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Posted by Vyper0987 on Jul-07-2005 19:27:

Most Influential

This is hard...but who do you guys think has been the most influential DJ in the past 10 years, whether it's thru their live performances, their part in advancing edm culture, their productions, etc. Please include some sort of logical support/reasoning with your pick.

EDIT: change the time period from 10 years to the last 3 years

Posted by torontotrance on Jul-07-2005 19:31:

paul oakenfold

he pushed the deejay into the superstardom class and he's pushed whatever sounds he felt like over the past 10 yrs.

Posted by Aiwendil on Jul-07-2005 19:38:

Paul Oakenfold...why...

Because without him half of us wouldn't even be here.

Posted by Floorfiller on Jul-07-2005 19:42:

oakenfold...

runner up pete tong...

Posted by zshev on Jul-07-2005 19:46:

Re: Most Influential

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Originally posted by Vyper0987
EDIT: change the time period from 10 years to the last 3 years

Tiesto.. because his near commercial stance introduces a lot of people to the EDM scene

Posted by MarathonMan on Jul-07-2005 19:50:

Sasha!

Can't think of a reason why at the minute, its been a tough day!

Posted by RebeL9 on Jul-07-2005 19:54:

DJ Sammy propably. Ask anyone who recently started listening to trance music who brought them into trance.

Posted by Luke Cartwright on Jul-07-2005 20:00:

Ferry Corsten for me, it seems like hes been around forever.

Dunno how old he was when he first came on the scene but I think he still looks quite young now.

I saw an interview with him once and he said that the biggest buzz for him was seeing people dance to music that he has made for them, that in my eyes makes him a top geezer.

So many good tunes and always has a smile on his face, I think if he ever stopped making music it would be a huge loss.

Posted by AlphaStarred on Jul-07-2005 20:04:

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Originally posted by RebeL9
DJ Sammy propably. Ask anyone who recently started listening to trance music who brought them into trance.

I did ask many a time and I've never once received DJ Sammy as an answer. It was either Tiesto, PVD, or AVB by and large.

Posted by Laszlo on Jul-07-2005 20:04:

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Originally posted by RebeL9
DJ Sammy propably. Ask anyone who recently started listening to trance music who brought them into trance.

Antiloop did it for me. But I think I'll go with Tiesto. Even though he may have recently become a total sellout, the scene wouldn't be where it is today without him.

And what about Tenaglia? Wasn't he the one who started this whole DJ-ing culture in the first place many many years ago? But that was more than ten years ago... :|

Posted by torontotrance on Jul-07-2005 20:04:

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Originally posted by Aiwendil
Paul Oakenfold...why...

Because without him half of us wouldn't even be here.

Trying to be a prick again?

Paul Oakenfold pushed the trance sound for a while and it took the public forever to catch on. He was not the only one but he was influential to other deejays as well. Lots of deejays looked up to him, his 1999 EM world tour probably pushed him even more to a worldwide audience. His perfecto label was influential for a time and he was a superstar deejay.

Posted by Vyper0987 on Jul-07-2005 20:06:

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Originally posted by Luke Cartwright
Ferry Corsten for me, it seems like hes been around forever.

Dunno how old he was when he first came on the scene but I think he still looks quite young now.

I saw an interview with him once and he said that the biggest buzz for him was seeing people dance to music that he has made for them, that in my eyes makes him a top geezer.

So many good tunes and always has a smile on his face, I think if he ever stopped making music it would be a huge loss.

+1...i totally agree.

I think that when he released punk, he showed the dj world that he was willing to explore and experiment in order to further the genre

Posted by Aiwendil on Jul-07-2005 20:10:

No...i'm trying to tell you how influential he was.

Posted by AlphaStarred on Jul-07-2005 20:12:

Judge Jules's Clubbers Guide To...2000 got a friend of mine hooked onto trance.

Posted by Spacey Orange on Jul-07-2005 20:44:

Re: Most Influential

quote:
Originally posted by Vyper0987
This is hard...but who do you guys think has been the most influential DJ in the past 10 years, whether it's thru their live performances, their part in advancing edm culture, their productions, etc. Please include some sort of logical support/reasoning with your pick.

EDIT: change the time period from 10 years to the last 3 years

You have three questions rolled into one:

1 Which DJ has been most influential on music listeners.

2. Which DJ has been most influential on popular culture.

3. Which DJ has been most influential on producers.

i have no idea. you'd have to take survey of producers, music listeners, and the general public i suppose. even then, the replies you would get might not even be helpful because people might get influenced by someone and not even know it.

given this, as a music listener, i'd have to day Mr. Goodwrench has been the most influential DJ on me, because he introduced me to a whole new genres of music. chances are, you've never heard of him.

Posted by basd on Jul-07-2005 20:57:

I'd say the four founders of Detroit techno music: Kevin Saunderson, Juan Atkins, Eddie Fowlkes, and Derrick May.

They started quite a bit of a movement.

Posted by Laszlo on Jul-07-2005 21:00:

quote:
Originally posted by basd
I'd say the four founders of Detroit techno music: Kevin Saunderson, Juan Atkins, Eddie Fowlkes, and Derrick May.

They started quite a bit of a movement.

Let's not forget about Sven V�th who brought the techno to Europe!

Posted by basd on Jul-07-2005 21:04:

quote:
Originally posted by Laszlo
Let's not forget about Sven V�th who brought the techno to Europe!