Readers Poll Results
11 January 2008 :: posted by TravisBetter late than never — here are the results to the 2007 BIGSTEREO Readers Poll. No surprise that Justice is at the top of most of these lists. There is no arguing their impact. They made dance music popular in the States for the first time since like the days of disco or at least since Technotronic. So anyway, here’s what you nominate and voted for…
2007 Album of the Year:
1) Justice - † 23%
2) M.I.A. - Kala 12%
3) Daft Punk - Alive 2007 11%
4) Digitalism - Idealism 8%
5) Midnight Juggernauts - Dystopia 8%
2007 Single of the Year:
1) Justice - “D.A.N.C.E.” 22%
2) Digitalism - “Pogo” 14%
3) Cut Copy - “Hearts on Fire” 13%
4) Riots In Belgium - “La Musique” 9%
5) Feist - “My Moon” 7%
2007 Remix of the Year:
1) Feist - “My Moon My Man” (Boys Noize remix) 14%
2) Justice - “D.A.N.C.E.” (MSTRKRFT remix) 13%
3) Dragonette - “I Get Around” (Midnight Juggernaut mix) 10%
4) Yelle - “ACDG” (Tepr remix) 9%
5) LCD Soundsystem - “Get Innocuous!” (Soulwax mix) 9%
Artist of 2007:
1) Justice 31%
2) Daft Punk 19%
3) M.I.A. 9%
4) LCD Soundsystem 9%
5) Digitalism 5%
Remixer of 2007:
1) MSTRKRFT 21%
2) Soulwax 14%
3) SebastiAn 14%
4) VanShe Tech 14%
5) The Bloody Beetroots 12%
DJ of 2007:
1) Justice 16%
2) Bang Gang 13%
3) MSTRKRFT 10%
4) Boys Noize 9%
5) Diplo 9%
Label:
1) Ed Banger 41%
2) Kitsuné 20%
3) Modular 20%
Party:
1) Daft Punk Alive World Tour 52%
2) Starfuckers, Australia 11%
3) Lick It, Australia 10%
Artist to Watch Out For in 2008
1) The Bloody Beetroots 18%
2) Bagraiders 15%
3) Boys Noize 14%
4) LA Riots 13%
5) Surkin 11%
January 11th, 2008 at 8.28 pm
Justice, DJs of the year, bullshit! Wake up people Toxic Avenger broke you bitches off! Good, if playing your own tracks makes you good… Who read this blog…are you all retarded? Even David Guetta is better. Grrrr.
January 11th, 2008 at 8.36 pm
david guetta?
wow…thats a joke
January 11th, 2008 at 8.47 pm
Johnny, I don’t agree with all the winners or even nominations, but the most common denominator always wins in polls. There were thousands of votes and Justice was huge this year — so no surprise really.
January 11th, 2008 at 10.07 pm
Mr. Douche, when Justice broke out in the states in 06′ they came out djing because it was about their original tracks. The purpose was to establish themselves as artists not dj’s. If you get a chance to actually watch them dj now you will see that their sets still bang harder and better than anyone out there right now. They keep it fresh and they are not crowd pleasers. I’ve seen most major acts dj live and it’s fucking weak.
January 11th, 2008 at 10.16 pm
What about me? :-(
January 11th, 2008 at 10.20 pm
I have to say, last years results were definitely more indie-orientated. The only surprise this year is how popular you guys are getting and maybe, the kind of people that voted. Still my favorite music blog mind.
January 11th, 2008 at 11.05 pm
Wow…Midnight Juggernauts, eh? Thank god people didn’t fall asleep on the album, albeit porbably cuz the toured with Justice….iunno, doesn’t anyone feel like the volume of dance music being made is mostly repetitive and insignificant? it’s my contention that there’ll be backlash for it soon enough….
January 12th, 2008 at 12.34 am
hey juggerz hater…
I would be interested to hear who you think is “significant” right now.. and more importantly why
January 12th, 2008 at 1.17 am
yeah what about steve?
January 12th, 2008 at 1.33 am
Ya! I voted for Steve so he gets my award.
January 12th, 2008 at 1.51 am
Steve, I do love you as a DJ I have seen you ummm 3 or 4 times in SF. You rock, I really loved you with Blake Miller as Weird Science. Buuuuut, Toxic Avenger really took me to another place. Justice while relevant is good as producers/artists but I still don’t agree with them being great DJs. Oh, their album is great, but I really don’t believe they should be on the dj
list. What about Krames? Toats? Oh!? Acid girls? CLAWS? Douchebag? All amazing but not on the list. DJs on this list should be at least DJs first and artists second but whatever.
January 12th, 2008 at 5.46 am
what about LUDACHRIST!?
January 12th, 2008 at 5.50 am
Justice, best djs ??? Ok…Ever experienced Feadz last year ???
January 12th, 2008 at 7.23 am
Ludachrist pretty much put everyone else to shame.
January 12th, 2008 at 8.52 am
If you think most of the indie-dance is repeditive this year, I suggest giving Para-One’s Epiphanie another listen, 2 years on and it’s still the best thing to come out of the New French Touch scene. Institubes is definitely where it’s at right now, I had the joy of attending their Paris Express tour at Fabric London during the year, Teki Latex MC’d, with Para-One, Surkin, Orgasmic, Jean Nipon and Das Glow all spinning whilst The Bang-Gang, Busy P and Walter Meego shook the other rooms. You don’t any more maximal than that.
January 12th, 2008 at 10.50 am
Walter Meego, now there is some tasty musical treats, but Walter Meego AND Surkin @ the same show….. my mind has been blown. The US needs to step up its lineups. While these genres of music are finally gaining acceptance the only time we get lineups that are that good is if its a massive rave. Maybe it’ll be better this year.
January 12th, 2008 at 11.41 am
Go team AUS!
January 12th, 2008 at 12.21 pm
Boyz Noise is an artist to watch in 2008? Weren’t you guys watching them this year? They killed it!
January 12th, 2008 at 12.46 pm
Very cool top list!
Yeah, justice is winners! best singles, unique (for past time), hi-fi and lovely sound! and justice is well known around all the world, and your parents singin d.a.n.c.e. when hear it
all polls is very true, but “Artist to Watch Out For in 2008″ could be better, cos we have more innovative artists, from Santogold or African Boy to david e. sugar, Yuksek, Curses and Claws and Friendly Fires!
Yo!
January 12th, 2008 at 1.38 pm
bullshit!!! … Justice and all the Ed banger are just Super Hyped Bands….but are dj´s, remixes, and of course records companies too much blunt thean them (i mean the parisian crew is not the “biggest” thing in the last few years, like a lot of people believe)
January 12th, 2008 at 2.18 pm
“# Dodus Says:
January 12th, 2008 at 12.21 pm
Boyz Noise is an artist to watch in 2008? Weren’t you guys watching them this year? They killed it!”
+1
January 12th, 2008 at 4.27 pm
?????
badass dubstep will rule the airwaves of 2008… but it’ll be a hideous lovechild of 80s electro and dubstep… eww…
Also… people will start sampling late 90s dance classics in hip hop songs… NOSTRADAMUS HAS SPOKEN
January 12th, 2008 at 4.54 pm
fuck disco and electro in 2008 , lets bring back classic rock ala the eagles & deep purple! YO!
and justice as DJs is a crock. download there bbc session , its complete shite ..
January 12th, 2008 at 7.04 pm
ahhhhhh rules
January 12th, 2008 at 8.42 pm
Boys Noize is a He or a Him, not a They or a Them…
January 13th, 2008 at 3.16 am
haha yeah there is only ONE of ‘them’
January 13th, 2008 at 3.24 pm
Steve Aoki? Good one.
January 13th, 2008 at 5.39 pm
ahhhhh, how do you mean “complete shite”? It’s not a typical Essential Mix granted, there are parts that would fill floors - and you can hear a deeply-impressed Pete Tong commenting to that effect - but, by the time they drop Gilbert O’Sullivan’s ‘Alone Again…’, they’ve lost Tong… and half their listeners I’ll wager. I think it’s one of the best mixes I’ve ever heard, a real musical journey and shows Justice as they really are, genuinely passionate about their influences, however esoteric they might be. I for one discover some serious gems every time I hear of their mixes or see them perform live. It’s geeky sure, but I guess that means it’s not for everyone.
January 13th, 2008 at 8.01 pm
The readers of this blog are pretty open minded…. NOT
January 13th, 2008 at 9.54 pm
Dudes Justice only got dj of the year cause they’re pop!
I know so many dj’s here in sf alone that would house the shit outa those guys. vinsol, forever21, richie panic, white girl lust, etc etc..
January 13th, 2008 at 10.08 pm
not really a suprise that Justice topped the polls.
but another artist to watch out for in 2008 would be tronik youth. i can’t wait to hear more.
January 13th, 2008 at 10.39 pm
LOL ludachrist is awesome.
and i voted steve as the artist to watch out for in 2008.
he got my vote
January 14th, 2008 at 2.01 am
Justice can’t dj but don’t think anyone cares. its a party….. boys noize djing incredible 3cdj 2 turntable meaning he toggles between phono/line….. thats talent.
January 14th, 2008 at 2.13 am
Richie Panic…. fucking horrible. I vote for Justice over Richie Fucking Panic! Gag me. Can you officially be banned from posting? Vin Sol, good but not really in this “scene”. I officially have no opinion of white girl lust. But I think the marina is that way. ———–>
January 14th, 2008 at 2.14 am
oops I forgot Forever21, he kicks ass and takes names!
January 14th, 2008 at 8.23 am
Yawn. This has become the equivalent of top of the pops of dance music. Move on kids and find something new.
January 14th, 2008 at 10.55 am
DJ = Disk Jockey
Laptop/Computer = Not a disk
Boys Noize = DJ
Justice = not DJ’s.
January 14th, 2008 at 11.18 am
oh man and it went there.
nothing about justice or boys noize BUT..
i’d rather be at party with a laptop dj playing good tunes than at a party with disc jockey who can’t mix… in the end, who cares what tools they’re using.
January 14th, 2008 at 11.45 am
I have to say, I think it’s pretty criminal that Simian Mobile Disco gets no mention at all. I love Justice and what they’ve done, but SMD wipe the floor with them, in terms of content. Even if we just stick to the Ed Banger label, I’d give a nod to Feadz as a DJ and Sebastian as an artist over Justice. Again, I’ve got no beef with Justice and like their album, I just can’t imagine some of these other artists not getting the attention they deserve.
And what’s up with the digg on Richie Panic? He’s an awesome guy, both on and off the decks. You don’t like his DJing, fine, but there’s no reason to go off on the guy.
January 14th, 2008 at 1.10 pm
Justice is pretty tasty, but I do think they should have been at the bottom of that DJ list. MSTRKRFT live is pretty sextastic. oh well.
ps- I totally agree about SMD. Attack Decay Sustain Release was my favorite album of the year. :)
January 14th, 2008 at 2.33 pm
Justice uses Pioneer CDJ1000 when they DJ. They started doing so after they saw how much 2manyDJs can do with it. The Pioneer is gonna eventually become the new Technic 1200s standard.
January 14th, 2008 at 2.49 pm
LUDACHRIST is the new Messiah!
Watch out *GirlTalk* 2008 signals a shift…
January 14th, 2008 at 5.48 pm
have you ever seen boys noize deejay using his headphones as a blindfold? I’m not joking. I guess you get that good if you start djing when your 16…… and own your own record label by mid 20’s. FREAK. regards to matt - cdj1000’s are 95% at every club/show. But vinyl will never die.
January 14th, 2008 at 10.18 pm
the boys noize dj set was so good my brain melted, alex ridha is incredible. couple that with one of the most innovative albums of the last decade and you have yourself artist of the year…
the soulwax show at coachella was un-fucking-believable as well. i can’t even begin to explain how much fun i had boiling away in the sun.
Digitalism was a great album too… too bad i missed the show. Oh, and the SMD show. That too…. That is all.
January 15th, 2008 at 8.31 am
“anon” Justice don’t dj with a laptop you tool, not that there’s anything wrong with using a laptop anyway, I’d much rather hear someone do a good set in ableton than someone trainwrecking with vinyl.
I don’t agree with all those results, but they’re mostly ok. Except the “watch in 2008″, which has a bunch of artists big in 2007. Danger should’ve won.
January 15th, 2008 at 2.23 pm
Chromeo - “Tenderoni” (MSTRKRFT remix)
ye ye ye!
http://this.bigstereo.net/2007/07/12/chromeo-mstrkrft-sinden/
January 15th, 2008 at 2.40 pm
HA. This thread is hilarious. Bring on the new sounds in 2008, we’ve heard enough of Paris.
Dan Deacon weds @ GAMH!!
January 15th, 2008 at 11.38 pm
All I gotta say is that The Bloody Beetroots did not nearly get as many votes as I hoped they would. Well hopefully in 2008 they bring on the wrath that I know is just waiting to burst open.
January 16th, 2008 at 4.25 pm
Basically most of the French artists CANNOT DJ.
My all time favourite producer is SebastiAn anyway.
January 16th, 2008 at 11.11 pm
justice are the softest djs on the ed banger roster, i have seen them all play this year in aus and justice where definatly the worst.
feadz and dj mehdi were 100 times better. bang gang definatly should be top spot, i guess they havent played enough in amercia to get enough votes
January 17th, 2008 at 10.34 pm
justice is only getting shit on because they’re popular. that IS the definition of musical snobbery. i saw them spin a barely hour and a half set early this year, and they blew my brains out of my ass.
and am i the only one that thinks mstrkrft needs to come up with a new schtick? jfk is a sexy bitch, but they’ve turned into cut and paste electro if you ask me.
January 18th, 2008 at 11.40 am
wow.
bloody beetroots were fucking PROLIFIC this year.
pick any remix and fill the floor.
villians/danger/beetroots/gunsnbombs/classix 08
January 19th, 2008 at 12.26 pm
Where’s Erol Alkan?
at soulwaxmass, Erol Alkan played before Justice and he was WAY better, much more “in your face”, less popular songs. Justice was actually kinda boring in the end…
January 29th, 2008 at 3.34 pm
Boys Noize. One of the most talented DJ’s I’ve ever seen. He blew my mind.
February 7th, 2008 at 12.06 am
UFO! is king! His shit is beyond. His skills are second to none. Has been and will be. Find me someone as talented as a visual artist, dj, and producer, And I’ll… won’t happen.