Did you read DJMag.com's Top 100 DJs list last week and find yourself irritable? Of course you did...that's the inevitable effect of the ranking. If you didn't find one of your favorite performers in the first 100, hopefully they'll show up in the next 50 spots, which the website released October 26 (via Dancing Astronaut).
Some notable names: Swedish House Mafia came in at no. 103, despite no longer existing. All three members of the group—Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso and Steve Angello—were all individually ranked within the first 100, although the pairing of Axwell / Ingrosso didn't make the Top 150. We weren't surprised to not see Disclosure in the first group of names but were even more surprised to see them at no. 114. Our first guess was that the duo was considered too, who knows, "alt" to register as an EDM act. If they count for these rankings, they have to be higher considering their influence within music as a whole. Paul Oakenfold may or may not still belong in the Top 100 but we feel the iconic trance DJ is probably worth more than Boy George (no. 87) to EDM. Bassnectar at no. 150 seems odd considering the still-massive shows he does at venues like Madison Square Garden.
Some names we didn't see at all (still) that got us all hot and bothered: A-Trak, the turntable whiz and production giant behind Fool's Gold, not to mention Gessafelstein, the French techno producer who's caught many an eye for his work with Kanye West and A$AP Rocky.
You can check out the next 50 below:
101) Gunz 4 Hire
102) Ftampa
103) Swedish House Mafia
104) Psyko Punkz
105) Ran D
106) DJs From Mars
107) Frequencerz
108) Omnia
109) Danny Avila
110) D-Block & S-Te-Fan
111) Adaro
112) E Force
113) Wasted Penguinz
114) Disclosure
115) Tritonal
116) Atmozfears
117) Yellow Claw
118) Tchami
119) Chuckie
120) Bassjackers
121) Hazem Beltagui
122) Twoloud
123) Bobina
124) DJ Antoine
125) Skazi
126) Will Sparks
127) Simon Patterson
128) Alok
129) Miss K8
130) Tom Swoon
131) Mastiksoul
132) Adventure Club
133) Pegboard Nerds
134) Paul Oakenfold
135) Marlo
136) Juicy M
137) Angger Dimas
138) Mat Zo
139) Flume
140) Digital Punk
141) Carl Nunes
142) Deep Voices
143) Crypsis
144) Seven Lions
145) Tommy Trash
146) Minus Militia
147) Mark with a K
148) Benny Benassi
149) Cupsy
150) Bassnectar
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