Last friday during ADE, the DJ Mag Top 100 was revealed throughout the day. Many DJs made their debut in the poll from the likes of Tchami, Kygo and KSHMR (who is the highest new entry of the year). Other highlights in the Top 100 included techno legend Carl Cox at #63, progressive house icon Eric Prydz coming in at #57 and the outspoken deadmau5 at #25, even after vehemently showing his disinterest in the poll. He’s not the only unhappy artist though, as many people are voicing their concerns.
After coming in at #84, Kaskade took to Twitter to talk about his personal experiences with DJ Mag. The tension goes back to comments he made about the poll three years ago as well as his refusal to answer the questions in the artist bio. DJ Mag responded to this by calling him a “potty-mouth” and a “douche” in his artist bio (which you guys should definitely read).
This is how the dance music legend responded:
U mad bro @DJmag ? 3 years later you finally coming at me… pic.twitter.com/lpNTikM8T0
— Kaskade (@kaskade) October 17, 2015
Clowning me at #84. Ok. Cool. But calling me a pottymouth douche. A+ on the journalistic integrity. @DJmag — Kaskade (@kaskade) October 17, 2015
.@DJmag A bin marked “obscurity” would more likely be in the shape of a print mag that sells placement in a DJ Poll, no?
— Kaskade (@kaskade) October 17, 2015
I’ll be here long after you guys are gone. Give me a call, I might need an intern. @DJmag — Kaskade (@kaskade) October 17, 2015
It doesn’t stop there though, as 3LAU, Hardwell, Axwell and more decided to take jabs at the DJ Mag Top 100 and the eventual winners in Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike. The guys have been accused of having their street team harass people with iPads in order to get people to vote for them. Take a look at the many responses below.
I see a bunch of DJs above me that have 1/10th of the followers I have. They must have had a great year ; )
— Laidback Luke (@LaidbackLuke) October 16, 2015
Must be very popular in Brasil? RT @ShawnMarandola: guy has 5k twitter followers and he DEBUTS at #44 what a joke pic.twitter.com/PnVfbHEo9N — Laidback Luke (@LaidbackLuke) October 16, 2015
Shoutout to the very professional people at @DJmag pic.twitter.com/mTpVVsgCGx
— Headhunterz (@djheadhunterz) October 17, 2015
.@DJmag If you still are not able to put the right name to the right face? How can we even take this list serious ? pic.twitter.com/yFhGt4KTGt — Nicky Romero (@nickyromero) October 17, 2015
— Steve Angello (@SteveAngello) October 17, 2015
iPads: 1 Good music: 0 — Jono Grant (@jonogrant) October 16, 2015
Fans of dance music can rejoice at the results of this year’s irrelevant #DjMagTop100.It’s fantastic news -final nail in the poll’s coffin☺️
— Jono Grant (@jonogrant) October 17, 2015
DJs however still have to fully disown the @DJmag poll, and stop asking for fans to vote. You can’t ask and then complain about the results — Jono Grant (@jonogrant) October 17, 2015
Anyway, that’s all from me. I’m off to buy some iPads….
— Jono Grant (@jonogrant) October 17, 2015
So did deadmau5 and Kaskade have a point? As long as people love the music that they’re listening to, that’s all that matters. DJs don’t need to be crowned anything to know who is the best. The only thing that matters is the music itself.
