Amsterdam Dance Event

The Amsterdam Dance Event is now officially the biggest club festival in the world, with over 700 DJs playing in 40 different venues across Amsterdam. The total audience last year was 72,000, and this year there are an extra six venues.

A preview of the lineup has just been released, with all the big names playing, including: Armin Van Buuren, David Guetta, Erick Morillo, John Dahlbäck, Markus Schulz, Paul van Dyk, Sven Väth.

Ticket information isn’t available yet, but the festival is not far away, taking place on the 22/23/24/25th October. There are also a few ‘unplanned’ afterparties the night after for those that can handle it…

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Here’s a recent mix from French DJ and producer Marc Leclair, a.k.a. Akufen. The set was recorded live at Soundstream @ Club Rogue in Dublin, Ireland a little over a week ago.

Download: DivShare [192kbps MP3, ~190 MB]

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Armin Van Buuren is number one in this year’s DJ Magazine Top 100 DJ Poll.

I think everyone knew it was only a matter of time before Armin took the top spot as Top 100 DJ Poll.

Van Buuren has earned the title this year, with all of his top charting tracks and remixes as well as his incredibly popular A State of Trance radio show which is broadcast on 40 stations around the world.

Left behind were a handful of the biggest names dance music has to offer, including Tiesto, John Digweed, Paul Van Dyk, Sasha and Oakenfold.

Notable movers this year are: Justice, Infected Mushroom, Booka Shade, David Guetta, Sander van Doorn, James Zabiela, Freddy le Grand, and Eric Prydz.

Here’s the rest of the TOP 100:

1 Armin Van Buuren
2 Tiesto
3 John Digweed
4 Paul Van Dyk
5 Sasha
6 Above & Beyond
7 Carl Cox
8 Ferry Corsten
9 Infected Mushroom
10 David Guetta
11 Deep Dish
12 Paul Oakenfold
13 Markus Schulz
14 Hernan Cattaneo
15 Sander Van Doorn
16 Eddie Halliwell
17 James Zabiela
18 Astrix
19 Richie Hawtin
20 Marco V
21 Judge Jules
22 Fedde Le Grand
23 Gabriel & Dresden
24 Erick Morillo
25 Roger Sanchez
26 ATB
27 Sven Vath
28 Yahel
29 Umek
30 Andy Moor
31 Gareth Emery
32 Benny Benassi
33 Axwell
34 Mauro Picotto
35 Sander Kleinenberg
36 Eric Prydz
37 Blank & Jones
38 Bad Boy Bill
39 Pete Tong
40 DJ Vibe
41 Tiga
42 Steve Lawler
43 Danny Tenaglia
44 Ronski Speed
45 Nic Fanciulli
46 Steve Angello
47 Nick Warren
48 Matt Hardwick
49 Ricardo Villalobos
50 James Holden
51 Mark Knight
52 The Thrillseekers
53 Marco Bailey
54 Anderson Noise
55 Lange
56 Offer Nissim
57 Kyau and Albert
58 Justice
59 Matt Darey
60 Timo Maas
61 Danny Howells
62 Menno De Jong
63 Bob Sinclar
64 John Acquaviva
65 Agnelli & Nelson
66 Fatboy Slim
67 Andy C
68 Ricky Stone
69 Donald Glaude
70 Desyn Masiello
71 Daft Punk
72 Martin Solveig
73 BT
74 Chris Liebing
75 Valentino Kanzyani
76 Trentemoller
77 Jeff Mills
78 John Graham
79 Robbie Rivera
80 Chemical Brothers
81 Luciano
82 Hype
83 Lisa Lashes
84 Filo and Pero
85 Lee Burridge
86 Armand Van Helden
87 Magda
88 Dave Seaman
89 Victor Calderone
90 Dave Clarke
91 Richard Durand
92 Westbam
93 Sebastien Leger
94 Chus and Ceballos
95 Wally Lopez
96 Booka Shade
97 Adam Beyer
98 Dirty South
99 Erol Alkan
100 Laurent Garnier

via: DJ Mag Official Announcement

Following the discovery of voting anomalies in this years poll, DJ Mag
conducted an in depth investigation, which ultimately cleared
Christopher of any involvement.

Publisher James Robertson says “DJ Mag has been in lengthy discussions
with Christopher Lawrence following our discovery of voting
irregularities” he stated. “We fully accept his explanation that he,
personally, had no involvement in any cheating”.

In an interview with Skrufff, Christopher Lawrence explained
“Apparently there were multiple votes from single IP addresses. DJ Mag
felt it was suspicious and contacted my team to see if we knew anything
about it,” he continued, “We didn’t, so we arranged for the marketing
manager who was handling my Top 100 campaign to speak to them. He
explained that he promotes the vote to street teams of 100,000- 150,000
people, mainly students”.

“My team hired him because he had done campaigns like People’s Choice
Awards in the US as well as work for major record labels and movie
studios. He said he had never had problems before, but clearly DJ Mag
had a problem with his methods and the multiple votes were irregular,
so we had to ask him to step aside,” he continued.

“My wife was worried and considered signing me up with a wedding DJ
agency, but fortunately there has been no impact whatsoever. No
cancelled bookings. Nothing. So I guess I can put my Kool & the Gang
records away. No weddings any time soon,” Christopher joked.

Members of the dance industry spoke out in support. BBC Radio 1’s Judge
Jules said “Christopher has long been one of the biggest DJ’s in the
US, who in more recent years found just how well his sound worked over
in Europe. I’ve played with him loads and he’s never failed to generate
a brilliant reaction”.

Dave Lee, Gatecrasher Brand Director says “Chris has been a great
artist for many years, and performed well for Gatecrasher in 2007. His
‘Live in Moscow’ album was at the top of MOS non TV album seller list
in 2007″.

“The fans have also been great” said Christopher. “I was on tour in
China over the weekend and the shows were the best I have ever done in
that market. I think most people are able to put it into perspective.”

And as for other DJ’s reactions, “I think most DJs are probably
relieved that it wasn’t them,” he laughed.

DJ Mag publisher James Robertson says “DJmag has always believed,
regardless of 2007’s anomalies, that Christopher is an excellent DJ who
stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the world’s best. We look forward to
him resuming his rightful place amongst the leading performers in the
Top 100 DJs 2008 poll.”

In conclusion, Christopher said “Any DJ can be #1 on any given night.
The Top 100 is only a poll and what really matters is what happens on
the dance floor. At the end of the night when the lights come on and
the music fades, you know who your favorite DJ is, and that’s all that
really matters”.

For more info: http://www.christopherlawrence.com

Question is can she mix? Apparently so.

Courtesy of YouTube

Justice is there playing with the radio at the beginning but then the wierdos take over!!

Well to be fair DJ Dan and Christopher Lawrence weren’t caught cheating themselves but they were among several DJs that are now ineligible for the DJ Mag Top 100 List this year due to irregularities in votes cast for them.  Also removed are Israel’s Flash Brother and several Chinese DJs who either paid for votes or used a script to log multiple votes.

When publisher James Robertson went through the votes manually he noticed that the same IP Address was used to log 50 or more votes both for DJ Dan and Christopher Lawrence who are represented by the same marketing company.  Both DJs deny any wrongdoing on their part.

Chinese DJ Tiesmi admitted paying cash for votes. Tiesmi explained that it cost 4000 Yuan (£260) for 100,000 votes and that he had paid a software engineer to create a script to by-pass the security code.  It was noticed that he quickly raced to the No.1 spot within hours of the voting starting.

Tiesmi’s friend Yutise, was also investigated. He explained that it was not him cheating, but his crazed fans who he had no control over.

Christopher Lawrence has since fired his marketing company.

via: DJMag