DJmag top 100: Why to vote for TECHNO...

[Ritzi Lee]

Guys. Please take a moment to think about something i've just got posted from the SPLIT mailing:

Every year DJ magazine compiles a top 100 list of the supposed best dj´s around, yet it rarely features any techno at all. The top 100 may not seem important, you may not like DJ mag and you probably already know who your favourite dj´s are..get to see them often and don´t need to stroke their ego by voting for them. The reason it is important is that the list is seen globally as¨official¨, as the real people/party goeroes´choice. By techno having little or no representation in the top 100 the profile of the trance and pop dj´s that make up most of the list just gets bigger while the techno scene keeps getting smaller, slipping further into obscurity.

We´d like to put techno firmly back on the map - and we can do so with your help. So please take out a couple of minutes of your time and try to get a few more deserving DJ´s in the top 100 this year:

Click www.djmag.com/top100 to open the voting form on the DJ Magazine Website and fill out the fields.

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I think they got a point. On the one side most techno freaks don't even rate a value for the DJMag. On the other side I constantly see a lot out here asking themselves why the **** for instance Ben Sims is not in the top10.

And also we can't forget that the mainstream sees the dj top 100 as the ultimate indicator what's best. 10 years ago there where a lot of techno acts in the top 100. That was also the time that techno record sales where going good, and a lot of work was taken for compiling albums.

And for the people who work at the DJ Mag: They represent what's going on in the whole electronic scene around. So it's important to have the ability to put aside their personal principles and music taste. That's why it went wrong the first time... They all love trance or some other populair pop kinda thing. So all the interviews / reviews in this mag contained everything but techno... How the hell will the big crowd (mainstream) ever discover what's happening if they only get to know about just one side in the electronic music scene??

We need to repair what's beeing damaged already a couple of years ago.

[Miromiric]

come on...

[G-BO]

i see the point

but its hardly that damaging to techno to not be mentioned in some shite trance fan boy mag!

wel probably have umek & carl cox pt 2 if some of the good names at the mo get uber massive and lose the passion for making and playing great underground music.....thats one arguement against though

[TechMouse]

:(

[jeroenliebregts]

do we have to go over this every year?

[ds2]

http://www.blackoutaudio.co.uk/porta...ic&t=54549

techno djs are the worst culprits.

"a vote for me is a vote for techno" :roll:

no it's not, it's a vote for you and your ego...

[Ritzi Lee]

do we have to go over this every year?

Ladies and gentleman... THIS is exactly the kind of additude that is making my point in this topic!

[jeroenliebregts]

Every year DJ magazine compiles a top 100 list of the supposed best dj´s around, yet it rarely features any techno at all. The top 100 may not seem important, you may not like DJ mag and you probably already know who your favourite dj´s are..get to see them often and don´t need to stroke their ego by voting for them. The reason it is important is that the list is seen globally as¨official¨, as the real people/party goeroes´choice. By techno having little or no representation in the top 100 the profile of the trance and pop dj´s that make up most of the list just gets bigger while the techno scene keeps getting smaller, slipping further into obscurity.

it's just that this is the exact same text that was posted here last year. I think by some bookings office....

[eyeswithoutaface]

i dont think ive ever heard or seen anyone asking why the **** ben sims isnt in the dj mag chart... probably because those who realise what a superb dj Ben is anyway dont need a magazing to tell them that he's the 26th best dj in the world. If your a massive ben sims fan, he's going to be your number 1 jock anyway so whats the point?

luckily i blocked everyone who sent me one of these kind of emails last year and havent had a single one yet :)

[Ritzi Lee]

http://www.blackoutaudio.co.uk/portal/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=5 4549

techno djs are the worst culprits.

"a vote for me is a vote for techno" :roll:

no it's not, it's a vote for you and your ego...

may i say this sounds so stupid?

[crime]

I think the whole thing is very UK angled, and by participating in this pole you are endorsing it, and perpetuating it's importance.. is techno really dying because there are no techno DJs included in the DJ Magazine top 100? I call bullshit on that, that's basically saying that people have to be told by DJ magazine which djs are good and which are not.. anyone who knows anything about music doesn't need to be told by a magazine who or what to like... I can see that it can be important to promotion and sales, but to say it's killing the techno scene because there are no techno djs in the top 100? Come on! The majority of the real cutting edge techno DJs & acts in the world will never be in the top 100 anyhow, if anyone from techno is going to be in there it's going to be the same names as there always was i.e. Mills, Hawtin, Clarke, Cox, even Sims etc, no disrespect to any of them, they are just the best know names out of a very wide style.. as I say, I think it's a very UK angled thing, as I don't see many people on the scene outside the UK really paying much more attention to it, they've probably got Groove magazine or De:Bug polls to be worried about instead..
And surely, techno was never about winning popularity contests was it??

[Ritzi Lee]

i dont think ive ever heard or seen anyone asking why the **** ben sims isnt in the dj mag chart... probably because those who realise what a superb dj Ben is anyway dont need a magazing to tell them that he's the 26th best dj in the world. If your a massive ben sims fan, he's going to be your number 1 jock anyway so whats the point?

luckily i blocked everyone who sent me one of these kind of emails last year and havent had a single one yet :)

The point is that the music industry is brainless.
You unfortunately need to tell it every year,
because it's too stupid to remember..

[jeroenliebregts]

music INDUSTRY is brainless, yes.
music lovers are not.

Do you want people to go to techno parties just because everybody goes there? That's what will happen to popular music...

[ERROR404]

I think the whole thing is very UK angled, and by participating in this pole you are endorsing it, and perpetuating it's importance.. is techno really dying because there are no techno DJs included in the DJ Magazine top 100? I call bullshit on that, that's basically saying that people have to be told by DJ magazine which djs are good and which are not.. anyone who knows anything about music doesn't need to be told by a magazine who or what to like... I can see that it can be important to promotion and sales, but to say it's killing the techno scene because there are no techno djs in the top 100? Come on! The majority of the real cutting edge techno DJs & acts in the world will never be in the top 100 anyhow, if anyone from techno is going to be in there it's going to be the same names as there always was i.e. Mills, Hawtin, Clarke, Cox, even Sims etc, no disrespect to any of them, they are just the best know names out of a very wide style.. as I say, I think it's a very UK angled thing, as I don't see many people on the scene outside the UK really paying much more attention to it, they've probably got Groove magazine or De:Bug polls to be worried about instead..
And surely, techno was never about winning popularity contests was it??

Bang on ;)

[Ritzi Lee]

Difficult question Jeroen.
Same like: Do you want everyone to buy records from your music label,
because everyone is doing so?
I think nothing really will change then. You can still find the real music lovers.

[jeroenliebregts]

Difficult question Jeroen.
Same like: Do you want everyone to buy records from your music label,
because everyone is doing so?
I think nothing really will change then. You can still find the real music lovers.

I think we'll never know :)

[Split-Personality]

I like the fact Techno is small in this country, ok I understand it doesn’t help the Dj’s and producers support the scene which is not a good thing. But as a punter it leads to a more personal, unique and ultimately more satisfying dance genre/community that no matter what happens will never be sucked in by the corporate monster that is the music industry and spat out for the faithful to pick up the pieces once they’ve wrung all of the life out of it!

Its like the difference between a small club (where everyone knows each other & is there for the right reasons not just because it’s a “must do” venue or club night) and the Super-Club which yes ultimately may have a superior sound-system etc etc but is packed full of tourists and piss heads.

Dunno that’s how I see it :roll:

[Sunil]

The point is that the music industry is brainless.
You unfortunately need to tell it every year,
because it's too stupid to remember..

Do you? So the dance music industry has had the DJ Mag Top 100 since the dawn of time?

Sorry, but I think the only decent conversation worth having is how to see that DJ polls like this are eventually put to rest. They're complete and utter bollocks, and I think anyone getting too serious about them is being an idiot. So some techno DJs want more media spotlight, a bigger profile and extra cash in their back pocket... that's all it amounts to here, doesn't it? Making techno more popular? Give me a break.
Good records will make techno better or 'popular' if that's what we're talking about..
Many of the kids voting in these comps still have a few years before they get into the more 'pure' stuff. And as for the others, let them vote for Tiesto and co. That's *their* thing, their world, not ours? Is it?

Really and truly, I'm sometimes surprised by the 'concerns' of people within the techno scene. Ok, so you want to sell more units and get extra gigs, cool... but maybe look at other options or ways to make it happen other than a candy raver popularity poll.

[eyeswithoutaface]

well said Sunil

[jon connor]

****in bollox who`s gunna win ummmmmmmmmmmmmm TIESTO TIESTO TIESTO there ya go job done ;) its all bollox all of it its a waste of time yes i would vote for my fav techno artists but wots the fecking point coz it aint gunna do anything towards the big dudes like tiesto lets get one thing straight

"DJS ARE DJS AND POP STARS ARE POP STARS"

Why do these twats think they are god ?

thats my rant im not replying because i cant be assed we been here before and here comes again 2006 top 1oo dj pole slagging

;)