DJ Mag Top 100 DJs Poll of 2005

it's crazy that Tiga is a new entry in 2005. Who votes in these things?

Who is Hernan Cattaneo anyway?

An Argentinian Footballer playing in Italy, who is a part time trance DJ?

Bio: http://www.hernancattaneo.com/bio.php

-- Jacob (jwrigh...), October 28th, 2005.

both of these jumps, and Villalobos', can be directly attributed to Hawtin's campaign a couple months back on m-nus.com to get minimal techno fans to vote in the poll since it's always so trance-heavy. good on him, i say. it worked!

The Poll has become increasingly dominated by DJ's playing all genres of
dance music, yet somehow the Techno/Minimal scene is hardly represented
and therefore barely recognized for its worldwide popularity. Perhaps now
is the time when more of us should cast our votes for the DJ's we love
& respect and help to create a Top 100 that not only represents a more
diverse DJ reflection, but also truly shows that the world scene is
not only interested and dancing to only Trance.

Whether you vote for someone like me, Ricardo, Sven, Magda, Laurent, or
any of the other dj's out there, Vote now, and show your support for
the music we believe in. Cast a vote and be heard!"

Richie Hawtin

who cares, anyway?

but ricardo NE in 2005?
/cry

and hairwax ad did good for david guetta, obviously

WTF? These guys only have a live act and do not DJ, right?

Techno is really down all across the board - not only Mills, but also Beyer, Cox, Liebing, Umek, etc.

-- LeRooLeRoo (sebastien.caro...), October 29th, 2005.

Tenaglia is there, #34.
Last time I paid attention to this sort of thing he was much higher, what happened to him?

This list is like this every year, not worth worrying about.

1. PAUL VAN DYK – Non-Mover – Highest Trance DJ
2. ARMIN VAN BUUREN – Up 1
3. TIESTO – Down 1
4. CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE – Up 10
5. DJ DAN – UP 19 – Highest House DJ
6. FERRY CORSTEN – Down 1
7. SASHA – Down 3 – Highest Prog DJ
8. JOHN DIGWEED – Down 2
9. ABOVE & BEYOND – Up 10
10. DEEP DISH – Down 2

11. CARL COX – Down 1 – Highest Techno DJ
12. INFECTED MUSHROOM – Up 14
13. ATB – Down 4
14. PAUL OAKENFOLD – Down 3
15. HERNAN CATTANEO – Down 8
16. JUDGE JULES – Down 1
17. EDDIE HALLIWELL – Non-Mover
18. MARCO V – Down 2
19. MARKUS SCHULZ – Up 2
20. GABRIEL & DRESDEN – Up 9

21. JAMES ZABIELA – Down 8
22. JOHN ACQUAVIVA – Highest New Entry
23. FLASH BROTHERS – Up 43 – Highest Climbers
24. AMADEUS – New Entry
25. ERICK MORILLO – Down 7
26. BENNY BENASSI – Down 4
27. SANDER KLEINENBERG – Down 7
28. DJ YAHEL – Up 17
29. OFFER NISIM – New Entry
30. ANDY MOOR – Up 16

31. DAVID GUETTA – Up 8
32. SANDER VAN DOORN – New Entry
33. RICHIE HAWTIN – Down 21
34. GARETH EMERY – New Entry
35. PHIL KIERAN – New Entry
36. NICK WARREN – Down 1
37. DJ SKAZI – New Entry
38. STEVE LAWLER – Down 8
39. D-FORMATION – New Entry
40. RICKY STONE – Up 8

41. ASTRIX – Up 34
42. ROGER SANCHEZ – Down 15
43. BAD BOY BILL – Down 1
44. SVEN VATH – Down 21
45. THRILLSEEKERS – Re-Entry
46. DONALD GLAUDE – Up 22
47. DJ VIBE – Down 7
48. KYAU VS ALBERT – New Entry
49. CHRIS LIEBING – Down 16
50. TIGA – Down 6

51. MATT DAREY – Up 40
52. BOB SINCLAR – New Entry
53. JAMES HOLDEN – Down 16
54. LANGE – New Entry
55. WRECKED MACHINES – New Entry
56. DION MAVATH – New Entry
57. PETE TONG – Down 8
58. DANNY TENAGLIA – Down 22
59. GEORGE ACOSTA – New Entry
60. BLANK & JONES – Down 29

61. DJ SAMMY – Up 31
62. JOACHIM GARAUD – New Entry
63. TIMO MAAS – Down 11
64. MATT HARDWICK – Down 6
65. FRANK TRAX – Down 14
66. STEVE ANGELLO – New Entry
67. DANNY HOWELLS – Down 42
68. SIMON POSFORD – New Entry
69. JOHN GRAHAM – New Entry
70. DESYN MASIELLO – Down 16

71. MAURO PICOTTO – Down 43
72. MENNO DE JONG – New Entry
73. BT – Up 9
74. SCOTT K – New Entry
75. TALL PAUL – Down 32
76. M.I.K.E PUSH – Up 1
77. FILO & PERI – New Entry
78. DJ TARKAN – New Entry
79. ANDERSON NOISE – New Entry
80. FATBOY SLIM – Down 17

81. DJ SERGE DEVANT – New Entry
82. DJ UMEK – Down 3
83. VICTOR CALDERONE – Down 28
84. DARUDE – Re-Entry
85. FERGIE – Down 25
86. TALLA 2 XLC – New Entry
87. RONSKI SPEED – Re-Entry
88. LEE BURRIDGE – Down 12
89. MARIO PIU – Down 51
90. AXEL KARAKASIS – New Entry

91. STEVE PORTER – New Entry
92. YOJI BIOMEHANIKA – Down 60
93. AXWELL – New Entry
94. STANTON WARRIORS – Re-Entry
95. DAVE SEAMAN – Down 26
96. ROBBIE RIVERA – New Entry
97. ANDY C – Down 27
98. AGNELLI & NELSON – New Entry
99. LISA LASHES – Down 43
100. DAVE CLARKE – Down 64

Always looking out for the underdogs, these guys.

anyway, here's my top 5 of the last year just for the hell of it:

1. erol at trash ( january 2)
2. ian niche at KEYS MONEY LIPSTICK (september)
3. Justice (actually this is from last year but anyway)
4. TRAMP djs manchester, all year round
5. erm...

FYI: this happens to be the guy who produced "Diva" ten years ago (yes, Eurovision)