We promised some treats when we hit 5,000 followers on Twitter and 10,000 Facebook Likes, and we here at Dancing Astronaut always keep to our word. As a thank you for being the most awesome readers on the Internet, we’ve secured a special bootleg pack from some of our favorite artists — and we’re giving it away for free. The pack includes a couple of tracks from Cazzette, Ken Loi, Michael Brun, Fareoh, Lazy Rich, and Michael Brun. Some of these are familiar, and some of them are new, but take it as a token of our appreciation for keeping us on top of our game.
Who knows what we’ll do when we hit 25k.
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UPDATE: Our photographers have assembled a killer image pack that’s great for backgrounds. Download it here. Photos by Skyler Greene, Andrew Spada, and Jacob Schulman.
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We’ve been counting down our top 50 tracks of 2011, and we’re finally ready to reveal the most important ones: the top 10. 2011 was a year of big room house tracks for sure, but it’s impossible to overlook the different genres that also made a splash. Don’t forget to look back at all the previous tracks to see how we got here, but if you can’t wait any longer, click through for Dancing Astronaut’s Top 10 Tracks of 2011.
Pacha NYC is continuing its 6-year anniversary onslaught with no signs of relenting. Benny Benassi travels from White Wonderland (in the Los Angeles area, you can win tickets for that as well here) all the way cross country to perform at Pacha NYC. Dancing Astronaut and Pacha have teamed up to give away one pair of VIP tickets to one lucky winner to see Benny turn New York City upside down. Check the contest widget below for directions on how to enter and have a night you will remember for a long time to come. Winners will be announced on Saturday. Stay tuned!
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We can’t tell you who the best DJ in the world is because the word “best” is absolute and dance music is subjective. That’s why we covered our asses and decided to call it the “Top Artists” instead.
Dancing Astronaut can’t tell you who the #1 Artist in the world is because that title cannot be bestowed by one person, group, or media organization. What qualifies a person to be #1? The amount of fans he has? The size of his name on a poster? The number of people who would vote for him in a popularity contest?
We have no idea how these five artists affected you personally, but we do know that each one of our top five has shaped the global dance music scene in identifiable, concrete ways. This isn’t our attempt to guess who your favorite artists is (and by “you,” we mean “everyone who listens to EDM”).
This is our account of events that we have seen with our own eyes, heard with our own ears, and felt with our own hearts. This is how EDM made history in 2011.
Without further ado:
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We’ve been counting down our top artists of 2011 all week, and we’re really starting to get down to the wire. Today we’ll reveal another five of our top picks, but we’re holding back on the highest honors for tomorrow. In case you want to check out how we got here, don’t forget to look back at our posts from throughout the week and see our rankings thus far. We know you’re dying to see who we’ve slotted in our super-exclusive top 10, so keep reading to find out.
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We’ve been slowly revealing our Top 50s Artists of 2011, and we’re getting down to the wire: today’s crop of artists is, in a word, incredible. Their songs, while among the best of 2011, will no doubt endure well into the future of EDM, and their sets… well, they just have to be seen to be believed. Click past the jump for the next ten artists on our list, and check back on 50-41, 40-31, and 30-21 if you missed them.
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So far this week, we have established our
criteria for ranking the year’s top artists and have divulged our
rankings from 50-31. Today,
we’re back with another 10 of our picks for the top 50 Artists of 2011. This portion of DA’s Top 50 Artists is composed of some well-seasoned EDM veterans, as well as some kids who are barely legal; but, one thing that they all have in common is that they make music that we can’t get enough of. From progressive, to trance, to tech-house, to electro, the following artists are some of the best around, and if you look at what they have accomplished this year, it’s hard to argue with where they rank on our list.So, without any further ado, we present artists 30-21.
We’ve heard the complaints: DJMag’s list was horrendous, it’s a popularity contest, how are people so low or so high? So we’ve taken all of the feedback, and decided to do something better and construct a list of our very own. We’ve debated internally and had long arguments, but we finally managed to devise a list of our top 50 artists of 2011, and we’ll be revealing them all week. Keep in mind that we’ve consciously chosen the term artist, and not the term DJ, but DJing abilities are a factor that was considered in putting together this list. For the sake of transparency, here’s the full list of criteria and biases that we have followed in order to aid us in the creation of this list:
Criteria:
1. Artist must have released at least one track in 2011 to qualify.
2. Artist must have been featured on Dancing Astronaut at least once this year (in any form of post).
3. The artist must have potential to do great things in 2012 (example: Bob Sinclar cannot qualify, because there is someone else producing inside of his carcass).
Biases:
1. Age Bias – As a group of young 20-somethings, our age does play a big factor. DJs of the past do not resonate with us as much as they do with people born in decades before.
2. Dancing Astronaut Bias – We are sure you know what this means. If the artist has been featured on Dancing Astronaut a ton, it probably means we like him/her a lot or they’ve made a big splash in the world of EDM to warrant a post. There mere fact that we have developed a connection with them will obviously aid in their ranking. If you don’t like it – tough luck.
3. 2011 Bias – This ranking list is not a lifetime achievement award by any means. That doesn’t mean that work done in the past doesn’t influence your ranking, it just means that we have put a premium on 2011′s results over any other year.
4. Showmanship Bias – If you throw a great party, bring the energy day in day out, your ranking as an artist deserves to be upgraded. Daft Punk doesn’t make it on this list, because for all we know they might not play a live show ever again. How can you be considered an artist if no one is able to see your work live?
It is important to point out that these rankings are done “in house,” and that they only reflect our thoughts and opinions. This is a Dancing Astronaut list, and we have done the best we can to make it as objective as possible given our requirements. If you agree or don’t agree, you are more than welcome to voice your opinion on our Facebook page, Twitter account (use the hashtag #DATop50), or in the comments.
We hope this is an enjoyable read and a constructive way to create discussion among the best fans in EDM — our fans.
Without further ado, here’s the first segment of Dancing Astronaut’s Top 50 artists of 2011, starting at number 50.
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New Years Eve is a time for champagne and celebration, but it’s also become an excuse for hardcore partying, and, of course, dance music. (Which holiday will be next?) This year your options are better than ever, so we’ve gathered a list of our DA-approved parties in our two favorite East Coast rage locations: New York and Miami. Click through for the créme de la créme of New Year’s festivities, and check out Wantickets comprehensive guide for the full exhaustive list of options. (Don’t forget to see our West Coast guide too for Vegas, SF, and LA!)
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New Years Eve is a time for champagne and celebration, but it’s also become an excuse for hardcore partying, and, of course, dance music. (Which holiday will be next?) This year your options are better than ever, so we’ve gathered a list of our DA-approved parties for cities all over the USA. This first part of our guide focuses on events out West, and we’ll have a roundup of East Coast options as a followup. Of course, we’ve just gathered a select few elite parties and there’s a whole lot more of them out there, so check out Wantickets’ list to see all your options.
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