Thanks to the kind editors at Germany's Groove magazine, we can now reproduce the results of the Groove Magazine Reader's Poll 2005 which were published in the January 2006 issue.

Fast becoming THE dance music poll to watch, in recent years it has seemed like readers of Groove have become one step ahead of the game, making the rest of us feel like we're playing catch up. For instance, in the 2004 Awards more than twelve months ago Dominik Eulberg and Mathew Johnson took out Best Newcomer and Best Producer respectively.

However onto the results for 2005 and as expected the winners were very much geared towards the minimal house, techno and electro camps with plenty of German artists filling out many of the positions in each category.

Predictably, Cologne beast Kompakt took out Best National Label with Richie Hawtin's m_nus taking the Best International Label ahead of James Holden's Border Community.

Dominik Eulberg, who last year was voted Best Newcomer, stepped up to take Best Producer from runner-up Trentemoeller, who in turn picked up Best Newcomer ahead of Oliver Koletzki and young guns Alex Under, John Dahlback and Alex Smoke.

Oliver Koletzki walked away (perhaps surprisingly) with Best Track for 'Der Muckenschwarm' in front of more likely contenders Ame's 'Rej' and Mathew Johnson's 'Marionette' while Luciano's remix of Argy's 'Love Dose' was voted Best Remix.

Richie Hawtin's DE9:Transitions was awarded Best Compilation in a vote which saw three of the Top 5 compilations coming from Sven Vath's Cocoon Recordings while Isolee's 'We Are Monster' pipped Depeche Mode's 'Playing The Angel' to take Best Album.

Unlike many UK and US polls, four of the Top 20 places in the Best International DJ vote went to females in Magda, Miss Kittin, Jennifer Cardini and Chloe. Ada came No.4 in the Best Live Act category which was won by Alter Ego with Anthony Rother as runner-up.

Groove Magazine Reader's Poll 2005

The top five winners in each category are as follows:

Best Track

01. Oliver Koletzki - Der Muckenschwarm
02. Ame - Rej
03. Mathew Johnson - Marionette
04. Gabriel Ananda - 1hre personliche Glucksmelodie
05. Booka Shade - Manderine EP

Best Album

01. Isolee - We Are Monster
02. Depeche Mode - Playing The Angel
03. Dapayk & Padberg - Close Up
04. Alex Under - Dispositivos De Mi Granja
05. DJ Koze - Kosi Comes Around

Best Remix

01. Argy - Love Dose (Luciano Remix)
02. Oliver Koletzki - Der Muckenschwarm (Dominik Eulberg Remix)
03. Tomas Andersson - Washing Up (Tiga Remix)
04. Slam - This World (Robag Wruhme Remix)
05. Andre Kraml - Safari (James Holden Remix)

Best DJ National

01. Sven Vath
02. Ricardo Villalobos
03. Dominik Eulberg
04. DJ Koze
05. Hell

Best Club

01. Cocoon Club, Frankfurt
02. Berghain/Panorama Bar, Berlin
03. Robert Johnson, Offenbach
04. U 60311, Frankfurt
05. Click, Hamburg; Water-Gate, Berlin; Muna, Bad Klosterlausnitz

Best DJ International

01. Richie Hawtin
02. Laurent Garnier
03. Magda
04. James Holden
05. Luciano

Best Label International

01. m_nus
02. Border Community
03. Warp
04. Mute/Novamute
05. Cadenza

Best Compilation

01. Richie Hawtin - DE9: Transitions
02. Cocoon Compilation E
03. Sven Vath - The Sound Of The Sixth Season
04. Green & Blue
05. Five Years Of Moon Harbour

Best Producer

01. Dominik Eulberg
02. Trentemoeller
03. Robag Wruhme
04. Mathew Johnson
05. Ricardo Villalobos

Best Newcomer

01. Trentemoeller
02. Oliver Koletzki
03. Alex Under
04. John Dahlback
05. Alex Smoke

Best Label National

01. Kompakt
02. Traum/Trapez/My Best Friend
03. Poker Flat
04. Cocoon
05. Klang/Playhouse

Best Live Act

01. Alter Ego
02. Anthony Rother
03. Der Dritte Raum; Mathew Johnson
04. Ada:Egoexpress
05. Gabriel Ananda

Click here to see the full results in each category:

good readers poll

where is the link?

link to the poll or general link to groove mag?
the poll is published in the print mag only, not online.

yes, it's interesting to have a read through it.

yeah, I like Groove Mag.... (presumably T is still involved @ Flo?)

it did say link in the report but no link was posted, that is why I asked

check the forum post again...link is now there DZ

T

no, wasn't my work

Thanx Tami

x

No massive surprises there, given the German readership...

1st & 2nd places are the usual suspects.

though, to me there are some surprises in... imo seeing james holden entering the poll as #4 international dj is quite an achievement. also border community as #2 label...

another note: the poll clearly reflects the gaining influence of minimal on the german scene.

interesting thing: the "Best Producer" section is quite shuffled according to last year's result.

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No massive surprises there, given the German readership...

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mmmhh, no, some suprises but you know my "high interest" of what is coming out of Germany at the moment - for me BY FAR the most interesting stuff

xflow: agreed james holden surprised me also, good work

I would also agree with you DZ in that this poll also reflects my current musical preferences, but that's not to say there was any shocks. In my opinion Richie winning this award is as predictable as Teisto and DJ Mag. I talk not of deserved winners but just of predictability

I agree with that but Richie IS one of the very very few people (at this moment) who are actually doing something interesting


(goes and hides in the corner)

> (goes and hides in the corner)

come back on stage DZ even i, as a progressive freak, appreciate richies work & engagement. this man is successful, but not the tiesto or pvd way...

I don't think Holden is that surprising - he's booking through Cocoon these days, and i know he's been promoting himself pretty heavily in Germany recently.

More surprising to me is Laurent Garnier @ #2 intl DJ - one can easily argue that a top 5 placing for Garnier in any poll is justified, just that it is a selection that doesn't seem to "gel" with the rest of the results in the poll to be honest.

I also find it hard to believe Cocoon Club placed above Robert Johnson, U60311 Watergate or Weekend, never mind any number of other German clubs I haven't been to.

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yeah, I like Groove Mag.... (presumably T is still involved @ Flo?)

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DJ T gave up his editorship with Groove mag at the end of 2004, I seem to remember.

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DJ T gave up his editorship with Groove mag at the end of 2004, I seem to remember.

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I thought he was stll involved coz it's his baby (Groove) but yeah, u r right, he sold it in 2004

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I also find it hard to believe Cocoon Club placed above Robert Johnson, U60311 Watergate or Weekend, never mind any number of other German clubs I haven't been to.

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4 certain the poll is not reflecting the number of visitors ......

Best DJ National

01. Sven Vath
02. Ricardo Villalobos
03. Dominik Eulberg
04. DJ Koze
05. Hell


I thought Ricardo Villalobos is from Chile, so why is he a local when he should be an International ?

Ricardo Villalobos: Biography
Ricardo stammt aus Chile. Sein Vater ist gebürtiger Chilene, seine Mutter ist Deutsche.

Der Militärputsch in den 70ern zwang die Familie Villalobos mit ihrem damals dreijährigen Sohn das Land zu verlassen und nach Deutschland auszuwandern. In der Nähe von Darmstadt hat sich die Familie dann niedergelassen. Praktisch war die Nähe zum Frankfurter Flughafen, hier haben beide Eltern gearbeitet. Das Reisen war für Ricardo daher von klein auf etwas natürliches, selbstverständliches. Ebenso normal und wichtig war die Musik: Als kleiner Junge hat er viel südamerikanische Folklore und Salsa gehört, später kam Rockmusik dazu, die er bei seinem Vater aufschnappte. Im Alter von etwa neun Jahren, folgte eine heftige ABBA-Phase - Ricardo war total verknallt in Agnetha. Sein Vater war ihm wichtiges Vorbild und Mentor, gerade auch in musikalischer Hinsicht, denn über seinen Vater erhielt er eine breitgefächerte musikalische Vorprägung. Er war es auch, der ihn erstmals mit den elektronischen Klängen von Bands wie Tangerine Dream und Kraftwerk bekannt machte. Vater und Sohn hatten so etwas wie einen Pakt - die beiden liebten es zusammen richtig laute Musik zu hören und hatten ihren Spaß - zum Leidwesen der Mutter, die sich immer vergeblich über die Lautstärke beschwerte.

Chilenische Freunde, die eine Konzertagentur betrieben und Partys organisierten, ››

I expect he has a German passport if he has a German mother, and has been living in Germany since the 1970s? That probably qualifies him as "National"

If he lives in Germany, i am fine with that.
geees lets not get into this debate then regardless if he has a German Passport and a mother.


I still call myself Chilean even i live in Australia

Garnier > Hawtin
n_e_day

both times Hawtin came to Perth in the last year he has acted like an absolute COCK!
although DE 9 is pretty amazing.

And apparently it's not only the visitors to Perth who act like absolute COCKS ...

well done mate.

Thanks. But you make it too easy really.

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Thanks. But you make it too easy really.

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awesome... good times.

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Im Alter von etwa neun Jahren, folgte eine heftige ABBA-Phase - Ricardo war total verknallt in Agnetha.

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"at the age of nine a heavy Abba phase startet and Ric was totally in love with Agnetha".....

sweet!

He has lived near FRA since he was 3 - the man is a brilliant musician, I don't care where he is from

I did also think he was labeled under south American DJ .... interesting

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I did also think he was labeled under south American DJ .... interesting

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you get my point ?