DJ mag no. 1 DJ....

Trance around 2000 may not have had better quality production but the melodies etc were far better imo, it's obvious that with the better equipment being available that the production will get move on but i still prefer listening to ferry sets from 2000 over anything available now.

I'm glad if Armin has won imo he fully deserves it.

Not long now and ATB or DJ Sammy will be getting no1.

Armin is cheese on toast his music isnt that far off those 2 ive just mentioned.

I think personally out of the 'big 3' Armin deserves the title this year.

As above by GP - Van Dyk went wayward when he switched to Ableton, allowing him to become a lazy cunt and mix electro with tech trance without even having to beatmatch. Nowadays his sets are a mixture of random classics, piss poor house/electro and the odd trance anthem to keep people interested, all by a DJ using a program to beatmatch and generally not looking interested in the club he is playing at.

Tiesto - seems to be going the way of Jokenfold imo, the whole 'im too big for clubs' thing, only DJing at his own 'concerts' which are few and far between. It wont be too long now before his head is so far up his own arse it comes back out through his mouth.

Armin on the other hand has been top drawer whenever ive seen him, and his radio shows are full of brand new quality trance, while always looking to support new artists and labels where possible. His night in ibiza is always wicked and his Armada label and its sub labels are thriving and have been for the past few years.

I would like to see the day when other DJ's break the 'top 3', as it gets a tad boring seeing the same names up there, year in, year out. Out of these listed above though, Armin fully deserves it imo

slash will you ever get of the pvd bandwagon ?

the times i have seen him recently hes been shit!!

i think even if he was to bang out a train crash set from start to finish you will still rate it as his best ever

I love trance but no trance DJ should never win this, DJs like Carl Cox and Dave Clarke wipe the floor with them even though I dont like there music as much

He was absolutely class at Crasher, im sure you said the same afterwards on here as well. He used to be really consistant untill about 2002 but now he is so hit or miss.

That was the first time id seen him in about a year and it was easily the best set ive seen him play for a good 4 year and was by far the best trance set ive seen for ages.

Like me you will all probably be at Evolve because deep down you know theres a good chance he'll give you a night to remember!

theres no way im going it will be stupid in there, and i cant be bothered oh well he might be allright ill go and then to be dissapointed, to find out everyone coming from habit has had a wicked night.

james holden for me

granted he was good at crasher but ive seen him play better

Fair do's - have a good night wherever you end up!

As for the DJ Mag top 100. Hopefully the rate at which minimal is taking over we might start seeing DJ's that deserve to be in the top 10 real soon. Trance is nowhere near as popular as it used to be and the crazier it gets and the older people get the less people will follow it.

Which hopefully wont be too long because nowadays the majority of it sounds like hard house imo. :fart:

A trance DJ has won the polls for the 5th year in a row. How can Trance possibly be deemed not as popular as it was years ago. Every year the DJ poll has more & more votes. If anything it seems to be going from strength to strength?

I think alot of clubbers get misguided at how trance has dipped in the North East. Spread your wings as far as Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, London... you'll be supprised at how alive & kicking the scene very much is!
Take the Galleries WEEKLY line-up's for a perfect example, it speaks volumes in comparison to the Newcastle scene & how we couldnt stage summit like they do anymore up here, especially on a weekly basis.

ring steve m8

All Sorted.


Linzi: "proudy can you give stevie a ring not sure if youv'e moved to Nottingham":spangled:

LMFAO I love the whispers, i go for a week to visit the misus at Uni & im now apparently living there - VINTAGE

cheers m8...forgot you were away

I'd heard you'd moved there like, Apparently Fixation in Long Eaton were promoting the two next best things striaght outta Notts at their next event.

Gary Proud b2b Ben Alonzi

What a priviladge that must be for you

House is a much more popular genre worldwide but generally not with the age groups who vote in these kind of polls.

For a DJ's earning potential this poll is massively important but thats about all its good for.

So true.

I remember a DJ mag interveiw a few years back with Armin himself & he even said that some clubs in places like China & South America only book certain DJ's who have came the highest in the polls.

LMAO, cheers mate, it's nice to know the Boro connections have always summit pleasing to say about me.

11 days..........:angel3: