Mixmag magazine recently asked readers to vote for their favourite DJ, Club, Dance Act and Tune of the last 25 years, coinciding with the magazine’s 25th anniversary.
The results are pretty controversial, not least because they are very UK-centric, perhaps a result of the fact that Mixmag is a UK magazine.
Lovable rave hero Carl Cox was voted best DJ (there’s many more DJs that could be considered for this spot), whilst Liverpool’s Cream club was voted Best Club of The Last 25 Years, beating Hacienda, Fabric and Ministry of Sound.
Cream winning is a bit silly we think, because it hasn’t been nearly as influential as Hacienda, Ministry of Sound or Fabric.
The Hacienda club in Manchester was the birthplace of acid house - without that club, we might not all be here today.
Ministry of Sound, despite now being just a shop front to sell its commercial dance albums, was incredibly influential for the dance world and its launch in 1991 marked the beginning of the era of superclubbing.
Fabric is still (probably) the best club in the world, and has done more to promote underground electronic music than any other venue in the world.
And that’s just in the UK - there’s a huge number of venues across the world that could be considered as the Best Club of the Last 25 Years.
Mixmag readers also named Daft Punk as Best Dance Act, which is fair play - the French duo have been incredibly important for dance music.
For Best Tune, Underworld ‘Born Slippy’ won [track No.8 in the player below], but there’s 100s more records that could have won this spot.
The results, as with any poll, are likely to be criticized by the community.
Have your say below.
Source: Beat Portal
Written by: Christen Reutens