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Originally posted by pozz why not The Orb? these guys are still talked about from what i can see, did live shows for about 10 years too.

This is actually the only big surprise. Every single typical "gateway to electronic music" band that reached wider audience, but still managed to stay more or less uncorrupted in the 90s is represented, yet only The Orb is missing. What gives, Mixmag readers?

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Originally posted by Woony People have failed to notice the 'DJ' in the DJ mag poll for over a decade. Why do you guys think that people suddenly care about the 'dance' in this poll? The other thing is that a lot of people use 'dance music' and 'electronic music' very synonymously.

Well, numerous reasons. The first is the absence of massive names like Aphex Twin, The Orb and Autechre, which needs explaining. The second is it's a different readership for a different magazine. The third is that none of us appear to have actually read the original article/web page or seen the submission sheet.

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Originally posted by pozz whatever the submission practises, it's ballsy to name the poll "Greatest Dance Act" and leave out "based on current popularity".

How else are you going to do a poll? Travel back in time?

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Originally posted by pozz whatever the submission practises, it's ballsy to name the poll "Greatest Dance Act" and leave out "based on current popularity".

It's not ballsy, it's absolutely standard. This is what every poll conducted by every magazine or TV company or anyone else does: conduct an ahistorical popularity poll and call it the Greatest Films/Books/Albums/Classic Cars/Footballers/Dance Acts Of All Time. And nobody gives a fuck because everyone knows what the poll is about and how it was determined. Again, seriously: do you live in the real world?

EDIT: Also, I cannot believe you're criticising Mixmag's selection process for such a list when you're getting pissed off about the omission of a live act you have never seen perform live.

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> Dance:Love:Hub Afterparty (The Return) 23.11.24

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Last edited by SYSTEM-J on Jan-25-2012 at 19:26

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J (And incidentally, I actually think it's quite pleasantly surprising that Kraftwerk are in there, but Skrillex or David Guetta aren't. This list could have come out a lot worse.)

I'd have to agree with this. Considering the source of this survey, I think it actually does a reasonable job of balancing the inclusions of both relatively new headliners, and the indelible dance acts of yesteryear that almost any established performer would cite as a long-standing influence; the 'who are these people?' and 'where are these people?' crowds should be equally satisfied (to the extent that a poll like this can satisfy them).

On that note, nice to see Depeche Mode deservedly mentioned.

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why no Armin van Buuren?

I take these lists with a pinch of salt.

One mans ultimate best of all time is another mans pain in the ass!!!



http://www.mixcloud.com/HenryMcIvor...dj-competition/

Is there full list of results? Not only top 20?
Please share i wanna see it