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Torin Schmitt from Los Angeles, California and Berlin, Germany has become the DJ that LA goes to when it needs a Top 100 caliber DJ for a lineup. In addition to supporting all of the World’s top DJs when in town he also holds many club nights on his own in LA and around the world for his performances. Most recently Torin has had tracks and remixes featured on compilation CDs from Markus Schulz, Paul Oakenfold, and Will Holland on labels such as Perfecto, System, Peak Hour, and MixMag.

A live performance from Torin is different than most DJ sets as he is known for using abstract tools like Jazzmutant’s Lemur, Korg’s Kaossilator and the Akai APC40 while he transforms Techno, Tech House and Progressive to move the dancefloor. The energy is what it’s about and his mashups, remixes, edits and originals are built to speak a common language on the dance floor.

Get your shoelaces tied tight for 2 hours of Torin’s Progressive Tech House mix.

Enjoy!

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:56:08 — 132.9MB)

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With the success of his State of Trance Podcast and the chart-topping productions he cranked out this year it’s no surprise that Armin took the coveted #1 DJ in World spot yet again. If you’re in LA be sure to catch him this weekend at Monster Massive.

Here is the complete list for 2009:

1. Armin van Buuren (non-mover)
2. Tiesto (non-mover)
3. David Guetta (up 2)
4. Above & Beyond (non-mover)
5. Paul van Dyk (down 2)
6. Deadmau5 (up 5)
7. Ferry Corsten (down 1)
8. Markus Schulz (non-mover)
9. Gareth Emery (up 14)
10. Sander van Doorn (up 3)
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Euphoria and Trackitdown recently held their annual Trance Awards and below are the listed winners…no surprises really. *Yawn*

Best DJ
1. Paul Van Dyk
2. Armin Van Buuren
3. Tiësto

Best Producer
1. Paul Van Dyk
2. Armin Van Buuren
3. Tiësto

Best Label
1. Armada
2. Vandit
3. Anjunabeats

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