DJ Mag releases top 100 clubs results *Updated

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Canadian results: ​

  • #22 - Guvernment (Toronto)
  • ​#36 - Footwork (Toronto)
  • #62 - Beta Nightclub (Waterloo)​ (​Thank you @DJMalek)
  • ​#69  - Circus Afterhours (Montreal)
  • #86 - Stereo (Montreal)

Last year it was Circus Afterhours that carried the flag as DJ Mag's top Canadian club at #19 while the Guvernment came in at #27. Beta was ranked at #40 while Footwork and Stereo were unranked in 2012. Klub OMFG from Alberta was ranked #49 while Cobra London came in at #44 in 2012, but both clubs did not make the 2013 cut.

From what I noticed from this year vs. last year was that Circus Afterhours, the Montreal afterhours club, was engaged in an active campaign in 2012 to encourage fans to vote and as a result they were awarded the 19th spot in the 2012 rankings. This year, I have noticed virtually no campaigning of any kind from either Circus or Stereo, while Guvernment in Toronto was by far the most active campaigner in 2013, highlighted by this promotional video.​

The takeaway lesson is that if you want to rank high in the DJ Mag rankings in the future, you must invest a lot of time and effort and in return your fans will take the time to vote for you.

Toronto's Veld Festival announces Deadmau5, Above & Beyond, and Kaskade as headliners

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The Veld Festival will be held on August 3-4 this year at Downsview Park in Toronto and feature Deadmau5, Above & Beyond, and Kaskade as the main headliners. Like the Digital Dreams Festival, the Veld Festival will be releasing a new DJ to the lineup everyday starting today until April 3rd. So stay tuned to the Veld event page as EDM Canada will continue to update the lineup as new names are released!

Listen to this: Greg Downey's 2 hour live set from L.A

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As you all probably know by now I am a big supporter of DJs mixing techno, psy-trance, and trance into sets as I believe dark techno fits like a glove when combined with tech-trance and psy-trance tracks in an overall mix. Over the past month I have found some great DJs that have been moving over to this style such as Simon Patterson and Will Atkinson, and now I'm happy to add Greg Downey to the list. Greg Downey put together a great set live from L.A and I hope you check it out below:

EDC Las Vegas mainstage to offer Hardstyle, House, Trance, and even Techno this year

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From inthemix.com: ​

​ “Especially on our largest stage, we’re going to have everything from hardstyle to house to dubstep to trance to techno,” Rotella told inthemix of the line-up."

“It’s going to be different. We’re actually going to have a hardstyle act play on our mainstage, which has never been done in the United States. We’re going to experiment.” In 2012, the line-up was revealed in April, so the EDC team won’t keep us waiting for long."

Great news for those that are yearning to experience a little something different at a major festival. Will the fans that are more accustomed to hearing big room sounds stick around on the mainstage to check out other acts outside their favourite EDM genre? Or will fans instead decide to pack smaller stages as Rotella puts on more experimental acts on the mainstage?

It's an interesting experiment from the Insomniac boss who promised a year ago to change things up by emphasizing the EDC experience rather than booking the biggest names.