Armin Van Buuren

DJ Magazine has announced its take on the Top 100 DJs in the World for 2009, and there aren’t a lot of surprises.

Armin Van Buuren again reigns supreme, with Tiësto and David Guetta following in the #2 & #3 positions.

Here are the Top 10 DJs:

1. Armin van Buuren
2. Tiesto
3. David Guetta
4. Above & Beyond
5. Paul van Dyk
6. Deadmau5
7. Ferry Corsten
8. Markus Schulz
9. Gareth Emery
10. Sander van Doorn

Check out the full list below, and then leave a comment with your thoughts! Read more…

TrackItDown has announced the winners in the 2009 Trance Awards, and there aren’t a lot of surprises.

Top DJs include Paul van Dyk, Armin Van Buuren and Tiësto.

Best producers? Paul van Dyk, Armin Van Buuren and Tiësto.

Check out the winners below – and then leave a comment and let us know who you think should have won. Read more…

Armin van Buuren discusses the benefits of Pioneer’s new CDJ-2000.

Armin van Buuren is back, with a video for his track Shivers.

A lot of people are going to hate this video and for good reasons:

• It starts with the slow motion babe shots and then quickly introduces the theme of the slow motion babe missing van Buuren
• Slow motion babe takes time out to dream about van Buuren
• Time out – for the slow motion babe to get naked and wet in slow motion, and then…..
• OMG! He’s in the f***** shower!
• But it was just a dream….not a creepy stalking incident.
• Oh yeah – it’s mainstream trance!
• Slow motion babe finds hope for redemption at the end.

Yes – it’s formulaic – and long-time Synthtopia readers know that we tend to like videos that involve DJing with decapitated heads, thousands of Legos reproducing classic 8-bit graphics or Thriller in the Nude.

But you know what? van Buuren totally nails this sh**. He’s committed. If you want to make trance, you could do worse than to study everything van Buuren does.

I’m not sure if there’s anything to be learned from this – but if you’re laboring away making music in an obscure electronic niche, you might want to consider adding slow motion babe/hunk shots to your next video.

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Here’s a list of some of the top DJs on Twitter, via genxglow:

• Axwell
• Armin Van Buuren
  
• Ferry Corsten
• John Digweed
• Sander Van Doorn
• Paul Van Dyk
• David Guetta
• Eddie Halliwell
• Richie Hawtin
• Andy Moor
• Paul Oakenfold
• Markus Schulz
• Tiesto
• James Zabiela

This is a good start, but if you’re a DJ and you’re using Twitter, or if there are DJs that you follow, leave a Twitter page link or @ name below.

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