RA top 100 DJs

[simonr]

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Good list .. reflects diverse tastes but has tonnes of credibility ... But no Guy Gerber or Josh Wink in there ??

As for the people seeing certain DJs live - can't believe that many of the people voting have see Tale of Us this year !

Some of the list have been v good live ... Dixon stunning playing 7+ hours in Leeds, Art Dept in Ibiza (Destino) were great too.

Of the trendy names e.g. tINI was v poor at Space though (took an experienced pro like Steve Bug to save the night).

Great to see Diggers and Sasha doing well, Hernan in there and Guy J being prominent.

[thebanned1]

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but at least they try to make their poll somewhat credible

so you don't think its a way of drawing people to RA by telling people they can only vote for people that is on their event calendar ?


its still open to abuse, i mean i could of said i'd been to see people in america and stuff all over the world, i chose not to do that but i bet a few people did.... i can see the way you're thinking about the credibility though but i think they've just shut out a good chunk of credible people voting in it this year


the more popular a dj is is reflected on how many gigs that dj gets, if its a lot of gigs then that means a lot more people are more likely to vote for that dj rather than vote for a dj that has played half as many gigs... i think its a mistake because people who circulate the circuit will have an obvious grasp on the poll without the up and coming talent coming through...


for those people that are saying these polls don't matter, they do, they matter to people running clubs because if a promoter is going to book number one on the list then there is more of a chance of him/her filling the club and making a good turn over

[gizze]

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I wish they would all do a studio mixset to vote on as well.

Each DJ should have to do a mixset for RA, they then get 6 months of playtime before voting, and we should see the live votes so if someone is getting lots of votes you might listen to someone new, then you can vote on that set as well.

I'm a bit set in my ways when it comes to listening to new DJs, and that may make me listen to a few new ones.

[chuckc]

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I wish they would all do a studio mixset to vote on as well.

Each DJ should have to do a mixset for RA, they then get 6 months of playtime before voting, and we should see the live votes so if someone is getting lots of votes you might listen to someone new, then you can vote on that set as well.

I'm a bit set in my ways when it comes to listening to new DJs, and that may make me listen to a few new ones.

what a great idea!! a good chunk of those djs in the top 20 i never even heard one set of theirs before. would love if somebody could recommend some of the really stand out sets

[unkle]

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Well, Seeing the results. This ranking
has a little more credibility than others,
The only objection is the voting system.
anyway.


And villalobos.

[tribalcho]

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2 Brilliant articles,although they are jokes, obviously:

Tiesto Slams Resident Advisor Top DJs Poll

Dutch trance star, Tiesto, has lashed out at Resident Advisor’s Top 100 DJ poll claiming that the popular poll is “fixed.”


“This is an absolute disgrace,” bemoaned the DJ. “I can’t believe I didn’t feature in the list. I can accept not winning the thing but not even placing? How does that even happen? The answer is it doesn’t, it’s a fix. That’s the only explanation that makes sense.”


When it was pointed out to Tiesto that the poll is a public vote and decided for by the people he claimed that the voters were “a pack of clueless mongs,” before insisting that he is “one of the highest paid DJs on the planet so obviously that means I must be one of the best.”


“How is anyone expected to place if it’s based on people’s opinions? he added. “Who do I need to fuck and/or pay to appear in the damned thing? Just tell me who, cause I’ll do it. Do they want me to stop playing Adagio For Strings? Because I will. I’ll even do a Deep House set, anything to get the recognition my price tag deserves.”


Tiesto, pictured in happier times with former lover, Bono, questioned the credibility of the poll by pointing out that there was very little crossover between the DJ Mag Top 100 poll and the Resident Advisor one.


“With so few people appearing in both polls it’s obvious that the RA poll isn’t credible,” he claimed. “I play at gigs where people paid $40,000 just for the privilege of a private table, does that mean nothing to these people?”


Tiesto concluded his diatribe against RA by insisting that he’ll dedicate the next year of his life to placing on the poll in 2014 by playing “more expensive gigs and earning as much money as I possibly can. Then they’ll have to vote for me. And if they don’t then I suppose I can just use the money to buy my way onto the list – like the DJ Mag poll.”

http://www.wunderground.ie/tiesto-slams-resident-advisor-top-djs-poll/

Young Hardwell Fan Disappointed Not To Know Any DJs On The Resident Advisor Top 100 Poll

A disgruntled Hardwell fan has today expressed her disappointment with the Resident Advisor Top DJs of 2013 poll, after claiming that she does not know a single DJ who made the list.


Stacy Jackson (22), claimed that, despite her in depth knowledge of EDM, she ‘hadn’t a clue who any of those guys were’ and that she would never pay money to go to a show where the ‘music and mixing skills of the DJ were more important than props and gimmicks’.


Miss Jackson, spoke of her disillusionment, “This so-called list is a complete joke. There are literally no DJs that I know of on there and I’ve been going to EDM events ever since it became popular back in 2009 so I think I should know who is who by now,” she explained. ”I’ve seen it all when it comes to EDM, I’ve been to Electric Zoo, Electric Daisy Carnival and Escape From Wonderland. I’ve even had Armin van Buuren sign my tits and gotten Steve Aoki’s cream in my hair on more than one occasion,” she continued.


“But one thing I’ve never seen is a nobody like Sasha or Ben Klock headlining an awesome festival. I mean who the hell are these guys?” she dismissively asked. “Some of them look really old too and aren’t even slightly hot. This whole list is a bit of an insult to my intelligence if I’m being completely honest,” she added.


“Everyone knows that Hardwell is the world’s number one DJ. Before today I always thought that Dixon was a county in Nebraska,” she continued, “And now you’re telling me that HE is the world’s number one DJ. I don’t think so! How can you be at the top of the list when you’ve never even made a track with Rihanna or Beyonce? The whole thing just doesn’t make sense,” continued the clearly confused young woman.


“I’ve spent all day looking up videos of these guys on Youtube. I can’t even tell if half of them are DJs or plumbers because all I keep finding are videos of boiler rooms, if I wanted to look at boiler room I’d go hang out in my attic,” she added. “When I did find some real videos of these guys they were so boring. There were no cakes, the DJs hardly ever put their hands in the air and the bass only dropped once or twice per track,” she continued disgustedly.


“The people at Resident Advisor really need to ask themselves is EDM about skilled DJs playing good music or is it about generically marketable douche bags playing mediocre music while using cheap gimmicks to distract an uneducated but extremely commercially profitable crowd,” she concluded.

http://www.wunderground.ie/young-hardwell-fan-disappointed-not-to-know-any-djs-on-the-resident-advisor-top-100-poll/

[nick007]

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^ That could have been my daughter - Sad so very sad

[unrecogniseduser]

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I wish they would all do a studio mixset to vote on as well.

Each DJ should have to do a mixset for RA, they then get 6 months of playtime before voting, and we should see the live votes so if someone is getting lots of votes you might listen to someone new, then you can vote on that set as well.

I'm a bit set in my ways when it comes to listening to new DJs, and that may make me listen to a few new ones.

is a good idea to allow sets heard online i think. In this case I would have voted for burridge for sure. The lovely panda and burning man sets i heard online were then best of the year.

[tiddles]

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true story,

until about 5 minutes about I thought Dixon was Justin Scott Dixon, the Voyager guy who was banging sandra collins for a while.

[unrecogniseduser]

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he's not????

[chuckc]

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wow. tiesto is more of a douche bag than i even imagined, why does he even give a crap if he is in a poll when he makes that ridiculous amount of money. we all know all these polls are a joke anyway

[Krystyan]

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Good list .. reflects diverse tastes but has tonnes of credibility ... But no Guy Gerber or Josh Wink inthere ??
As for the people seeing certain DJs live - can't believe that many of the people voting have see Tale of Us this year !
Some of the list have been v good live ... Dixon stunning playing 7+ hours in Leeds, Art Dept in Ibiza (Destino) were great too.
Of the trendy names e.g. tINI was v poor at Space though (took an experienced pro like Steve Bug to save the night).
Great to see Diggers and Sasha doing well, Hernan in there and Guy J being prominent.

of the dj's I've seen this year, Troxler wouldn't have even been in the top 100. He was awful last month in the pre-creamfields party.
awful as in poor mixing, poor tracks and poor outfit...

[trick12]

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Harvey and Weatherall at 79 and 77 - Maya Jane Coles at 18

Definitely not a list to be taken seriously

[unkle]

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I wish they would all do a studio mixset to vote on as well.

Not bad, but, who gonna take
the time to hear a hundred sets
for then vote for them ???

[thebanned1]

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Not bad, but, who gonna take
the time to hear a hundred sets
for then vote for them ???

exactly, people would just take the sets of the people they already know/like


maybe i,m just getting old n grumpy but i,m getting sick of seeing the same faces in these polls