VOTE NOW – HALCYON – BEST SMALL CLUB

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The nominations have been announced for DJ Mag’s annual Best of North America poll.

The poll is our chance to put a spotlight on the immense breadth of talent to be found throughout North America. Across 16 categories, representatives from the worlds of house, techno, bass and disco sit alongside electro, jazz and experimentalism in the hope of platforming the wide-ranging and ever-changing dance music environment of North America. You can see the full list of categories and nominees below.

The coincide with the poll, we’re throwing a few parties, Juan Atkins and Ciel will play at Toronto’s Coda on 4th May, while Robert Hood and Justin Cudmore will play Elsewhere’s Rooftop in Brooklyn on 24th May.

Richie Hawtin – who is being awarded with the Outstanding Contribution award for 2019 – will play San Francisco’s Halcyon club on Monday 27th May.

Cast your votes for your favourites here from 2pm EST. Voting closes on 23rd April and results will be announced on 28th May.

Best DJ

Robert Hood
Honey Dijon
DJ Stingray
AC Slater
Jubilee

Breakthrough DJ

Jayda G
Eris Drew
Justin Cudmore
Bedouin
Attlas

Best Live Act

Marc Rebillet
Chromeo
GRiZ
Model 500
Robert DeLong

Best Producer

Octo Octa
Diplo
Jlin
Virtual Self (Porter Robinson)
Zeds Dead

Breakthrough Producer

J. Worra
Ciel
Textasy
LSDXOXO
Baltra

Best Label

Dark Entries Records
Tri Angle
Mad Decent
Razor-N-Tape
Ghostly International

Breakthrough Label

100% Silk
FTP
Country Club Disco
In Toto
Jack Dept.

Best Album

REZZ – Certain Kind of Magic [Mau5trap]
Zhu – Ringos Desert [Mind of a Genius]
Lotic – Power [Tri Angle]
Kamasi Washington – Heaven & Earth [Young Turks]
Mariel Ito – 2000-2005 [R&S Records]

Best Track

NGHTMRE & Big Gigantic – Like That [Mad Decent]
Peach – Silky [Intergraded]
Claude VonStroke – Maharaja [DIRTYBIRD]
Marie Davidson – Work It [Ninja Tune]
RL Grime – I Wanna Know [WeDidIt]

Best Remix/Edit

Sophie Lloyd – Calling Out feat. Dames Brown (Floorplan’s Extended Club Remix) [Classic Music Company]
Cygnus – Iaafos Blank Mix (Textasy Dance Floor Dub) [Craigie Knowes]
Pendulum – The Island – Pt. I (Dawn) (Skrillex Remix) [Earstorm]
The Glitch Mob – Disintigrate Slowly (1788-L Remix) [Glass Air]
FaltyDL – If All the People Took Acid (Octo Octa Loop Me into Infinity Remix) [Blueberry Records]

Best Large Club

Elsewhere, New York
Exchange LA, LA
Echostage, Washington DC
Club Space, Miami
New City Gas, Montreal

Best Small Club

CODA, Toronto
Halcyon, San Francisco
Floyd, Miami
Smartbar, Chicago
Good Room, New York

Best Club Event/Series

Prototype, LA
The Bunker, New York
Piknic Electronik, Montreal
We Still Believe, Nationwide
QUEEN!, Chicago

Best Festival

Coachella
Movement
Lightning in a Bottle
Shambhala Music Festival
Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival

Best Boutique Festival

Sustain-Release
Holy Ship!
Elements Lakewood
Bass Coast
Seismic Dance Event

Hall of Fame

K-Hand
Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy
Gary Richards a.k.a DESTRUCTO
Armand Van Helden
Moodymann