This is how 30,000 brits voted for their favourite DJ, interesting to see the difference in the results.

1. Erol Alkan
2. John Digweed
3. Sasha
4. Danny Howells
5. Above & Beyond
6. Riley & Durrant
7. Armin Van Buuren
8. Carl Cox
9. James Zabiela
10. Paul Van Dyk

11. Tiesto
12. Lisa Lashes
13. Deadmau5
14. Judge Jules
15. Nic Fanciulli
16. Sven Vath
17. 2Many DJs
18. Krafty Kuts
19. Lisa Pin-Up
20. Eric Prydz
21. Richie Hawtin
22. Riton
23. Pete Tong
24. Eddie Halliwell
25. Andy C
26. Paul Oakenfold
27. Mark Knight
28. DJ Yoda
29. Fergie
30. Nick Warren
31. Andrew Weatherall
32. Scratch Perverts
33. Plump DJs
34. Eric Morillo
35. Paul Woolford
36. Steve Angello
37. Matt Hardwick
38. Kutski
39. Tiga
40. Anne Savage

The next 20
41. Boys Noize
42. Annie Mac
43. Hixxy
44. Stanton Warriors
45. Streetlife Djs
46. Mr C
47. Ferry Corsten
48. DJ Hype
49. Brodinski
50. Cally & Juice
51. David Guetta
52. Fedde Le Grand
53. Hernan Cattaneo
54. James Holden
55. Layo & Bushwacka
56. The Nextmen
57. Simian Mobile Disco
58. Dubfire
59. Dave Clarke
60. Janette Slack

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Originally posted by Guinness Joe 1. Erol Alkan

Who?

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Originally posted by noikeee Who?

+1

And I've lived here for 6 years

Google tells me he is a London-based electro dj that used to play at The End.

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Originally posted by noikeee Who?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erol_Alkan

He is from London, so no doubt they all voted for him down there, which probably counts for a zillion percent of the UK votes. True story.

* I haven't heard of him either lol.

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Originally posted by noikeee Who?

Some noname bedroom dj who has voted himself from 10000 different IP/email-addresses.

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Originally posted by humilis Some noname bedroom dj who has voted himself from 10000 different IP/email-addresses.

Na, that Chinese dude got banned after last year

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Hell, I live on the other side of the planet, and I've known about Alkan for years now. T'was one of the early adopters of mash-ups along with 2ManyDJs.

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He's part of the rockier, nu-ravey "electro" end of the spectrum, not all that dissimilar to the likes of Digitalism or Justice and as such he has currency in both house and rocky crowds. Although frankly I'm astounded that so many people haven't even heard of him. Get out more. Or just buy a copy of Mixmag once in a while.

While still pretty dodgy, this list is actually indicative of decent taste amongst my fellow countrymen. Nobody would dispute Danny Howells at #4 and there seems to be less shit trance on there and more variety in terms of genres represented.

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Are you all taking the piss? How can you be into electronic music and not heard of Erol Alkan?

LOL this list is just as bad as the official Top 100 list.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J He's part of the rockier, nu-ravey "electro" end of the spectrum, not all that dissimilar to the likes of Digitalism or Justice and as such he has currency in both house and rocky crowds. Although frankly I'm astounded that so many people haven't even heard of him. Get out more. Or just buy a copy of Mixmag once in a while. While still pretty dodgy, this list is actually indicative of decent taste amongst my fellow countrymen. Nobody would dispute Danny Howells at #4 and there seems to be less shit trance on there and more variety in terms of genres represented.

Agreed completely, even though I'm no longer an Englishman But this list is a bit more accurate, even though, like you've said it has its dodgy bits.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J He's part of the rockier, nu-ravey "electro" end of the spectrum, not all that dissimilar to the likes of Digitalism or Justice and as such he has currency in both house and rocky crowds. Although frankly I'm astounded that so many people haven't even heard of him. Get out more. Or just buy a copy of Mixmag once in a while.

I'm hardly interested in the nu-ravey "electro" end of the spectrum, "getting out more" wouldn't teach me anything as I'm not in London, and I'm not interested in spending money in magazines.

But thanks for explaining who the guy is anyway.

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