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2011 makes up for one of the highlight years in the career of American based DJ/producer Markus Schulz. He’s still rocking the DJ Mag Top 100 with a Top 10 position, moves ten-thousands of dance lovers each weekend, groves them with tracks and anthems and influences the sound of 2011.

100 Minutes of 2011: Markus Schulz is 100 minutes of essentials, mixed and handpicked by Schulz himself!

Buy it here: 100 Minutes of 2011 (Selected and Mixed by Markus Schulz) – Markus Schulz

Tracklist:
Mike Foyle presents Statica – Shades Of Blue [Mike Foyle presents Statica] (Original Mix) (09:07)
Basil O’Glue – Realm Of Mind (Original Mix) (06:38)
Max Freegrant – Olya (KhoMha Remix) (06:15)
Nash & Pepper present Ostrega – First Scream [Nash & Pepper present Ostrega] (Mike Foyle Edit) (03:45)
Danilo Ercole – Water That Birds Don’t Drink (Original Mix) (07:45)
3rd Planet – UFO Here (Original Mix) (06:10)
Kyau vs Albert – Kiksu [Kyau vs Albert] (2011 Rework) (06:57)
Basil O’Glue – Angular Momentum (Original Mix) (07:38)
Mario Hammer feat. Asheni – Life Before The Earthquake (Original Mix) (06:48)
Skytech – Sirens (Original Mix) (06:46)
Mike EFEX presents Emtech – Callisto (Pobsky Remix) (07:23)
Erick Strong – Heart Inside (Original Mix) (06:25)
Mark Otten – Libertine (Original Mix) (08:44)
Tucandeo – Macula (Original Mix) (06:47)
David Barnes – Noodler (Original Mix) (06:11)
Pobsky & Paul Atkinson – Locked Out (Original Mix) (07:04)
Grube & Hovsepian – Torque (Radio Edit) (03:04)
Boom Jinx feat. Justine Suissa – Phoenix From The Flames (Club Mix Edit) (04:00)
Jessus – Stereophonic (Original Mix) (06:51)
Markus Schulz – Digital Madness (Transmission 2011 Theme) (Original Mix) (08:35)
Beat Service – Charged (Original Mix) (07:00)
Grace – Not Over Yet (Max Graham vs Protoculture Remix) (08:28)
Aerofoil vs E&G – Oslo Anthem [Aerofoil vs E&G] (Original Mix Edit) (03:27)
Rex Mundi – Valley Of Dreams (Original Mix) (07:52)
Dennis Sheperd & Cold Blue feat. Ana Criado – Fallen Angel (Dennis Sheperd Club Mix) (07:52)
Markus Schulz – 100 Minutes Of 2011 (Full Continuous DJ Mix) (99:01.9999)

As part of a special video-cast, Markus Schulz – one of the 10 biggest DJs in the world – yesterday announced that it would be the sprawling electronic dancetropolis of Los Angeles that’s been selected for his 2012 city compilation! Speculation had been mounting on forums over the last week that the honours could well fall the city’s way, with it becoming the odds-on favourite among Schulz watchers in the final hours before the broadcast. And that was indeed the way the compass spun! As the video’s countdown reached zero (with the broadcast’s hosts uStream at near meltdown!), it revealed the iconic cityscape of the album’s cover and confirmation that the series would return to North America next year.

In unveiling LA as the city of choice, Markus said “electronic dance music has blown up huge in the United States this past year. One of the main reasons driving that is the scene in Los Angeles, where a new generation of clubbers are uniting with long-term fans and creating one of the most passionate scenes anywhere on the globe. I’ve played there many times in my career, at the Monster Massive festivals, the Electric Daisy Carnivals and for the last 3 years New Years Eves at Together As One, and they’ve all been so memorable in their own way.”

To mark the release of Markus’ city-celebrating Los Angeles 2012 mix-comp, Schulz will be playing not one, but two incredible gigs on consecutive nights at alegendary LA dance spot. Markus continues: “one of the clubs heavily featured in my Do You Dream DVD is Avalon. The fans there have always been amazing and as a result of the vibe and the response of the Avalon crowd I ended up playing over six hours, past 7am in the morning! It’s these types of environments where I really test my DJ sets and skills”. So on Presidents Day weekend in the States, it’ll be the West Hollywood club that will play host to two very special parties to celebrate the release of Los Angeles ’12. Saturday February 18th will be a 21+ event with Sunday the 19th being a 18s and over show. “It’s going to be an extended set from me alongside some very special guests and it’ll be the first time in my career that I’ve done two back-to-back shows in LA”, says Markus. “So get your plane tickets, booked, your hotel rooms reserved and your plans made – it’s going to be an incredible weekend!”

From here, over the next six weeks, Markus will be making his final preparations to musically decode the City of Angeles. The album promises to be two discs of the most upfront, cutting-edge, tip-of-the-spear electronic dance music out there, personifying exactly how LA clubs it!

We’ll be back to unveil its tracklist mid-Jan… so standby for that! More info on Markus Schulz from www.markusschulz.com and www.facebook.com/markusschulz

I honestly didn’t see it coming. David Guetta? I figured he would have topped out at number 2 but I guess working with lots of commercial rap/r&b/pop singers will get you more votes. I hope this doesn’t start a bigger trend of more commercial music that we already have in our massively expanding dance music scene. Well congrats to David Guetta and cheers to Armin van Buuren for a great run!

Some notable movers: AVICII (up 33), Swedish House Mafia (up 13), Skrillex (debut at #19!), Arty (up 53), Martin Solveig (up 26), Calvin Harris (up 60), Noisecontrollers (up 55), W&W (up 36), Pete tha Zouk (up 44), Dada Life (up 38), Steve Aoki (debut at #42), Lange (down 29), Joachim Garraud (down 32), Simon Patterson (down 48), Felguk (debut at #87), James Zabiela (down 45), and Marcel Woods (down 32).

The top 100 DJ’s of 2011:

01. David Guetta (up 1)
02. Armin van Buuren (down 1)
03. Tiësto (non-mover)
04. Deadmau5 (non-mover)
05. Above & Beyond (non-mover)
06. Avicii (up 33)
07. Afrojack (up 12)
08. Dash Berlin (up 7 )
09. Markus Schulz (down 1)
10. Swedish House Mafia (up 13)
11. Paul van Dyk (down 5)
12. Axwell (down 2)
13. Gareth Emery (down 6)
14. Fedde Le Grand (up 5)
15. ATB (down 4)
16. Sander van Doorn (down 4)
17. Headhunterz (up 17)
18. Ferry Corsten (down 9)
19. Skrillex (BEST new entry)
20. Laidback Luke (down 3)
21. Infected Mushroom (down 8 )
22. Aly & Fila (down 2)
23. Steve Angello (down 9)
24. Hardwell (new entry)
25. Arty (up 53)
26. Sebastian Ingrosso (down 10)
27. Benny Benassi (down 1)
28. Daft Punk (up 16)
29. Martin Solveig (up 26)
30. Kaskade (up 5)
31. Carl Cox (down 9)
32. Chuckie (up 5)
33. Bob Sinclar (up 5)
34. Calvin Harris (up 60)
35. Noisecontrollers (up 55)
36. W&W (up 36)
37. Pete tha Zouk (up 44)
38. Dada Life (up 38)
39. Angerfist (new entry)
40. D Block & S Te Fan (up 33)
41. Coone (new entry)
42. Steve Aoki (new entry)
43. Cosmic Gate (down 19)
44. Bobina (down 19)
45. Richie Hawtin (down 14)
46. Eric Prydz (down 16)
47. Zatox (new entry)
48. tyDi (up 8 )
49. Orjan Nilsen (new entry)
50. Andy Moor (down 18) (more…)

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The Amsterdam Dance Event is now officially the biggest club festival in the world, with over 700 DJs playing in 40 different venues across Amsterdam. The total audience last year was 72,000, and this year there are an extra six venues.

A preview of the lineup has just been released, with all the big names playing, including: Armin Van Buuren, David Guetta, Erick Morillo, John Dahlbäck, Markus Schulz, Paul van Dyk, Sven Väth.

Ticket information isn’t available yet, but the festival is not far away, taking place on the 22/23/24/25th October. There are also a few ‘unplanned’ afterparties the night after for those that can handle it…

Armin Van Buuren is number one in this year’s DJ Magazine Top 100 DJ Poll.

I think everyone knew it was only a matter of time before Armin took the top spot as Top 100 DJ Poll.

Van Buuren has earned the title this year, with all of his top charting tracks and remixes as well as his incredibly popular A State of Trance radio show which is broadcast on 40 stations around the world.

Left behind were a handful of the biggest names dance music has to offer, including Tiesto, John Digweed, Paul Van Dyk, Sasha and Oakenfold.

Notable movers this year are: Justice, Infected Mushroom, Booka Shade, David Guetta, Sander van Doorn, James Zabiela, Freddy le Grand, and Eric Prydz.

Here’s the rest of the TOP 100:

1 Armin Van Buuren
2 Tiesto
3 John Digweed
4 Paul Van Dyk
5 Sasha
6 Above & Beyond
7 Carl Cox
8 Ferry Corsten
9 Infected Mushroom
10 David Guetta
11 Deep Dish
12 Paul Oakenfold
13 Markus Schulz
14 Hernan Cattaneo
15 Sander Van Doorn
16 Eddie Halliwell
17 James Zabiela
18 Astrix
19 Richie Hawtin
20 Marco V
21 Judge Jules
22 Fedde Le Grand
23 Gabriel & Dresden
24 Erick Morillo
25 Roger Sanchez
26 ATB
27 Sven Vath
28 Yahel
29 Umek
30 Andy Moor
31 Gareth Emery
32 Benny Benassi
33 Axwell
34 Mauro Picotto
35 Sander Kleinenberg
36 Eric Prydz
37 Blank & Jones
38 Bad Boy Bill
39 Pete Tong
40 DJ Vibe
41 Tiga
42 Steve Lawler
43 Danny Tenaglia
44 Ronski Speed
45 Nic Fanciulli
46 Steve Angello
47 Nick Warren
48 Matt Hardwick
49 Ricardo Villalobos
50 James Holden
51 Mark Knight
52 The Thrillseekers
53 Marco Bailey
54 Anderson Noise
55 Lange
56 Offer Nissim
57 Kyau and Albert
58 Justice
59 Matt Darey
60 Timo Maas
61 Danny Howells
62 Menno De Jong
63 Bob Sinclar
64 John Acquaviva
65 Agnelli & Nelson
66 Fatboy Slim
67 Andy C
68 Ricky Stone
69 Donald Glaude
70 Desyn Masiello
71 Daft Punk
72 Martin Solveig
73 BT
74 Chris Liebing
75 Valentino Kanzyani
76 Trentemoller
77 Jeff Mills
78 John Graham
79 Robbie Rivera
80 Chemical Brothers
81 Luciano
82 Hype
83 Lisa Lashes
84 Filo and Pero
85 Lee Burridge
86 Armand Van Helden
87 Magda
88 Dave Seaman
89 Victor Calderone
90 Dave Clarke
91 Richard Durand
92 Westbam
93 Sebastien Leger
94 Chus and Ceballos
95 Wally Lopez
96 Booka Shade
97 Adam Beyer
98 Dirty South
99 Erol Alkan
100 Laurent Garnier

via: DJ Mag Official Announcement