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Rank 1 (twice)
John O'Callaghan
Ferry Corsten (twice)
Ronald van Gelderen
Scott Bond
Gabriel & Dresden
DJ Precision
Guy Ornadel
Perry O'Neil
DJ Ton TB
Jon O'Bir
Fred Baker
MIKE
Menno de Jong
NU NRG
Niklas Harding
Misja Helsloot
Armin van Buuren
Ti�sto
List from Best to Worst
01. TomorrowLand 2005 (Belgium) with :
M.I.K.E. (seen him in Belgium, foocking great set of his prods)
Fred Baker (mindblowing set, uplifting all the way)
Ton TB (1h30 of pure madness, can't believe he did some shit @ the Tiesto.com party @ HMH later this year)
Jon O'Bir : God Bless UK Trance DJs
AvB : OK set, too many people for an ASOTish set
02. Trance Evolution Winter Session (France) with :
John O'Callaghan (MY Uplifting set of the year)
Rank 1 (Classic set filled with ANTHEMS) --> Heaven on earth
03. Ahead European Tour (France) with :
Scott Bond (i missed the old Scotty, average set)
Gabriel & Dresden : (pure set, wicked selection and good fun with the guys who are very friendly)
DJ Precision : Well... U know TTT ??? 1h30 of Uplifting trance at his best...
04. Paradise In The City (France) with :
A lot of DJs were cancelled... But awesome sets/live by :
NU NRG
Everest
Menno de Jong
Niklas Harding
+ a lot of fun with my fellow TA-fr on the road 
05. Tiesto @ Captain (Belgium) :
Shitty warm up by Mr Sam
Good set by Tiesto, a bit disapointed cause the style of the club is stupid hardtek-hardstyle, and Tijs played a bit too techy...
SHAME on all those guys who were taking photos, asking him a signature on a tshirt and all this fucking shit during 3 Hours, with a friend i thought we were @ the "Tiesto Circus Show"...
Stupid DJ Mag Top 100 
06. Trance Evolution (France) with :
Perry O'Neil : omfg, killer set, prog trance at his best (went nuts with Audioholics - External Key & Perry O'Neil - Wave Force)
Guy Ornadel : definetely underrated DJ!you want uplifting? He's the guy!
07. Ferry Corsten @ MAD, Lausanne (Switzerland)
Ok set by Ferry, nothing special... stupid electro tracks once again
Warm up by Ronald van Gelderen : much better, was quite impressive
Well it was my first yeat of clubbing, must admit that it could have been worse...
For 2006 i plan to go more in belgium and in holland...
Will probably start January with
Fred Baker @ Mad Lausanne (Switzerland) on the 13th of January
Fred Baker @ Cherry Moon (Belgium) on the 14th of January
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| Originally posted by Cloud lucky bastards... |
none at all. none at all.
This year has not been that busy for me, but i've still packed in a lot of DJs (most of the ones below I saw at least twice)
Sasha, Sander K, Desyn Masiello, Laurent Garnier, John Digweed, Steve Lawler, Deep Dish, Steve Angello, Paolo Mojo, Nick Warren & Jody Wisternoff, Eric Prydz, Paul Jackson & Darren Emerson, Behrouz, Danny Rampling, Danny Howells, Sandy Rivera, Yousef
The year began by seeing Luke Fair in London, an awesome night with my best mates and is finishing with Nic Fanciulli and James Zabiela on NYE. I have to be honest, there hasnt been that much good music lately - most of the above have dissapointed, with only Desyn Masiello and Steve Lawler being solid (and entertaining every time). Special mention must go to Laurent Garnier for some of the most awesome 6 hours of music I heard, in July (this man is so eclectic it's unreal) and also Danny Rampling, Deep Dish & Behrouz for the most dull and lifeless 2 sets I've ever seen (both at Ministry of Sound incidentally).
Got to see
Kenneth Thomas
DJ Kenneth Keith twice woot
and finally got to see Andy Moor 
highlights:
-Ultra 7 and WMC 05, is REALLY the most wonderfull time of the year (take that x-mas!!!), I think is one of the most educated(in music terms) and most diverse crowd.
-LoveParade and afterparty, my fav set of the year by Ferry
-Tiesto at Space WMC, amazing 5hr set
-Memorial day weekend, saw armin at san francisco then a 9 hr drive to vegas, saw armin again and next night deep dish and tiesto, it was insane...deep dish rocked, I'm not even into house but it felt like they were playing progressive instead of house.
-gabriel & dresden
-Monthly dose of LEF, Ferry
-Sander van Doorn, did not see him live but his tunes rocked the clubs all year long: adrenalin, hoover, craft, eden, AKA.
thumbs down:
-armin, playing too many tunes that either PVD or Tiesto hammered before, shivers both the tune and album sucked.
-PVD at Space WMC, bad bad set.
-TIC LA, the circus show was cool but his set was only ok.
-Christopher Lawrence and Blank & jones, their sets seemed too much of the same, mono-tune
Armin Van Buuren (twice)
Paul Van Dyk
Ferry Corsten
Faithless
Benni Benassi
Judge Jules (twice)
Agnelli & Nelson (twice)
Scot Project
Matt Hardwick (twice)
Riley & Durrant (twice)
Stevie G
Sister Bliss
Tall Paul
The Thrillseekers
Gavyn Mitchel
John Askew
Adam Sheridan (twice)
Dave Seaman
Reece Elliot
NuNRG Live
Perry O'Neil
Brisky
Will Holland
Adam White
Ronski Speed
Andy Bagguley
Graham Gold
Ian Betts
JFK
John Kelly
Krafty Kuts
Mark West
G&M Project
Scott Bond
*edit* i forgot about these!....
james zabiela
tim utah
john o'callaghan
gareth emery
rhythm boys
marco v
richard tulip
Not been a bad year at all seings I was abroad for half of it! Although disappointed I didn't get to any festivals or big arena events (apart from Faithless - 5000 people)
Immense set awards goes to...
Paul Van Dyk (October)
Armin Van Buuren (NYE)
Ferry Corsten (July)
Matt Hardwick (November)
Ronski Speed (October)
Andy Bagguley (October)
Was skint and looking for jobs for the first 6 months of the year, so didn't see much. I did make up for it with my Amsterdam Dance Event-weekend however, so the list would prolly end up something like this:
Vince Watson
PvD
Menno de Jong
Adam Sheridan
DJ T
Richie Hawtin & Magda
X-Dream
The Delta
Midimiliz
Chris Liebing & Speedy J
Shinedoe & Estroe
Solvent
Vector Lovers
Billy Nasty
DK7
Audibelle
Highlights:
- DJ T throwing it down big time in the tech/funk area and working the crowd into a huge frenzy before proceeding to belt out oldschool acid house goodness (including Adonis - No Way Back) and ending it all on New Order - Blue Monday. Bloody hell was I beat after that.
- The Delta, who's live performance was so harsh and psychedelic at the same time that I'm still trying to figure out what the hell hit me that night. Then, tumbling out of the fucking sauna that the club had turned into during the set, I got flirted with by a beautiful girl on wardrobe duty and ended up talking randomly to another one outside, which didn't exactly make the night any worse.
- Summerparade afterparty. Local talent nab the basement of a club and turn it into a sweaty techno dungeon like it's 1995, only with gorgeous women included. And as if that wasn't enough, Audibelle's 30 minute live PA contains some of the freshest techno that I've heard all year.
Living in Calgary we don't see as many dj's as other Canadian cities like Vancouver, Montreal, and Toronto. But here are the one's that I was able to check out:
Rank 1
Blank & Jones
BK
Nick Sentience
Bad Boy Bill
Lisa Lashes
The ThrillSeekers
Max Graham
Dj Sneak
Roger Sanchez
Kaskade
Carl Cox
Marco V
Anne Savage
Paul Oakenfold
Aphrodite
Steve Murano
Tomiie Sunshine (Awesome, Apparently has a huge following in New York)
Judge Jules
Dj Dean
Benny Bennassi
Missed out on:
Markus Shulz (Want to see him, heard mixed reviews)
M.I.K.E. (Seen him once already, was at the same venue as Markus)
Donald Glaude (Heard he rips it up pretty good)
George Acosta (Never seen him but I have always liked his style of trance, same venue as Donald but they had Sneak and Farina playing at another venue the same night. Went there instead and Farina no showed. Should of gone to Glaude and Acosta)
James Zabiela (Never seen him but heard he's awesome behind the decks)
Richie Hawtin (Seen once before)
Fragma (Saw a clip of the party when he dropped Toca Me, Damn I love that song)
Erik Morillo (Wish I had gone, heard he plays a very limited schedule now)
Yoji Biomehanika (Neve seen him but I wish I could of gone, I really like his productions)
Scot Project (Seen once before, same venue as Yoji)
Dumonde (I really wish I could of gone to this party. Considering they don't play much anymore. I heard they were amazing, as usual)
My goodness, this thread makes me bemoan the fact that I don't live in Europe *sigh*
I had a reasonably quiet year in 2005. Of the top of my head, I've been fortunate enough to see the following:
Dana
Luna
Kai Tracid
The Prophet
Zany
Danny Howells
Deep Dish
Krafty Kuts
Slyde
JDS
Technoboy
Luca Antolini
Yoji Biomehanika
4 Strings
Isaac
Alphazone
Breeze & Styles
Drummattic Twins
Hybrid
Freestylers
Crazy Penis
Nick Warren
Above & Beyond
Gabriel & Dresden
BT
Scot Project
Marco V
Ben Bates
Mauro Picotto
Scott Brown
Hixxy
MIKE
Jon O'Callaghan
Fairly eclectic mix there I know! Seeing Fatboy Slim on NYE. And NYD I'll be checking out acts like Evil Nine, Tiefschwarz, Stanton Warriors, Derrick Carter etc. Plus 2006 we already know we're getting AVB, PVD, Carl Cox. Looking forward to another year of partying
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| Originally posted by GiantPenguin James Zabiela (Never seen him but heard he's awesome behind the decks) |
My favorite clubbing nights (aka the nights I choose to remember):
Armin @ Spirit in March
PVD @ Crobar for my birthday
Vegas debauchery @ ICE
Sander K's summer residency @ Crobar
Infusion @ Rothko
amusing Diddy sightings @ Crobar (for AVB and Carl Cox)
backstage passes for PVD @ the Roxy... 6 hours of pure PVD goodness!
and...
my favorite night to end the year off was
DESYN @ BED
wish I could say Desyn in MY BED!
sucked. didn't club half as much as any other year. let's see who i've seen:
Darren Emerson (sucked. mixing was completely off. some tunes were good, but shit programming as well.)
Erick Morillo (2nd time i see him. 1st one owned. this one sucked. trainwrecked a few times. played a fucking DATED set. i'm talking tracks like Kinda New [Tiefschwarz Remix] and even some older shit. very disappointing.)
Frank Lorber (2nd time. justified his position as one of, if not my all time, favorite DJ. was being begged by promoters to PLEASE stop spinning, the party was only supposed to go on till 7AM and it was 8:30 and he said the people still wanted more, so more they got. his wife dancing next to him on stage all along. sharpest mixing i've ever heard. granted, the first time was crazier, but he owned it. seeing him on NYE again)
Pascal F.E.O.S. (best set i've heard this year. amazing selection, spot-on mix. great crowd pleasing. real cool guy too. the crowd kept yelling so he threw down an extra 25mins. they yelled more, so he threw down Motor - Sweatbox and sent everyone home.)
Jask (threw down yet again. i've seen him a few times already, but this was a personal, private type thing, even tho it was free entry to all, it was promo'd much either. great set, nice and deep. he mixes like the decks were part of his hands. used an oldschool Urei rotary, so it was cool to see as well.)
Patrick Bodmer of M.A.N.D.Y. (funny ass mofo with some of the best tracks i heard in a while. his programming was a bit off due to an unreadable crowd, but i just loved his selection)
Elliot Lazor (opened for Patrick. hes from Canada i believe. he owned it. SPOT FUCKING ON mixing all the time and great tunes. really knows how to make a set flow)
Luke Fair (nice housey set. 3rd time i seen him. housiest of all. great mixing. bits of electro in there too. no breaks whatsoever, so that did leave me a bit anxious.)
that's about it. my only local EDM club (read: only real EDM club in the fucking country) got closed down. wee. fun. i'm just hoping 2006 brings better times.
Clubbing wise things have been pretty strong. The big nites have stayed big although the line ups in the UK have got slightly too predictable.
First nite i was impressed with was A&B making their debut at Inside Out in Glasgow in March. There was worry that their trancy trance sound wouldnt go down well with clubbers who prefer their music a lot harder. However they were fantastic and went on throughout the year to go from strength to strength as DJ's. IF you like your music uplifitng then they are one of the top drawers just now. Saw them again at Global and at IO last month where again they were top notch
Sander Van Doorn has been tremenedous seeing him at my friends nite Refresh in Glasgow was a bit pre-summer highlight. His sound suits a Scottish audience veyr much too. When i saw him on bigger line ups at the tail end of the year it confirmed his status as the biggest new talent in trance. Although most of us have known about him as a producer this year he really stepped up as a DJ
Markus Schultz deserves a mention. Hes been brilliant everytime ive seen him. His chunky progressive style sounds brilliant in clubs and surprised me when i expected pure fluff from him
The big DJ's all had solidish years. Armin got predictable though playing almost the same set everytime i saw him this year. Tiesto redeemed himself after shoddy sets at the HMH in Decemeber. The last 3 hours of that set he was more circa 2002 and i hope he continues in that vein. Lots of new tunes too which is a bonus. Paul Van Dyk i thought played set of the year at the Cream brithday party in Ibiza and in the end probably deserved the number 1 popularity contest for his second part of the year form
As for festivals & events Coloursfest in June was my first of the year. Was pretty much standard stuf and was more like a nite out than a big event. Global Gathering was also largely disappointing due to the set timings and the main arena set up. No one really stood out except Marco V on the day. Godskitchen in Newcastle was fantastic though. Jon O'Bir stole the show as he did many times this year.
The Ibiza season seemed as strong as ever when i was there. The Cream 10th birthday being the big highlight of my clubbing year. PVD played an aboslute blinder with a lot of tunes none of us had heard but have since became anthems in their own right.
My DJ of the year however must go to Jon O'Bir. Everywhere i saw him he stole the show from everyone. He has found the balance between euphoric/uplfiting and driving, darker, harder material. That is a mix of Armin and PVD. His residency show on Radio 1 has got him exposure commercially and i fully expect him to become bigger outside of the UK either next year or the year after. Imo he is the next big DJ.
Sets of the year
PVD @ Cream 10th Birthday Party Amnesia Ibiza
Jon O'Bir @ Inside Out June
Sander Van Doorn @ Refresh
Above & Beyond @ Inside Out Novemeber
Tiesto @ HMH December
The entire year has been a bit of a blur, but from what I can remember (with a bit of help from searching my posts in the Australian forum) in approximate chronological order:
The ones I remember seeing are...
Erol Alkan
X-Press 2
Breakfastaz
Phil Hartnoll (from Orbital)
Jon Carter
Technasia
Annie Nightingale
Stanton Warriors
Nic Fanciulli
Steve Lawler
Danny Rampling
Carl Cox
Eric Prydz
James Zabiela
John Digweed
Sasha
John '00' Fleming
Tall Paul
Rob Tissera
Riley & Durrant
Matt Hardwick
Eddie Halliwell
Judge Jules
Ferry Corsten
Ti�sto
Highlights were Sasha, especially when he finished his set with "The Killers - Mr. Brightside (Thin White Duke Mix)", Zabiela live was brilliant, seeing Danny Rampling before he retired, and Eddie Halliwell standing on the decks at Gatecrasher - I know he does that all the time now but it's still pretty legendary.
Hardwick, Ferry and Coxy were all great as well.
Andy Moor and Matt Darey at Bumpkin Pumpkin 2
Pulser and Kyau vs Albert at Bumpkin Pumpkin 1
LOVE PARADE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Was absolutely amazing I danced my ass off for 15 hours straight, one of the most amazing experiences.
Quite a few others that I can't remember. All in all an amazing year, of music. I need to hurry up and turn 21 though.
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