i don't think anyone here knew what DJ Sammy looked like(or even his age) until recently, but the fact that it's been revealed he's a midget, it hasn't affected the fact he's still a top 700-list DJ in the public's eye.


DJs don't need faces or a birthday, they just need the talent.

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Originally posted by unripelemon DJing has only been around since Disco, thats roughly 30 - 40 years. Then again i haven't heard of any succesful DJs that have been DJing since then.

jerry bonham

started spinnin in the 70's the guy still rips though!

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Originally posted by Aristronica your career is straight until you do something like this -

Haha Sven, crazy crazy. Still doing afters while being in his 40ties.

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PVD ought to be the reference, since he's been huge since at least 1992 if not longer, AND he's been doing the same thing the whole time (well, trance, but trance has changed so much in 15 years). Oakenfold should be considered as well, love him or hate him.

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Originally posted by DJMaytag PVD ought to be the reference, since he's been huge since at least 1992 if not longer, AND he's been doing the same thing the whole time (well, trance, but trance has changed so much in 15 years). Oakenfold should be considered as well, love him or hate him.

the idiocy in this post astounds me.

I'm just going to say Francois Kervokian, 53 and still amazing

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Originally posted by Az the idiocy in this post astounds me. I'm just going to say Francois Kervokian, 53 and still amazing

+1, even Sasha's been spinning since 89'

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Originally posted by Clovis +1, even Sasha's been spinning since 89'

super, doesn't mean he's been a GLOBAL superstar since 89 though (that's when Sasha STARTED). I hadn't heard of him until 1996 and didn't even know he was a DJ then (first time I'd heard of him was "Be As One" on a Deconstruction CD compilation). I had heard of Digweed as early as 1994 though (Journeys By DJ's Vol. 4).

PVD OTOH, was playing the world by 1992 (hitting the States in 1993... when did Sasha & Digweed do that? 1996/1997?). Look at the last 15 years, who else has sustained a career at the level of PVD and Oakie in that same time?

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Originally posted by DJMaytag PVD OTOH, was playing the world by 1992 (hitting the States in 1993... when did Sasha & Digweed do that? 1996/1997?). Look at the last 15 years, who else has sustained a career at the level of PVD and Oakie in that same time?

francois kervorkian

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Originally posted by DJMaytag super, doesn't mean he's been a GLOBAL superstar since 89 though (that's when Sasha STARTED). I hadn't heard of him until 1996 and didn't even know he was a DJ then (first time I'd heard of him was "Be As One" on a Deconstruction CD compilation). I had heard of Digweed as early as 1994 though (Journeys By DJ's Vol. 4). PVD OTOH, was playing the world by 1992 (hitting the States in 1993... when did Sasha & Digweed do that? 1996/1997?). Look at the last 15 years, who else has sustained a career at the level of PVD and Oakie in that same time?

Sasha was on the first cover of Mixmag, and his and Diggers' Renaissance mix was one of the first major DJ mixed compilations. Both were much more famous than Paul Van Dyk at the time, even if you hadn't heard of them. I don't see any evidence that PVD was a "global superstar" in any form in the early 90s.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Sasha was on the first cover of Mixmag, and his and Diggers' Renaissance mix was one of the first major DJ mixed compilations. Both were much more famous than Paul Van Dyk at the time, even if you hadn't heard of them. I don't see any evidence that PVD was a "global superstar" in any form in the early 90s.

Sasha and Diggers were no more famous then PVD back in the early 90s IMO. They were maybe known in U.K.'s EDM/Clubbing community but thats all about it really, in much the same way Paul Van Dyk was famous in the trance circles as both a producer and DJ. EDM was much more underground those days. Yes, you got the famous names like Prodigy, Underworld and Orbital but these were far away from the "global superstar" think, at least as we mean it today.

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Originally posted by PETRAN Sasha and Diggers were no more famous then PVD back in the early 90s IMO. They were maybe known in U.K.'s EDM/Clubbing community but thats all about it really, in much the same way Paul Van Dyk was famous in the trance circles as both a producer and DJ. EDM was much more underground those days. Yes, you got the famous names like Prodigy, Underworld and Orbital but these were far away from the "global superstar" think, at least as we mean it today.

Mixmag and Renaissance are both global brands, and even when they were more localised in the early 90s, what German equivalent did PVD feature for?

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