Great thread. Agreed.. 2010 wasn't a spectacular year for edm here in the GTA, but it was still an enjoyable one. Anyways, here's my take on the past twelve months >>


Best sets in Toronto: Digweed @ Kool Haus, Satoshi Tomiie @ Sound Academy, Markus Schulz @ Guv

Best sets outside of Toronto: Vonstroke @ DEMF, Jame Jones @ DEMF

Best locals: Deko-ze, Jamie Kidd, Nitin

Best photographer: Andre M

Best promoter: Platform

Best club in Toronto: Kool Haus

Best club outside of Toronto: Stereo

Best album: Hernan Cattaneo - The Masters Series: Parallel (Renaissance)

Best downloaded set: James Zabiela EM

Best tracks: Fefo & Dario Arcras - Take Me Away, Guy J - Shaman (Lontano remix), Pantha Du Prince - Lay in a shimmer

Best producers: Petar Dundov, Klute, Pantha Du Prince, Max Cooper, Dominik Eulberg

Best Labels: Cocoon, Traum, Poker Flat, Sudbeat, Bedrock, Dirtybird

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2010 has been an amazing year for me personally edm wise...6 years ago i was all trance, now i shyed away for it for the most part and explored more genre's and dj's
in 2010...

fav dj's: victor calderone,paco osuna,marco carola,pvd,danny tenaglia,chus & ceballos,paul ritch

fav producers: carlo lio,activa,oliver p,temple one

fav club: parkwest, miami

best main dj set: victor calderone govenors island july 4th, paco osuna sunday school miami/ electric zoo, richie hawtin electric zoo, john digweed electric zoo, markus schulz at pacha

fav opening dj set: solarstone wmc, paul ritch at pacha

fav party ny: electric zoo, marco carola black market, chus and ceballos at neptunes, calderone at govenors island

fav t-dot party: ( i only been to one) canada day boat party with carlo lio/victor calderone

fav wmc party: tenaglia at parkwest, sunday school for degenerates, pvd at space

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Originally posted by WittyHandle You're lucky you didn't catch DT's most recent set @ Stereo, or he would probably be tied for best and worst sets this year.

How ironic is that, hah!

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Originally posted by Cribby Best parties in Toronto: Bounce By The Lake (all of them) Best sets heard in Toronto: Satoshi Tomiie @ Footwork (May) Best parties/sets outside of Toronto: Old Miami Best DJs of 2010: Satoshi Tomiie, John Digweed

Yes!

Add Cassy @ DEMF for best sets outside of Toronto too; Sasha for Best DJ, and; Lawler @ Guv in June for best sets heard in Toronto.

I'm also glad that I discovered Eelke Klein recently. I can't believe I haven't listened to him before.

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My review of this year will probably be the most amature out of everyones, since May of this year was my first time going out in Toronto. Also being the youngest person here probably doesn't help too much.


Best Toronto Party: Paco Osuna @ Gallery (first time @ Guv), Chus+Ceballos @ Guv, John Digweed @ Koolhaus, Victor Calderone Boatcruise (first boatcruise), Joris Voorn Boatcruise, Lawler @ Skybar (first sunrise set)

Best Local: The Junkies, Ricky Syfer, Nathan Borato

Best Local Gone International: Carlo Lio

Most Disappointing Party: Villalobos @ Maison

Best Toronto Club: Footwork / Gallery

Best Promoter: Platform, Resonate

Best Photographer: Magda Beda Photography

Best Labels of 2010: Minus, Dirty Bird, ViVa, Saved, Sci+Tec, Desolat, Cocoon, Cécille

Best Producers of 2010: Joris Voorn

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Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* I'm also glad that I discovered Eelke Klein recently. I can't believe I haven't listened to him before.

he really rocks my prog boat

As the years pass me by I rarely make it out to clubs as I have a hard time enjoying myself with the crowds. With that being said, I managed to get my dance on a few times this year and had a great time at the following:

Paul Kalkbrenner @ Footwork - Most people will agree that this was an awful night due to capacity, the sketchy Friday night crowd, the fact that Paul didn't play a "DJ" set and had interim breaks between certain tracks. Apart from me missing his introduction he played a stellar live P.A. and his music sounded so crisp on Footwork's system. His techno is the only type of techno I truly enjoy these days. Set of the year for me.

J00F @ Vola - The last time I saw this man in action was @ Freedom 2007 when I was really into Progressive Psytrance. For the most part he kept me engaged and dancing all night long. I have never been able to enjoy Full on Psytrance but the Progressive Psytrance he was laying down that night was excellent. Hats off to J00F for staying true to his own unique sound and not hopping on the bandwagon like the majority of DJ's that follow trends and patterns.

Best sets in Toronto: DJ Junior

Best sets outside of Toronto: DJ Junior

Best locals: DJ Junior

Best photographer: DJ Junior

Best promoter: DJ Junior

Best club in Toronto: DJ Junior

Best club outside of Toronto: DJ Junior

Best album: DJ Junior

Best downloaded set: DJ Junior

Best track: DJ Junior

Best producer: DJ Junior

Best Label: DJ Junior

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since when do we do reviews before the year is even over? we still have three weeks left!!

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Originally posted by Jayx1 since when do we do reviews before the year is even over? we still have three weeks left!!

already mentioned something similar. there's still a whackload of good parties to come and NYE is considered 2010 as well imo

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