The only surprise in there for me is seeing The Shamen and The KLF, who I thought would be a bit too much of a distant memory for most clubbers in 2012.
RITM were never going to get anywhere near this list. Every act on there has sold millions of records. 90% of Mixmag readers will never have heard of them.
RITM needs to be in there, and how Deadmau5 made it above Underworld is beyond me. Ten years from now I will still be pulling out my Underworld records from the 90's I can't say that for Deadmau5 because I do not own any.
Jan-19-2012 22:16
Sykonee
Supreme EMCritic
Registered: Dec 2004
Location: Vancouver, Canada
quote:
Originally posted by BritishLizard
RITM needs to be in there, and how Deadmau5 made it above Underworld is beyond me. Ten years from now I will still be pulling out my Underworld records from the 90's I can't say that for Deadmau5 because I do not own any.
They're talking about dance "acts", not musical content. And tho' he makes quite generic music, deadmau5 does put on a good light show.
Really surprised Above & Beyond made it on there, but none of the other 'trance concert' jocks did.
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Jan-19-2012 22:43
SYSTEM-J
IDKFA.
Registered: Sep 2003
Location: Manchester
Urgh... the response to these polls is invariably just as fucking stupid as the poll itself. "Where is this obscure '90s act I like?" "Why is someone who is extremely popular right now so high up in the list? I personally don't own any of their records!?" Get a fucking grip, guys.
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I would have picked Michael Jackson.
Jan-20-2012 06:45
Trance-M
Since 1994 tranceaddict
Registered: Oct 2005
Location: Limburg, Netherlands
Re: Mixmag's Greatest Dance Act Of All Time
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Originally posted by Simon_N
Apart from Deadmau5 somehow getting in there and a lack of Aphex Twin it doesn't seem too far from what i expected.
Thoughts?
Aphex Twin is at spot 87 as I gave negative votes also
Where's 2Unlimited?
I can move move move any mountain!! Yeah, fun.
Votes... just tens of thousands..
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Jan-20-2012 21:29
pozz
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Location: 1000mile island
RITM is obscure?
ya. sure man, sure.
in terms of mainstream of course -- but the mainstream probably wouldn't be able to attach a sound to even half of those in the top 25. in the terms of a long-running magazine mixmag's memory is to be very short. too short to be interesting. feed the fires and the compost heaps with it.
