Well said m_gda. I'm not happy we have a Tory government but respect the democratic process nonetheless and just have to accept that it was the majority's decision. At the end of the day, the likelyhood of someone having the exact same tastes in the same genres/ sub genres of dance music as me are slim. Minimal tech is my thing but I've got an appreciation for most genres and accept that house/ techno artists are always going to have a bigger following.

On a positive note, it's good to see some recognition for guys who are really deserving of it like DVS1, Jackmaster, Sam Paganini etc who's careers can only be boosted by their inclusion. If Seth Troxler is number 1 or 100 he is still going to be in demand by promoters across the globe (not that I'm a fan). It's guys like these who don't command the big booking fees that these lists are all about.

I think I'll use my comment to address some of the hate in this section as I personally think there is far too much hate in dance music (I'll probably get loads of hate for doing so but who cares, for all I know I'm talking to 200+ trolls with nothing better to do than post hate on a poll). Regardless of what you think of Seth's DJing abilities (I happen to think he is a superb DJ because I stood next to him for most of the duration of his set with Craig Richards at Fabric and he was probably the better of the two, which is saying a lot because Craig is also a fantastic DJ) he is probably the most committed to DJing out of everyone on that list. He asked one of his managers to fly from London to New York to sort out his VISA to play 1 gig in Brazil (not a tour, 1 gig: most DJs would have just cancelled). He has also played far more gigs than anyone else on that list (which is probably why for anyone who doesn't understand how a poll works is why he got No. 1: because more people have seen him play), and as far as personality goes he has one of the best out of everyone on that list. One of the nicest DJs I've had the pleasure of meeting, very welcoming when I introduced myself and let me hang with him for the rest of night, some other DJs on this list would have probably told me to fuck off if I tried to introduce myself. And whoever said that tits post was a likability ploy: if you paid any attention to what he posts he always posts joke pictures/status'. Also whoever said Ben UFO & Jackmaster don't deserve their spots, as far as I can see they are the only two on that list that are just DJs, not producers. Their whole careers revolve around finding good music to play and perfecting their sets. They are top blokes and fantastic DJs (if you were there for their 8 hour back to back set you'd understand). So to say they don't deserve their spots is more stupid than trying to fry chicken on a hob with a Pyrex baking try and then wondering why you woke up in hospital the next day.

THANKS FOR READING!

shut the fuck up fatso

what an annoying and pointless rant, even worse that the poll!

lol. so much love around here these days.

needs more oneman and pearson sound. big ups joy o for cracking the top 20

i dont belive it. it can not be real

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Shame to not see Danny Howells anywhere. There are many good djs on this list (and a few head scratchers) and i'm not knocking anyone's choices but there are very few here who could play a 12 hour set and keep a crowd like Danny can. Great to see Donato Dozzy in at 62. Bravo!

In my defence that thumbnail photo is 20+ years old

I love Seth Troxler, but there should be a mistake, where is Guy Gerber???

says the guy who is attending ultra music festival. i'm sure she has more musical knowldge than you'll ever have

does he dj at all these days?? you baffle me.

seriously who is Darius syrossian

Google "armin tribal feel". AVB pretty much defined the Tribal Trance genre.

What is this?! Where is Steve Bug, Efdemin, Cosmin TRG, Nick Hoeppner, Marcel Fengler, Guy Gerber, M.A.N.D.Y. and so on?! Who the hell is Tale of Us, Tini, Eats Everything? I'm shocked really!

LOL.. yip, thats what I think too.

Gotta stick plugged in.. hehehe . tiNi is destroying it lately.

Armin defined Dutch uplifting trance, not tribal trance. Armin's tribal feel usually doesn't even sound tribal and on top of that most of his tribal feel remixes suck.

Oliver Lieb is more tribal trance than Armin "10 minute breakdowns" van Buuren. Tribal trance isn't even a genre, tbh, so this argument is moot.

We'll have to agree to disagree. As you say it isn't even a genre. To me AVB's Tribal Feel mixes are what people are describing by tribal trance. You are probably thinking of what I call psy. I think these kind of "genres" depend on where you live too. BTW - I was talking about a user called Tribal Trance and my point was they were trolling with a name like that on RA. Whatever Tribal Trance is it has no place on RA.

can't believe people STILL don't know the difference between an artist playing LIVE or a DJ SET.


it's obvious that people posting/voting aren't particularly fussed about WHAT is being played, rather making their opinions through the vibe of the party - which is a fair judgement.


who is this joker slagging off ben ufo? listen to his hessle shows and tell me he's a shit DJ. the guy is a wizard and a true DJ, he digs out the most obscure tracks and mixes them with classics flawlessly. definitely MILES ahead of the game imo.

Stop talking about the semantics of trance before you turn into one of "them". You have been warned for your own good.

Well I think EDM has exploded to the point where most fans are au fait with the technology behind it and realise there is very little difference between they way people play live and how they DJ. Genuine old school DJs are few and far between these days. I also think people are over those old school DJ skills, DMC winners are virtually unknown whereas in the old days there was a high correlation between the best DJs and people with those DMC type skills. Hearing someone manually mix something is a bit underwhelming when 5 year olds are doing it on their XBox.

alright i stand corrected and may consider going to see an optician later on today . however, i believe the same thing can be said about some other dj's who previously scored a high rank in the poll.. steve bug, dj koze etc.. popularity in edm is short-lived mostly.

Let's just post our own lists, that's gonna be fun IMO! I'll start, that's the list i made from ra's DJ page, these are the dj's and prodecers I enjoyed through many years, it's not complete, but it does the work. So, here goes:
Adam Beyer, Adultnapper, Agnès, Agoria, Âme, André Galluzzi, André Lodemann, Apparat, Appleblim, Aril Brikha, Audiofly, Axel Boman, Baby Ford. Ben Klock, Booka Shade, Brendon Moeller, Carl Craig, Cassy, Catz 'N Dogz, Château Flight, Chloé, Claro Intelecto, Claude VonStroke, Cosmin TRG, Crazy P, Damian Lazarus, Davide Squillace, Deadbeat, DeepChord, Deetron, Dinky, Dixon, DJ Bone, DJ Koze, DJ Rolando, DJ Sprinkles, DJ T., DJ Yellow, Dominik Eulberg, dOP, Dubfire, Dusty Kid, DVS1, Efdemin, Ellen Allien, Ewan Pearson, Extrawelt, Fairmont, Four Tet, Gabriel Ananda, Gerd Janson, Gui Boratto, Guido Schneider, Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts, Guy Gerber, Guy J, Henrik Schwarz, Henry Saiz, Isolee, Ivan Smagghe, James Holden, James Zabiela, Jay Haze, Jeff Mills, John Digweed, John Roberts, John Tejada, Josh Wink, Joy Orbison, Kollektiv Turmstrasse, Lee Burridge, Levon Vincent, Lindstrom, Loco Dice, Luke Hess, M.A.N.D.Y., Manuel Tur, Marc Romboy, Marcel Dettmann, Marcel Fengler, Marcin Czubala, Marcus Worgull, Mark Broom, Martin Buttrich, Martyn, Mathew Jonson, Matthew Dear, Maya Jane Coles, Michael Mayer, Kiki, Mike Dehnert, Mike Huckaby, Minilogue, Moodymann, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Move D, Nathan Fake, Nic Fanciulli, Nick Curly, Nick Höppner, Norman Nodge, Pantha Du Prince, Patrice Baumel, Pawel, Paul Kalkbrenner, Paul Ritch, Paul Woolford, Petar Dundov, Peter Van Hoesen, Peverelist, Prins Thomas, Prosumer, Radio Slave, Ralph Lawson, Ramadanman, Recloose, Redshape, Ricardo Villalobos, Richie Hawtin, Ripperton, Robert Babicz, Robert Hood, Roman Flügel, Sandwell District, Sascha Funke, Sasha, Scuba, Sebo K, Seth Troxler, Shackleton, Shed, Soul Clap, Space Dimension Controller, Stacey Pullen, Steffi, Stephan Bodzin, Steve Bug, Steve Rachmad, The Black Dog, Tobias Freund, Todd Terje, Tony Lionni, Will Saul, Way Out West.

38. Levon Vincent

Not fun at all, you dont get out much do you? Did you enjoy typing an A-Z list of DJ's? Why don't you now type A-Z list of fucking pointless things to do starting with A for Aardvark punching.

Aardvark punching
Bratwurst brandishing
.....

Well, don't like it, don't read it man! And yeah, I enjoyed compiling it, kind of getting look at whole picture of my own preferences and it didnt take much time at all.

RA pls.

good rankings...Maya Jane Cole - Talabot - Terje great revelations for me

I voted for Seth as my number one DJ because I saw him DJ in an igloo and it was fucking sick. And surreal, and generally special. Big ups to him for being so versatile.

if anyone is upset by this list...you really need to look at Dj mags top100....it cured my mild annoyance with soem of the higher rankings......seriously could have been a hell of alot worse!

seriously stadium EDM is pure vomit....at least u can dance to this list

to the peple spewing hate,i'm sorry if you don't know who eats everything or tale of us are you maybe shouldn't be here,as you don't know much about the scene to have such a strong opinion

Good work RA

Wow, that's pretty harsh for a guy, registered since april 2012.

Paha... shut up.

maybe think of voting next year instead of moaning...

amazing. you cant argue with rocking an igloo

never in the history of DJ polls has there not been a wave of "no ur wrong they aren't good DJs". it is what it is. at least Tiesto isn't occupying any slots here. so much complaining is done on the internets. i suppose I'm guilty of this just by posting this comment. i should probably stop reading comments sections. they mainly suck.

I've seen Eats Everything play this year, found his set very generic and edging towards cheesy. Out of the current crop of British DJ's Ben Ufo, Jackmaster, Joy O, Floating Points, Pearson Sound, Scuba, Oneman etc. would all wipe the floor with him.

LOL @ peoples outrage at Nico Jarr & Shackleton not making the list , they play live & to my knowledge neither of them ever grace the decks at all.

My favourite selector this year was Levon so congrats to him for making the list.

ps. Where is Burial in the top 100 dj's??!

Every year the same procedure.. big discusion about this DJ list. Simply its a result of voting names from the audience... Its no suprise that not every DJ is mentioned.

I personally missing a lot of good techno DJ´s First of all Mike Parker.... And what should Speedy J, Function, Sandwell, Efdemin, Cio D´Or, etc.. think about this list.

Its a list of popular names (Tini ????) and this have nothing to do with quality...
But also there there are a lot of well deserved DJ´s in the list...

if armin is tribal trance...then moodymann is industrial techno.

Hey! is there any iphone application which lets latest night clubs happening in the city specially Singapore

cat calling
drip drying
easter hunting
Frasier
gentle strokes
happy birthday
intending
joshing about
kidding about
low balling
mall looking
numbering things
opening links
penchant getting
quitting
raising wolves
staying with it
too much talking
under whelming
venting
wish welling
xanax
zoology

that poll makes me wonder, it really does!
same happens when i look at the monthly top whatever dj charts, what about quality music, real djing and diversity?
couldn´t give a fuck about these charts, that´s all so boring *yawn*

I don't think you've been listening..... Seth was awful, he kept train wrecking his mixes, and I mean train wrecking big time. His tracks, while on their own they could perhaps hold their own, but put next to Craig's selection and impeccable mixing, were simply average at best.

You missed "y"-yawn.

I believe Stewe Lawler's fluffer

I agree, a depressing result again this year.