryptonite factor
Air kissing, kryptonite, chuffed and bemused
DJs… must be the annual Ibiza DJ Awards
acha isn’t a club you’re sudden appearance of Fragma singing
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going to get into without malodorous pop-trance travesty ‘Toca’s
spending a long time in Miracle’ to a room of embarrassed
front of the mirror fi rst. industry bods. But it’s also thankfully low
Which makes it the natural on gushing too, with every gong-grabber
choice to host the DJ Awards, since this is keeping their speeches much shorter than
when the international dance music most of the breakdowns in their sets,
Sasha
industry collectively blows kisses at its whether they’re here in person, like Steve
own refl ection. After 11 years the DJ Lawler and Sasha, or over the videolink
Awards have established themselves as like Tiësto and Armin Van Buuren.
Bill Kelly
Richie Hawtin
clubland’s Oscars, with those glowing “It’s inevitable that some of the same
green lumps of ‘kryptonite’ as desirable a names are nominated every year because
doorstop for the DJ fraternity as that little people like Erick Morillo are unavoidably
golden guy is in Hollywood. dominant forces,” Lenny claims. “But
there is movement too with DJs like
“We’re not necessarily trying to say who’s Axwell starting to come through, so this
best, so much as celebrating the whole year we’ve increased the nominees from
scene,” says awards founder Lenny fi ve to eight in each category to let more
Ibizarre. “The DJs are evaluated by new names in.”
industry experts on things like how many
gigs they’ve played, whether they Which has certainly been to the benefi t of
produce their own records or have Funkagenda, who wins both ‘Best
engineers to do it for them and whether Newcomer’ and ‘Best Ibiza Track’ for his
Phonique
they’ll play gigs for charity. We then draw and Mark Knight’s cover of Laurent
up the nominees but the public gets the Garnier’s ‘The Man With The Red Face’.
fi nal vote.” “I never thought of myself as a newcomer THE DJ AWARDS 2008 - THE WINNERS
Lenny does admit that not everyone is until now,” he laughs afterwards. “I’m not
invited however, saying they had to drop sure how much this means in the wider House: Downtempo & Outstanding
the drum & bass category after getting world but it’s nice to get some recognition David Guetta Eclectic: Contribution:
too much “hard attitude” from the scene, for your work.” Techno: Jazzanova Jonas Tempel
although drum & bass does sneak in by Indeed, he’s not the only DJ to seem Richie Hawtin Best Newcomer: (Beatport)
default when DJ Marky scoops the award slightly bemused, with Adam Beyer Tech-house: Funkagenda Best International
for Best DJ from 2008’s ‘Dance Nation of quipping, “I’m not the most minimal DJ Steve Lawler/ Trance: Dance Music Festival:
the Year’, Brazil. In fact, with the but apparently I’m the best” upon Dubfi re Armin Van Buuren Ultra (Miami)
exception of ‘hip-hop’ and ‘downtempo winning the ‘minimal’ category. Minimal: Ibiza Resident DJ: Best Ibiza Night:
and eclectic’, the DJ Awards confi rm 4/4’s But whilst some of the nominees may play Adam Beyer Valentin Huedo Cocoon
continued stranglehold on the world’s it too cool for school, Lenny believes that Progressive house: International DJ: Media Award:
dancefl oors, with ‘deep house’, before the event most will have gone Sasha Tiësto Resident Advisor
‘progressive house’, ‘electro-house’ and through as much anticipation as any prom Hip-hop: Dance Nation Of The Best Ibiza Track:
‘tech-house’ all getting their own queen before the ball. Muchomuchacho Year — Mark Knight &
categories. “Some of the more underground DJs say Deep house: Brazil: DJ Marky Funkagenda ‘The
they’re not interested in commercial Phonique Outstanding Man With The Red
Hosted by Capital FM DJ Des Paul and success,” he reckons. “But once they win Electro-house: Dedication: Face’
Brazilian dancer Mariana Ribeiro, the once it becomes more important than life Deadmau5 Bill Kelly (WMC) Best Ibiza Set:
night is high on big names but low on and death next time around!” Breakthrough: Luciano & Ricardo
surprises. That’s if you don’t count the PAUL CLARKE Sander Van Doorn Villalobos @ Cocoon
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