DJ Tiesto, Paul Van Dyk and Armin Van Buuren took the top 3 spots for the second year running in DJ Magazines latest annual poll of DJs, with trance dominating the rankings more than ever before.
Its obvious that its been a good year for DJs spinning trance, an incredible one third of this years top 100 are mainly known for being trance DJs, DJ said in the accompanying special issue.
The trance tidal wave has squeezed all of the following house DJs out of the top 100 this year: Yousef, Tim Deluxe, Lottie, Masters At Work, Darren Emerson, Jon Carter, Layo & Bushwacka, Danny Rampling, Frankie Knuckles, Dave Lee and DJ Sneak, said DJ.
Tiestos victory came several months after he performed in front of billions on TV at the opening ceremony of the Olympics, though editor Lesley Wright told Time Out this week she didnt think his performance won him many extra votes.
Apparently he fluffed his first mix, bless him, she quipped. Still, if youve got an audience of 4 billion, youve got a right to be a bit nervous.
rnTop 100 DJs Poll results 2004
1 Tiësto
2 Paul Van Dyk
3 Armin Van Buuren
4 Sasha
5 Ferry Corsten
6 Hernan Cattaneo
7 Christopher Lawrence
9 Paul Oakenfold
10 Deep Dish
13 ATB
14 Judge Jules
15 James Zabiela
16 Marco
17 Roger Sanchez
18 Benny Benassi [Highest New Entry]
19 Tall Paul
22 Erick Morillo
23 Chris Liebing [Highest climber]
24 DJ Dan [Re-entry]
25 Eddie Halliwell
26 Andy C
27 Mauro Picotto
28 Johan Gielen
29 Lady Dana
30 Lisa Lashes
31 Adam Freeland
32 Markus Schulz [New entry]
33 Yoji Biomehanika
34 Sven Vath
35 Bad Boy Bill
36 James Holden
37 Dave Clarke
38 Blank&Jones
39 Above & Beyond [New entry]
41 Gabriel & Dresden
42 Marco Carola
44 Richie Hawtin
45 Laurent Garnier
47 Jeff Mills
50 Adam Beyer
51 Fatboy Slim
52 John 00 Fleming
53 Plump DJs
54 David Morales
55 Umek
58 Fergie
59 Matt Hardwick
60 Slacker [New entry]
61 DJ Luna [New entry]
62 M.I.K.E.(Push)
63 DJ Rush
64 Max Graham
66 Victor Calderone [New entry]
67 2 Many DJs
68 Hercio [New entry]
69 Kai Tracid [New entry]
70 Junior Jack [New entry]
71 Flash Brothers [New entry]
72 Aphrodite [New entry]
73 Felix Da Housecat
74 Tidy Boys
75 BK
76 Miss Kittin [New entry]
77 Benjamin Bates [New entry]
78 Dave Pearce [Re-entry]
79 Anne Savage
80 DJ Vibe [New entry]
81 Cosmic Gate
82 Derrick Carter
83 Ronski Speed [New entry]
84 Armand Van Helden [Re-entry]
86 Remy [New entry]
87 Seb Fontaine
88 Nic Fanciulli [New entry]
90 Proteus [New entry]
91 Rank [New entry]
92 BT
93 DJ Shadow [New entry]
94 Zinc [Re-entry]
96 Marco Bailey [New entry]
97 Darude [New entry]
98 Andy Farley
99 Ronald Van Gelderen [New entry]
100 Mark Farina
