DJ Awards 2011: Nominees Announced

The annual end of season bash in Ibiza has announced details of this year's event.

Nominees for the 14th Edition of the DJ Awards have now marked their diaries with a massive gold star. This annual ceremony takes place on Tuesday 27th September at Pacha, Ibiza. DJs are already urging their fans to get voting for them at www.djawards.com where everyone can nominate their heroes to win the prestigious Kryptonite. Voters are also automatically entered into a draw for the chance to win 10 invitations to attend the ceremony.

The DJ Awards has 11 distinctive music style categories, with 8 nominees in each of them. There are also 11 ‘Special Awards’ which are decided by a panel of dance industry experts. Honouring the fact that the scene is ever-changing and always evolving, the DJ Awards has added some new categories this year; Urban and Eclectic House.

These new categories have been added to embrace the global music scene and the fact that more and more acts are pushing the boundaries, taking clubbers on a musical journey - creating their own new music genres.

The DJ Awards also has new Special Awards this year which are: Live Performance, Remixer, Producer and Cutting Edge. The Cutting Edge award celebrates who is at the forefront of the dance scene this year in terms of music/producing/technology.

For many years now, the DJ Awards has become an end of season ritual in Ibiza. The awards unite DJs from all over the world who come to celebrate the music they love with their contemporaries. Previous winners who’ve graced the DJ Awards stage include David Guetta, Carl Cox, Tiesto, Luciano, Sasha, Armin Van Buuren, Loco Dice, DeadMau5, Axwell amongst many others.

So far, it’s been an amazing year for the dance scene and the DJ Awards celebrates all the elements which have made this happen, so get ready for an awards ceremony that will ignite your flame – the theme this year is FIRE. 

FULL LIST OF NOMINEES

DJ AWARDS CATEGORIES & NOMINEES 2011
11 Categories – voted for by the public
12 Special Awards - chosen by a panel of judges

HOUSE
Axwell
Bob Sinclar
David Guetta
Dirty South
Erick Morillo
Mark Knight
Sebastian Ingrosso
Steve Angello

TECHNO
Adam Beyer
Carl Cox
Carl Craig
Josh Wink
Marco Carola
Richie Hawtin
Sven Vath
Umek

TRANCE
Armin van Buuren
Ferry Corsten
Gareth Emery
Markus Schulz
Paul Oakenfold
Paul van Dyk
Sander van Doorn
Tiesto

ELECTRO HOUSE
Afrojack
Benny Benassi
Calvin Harris
Chuckie
Deadmau5
Eddie Halliwell
Fatboy Slim
Pete Tong

TECH HOUSE
Dubfire
Eric Prydz
James Zabiela
Joris Voorn
Layo & Bushwacka
Loco Dice
Luciano
Steve Lawler

ECLECTIC HOUSE
2manydjs
Annie Mac
Boys Noize
Damian Lazarus
Guy Gerber
Seth Troxler
Steve Aoki
Trentemoeller

DEEP HOUSE
Ben Watt
Charles Webster
Claude van Stroke
Francois Kevorkian
Jimpster
Jamie Jones
Kaskade
Kerri Chandler

INTERNATIONAL DJ


Armin van Buuren
Carl Cox
David Guetta
Deadmau5
Luciano
SHM
Sven Vath
Tiesto

NEWCOMER
Avicii
Dani Casarano
Guti
Jozif
Maya Jane Coles
Nina Kraviz
Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano
tINI

DOWNTEMPO
Chris Coco
Giles Peterson
Jon sa Trinxa
Mr Doris
Mr Scruff
Nightmares on Wax
Rob da Bank

URBAN
Benga
Chase & Status
Cut Killer
DJ  Skream
DJ Fresh
Joy Orbison
Scuba
Sub Focus

SPECIAL AWARDS  - TO BE ANNOUNCED

CUTTING EDGE
DANCE NATION OF THE YEAR
IBIZA DJ
IBIZA NIGHT
INTERNATONAL FESTIVAL
LIVE PERFORMANCE
MEDIA
OUTSTANDING ACHEIVEMENT
PRODUCER   
REMIXER   
TRACK OF THE SEASON