So I am wondering whos who in the dj world of Vancouver? Who are your local headliners, resident djs, up and comers, oldschoolers and what do they play? who do you like best? Please correct me if im wrong, im a little out of the loop! thanks for your help!

I do have an idea of some such as....

MissMarzz- Breaks, electro
Chris - Organix - Full On
Andy Clockwork - Breaks
Amanda Rude - Speed Garage (is she from Van now?)

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Up and comers DJ Techja and Robinski, full of potential. Our first offical club show on Feb 15 2008 called Phantom of Electro. We play House, Electro House, Tech Trance and Trance.

Project.One - All the 150bpm+ stuff
Brent S. - Kind of new to the scene, Hard Tech, up and comer
Noof - Scratching + Electro/Hard dance = O_O
Me - Psytrance (I don't play out yet), up and comer
Digital Over - J00f style
Guy Poulin - Plays @ mainstage for solid events, trance
Alex S. - Plays almost everything, w/ Twisted
DJ V. - UK Hard House, has quite a following with the younger crowd here, up and comer
Allya - Last time I saw him play he played some damn good Hardstyle


Thats all I can remember.

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Originally posted by LazerBabe Up and comers DJ Techja and Robinski, full of potential. Our first offical club show on Feb 15 2008 called Phantom of Electro. We play House, Electro House, Tech Trance and Trance.

LazerBabe - wrong login account ^ posted by DJ Techja...

I hear Jimmie Vallace is quite good, spins Elektec I think.

kevin shiu
nicky delgado
julian chow
danny taylor
tazix (don't know if he still plays out or not)
jimmy chu
amanda rude
and yes, just look under any event/rave to see names of locals, they would pretty much be the it for the vancouver djs

WEAK

WEAAAAAAAAK (especially you Apri)

Vancouver actually has, you know, trance djs who play out every week, and make tracks that are getting played by big djs around the world. Im talking about Jimmy Vallance and Digital Over (who was mentioned in some little footnote). Its scary how much better they are than any of the people listed, with the exception of Mr Kevin Shiu. Respect. Respect for Chris @ Organix as well.

If you arent producing tracks that sound ok and get played by other djs, forget it. You dont make the top 10. Im talking guys like dave armstrong, jeff daniels, hirshee, alverez, Lianne... these are guys actually making tracks, maybe even touring, because they dj too, and they dont trainwreck, because they've been at it for more than 5 years.

They didnt throw the parties, they didnt get booked because they were hot, they were quality people. Thats a top dj.

PS DT left so hes out

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O ya , sorry I ranted a bit there.

Vancouver's top Djs by genre:

Trance - Digital Over (Or Danny Taylor if he's in town)
Prog - Kevin Shiu
Psy - Chris from Organix
House - Various (Im not wading into that one)
Speed Garage - Scotty Oh (When he's not in Jail) or Major Josh
Breaks - Clockwork is pretty good. Sure, lets take him.
DNB - NO #^%^ CLUE
Techno - Miss Innocent

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Originally posted by DjCommisad Btw, there's like 10 local DJs, that's it, they all play at the same events all the time because that's all promoters do, they book their friends for every single event. Just look at any event and that's it. We have no headliners that headline anywhere but here. (there are a few decent ones that do participate regularily and are in the lime light) but there are also a few buried in obscurity because of their inability or refusal to play politics and the limited number of events and slots at those events.

Agree to disagree. We don't book based on friendship. Granted, knowing someone on a personal level can't hurt, but we book DJs who don't trainwreck AND sell tickets or promote our events. Call that politics if you like; I call it showing initiative, being hardworking, and earning your pay.

Tristan/Digital Over is a perfect example of a DJ who is a sick producer and has been recognized by international artists for that talent but is not above working hard in all the respects I have mentioned.

There's plenty of friends who I'd love to book, but exhibit none of these qualities or feel they have paid their dues and no longer need to put in that effort. Any DJ you see on our flyer is there not just because of technical ability, but because they pull their weight.

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Originally posted by DetN8R Agree to disagree. We don't book based on friendship. Granted, knowing someone on a personal level can't hurt, but we book DJs who don't trainwreck AND sell tickets or promote our events. Call that politics if you like; I call it showing initiative, being hardworking, and earning your pay. Tristan/Digital Over is a perfect example of a DJ who is a sick producer and has been recognized by international artists for that talent but is not above working hard in all the respects I have mentioned. There's plenty of friends who I'd love to book, but exhibit none of these qualities or feel they have paid their dues and no longer need to put in that effort. Any DJ you see on our flyer is there not just because of technical ability, but because they pull their weight.

Heh, I was on a rant. Take that with a huge grain of salt. The atmosphere here puts me on edge. I have since deleted the post.

Tristan is a great example. Works hard, does all he can. He produces, DJs, has a versatile style but does well in the categories he's known for. His productions are getting better every day and it's earning him the acclaim he is working hard to obtain!

Jimmy is doing fairly well. He seems to be able to get the crowds buzzing. His productions are improving. He's still young yet.

Danny Taylor has done very well for himself so far. We'll see if he can catch another break (or sh

I've only seen her play once, but I was impressed at the time with Mirka. But that was ages ago.

Kevin Shiu is great. Much respect.

I don't get out enough to know anyone worth mentioning beyond that beyond a single showing, which is unfair to base any comments upon for or against them. A bad night or a lucky night, either way, could bias any barely valid opinion I'd have to share on locals.

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Last edited by DjCommisad on Feb-13-2008 at 10:22

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Originally posted by AquaYak O ya , sorry I ranted a bit there. Vancouver's top Djs by genre: Trance - Digital Over (Or Danny Taylor if he's in town) Prog - Kevin Shiu Psy - Chris from Organix House - Various (Im not wading into that one) Speed Garage - Scotty Oh (When he's not in Jail) or Major Josh Breaks - Clockwork is pretty good. Sure, lets take him. DNB - NO #^%^ CLUE Techno - Miss Innocent

Last time I checked his style is somewhat like J00fs. True?

so I have a question, since nobody has brought up Shiloh. They are probably two of the biggest guys this area has produced, yet I have never heard anyone in Vancouver talk about them! I have been a huge follower of them since 2004 when they started being hosted on www.hybridized.org , and to this day they are still one of my favourites. With dozens of releases on big labels like Baroque, Electrofly, Nascent, and their own label Floppy Discs, plus tracks on compilations like The Politics of Dancing 2, GU 28, and Renaissance 7, why aren't they big here around their home?? Their album Bleed was even voted the best album of the month in DJ Mag: http://www.shilohmusic.ca/images/djmag-article.jpg !! I was expecting to see them numerous times when I came out here, but I haven't heard of a single show yet

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Originally posted by endure so I have a question, since nobody has brought up Shiloh. They are probably two of the biggest guys this area has produced, yet I have never heard anyone in Vancouver talk about them! I have been a huge follower of them since 2004 when they started being hosted on www.hybridized.org , and to this day they are still one of my favourites. With dozens of releases on big labels like Baroque, Electrofly, Nascent, and their own label Floppy Discs, plus tracks on compilations like The Politics of Dancing 2, GU 28, and Renaissance 7, why aren't they big here around their home?? Their album Bleed was even voted the best album of the month in DJ Mag: http://www.shilohmusic.ca/images/djmag-article.jpg !! I was expecting to see them numerous times when I came out here, but I haven't heard of a single show yet

1. I doubt they live here anymore, or have lived here in awhile. I could be wrong. My guess is they left.

2. They don't DJ that much, they focus more on productions, but as DJs, they don't seem to be in huge demand globally to my knowledge.

3. They did a gig here I think in 2006 or 2007, with Australia's Luke Chable. I was unable to attend, but I heard that like 10-20 people in TOTAL showed up for the whole event. I don't know if both Shiloh members attended, but I heard there was some tag team action going on and a lot of heavy drinking due to being unimpressed with the turn out. This may all be completely wrong, but if my very poor memory serves correct, at least some or all of this is true.

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Past gigs:
Phoenix Echo Aug 8th, 2009,
Believe @ Redroom, Feb and May 2009
Gareth Emery Boat Party - Aug 8th, 2008
Phoenix Outdoor Party - Aug 16th, 2008