Clubbing Trends 55 – What you need to know about the DJ Awards
Welcome
This is Clubbing Trends here on Clubbing TV! It is so nice to see all of you again today! My name is Gianna Llanes, and I am your host here on the world’s first and only 24/7 lifestyle and dance music channel. Now, weeks and weeks on end, we’ve spoken about music festivals you need to catch. But, we’re gonna switch it up a little bit today to talk about the DJ Awards!
The DJ Awards is a celebration of electronic music, recognizing and honoring individuals, including DJs, that have influenced the worldwide industry. The DJ Awards are held in Ibiza every year, already on their 22nd edition this year! They advocate not for competition, but rather shine a light on the key talents in the industry.
And because this is such a major annual event in the electronic music industry, for this episode, we are going to tell you what you need to know about the Oscars of the DJ industry!
Theme:
Let’s begin with the theme, which the organizers change up every single year.
This time around, they’re promoting environmental care with their theme, “Plastic No More!”
In order to help raise awareness within the dance music industry on how to find sustainable solutions to eliminate the use of plastic, “Plastic No More” is also happening at one of Ibiza’s most popular nightspots, now on its fifth year, Heart Ibiza!
Watch this video now to know more about “Plastic No More!” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5RqijJS27w
Then, throw out another idea the DJ Awards can use for next year!
Nominees
Now, let’s talk about the nominees of this year’s DJ Awards.
Past winners include Armin van Buuren, Carl Cox, Richie Hawtin, Roger Sanchez, Danny Tenaglia, Black Coffee, Solomun, Jamie Jones, Hernan Cattaneo, Stephan Bodzin, DJ Koze, Frankie Knuckles, Tiësto, Sasha, Tony De Vit, Deadmau5 and many more.
There are a total of 14 DJ categories this year, namely, Bass, Deep House, House, Melodic House & Techno, Progressive House, Tech House, Techno, Trance, Afro House, Deep Tech, Newcomer, Breakthrough in association with Beatport, Electronic Live Performer and International DJ! For all of these 14 categories, there are a total of 125 nominees!
With that, there are 50% more female artists nominated since 2017 and 54% are new nominees!
Voting is now open, so we’ll let you check out the nominees for yourself! Check out their website now to learn how to vote! https://djawards.com/vote-now/
Check out this video as well to be reminded of last year’s winners with this 2018 aftermovie! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px2VAZWbIcQ
After you vote, give us a hint on who you voted for!
Meet the team!
And if you want to know a little bit more about the background team behind the DJ Awards, guess what? We gotchu!
Our Clubbing TV team actually did an interview with the founder and director of the awards, so you can learn about the event!
Here’s a one minute preview, but you can catch the entire video on our website! https://we.tl/t-z98OKkTLGO
Let us know after how you feel about the words of the organizers!
Goodbye
That’s a little bit on how we lay down the facts of the DJ Awards, we are so excited to be there! Remember, these awards are “to be seen not as a competition, but instead, a celebration of the electronic dance music scene, that conveys the artistic ability of DJs to a global music audience.”
We’ll definitely be seeing you there this year! Save the date, September 16 in Ibiza!