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We look at the surprises thrown
through in this popularity poll. It’s a pretty seismic
shift and obviously shows that the new generation
up by this year’s Top 100 results…
of clubbers have their own young heroes. It’ll be
interesting to see how that goes down with some of
the old guard…”
IT’S been the most tremendous year yet in our Top running, followed by fellow Dutch trancemaster Most extraordinary of all is the showing of
100 DJs poll. In this issue — our biggest ever — are Tïësto retaining his position at No.2. Deadmau5, aka Canadian cat Joel Zimmerman, who
the results of this year’s public vote. And there are The Anjunabeats future trance trio Above & Beyond rockets straight to No.11 — our highest new entry
plenty of surprises. are up two places at No.4, and David Guetta has EVER.
A mind-boggling 350,000 of you voted for your zapped from No.10 to No.5, no doubt helped by his “Deadmau5 is on fi re,” says Lesley. “He’s gone from
favourite selectors, with votes fl ying in from 167 huge Unighted event at Paris’s Stade de France this being a relative unknown to being one of the biggest
countries, refl ecting the fact that we really do inhabit year. Progressive trance dude Markus Schulz also bust electro house players in the space of just a year.
a dance music planet. into the Top 10, up fi ve spots from No.13 to No.8. You’ve gotta take your hat off to him.”
Votes from the USA were most plentiful, very closely Known mostly for his productions, Joel has been
followed by the UK, voracious electronic music
Firebrands
playing live and DJing with his own material
consumers Germany and the increasingly BPM-
The biggest shock this year is the amount of newbies
extensively in 2008, which has brought his genre
hungry Russia. Perhaps most unexpected is that
who’ve broken into the poll. An unprecedented 25
straddling styles to ever-bigger audiences. Named as
Mexico came fi fth place, itself an exploding territory
new entries demonstrates that the kids are voting
Producer of the Year by 2007’s No.1 and No.2 (Armin
when it comes to club culture.
with their feet, knocking the old guard off balance
and Tïësto respectively), it’s great to see him perform
in favour of the young-blood fi rebrands breaking
so well in 2008.
Holding the Crown
through.
It was a close run thing but as you’ve no doubt “Each year the poll brings surprises one way or Ready, aim, fi re!
noticed, Armin van Buuren retains his crown, another,” says DJmag Editor Lesley Wright. “This Another DJ to rinse out 2008 is our Prince of
nabbing the No.1 DJ spot for the second year year’s surprise is the number of new kids breaking Darkness, Dubfi re. The erstwhile Deep Dish dude,
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