DJ Mag might be most well known for its Top 100 DJs ranking every year, but it also hones in on North America every year in its Best Of North America poll. With the region driving so much traffic and interest in dance music across the world every year, a poll focusing on North America is only logical.
Sixteen categories are presented, from Best DJ to Best Live Act to Best Label and all the other accolades that come in between. Some notable entries are Marc Rebillet for Best Live Act and 1788-L’s remix “Disintegrate Slowly” by The Glitch Mob for Best Remix/Edit.
Notable exclusions include not a single Las Vegas club in either Club category, as well as the omission both Electric Daisy Carnival and Ultra Music Festival from Best Festival.
Voting for the poll opened this morning, and ends on April 23; results will be announced on May 28.
Go HERE to vote, and see the full list nominations below.
Best DJ
Robert Hood
Honey Dijon
DJ Stingray
AC Slater
Jubilee
Breakthrough DJ
Jayda G
Eris Drew
Justin Cudmore
Bedouin
Attlas
Best Live Act
Marc Rebillet
Chromeo
GRiZ
Model 500
Robert DeLong
Best Producer
Octo Octa
Diplo
Jlin
Virtual Self (Porter Robinson)
Zeds Dead
Breakthrough Producer
J. Worra
Ciel
Textasy
LSDXOXO
Baltra
Best Label
Dark Entries Records
Tri Angle
Mad Decent
Razor-N-Tape
Ghostly International
Breakthrough Label
100% Silk
FTP
Country Club Disco
In Toto
Jack Dept.
Best Album
REZZ – Certain Kind Magic Mau5trap]
Zhu – Ringos Desert Mind a Genius]
Lotic – Power Tri Angle]
Kamasi Washington – Heaven & Earth Young Turks]
Mariel Ito – 2000-2005 R&S Records]
Best Track
NGHTMRE & Big Gigantic – Like That Mad Decent]
Peach – Silky Intergraded]
Claude VonStroke – Maharaja DIRTYBIRD]
Marie Davidson – Work It Ninja Tune]
RL Grime – I Wanna Know WeDidIt]
Best Remix/Edit
Sophie Lloyd – Calling Out feat. Dames Brown (Floorplan’s Extended Club Remix) Classic Music Company]
Cygnus – Iaafos Blank Mix (Textasy Dance Floor Dub) Craigie Knowes]
Pendulum – The Island – Pt. I (Dawn) (Skrillex Remix) Earstorm]
The Glitch Mob – Disintigrate Slowly (1788-L Remix) Glass Air]
FaltyDL – If All the People Took Acid (Octo Octa Loop Me into Infinity Remix) Blueberry Records]
Best Large Club
Elsewhere, New York
Exchange LA, LA
Echostage, Washington DC
Club Space, Miami
New City Gas, Montreal
Best Small Club
CODA, Toronto
Halcyon, San Francisco
Floyd, Miami
Smartbar, Chicago
Good Room, New York
Best Club Event/Series
Prototype, LA
Unter, New York
Piknic Electronik, Montreal
We Still Believe, Nationwide
QUEEN!, Chicago
Best Festival
Coachella
Movement
Lightning in a Bottle
Shambhala Music Festival
Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
Best Boutique Festival
Sustain-Release
Holy Ship!
Elements Lakewood
Bass Coast
Seismic Dance Event
Hall Fame
K-Hand
Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy
Gary Richards a.k.a DESTRUCTO
Armand Van Helden
Moodymann
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