10 best DJs 2010 "by DJ Magazine"

1. Armin Van Buuren

Style: Trance and progressive, with a slight touch of house.

Best known for: A State Of Trance radio show.

Gig of 2010: Cacao beach in Bulgaria, or the Electric Daisy Carnival in LA in July for 70,000 people.

Tune of 2010: Swedish House Mafia 'One'. I played it in Museum Square in Amsterdam as the

Dutch football team - defeated finalists - arrived home from the World Cup. 

It was live on national TV, 250,000 people.

Breakthrough DJ/Producer of 2010: EDX

Best new club visited this year? Lima, Washington DC

Favourite non-dance album of 2010? Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard 'Inception' soundtrack. 

Essential three suitcase tour items? USB sticks, charger, laptop 

Which actor would play you in a film of your life? Jim Carrey 

Best thing about being a DJ? Everything except airports. 

Best end-of-the-night tune? My track with Owl City, 'Youtopia', from my new album. 

2. David Guetta

Style: House

Best known for: F*ck Me I'm Famous

Gig of 2010: Main Square festival, France, Ultra festival in Miami, 

my own show in Zagreb. Sorry, I can't choose only one!

Tune of 2010: Swedish House Mafia 'One'.

Breakthrough DJ/Producer of 2010:Afrojack

Best new club visited this year? I played lots of festivals for the first time, but return to those clubs 

who have supported me for a long time; Club Glow in Washington DC rocks.

Favourite non-dance album of 2010? Lil Wayne 'I Am Not A Human Being'

Essential three suitcase tour items? A microphone, my brand-new pumped up MacBook 

Pro and my little Apogee.

Which actor would play you in a film of your life? Pass

Best thing about being a DJ? Everything!

Best end-of-the-night tune? I'm closing my sets with the FMIF remix of 'I Gotta Feeling'. 

It's such a happy vibe.

3 Tiësto
Style: House
Best known for: Being a trance giant
Gig of 2010: Red Square, Moscow
Tune of 2010: Henrik B 'Now And Forever
Breakthrough DJ/Producer of 2010: Avicii.
Best new club visited this year? SaSaZu in Prague.
Favourite non-dance album of 2010? Robyn 'Body Talk' 
Essential three suitcase tour items? Laptop, earplugs, Paco Rabanne Millionaire. 
Which actor would play you in a film of your life? Adrian Grenier from Entourage 
Best thing about being a DJ? You have the best life in the world 
Best end-of-the-night tune? Tiësto 'Feel It In My Bones'

4 Deadmau5
Style: House and electro house.
Best known for: His marine millinery
Gig of 2010: Every single one, each is always a privilege for me
Tune of 2010: Reset Robot 'Pass the Dutchie'
Breakthrough DJ/Producer of 2010: Reset Robot
Best new club visited this year? 'Club Seals' in Nunavut
Favourite non-dance album of 2010? Noisia 'Split the Atom' 
Essential three suitcase tour items? A framed picture of [his cat] Meowingtons, nag champa and 
Beechams All-In-One. 
Which actor would play you in a film of your life? Matthew Lillard 
Best thing about being a DJ? You get to play music 
Best end-of-the-night tune? The last one!

5 Above & Beyond
Style: Uplifting electronic dance music is our politically correct term
Best known for: Our songs
Gig of 2010: Electric Daisy Carnival, US
Tune of 2010: Above & Beyond & Gareth Emery present Ocean Lab 'On a Good Day'
Breakthrough DJ/Producer of 2010: Arty
Best new club visited this year? The newest great club has to be Beta in Denver, Colorado, US
Favourite non-dance album of 2010? Steve Reich 'Music For 18 Musicians' 
Essential three suitcase tour items? Laptop, reading material, travel pillow 
Which actor would play you in a film of your life? Jono: Jude Law; Paavo: Jack Nicholson; Tony:
 Ben Kingsley 
Best thing about being a DJ? Making people happy and meeting people who are into the same music. 
Best end-of-the-night tune? A downtempo track from our new album.

6. Paul Van Dyk
Style: Electronic music
Best known for: Being enthusiastic and authentic
Gig of 2010: The Two World Arena in Berlin which I did together with Armin Van Buuren and
Underworld. It was definitely one of those magical moments.
Tune of 2010: It has to be 'Remember Love', a collaboration between Paul Oakenfold, Armin
Van Buuren and myself. All the proceeds were donated to victims of the Love Parade disaster.
Breakthrough DJ/Producer of 2010:Someone like Eddie Halliwell really stood his ground
Best new club visited this year? It's the Gatecrasher club in Birmingham. It was the first time 
this year I played there.
Favourite non-dance album of 2010? Fyfe Dangerfield 'Fly Yellow Moon'
Essential three suitcase tour items? My toothbrush, spare underwear and a charger for 
my 
iPhone. I'm always looking for the nearest power point. 
Which actor would play you in a film of your life? Some people say Nicolas Cage has 
some similarity in his looks, but I hope not! 
Best thing about being a DJ? I get to listen to my favourites really loud and nobody argues with me.
Best end-of-the-night tune? 'Time Of Our Lives' by myself. It became a festival anthemso people always ask me to play it. It sums things up - you had a great time, you danced your ass off! 

7. Gareth Emery

Style: Trance

Best known for: My label Garuda

Gig of 2010: Nature One in Germany or my 100th podcast party at Sankey's, Manchester

Tune of 2010: Pendulum 'The Island Part 1'

Breakthrough DJ/Producer of 2010: Ben Gold

Best new club visited this year? Beta in Denver, USA

Favourite non-dance album of 2010?Paramore 'Brand New Eyes' 

Essential three suitcase tour items?Custom earplugs, blindfold, Macbook. 

Which actor would play you in a film of your life? George Clooney, but I sound like a bit of a 

cock saying that! 

Best thing about being a DJ? Not having to do a regular job, and not having to get up in the mornings. 

Best end-of-the-night tune? Delirium 'Silence' (Nettwerk)

8. Markus Schulz

Style: Trance

Best known for: Being the hardest working man in trance

Gig of 2010: My solo gig at Ministry of Sound in June. It was the first time 

I'd played from the beginning of a night to the end, without support, in London.

Tune of 2010: Mr Pit 'Sky Traffic'. We held it back so it could be one of my secret weapons 

going into the summer. It went on to be a monster!

Breakthrough DJ/Producer of 2010: Michael Woods. I know he's not new, 

but every one of his tracks destroyed the dancefloor

Best new club visited this year? I haven't really been to a lot of new clubs

 this year, so can I say the Electric Zoo festival in New York? It was about time the East Coast 

had a proper festival. That was the most important new event in clubland.

Favourite non-dance album of 2010?Gorillaz 'Plastic Beach' 

Essential three suitcase tour items? My passport, credit card, laptop and toothbrush.

 I know that's four things… Everything else I can buy

Which actor would play you in a film of your life? Tom Cruise. People say I look like him.

 But without being arrogant, we've both had our moments of insanity and breakdown. 

I think he could relate to the demons in my head. 

Best thing about being a DJ? Getting to hear all this amazing music every night. 

There's always something to get energized by. Sometimes all it takes is one track. 

Best end-of-the-night tune? The Tenishia remix of Jan Johnson 'Flesh'. I just love those lyrics, 

'Kiss me one last time before I take my flesh away' 

9. Ferry Corsten

Style: Trance, house, trouse…

Best known for: Up-tempo big-room trance vibes

Gig of 2010: Hollywood Palladium

Tune of 2010: Bart Claessen 'Hartseer'

reakthrough DJ/Producer of 2010: Rafael Frost.

Best new club visited this year? The tennis court in Syria

Favourite non-dance album of 2010? None 

Essential three suitcase tour items? My laptop, my toiletries, the photo of my daughter 

Which actor would play you in a film of your life? I know my wife would want Matt Damon 

or Brad Pitt, haha! 

Best thing about being a DJ? Being able to play the music that you produce 

and see people's reactions to it worldwide!

Best end-of-the-night tune? Giuseppe Ottaviani's remix of my track 'Out of the Blue' 

10. Axwell

Style: House

Best known for: Speaking English with a Swedish accent and being one-third of the 

wedish House Mafia.

Gig of 2010: Club Papaya, Pag Island, Croatia

Tune of 2010: Swedish House Mafia 'One'

Breakthrough DJ/Producer of 2010:Thomas Gold

Best new club visited this year? A first visit to Discoteque, Moscow

Favourite non-dance album of 2010?Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings 'I Learned The 

hard Way'. New music made in the good old way! 

Essential three suitcase tour items? Laptop, money, earplugs 

Which actor would play you in a film of your life? Will Ferrell would be funny,

 wouldn't it?

Best thing about being a DJ? Making people happy 

Best end-of-the-night tune? Anything with Kings Of Tomorrow 'Finally' 

a cappella over it