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Originally posted by Durrrtysouth The guys that I think do a great job by themselves are Cosmic Gate, Ferry Corsten and Markus schulz. These guys have their own thing going away from Armin and are legit top 20 crowd drawing DJs.

You could be right, but we're not in 2005 anymore. Markus Schulz has gone downhill ever since 2008 and this year he was nothing but a complete disappointment! 90% of his sets in 2011 (especially the live ones) totally sucked, he started playing some crap imitation of 'techno' with weird 'piupiupoipoui' sounds and 'wirpwripwurp' sirens. Strange part is that the what so called 'coldharbour army' believe this is the new direction of the underground trance scene.
So Markus Schulz should be happy he 'secured' the 9th position, I'm huge fan of his older work (productions & sets), but he's a complete joke right now.

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Originally posted by Col However, EDM seems to be political for some people - it's not about the music itself but it's about what the music symbolises, where the music came from, who spins it and how obscure it is.

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Originally posted by ChemEnhanced if the poll had anything to do with actual DJ skills

then PVD si the KING.

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Originally posted by BlueSky You could be right, but we're not in 2005 anymore. Markus Schulz has gone downhill ever since 2008 and this year he was nothing but a complete disappointment! (...) So Markus Schulz should be happy he 'secured' the 9th position, I'm huge fan of his older work (productions & sets), but he's a complete joke right now.

Let's see. I think that with lots of "first time voters" this year Markus being in the Top10 already proves that even "well-known DJs" (I refused to write "old DJs") still have a share on the fans. But you are right: Markus could have done better this year.

Apart from that: even when DJs dropped from within the Top25 last year to places between 75-100 this year it still shows their competitiveness. Given the large flow of first-time-voters this certainly holds...

BTW: does someone know about the positions between 101-250?

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Originally posted by ChemEnhanced if the poll had anything to do with actual DJ skills then Digweed would win every year.

Isn't there an annual world championships in DJ'ing?

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Originally posted by BlueSky You could be right, but we're not in 2005 anymore. Markus Schulz has gone downhill ever since 2008 and this year he was nothing but a complete disappointment! 90% of his sets in 2011 (especially the live ones) totally sucked, he started playing some crap imitation of 'techno' with weird 'piupiupoipoui' sounds and 'wirpwripwurp' sirens. Strange part is that the what so called 'coldharbour army' believe this is the new direction of the underground trance scene. So Markus Schulz should be happy he 'secured' the 9th position, I'm huge fan of his older work (productions & sets), but he's a complete joke right now.

See I totally disagree with that. I have followed him since 2005 as well and the energy and crazyness in his sets the last year has been unmatched. I love it. He sold out 3 shows during WMC here in Miami so it goes to show you that whereas the old prog fans may not be happy he has evolved and his fan base has grown. in 2005 hardly anybody knew who he was. In 2011 he sells out gigs all over. He still plays plenty of prog trance in his sets, but on his World Tour shows this year I noticed he plays the first few hours from his extended sets that are always banging. His radio show is still better than all the other big name trance DJs.

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one thing to add, Markus Schulz is the only one in the top 10 that is not a wanna be pop DJ.

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Originally posted by Durrrtysouth one thing to add, Markus Schulz is the only one in the top 10 that is not a wanna be pop DJ.

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Originally posted by Durrrtysouth one thing to add, Markus Schulz is the only one in the top 10 that is not a wanna be pop DJ.

LOL, almost everyone from top 100 wants to be a pop DJ.

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Originally posted by Durrrtysouth one thing to add, Markus Schulz is the only one in the top 10 that is not a wanna be pop DJ.

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I am not talking about productions, I am talking about DJing.

His DJ sets are legit, thats my point. He does not play pop music like the rest of the top 10.

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i wish armin wouldnt kiss guetta's ass! someone should had got him drunk!

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Originally posted by BlueSky
You could be right, but we're not in 2005 anymore. Markus Schulz has gone downhill ever since 2008 and this year he was nothing but a complete disappointment! 90% of his sets in 2011 (especially the live ones) totally sucked, he started playing some crap imitation of 'techno' with weird 'piupiupoipoui' sounds and 'wirpwripwurp' sirens. Strange part is that the what so called 'coldharbour army' believe this is the new direction of the underground trance scene.
So Markus Schulz should be happy he 'secured' the 9th position, I'm huge fan of his older work (productions & sets), but he's a complete joke right now.


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See I totally disagree with that. I have followed him since 2005 as well and the energy and crazyness in his sets the last year has been unmatched. I love it. He sold out 3 shows during WMC here in Miami so it goes to show you that whereas the old prog fans may not be happy he has evolved and his fan base has grown. in 2005 hardly anybody knew who he was. In 2011 he sells out gigs all over. He still plays plenty of prog trance in his sets, but on his World Tour shows this year I noticed he plays the first few hours from his extended sets that are always banging. His radio show is still better than all the other big name trance DJs.

I think both of you make valid points, 09 and 10 he was a different gear and blew everyone else out of the water, from all the clubbing I did every single 1 of his sets sticks in the memory, I still blast out Jochen Miller - Humanoid thanks to him for example but this year I've also noticed a large techno element coming into his sets, I saw him at space this year and for the first time ever I wasn't struck on a set of his for that very reason. As for that sound being held up as the new direction of the underground scene, you could argue it's the most prominent sound out there that isn't the saccharine vocal trouse thatis worryingly prominent