DJ Awards
The DJ Award is an Non for profit organization that organizes the annual electronic music DJ awards event it is the only international ceremony for DJs and also the oldest, It honors the DJs and music industry organizations and figureheads. It was formed in 1998 by José Pascual and Lenny Ibizarre, the awards are held once a year at Pacha club in Ibiza Spain during the last week of September this coincides with the closings of the most important Ibiza clubs. It is known internationally among DJ community as the Oscars of the DJ industry. Each event gathers a wide selection of international "movers & shakers" with the electronic dance music industry. They awards recognize and celebrate the diverse range of talent of the world's best DJs. The philosophy behind the awards is for them "To be seen not as a competition, but instead, a celebration of the electronic dance music scene, that conveys the artistic ability of DJs to a global music audience". It has managed to retain its status of one of the most important accolades an artist can win or be honoured by.[1] The Awards ceremonies each year choses a theme important to the organization which then translates into an individual graphic and visual re-production for each event.
History
In its inaugural event in 1998, the chosen theme was “Alien Arrival”, due to the nature of the prize (a piece of kryptonite) and his extraterrestrial mascot "Snuffy". In this first year remarkable winners were Erick Morillo for the "house" category, Daft Punk for the Best DJ Band category and Fernandisco for the "Radio DJ" category with an honourifc special award for the late Tony De Vit.
The second edition in 1999 explored the theme of ¨African Tribal Rhythms¨, as a source of inspiration for music producers. It emphasised the expansion of categories such as "Ambient /Experimental" or "International DJ" and winners such as Pete Tong, Roger Sanchez, Basement Jaxx all picked up their awards. Frankie Knuckles and Joe T. Vanelli were the first winners in the categories of "Outstanding Dedication" and "Outstanding Contribution" respectively.
The year 2000 hosted the third ceremony, this time under the theme of the ¨Mythological Inspiration of the Muses¨ and under new categories, renaming the category formerly known as "Ambient/Experimental" into "Chill Out" due to the increasing flow of productions in this style. Other categories and winners featured that same year were Paul Oakenfold for "Trance", Sven Väth for "Techno" or the song "Lady" by Modjo for the category "Track of the season," amongst others.
For the fourth ceremony in 2001 technological advances happening in the industry did not go unnoticed to the direction of the awards, establishing the theme "Man and Machine" as a starting point. For the second time Erick Morillo won "House DJ" alongside other winners; Mixmaster Morris for "Eclectic" and Carl Cox for "Techno", and Superchumbo the winner in the category for best production.
In 2002,the fifth edition of the awards, the theme was ¨Vinyl it was created as a romantic sample of the DJs beginnings, at a time when the CD format was becoming a standard. Amongst winners that year were prominent names like Pete Tong for "Outstanding Contribution", Mambo Cafe for "Best Ibiza Bar", "It Just Won’t Do" by Tim Deluxe for "Track of the Season" or Wally Lopez as "Best Newcomer".
In 2003 the sixth edition the theme chosen was ¨The Essence of the Universe¨, winners such as Steve Lawler for "Techhouse/Progressive", Junior Jack & Kid Crème for "Best Newcomer" (also winners for the "Track of the Season" with "E-Samba ") or the crowning of Manumission as the best promoter, which gave a joyful note to this gala.
In 2004 and the seventh edition¨The Sense of Man¨ awarding DJs such as Trevor Nelson for "Urban DJ", Tania Vulcano as "Best Ibiza Resident" and Shapeshifters with their track "Lola's Theme" as "Track of the Season." The gala had started with the opening video of "Made in Dixland: Searching Krypto" realised by the Spanish DJ and producer Nando Dixkontrol, this video worked out to be one of the most memorable images of the ceremony.
The ceremony of 2005 (eighth edition) celebrated the centenary of the ¨Vacuum Tube¨ creation, one of the first aspects of primary electronics circuits. Ferry Corsten for "Trance", Steve Angello as "Best Newcomer" and Cut Killer for "Hip Hop" were some of the winners featured, with a new Honorary Award being presented to Argentine DJ Alfredo Fiorito for his historic career in the industry, one of the most special moments of that year.
In 2006 the ninth edition ¨Nature¨ broke through as the theme and served as an excuse to reward twice over Bob Sinclar as best House DJ and best song of the year for "World Hold On" together with his vocalist Steve Edwards. Other special moments of that year would be, after three attempts, the "Best Ibiza Resident" to the Australian Sarah Main with the highest votes in history for this category, and also the "Outstanding Contribution" given to Brasilio de Oliveira creator, among other things, of the party "La Troya".
2007 celebrated the tenth anniversary of the awards under the theme of “Time”. Using the graphic reference belonging to the Salvador Dalís painting "The Persistence of Memory", the prizes would be handed to the DJs Cristian Varela for "Techno", Mucho Muchacho for "Urban DJ" as well as David Guetta for "International DJ" amongst others.
The eleventh edition in 2008 celebrated the awards under the slogan "Do not change the climate, change yourself" with David Guetta as Best House DJ, Valentin Huedo as best Ibiza resident and crowning Mark Knight & Funkagenda with the "Track of the Season" for "Man with The Red Face".
2009 was the twelfth edition of the awards and used the theme of ¨Dreams¨ as its subject, once again the French king of DJ David Guetta won the "House" category, Sven Väth for "Techno", Sasha for "Progressive House" and Michel Cleis for his tune "La Mezcla" as "Track of the Season" were some of the winners in a year that has included even more new categories.
For 2010 the thirteenth edition the chosen theme was ¨Water¨, which urged everyone to join the onedrop organisation. Winners this year included the Swedish House Mafia boys - Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso and Steve Angello for the House category, Deadmau5 picked up best International DJ, International Festival was given to Kazantip amongst many others.
In 2011, the fourteenth edition of this ceremony, "fire" was the chosen theme, which respresented the "discovery that changed the world". Among the winner were, axwell for "house", for Tech house, Luciano took the award, Deadmau5 for Electro house and Carl Cox for Techno.
The 2012, and the fifteenth edition, saw light as chosen as the theme, taking it right back to the beginning...Big Bang! Winners included Armin Van Buuren (Trance & International), Chase & Status (Dubstep/Bass), Maceo Plex (Deep House), Arty (Newcomer), plus in the Special awards collecting for (Ibiza DJ) Andy Baxter, Tomorrowland won (International Festival) and for Live Performance a new category Lenny Kravitz for his performance at the 2012 Ibiza 123 Festival.
In 2013, the sixteenth edition[2] the theme was the element of Earth. Winners presented with the Kryptonite award included Luciano for Tech House; Deep House went to Solomun. And Hot Natured for Electronic Live Performance. Cristian Varela for Techno, and Newcomer went to Uner. Armin Van Buuren who again won two awards scooping Trance and International DJ and Electro House went to Hardwell. The Lifetime Achievement went to Jerry Greenberg, and Outstanding Contribution went to Kathy Sledge (Sister Sledge).
2014 award winners were:[3]
Categories
Competitive Awards
The DJ Awards release every year online via www.djawards.com a list of categories and nominees who reflect the current electronic music industry. All nominees are recommended by a panel of 100 music industry professionals[4] which is broadly representative of the International Dance Music sectors: music media specialists, DJ´s managers, agents, promoters, technology manufacturers and DJ´s themselves. The panel changes annually, and they select the nominees for each category with the DJ Awards. These are then publicly announced and the public are then invited to vote through the organisations website or via Social Media Networks to help decide the final winners at a gala event held in the world-famous club Pacha Ibiza.
Non-Competitive Awards
The Special Award is in a non-competitive catergory where nominees and winners are selected by a specialist panel of judges it is not open to a public vote and they operate much in the same way as the BAFTA non-competitive accolades.
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Jose Pascual & Lenny Ibizarre DJ Award Founders
The Award
The DJ Awards trophy is a piece of green "Kryptonite".[5] The word Kryptonite descends from the Greek Kryptos (secret or hidden element), as the force hidden behind the complex language of the turntables which generate vibration and feeling, with that the DJ guides the crowd into a state of consciousness high and Nite (nightlife and its culture. Abbreviation of “night” in modern languages. At night is when people, however different is the culture’s proceeding, finally unite as if they were one, under a common beat} that shares elements from all corners of the world) and that gives shape to the sense of adventure and surprise that is hidden once the sun goes down.
In an interview in the September 2007 with Spanish music magazine "Deejay", José Pascual co-founder of the awards, answered to the question put, “why you chose the Kryptonite as an icon”?
“I would say that she chose us. We wanted the trophy to be something else, something with meaning. We liked the idea that it would be of natural crystal and after a survey of people around us, we chose this for its energetic component, for transparency, for ease of transport ... Somebody thought it was like Superman’s kryptonite, the alien element that removed his power to give it to the DJ. Furthermore, the etymology of the word tells us that "Kryptos" comes from hidden message and "Nite" from night, a message closely related to DJ, so organically everything came together. "
The Mascot
The DJ Awards have a mascot named "Snuffy" which is a cross between the famous symbol associated with the Acid House (The Smiley) since 2012 Snuffy was retired no event's have used a mascot.
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Winners and nominees
2014
The 17th edition winners nominees and recipients were chosen from 12 categories.[6]
Best Of
- Trance: Armin van Buuren
- Techno: Carl Cox
- Electro House: Hardwell
- Tech House: Luciano
- Deep House: Jamie Jones
- Newcomer: Patrick Topping
- Breakthrough: Mano Le Tough
- Drum N Bass/Dubstep: Skrillex
- Electronic Live Performance: Disclosure
- Electronica: Diplo
- International DJ: Carl Cox
Special Awards
- Cutting Edge: Native Instruments
- Dance Nation: Croatia
- International Festival: Creamfields UK
- Ibiza DJ: Ibán Mendoza
- Ibiza Live Performance: Matador
- Ibiza Night: Flower Power
- Media: Be-At.Tv
- Outstanding Contribution: DJ Harvey
- Producer: MK
- Record Label of the Year: Innversions
- Track of the Season: ‘Forget’ by Patrick Topper
2013
The 16th edition
2012
The 15th edition
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The 14th edition
2010
The 13th edition winners nominees and recipients were chosen from 14 categories.
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| Best Tech House DJ | Best Electro House |
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| Best Trance DJ | Best Newcomer DJ |
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| Best Progressive House DJ | Best Minimal DJ |
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| Break Through | Best Deep House DJ |
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| Best Downtempo & Eclectic DJ | Best Psychedelic Trance DJ |
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| Best International DJ | Special Awards |
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2009
The 12th edition winners nominees and recipients were chosen from 14 categories.
| Best House DJ | Best Techno DJ |
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| Best Tech House DJ | Best Electro House |
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| Best Trance DJ | Best Newcomer DJ |
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| Best Progressive House DJ | Best Minimal DJ |
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| Break Through | Best Deep House DJ |
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| Best Downtempo & Eclectic DJ | Best Psychedelic Trance DJ |
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| Best International DJ | Special Awards |
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2008
The 11th edition winners nominees and recipients were chosen from 16 categories.
| Best House DJ | Best Techno DJ |
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| Best Tech House/Progressive DJ | Best Electro House |
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| Best Trance DJ | Best Newcomer DJ |
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| Best Ibiza Resident DJ | Best Minimal DJ |
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| Break Through | Best Hip Hop DJ |
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| Best Progressive House | Best Deep House DJ |
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| Best Downtempo & Eclectic DJ | Dance Nation of the Year |
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| Best International DJ | Special Awards |
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2007
The 10th Anniversary edition winners nominees and recipients were chosen from 12 categories.
| Best House DJ | Best Techno DJ |
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| Best Tech House/Progressive DJ | Best Urban DJ |
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| Best Trance DJ | Best Newcomer DJ |
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| Best Ibiza DJ | Best Ibiza Bar |
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| Break Through | Best Electro DJ |
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| Best International Dance Music Festival | Special Awards |
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2006
The 9th edition winners nominees and recipients were chosen from 10 categories.
| Best House DJ | Best Techno DJ |
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| Best Tech House/Progressive DJ | Best Urban DJ |
| Best Trance DJ | Best Newcomer DJ |
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2005
The 8th edition winners nominees and recipients were chosen from 10 categories.
| Best House DJ | Best Techno DJ |
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| Best Tech House/Progressive DJ | Best Urban DJ |
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| Best Trance DJ | Best Newcomer DJ |
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| Best Ibiza DJ | Best Ibiza Bar |
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| Break Through | Special Awards |
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| Special Awards | Special Awards |
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2004
The 7th edition winners nominees and recipients were chosen from 9 categories.
| Best House DJ | Best Techno DJ |
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| Best Techouse/Progressive DJ | BestHip Hop/R 'N' B/Garage DJ |
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| Best Trance DJ | Best Newcomer DJ |
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| Best Ibiza DJ | Best Ibiza Bar |
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| Special Awards | Special Awards |
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2003
The 6th edition winners nominees and recipients were chosen from 9 categories.
| Best House DJ | Best Techno DJ |
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| Best Techouse/Progressive DJ | BestHip Hop/R 'N' B/Garage DJ |
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| Best Psychedelic Trance DJ | Best Newcomer DJ |
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| Best Ibiza DJ | Best Ibiza Bar |
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| Special Awards | Special Awards |
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2002
The 5th Edition edition winners nominees and recipients were chosen from 8 categories.
| Best House DJ | Best Techno DJ |
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| BestProgressive DJ | Best Tech House DJ |
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| Best Psychedelic Trance DJ | Underground/Garage DJ |
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| Best Eclectic/Experimental DJ | Special Awards |
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2001
The 4th edition winners nominees and recipients were chosen from 9 categories.
| Best House DJ | Best Techno DJ |
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| Best Drum 'N' Bass & Beats DJ | Best Tech House DJ |
| Best Psychedelic Trance DJ | Best Trance DJ |
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| Best Underground DJ | Best Eclectic/Experimental DJ |
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| Special Awards | Special Awards |
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2000
The 3rd edition winners nominees and recipients were chosen from 11 categories.
| Best House DJ | Best Techno DJ |
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| Best Drum 'N' Bass & Beats DJ | Innovator Experimental |
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| Best Chillout DJ | Best Trance DJ |
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| Best Radio DJ | DJ's DJ |
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| Outstanding Achievement | Leader of the New Breed |
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| Special Awards | Special Awards |
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1999
The 2nd edition winners nominees and recipients were chosen from 9 categories.
| Best House Garage DJ | Best Techno DJ |
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| Best Drum 'N' Bass & Beats DJ | DJ Innovator |
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| Best Ambient Experimental DJ | DJ's Band of the Year |
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| Best Radio DJ | Re-Mix of the Year |
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| Special Awards | Special Awards |
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1998
The 1st edition winners nominees and recipients were chosen from 8 categories.
| Best House Garage DJ | Best Techno Trance DJ |
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| Best Drum 'N' Bass Trip Hop DJ | DJ Innovator |
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| Best Ambient Experimental DJ | DJ's Band of the Year |
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| Best Radio DJ | Special Awards |
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See also
References
- ↑ Matthews Paul, James. "The Annual DJ Awards To Kick Off At Pacha Ibiza This Monday". Hit The Floor. Hit the Floor On-Line Magazine. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
- ↑ Graff, Gary. "erry Greenberg, Former Atlantic Prez and Chic Breaker, to Launch New EDM Label Pacific Electronic Music". Billboard.com. Billboard. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ↑ "DJ Awards 2014 Winners Announced". [TranceFixxed]. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ↑ "Interview with Lenny Ibizarre, one of the founders of the DJ Awards, Ibiza". House Planet DJ. House Planet News EDM. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ↑ Byers, Ally. "THE RESULTS ARE IN: 2012 IBIZA DJ AWARDS". Mixmag. Mix Magazine UK. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
- ↑ "DJ Awards 2014 Winners Announced". [TranceFixxed]. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ↑ "DJ Awards 2014 Winners Announced". [TranceFixxed]. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ↑ Warrington, Ruby. "The secrets of Ibiza". 6 July 20147. The Sunday Times. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
- ↑ "Pure Pacha". 2004. DJ Mag. Retrieved 26 March 2015.