cool thread...some of you guys have seen some top notch acts! i had quite a great year myself as i made it out to both wmc and ibiza this year. living in italy helps too! well, here (in no apparent order) is who ive seen this year and where:

1. robbie rivera - club catwalk (barcelona, spain)
2. erick morillo - dome (catania, italy) pacha (ibiza, spain) and bora bora (ibiza, spain)
3. sander k - pacha (ibiza, spain)
4. pvd - ulta music festival (miami, usa) and amnesia (ibiza, spain)
5. tiesto - ultra music festival (miami, usa) club space (miami, usa) and amnesia (ibiza, spain)
6. ferry corsten - ultra music festival (miami, usa)
7. danny rampling - taitu' (giardini naxos, italy)
8. john digweed - space (ibiza, spain)
9. carl cox - space (ibiza, spain)
10. armin van buuren - club spin (miami, usa)
11. gabriel & dresden - nikki beach club (miami, usa)
12. markus schulz - club spin (miami, usa)
13. deep dish - space (ibiza, spain)
14. pete tong - space (ibiza, spain)
15. justin berkman - dome (catania, italy)
16. daniele tignino - dome (catania, italy)
17. joe t vannelli - dome (catania, italy)
18. joy kitikonti - dome (catania, italy)

well...thats all i can think of! i only included acts i went to see...for instance above & beyond, judge jules, and nic fanciulli were spinning the same nite i saw morillo at space but since i didnt actually go to see them i did not include them on my list : ) what a great year it was and im looking for more of the same in '06! timo maas for nye at taitu'!

Righ now I'm living in an area pretty much far from everything so didn't see that much at all compared to the usual.


Sander K + Astro & Glyde Nyc Crobar 1st of january my last night in New York before I left the country

Otherwise this was mostly in Zurich in Switzerland:
Mazi
Nukem ( resident over there so I saw him several times )
John Digweed
James Holden
Nathan Fake
The Glimmers
Felix da Housecat
Telepopmusik ( live act and wow it blew my mind! )
Pete Heller ( whom I wnated to see for a veryyyyyyy long time )
Steve Lawler
Roger Sanchez
Hernan Cattaneo
Eric Prydz
Jeff Bennett ( much respect for this long time producer )


I think that's pretty much it.

All in all a quality year and didn't over party by any means. Could have partied more but going out in Switzerland is a wee bit expensive and I'm usually lazy to go out these days.



Years favorite would have to be between Astro & Glyde opening for Sander K ( east coast openers do it better then anyone else ! ). Really liked the other nights but they didn't affect me that much and I had already seen several of these djs in the past already.

Ps: I did pretty much all these parties solo.



Looking forward to seeing Carl Craig Derrick May and Layo & Bushwacka in january.

Rank 1 (twice)
John O'Callaghan
Ferry Corsten (twice)
Ronald van Gelderen
Scott Bond
Gabriel & Dresden
DJ Precision
Guy Ornadel
Perry O'Neil
DJ Ton TB
Jon O'Bir
Fred Baker
MIKE
Menno de Jong
NU NRG
Niklas Harding
Misja Helsloot
Armin van Buuren
Tiësto

List from Best to Worst

01. TomorrowLand 2005 (Belgium) with :
M.I.K.E. (seen him in Belgium, foocking great set of his prods)
Fred Baker (mindblowing set, uplifting all the way)
Ton TB (1h30 of pure madness, can't believe he did some shit @ the Tiesto.com party @ HMH later this year)
Jon O'Bir : God Bless UK Trance DJs
AvB : OK set, too many people for an ASOTish set

02. Trance Evolution Winter Session (France) with :
John O'Callaghan (MY Uplifting set of the year)
Rank 1 (Classic set filled with ANTHEMS) --> Heaven on earth

03. Ahead European Tour (France) with :
Scott Bond (i missed the old Scotty, average set)
Gabriel & Dresden : (pure set, wicked selection and good fun with the guys who are very friendly)
DJ Precision : Well... U know TTT ??? 1h30 of Uplifting trance at his best...

04. Paradise In The City (France) with :
A lot of DJs were cancelled... But awesome sets/live by :
NU NRG
Everest
Menno de Jong
Niklas Harding
+ a lot of fun with my fellow TA-fr on the road

05. Tiesto @ Captain (Belgium) :
Shitty warm up by Mr Sam
Good set by Tiesto, a bit disapointed cause the style of the club is stupid hardtek-hardstyle, and Tijs played a bit too techy...

SHAME on all those guys who were taking photos, asking him a signature on a tshirt and all this fucking shit during 3 Hours, with a friend i thought we were @ the "Tiesto Circus Show"...

Stupid DJ Mag Top 100

06. Trance Evolution (France) with :
Perry O'Neil : omfg, killer set, prog trance at his best (went nuts with Audioholics - External Key & Perry O'Neil - Wave Force)
Guy Ornadel : definetely underrated DJ!you want uplifting? He's the guy!

07. Ferry Corsten @ MAD, Lausanne (Switzerland)
Ok set by Ferry, nothing special... stupid electro tracks once again
Warm up by Ronald van Gelderen : much better, was quite impressive


Well it was my first yeat of clubbing, must admit that it could have been worse...

For 2006 i plan to go more in belgium and in holland...

Will probably start January with

Fred Baker @ Mad Lausanne (Switzerland) on the 13th of January
Fred Baker @ Cherry Moon (Belgium) on the 14th of January

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This year has not been that busy for me, but i've still packed in a lot of DJs (most of the ones below I saw at least twice)

Sasha, Sander K, Desyn Masiello, Laurent Garnier, John Digweed, Steve Lawler, Deep Dish, Steve Angello, Paolo Mojo, Nick Warren & Jody Wisternoff, Eric Prydz, Paul Jackson & Darren Emerson, Behrouz, Danny Rampling, Danny Howells, Sandy Rivera, Yousef

The year began by seeing Luke Fair in London, an awesome night with my best mates and is finishing with Nic Fanciulli and James Zabiela on NYE. I have to be honest, there hasnt been that much good music lately - most of the above have dissapointed, with only Desyn Masiello and Steve Lawler being solid (and entertaining every time). Special mention must go to Laurent Garnier for some of the most awesome 6 hours of music I heard, in July (this man is so eclectic it's unreal) and also Danny Rampling, Deep Dish & Behrouz for the most dull and lifeless 2 sets I've ever seen (both at Ministry of Sound incidentally).

Got to see

Kenneth Thomas
DJ Kenneth Keith twice woot
and finally got to see Andy Moor

highlights:
-Ultra 7 and WMC 05, is REALLY the most wonderfull time of the year (take that x-mas!!!), I think is one of the most educated(in music terms) and most diverse crowd.
-LoveParade and afterparty, my fav set of the year by Ferry
-Tiesto at Space WMC, amazing 5hr set
-Memorial day weekend, saw armin at san francisco then a 9 hr drive to vegas, saw armin again and next night deep dish and tiesto, it was insane...deep dish rocked, I'm not even into house but it felt like they were playing progressive instead of house.
-gabriel & dresden
-Monthly dose of LEF, Ferry
-Sander van Doorn, did not see him live but his tunes rocked the clubs all year long: adrenalin, hoover, craft, eden, AKA.

thumbs down:
-armin, playing too many tunes that either PVD or Tiesto hammered before, shivers both the tune and album sucked.
-PVD at Space WMC, bad bad set.
-TIC LA, the circus show was cool but his set was only ok.
-Christopher Lawrence and Blank & jones, their sets seemed too much of the same, mono-tune

Armin Van Buuren (twice)
Paul Van Dyk
Ferry Corsten
Faithless
Benni Benassi
Judge Jules (twice)
Agnelli & Nelson (twice)
Scot Project
Matt Hardwick (twice)
Riley & Durrant (twice)
Stevie G
Sister Bliss
Tall Paul
The Thrillseekers
Gavyn Mitchel
John Askew
Adam Sheridan (twice)
Dave Seaman
Reece Elliot
NuNRG Live
Perry O'Neil
Brisky
Will Holland
Adam White
Ronski Speed
Andy Bagguley
Graham Gold
Ian Betts
JFK
John Kelly
Krafty Kuts
Mark West
G&M Project
Scott Bond

*edit* i forgot about these!....

james zabiela
tim utah
john o'callaghan
gareth emery
rhythm boys
marco v
richard tulip

Not been a bad year at all seings I was abroad for half of it! Although disappointed I didn't get to any festivals or big arena events (apart from Faithless - 5000 people)




Immense set awards goes to...

Paul Van Dyk (October)
Armin Van Buuren (NYE)
Ferry Corsten (July)
Matt Hardwick (November)
Ronski Speed (October)
Andy Bagguley (October)

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Was skint and looking for jobs for the first 6 months of the year, so didn't see much. I did make up for it with my Amsterdam Dance Event-weekend however, so the list would prolly end up something like this:

Vince Watson
PvD
Menno de Jong
Adam Sheridan
DJ T
Richie Hawtin & Magda
X-Dream
The Delta
Midimiliz
Chris Liebing & Speedy J
Shinedoe & Estroe
Solvent
Vector Lovers
Billy Nasty
DK7
Audibelle

Highlights:

- DJ T throwing it down big time in the tech/funk area and working the crowd into a huge frenzy before proceeding to belt out oldschool acid house goodness (including Adonis - No Way Back) and ending it all on New Order - Blue Monday. Bloody hell was I beat after that.

- The Delta, who's live performance was so harsh and psychedelic at the same time that I'm still trying to figure out what the hell hit me that night. Then, tumbling out of the fucking sauna that the club had turned into during the set, I got flirted with by a beautiful girl on wardrobe duty and ended up talking randomly to another one outside, which didn't exactly make the night any worse.

- Summerparade afterparty. Local talent nab the basement of a club and turn it into a sweaty techno dungeon like it's 1995, only with gorgeous women included. And as if that wasn't enough, Audibelle's 30 minute live PA contains some of the freshest techno that I've heard all year.

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Living in Calgary we don't see as many dj's as other Canadian cities like Vancouver, Montreal, and Toronto. But here are the one's that I was able to check out:

Rank 1
Blank & Jones
BK
Nick Sentience
Bad Boy Bill
Lisa Lashes
The ThrillSeekers
Max Graham
Dj Sneak
Roger Sanchez
Kaskade
Carl Cox
Marco V
Anne Savage
Paul Oakenfold
Aphrodite
Steve Murano
Tomiie Sunshine (Awesome, Apparently has a huge following in New York)
Judge Jules
Dj Dean
Benny Bennassi

Missed out on:
Markus Shulz (Want to see him, heard mixed reviews)
M.I.K.E. (Seen him once already, was at the same venue as Markus)
Donald Glaude (Heard he rips it up pretty good)
George Acosta (Never seen him but I have always liked his style of trance, same venue as Donald but they had Sneak and Farina playing at another venue the same night. Went there instead and Farina no showed. Should of gone to Glaude and Acosta)
James Zabiela (Never seen him but heard he's awesome behind the decks)
Richie Hawtin (Seen once before)
Fragma (Saw a clip of the party when he dropped Toca Me, Damn I love that song)
Erik Morillo (Wish I had gone, heard he plays a very limited schedule now)
Yoji Biomehanika (Neve seen him but I wish I could of gone, I really like his productions)
Scot Project (Seen once before, same venue as Yoji)
Dumonde (I really wish I could of gone to this party. Considering they don't play much anymore. I heard they were amazing, as usual)

My goodness, this thread makes me bemoan the fact that I don't live in Europe *sigh*

I had a reasonably quiet year in 2005. Of the top of my head, I've been fortunate enough to see the following:
Dana
Luna
Kai Tracid
The Prophet
Zany
Danny Howells
Deep Dish
Krafty Kuts
Slyde
JDS
Technoboy
Luca Antolini
Yoji Biomehanika
4 Strings
Isaac
Alphazone
Breeze & Styles
Drummattic Twins
Hybrid
Freestylers
Crazy Penis
Nick Warren
Above & Beyond
Gabriel & Dresden
BT
Scot Project
Marco V
Ben Bates
Mauro Picotto
Scott Brown
Hixxy
MIKE
Jon O'Callaghan

Fairly eclectic mix there I know! Seeing Fatboy Slim on NYE. And NYD I'll be checking out acts like Evil Nine, Tiefschwarz, Stanton Warriors, Derrick Carter etc. Plus 2006 we already know we're getting AVB, PVD, Carl Cox. Looking forward to another year of partying