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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

WMC's IDMA 2011 (26th Annual International Dance Music Awards) Nominees released!!! Every1 VOTE or DIE (;


- As the Winter Music Conference draws nearer, the electronic music industry readies itself for the 26th annual International Dance Music Awards in Miami. The categories are just as diverse as the nominees ranging from Best Electro/Tech House to Best Dance Music Website (Hopefully my blog next year) :P

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Give abuekev18 a year or two and we’ll be on the ballot. :) P.s. The awards will take place in Miami during Winter Music Conference (:

- Check out the IDMA nominees below and click here to vote!
1. Best Underground Dance Track
Barbra Streisand – Duck Sauce – Fool’s Gold/Downtown
Brrrat! – Steve Aoki & Armand Van Helden – Dim Mak Records
I Can Change – LCD Soundsystem – DFA
I Feel Better – Hot Chip – Astralwerks
No Worries – Butch – Cecille
Paradise Garage – Massive Attack – Virgin
Scary Monsters & Nice Sprites – Skrillex – Big Beat/Mau5trap

2. Best Alternative/Rock Dance Track
Animal – Neon Trees – Crain Records/Mercury
Dog Days Are Over (Yeasayer Remix) – Florence + The Machine – Universal Republic
Giving up the Gun – Vampire Weekend – XL Recordings
Sweet Disposition – The Temper Trap – Glassnote
The Catalyst (Remix) – Linkin Park – Warner Brothers
VCR (Four Tet Remix) – The XX – Young Turks/XL Recordings

3. Best Latin/Reggaeton Track
Bon, Bon – Pitbull – Mr. 305 Records
Danza Koduro – Don Omar Feat. Lucento – Yanis/Machete
I Like it – Enrique Iglesias Feat. Pitbull – Universal Latino/Universal Republic
Loca – Shakira Feat. Dizzee Rascal – Sony Music Latin/Epic
Waka Waka (This Time For Africa) – Shakira – Sony Ent./Epic Entertainment
We No Speak Americano – Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup – Ultra Records/Sweat It Out

4. Best Commercial Dance Track
Dancing On My Own – Robyn – Konichiwa/Interscope
Gettin’ Over You – David Guetta & Chris Willis Feat. Fergie & LMFAO – Astralwerks
Hello – Martin Solveig & Dragonette – Big Beat/Atlantic
Not Giving Up On Love – Armin van Buuren Feat. Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Ultra/Armada
Pyromania – Cascada – Robbins Entertainment
Seek Bromance – Tim Berg – Napith Music
Stereo Love – Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina – Ultra Records

5. Best House/Garage Track
Barbra Streisand – Duck Sauce – Fool’s Gold/Downtown
Coma Cat – Tensnake – Defected Records
Give It 2 U – Quentin Harris & Ultra Naté – Strictly Rhythm
No Worries – Butch – Cecille
Red Room – Dennis Ferrer – Objektivity
Superman – Black Coffee – Fuego Media
Why Does The Wind Blow (Andre Lodeman Remix) – Tracey Thorn – Merge

6. Best R&B/Urban Dance Track
Club Can’t Handle Me – Flo Rida Feat. David Guetta – Po Boy/Atlantic
Commander – Kelly Rowland Feat. David Guetta – Universal Motown
DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love – Usher Feat. Pitbull – LaFace/JLG
Dynamite – Taio Cruz – Mercury/IDJMG
OMG – Usher Feat. will.i.am – LaFace/JLG
Only Girl (In The World) – Rihanna – Def Jam/IDJMG
Who’s That Chick – David Guetta & Rihanna – Astralwerks

7. Best Electro/Tech House
Animal Rights – Deadmau5 & Wolfgang Gartner – Ultra Records/Mau5trap
Brrrat! – Steve Aoki & Armand Van Helden – Dim Mak Records
C’Mon – .Tiësto VS Diplo – Musical Freedom
Devil Walking – Mark Knight – Toolroom
Knas – Steve Angello – Size Records
One (Your Name) – Swedish House Mafia Feat. Pharrell – Astralwerks
The Secret – Joris Voorn – Cocoon

8. Best Rap/Hip Hop Dance
Airplanes – B.O.B. Feat. Hayley Williams – Rebel Rock/Grand Hustle/Atlantic
Club Can’t Handle Me – Flo Rida Feat. David Guetta – Atlantic
Like a G6 – Far East Movement Feat. The Cataracs & DEV – CherryTree/Interscope
Love The Way You Lie – Eminem Feat. Rihanna – Aftermath/Interscope
Memories – David Guetta Feat. Kid Cudi – Astralwerks
The Time (Dirty Bit) – Black Eyed Peas – Interscope

9. Best Trance Track
Barra – Cosmic Gate – Black Hole Recordings
C’Mon – Tiësto VS Diplo – Musical Freedom
Not Giving Up On Love – Armin van Buuren vs. Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Ultra Records/Armada
Orbion – Armin van Buuren – Ultra Records/Armada
Rain – Markus Schulz – Coldharbour Recordings/Armada
Sanctuary – Gareth Emery Feat. Lucy Saunders – Napith Music
Tweak My Nipple (Tiësto Remix) – Faithless – Ultra Records/PIAS

10. Best Progressive Track
Bromance – Tim Berg – Napith Music
Conscindo – Mark Knight & Wolfgang Gartner – Toolroom
Fight For You – Morgan Page – Nettwerk
Fire in Your New Shoes – Kaskade Feat. Dragonette – Ultra Records
Glow – Cirez D – Mouseville
One (Your Name) – Swedish House Mafia Feat. Pharrell – Astralwerks

11. Best Dubstep/DnB/Jungle Track
Gold Dust – Dj Fresh – Data/Breakbeat Kaos
Hold On – Rusko – Mad Decent/Downtown
Innocence – Nero – MTA Records
On My Own – Blame Feat Ruff Sqwad – New State Music
Raise Your Weapon – Deadmau5 – Ultra Records/Mau5trap
Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites – Skrillex – Big Beat/Mau5trap

12. Best Pop Dance Track
Alejandro – Lady Gaga – Streamline/Interscope/KonLive/CherryTree
All The Lovers – Kylie Minogue – Astralwerks
Dirty Talk – Wynter Gordon – Big Beat/Atlantic
Dynamite – Taio Cruz – Mercury/IDJMG
Firework – Katy Perry – Capitol
Only Girl (In The World) – Rihanna – Def Jam/IDJMG
Your Love Is My Drug – Ke$ha – RCA

13. Best Minimal/Techno Track
Glow – Cirez D – Mouseville
Regenerate – Booka Shade – Get Physical
Tarantula – Pleasurekraft – Eklektisch
The Secret – Joris Voorn – Cocoon
Two Dots (Nic Fanciulli Remix) – Lusine – Saved

14. Best Break-Through DJ
Afrojack
AN21
Arnej
Arty
Avicii
Black Coffee
Wolfgang Gartner

15. Best European DJ
Above & Beyond
Armin van Buuren
Axwell
Dash Berlin
David Guetta
Laidback Luke
Paul van Dyk
Tiësto

16. Best American DJ (North America)
BT
Christopher Lawrence
Danny Tenaglia
Deadmau5
Erick Morillo
Kaskade
Oscar G
Roger Sanchez

17. Best Global DJ
Armin van Buuren
David Guetta
Deadmau5
Ferry Corsten
Markus Schulz
Paul van Dyk
Swedish House Mafia
Tiësto

18. Best Radio Station (Global)
1Club.FM
BBC Radio 1
BPM (Sirius/XM)
Digitally Imported
Radio 538
Sunshine Live

19. Best Terrestrial Radio Station (US)
KCRW 89.9 Los Angeles, CA
KNHC 89.5 Seattle, WA
WBZC Z88.9 Burlington College, NJ
WKTU 103.5 New York, NY
WPTY Party 105.3 Nassau-Suffolk, NY

20. Best Radio Mix Show DJ
Above & Beyond – Trance Around the World
Armin van Buuren – State of Trance
Dennis Ruyer – Radio 538 Dance Department
Markus Schulz – Global DJ Broadcast
Pete Tong – Essential Mix
The Riddler – Adrenaline
Tiësto – Club Life

21. Best Compilation
Annual 2010 – Ministry Of Sound
Beach House – Hed Kandi
Most Rated Miami 2010 – Defected Records
Club Files V.9 – Ministry Of Sound
Strictly 4 DJ’S – Strictly Rhythm
Strictly Miami – Strictly Rhythm
Ultra 2010 – Ultra Records
Ultra Dance V.11 – Ultra Records

22. Best Full Length DJ Mix
Above & Beyond – Anjunabeats V.8 – Ultra Records/Anjunabeats
Armin van Buuren – State of Trance 2010 – Armada Music
Ben Klock – Berghain 04 – Ostgut
Kaskade – Electric Daisy Carnival V.1 – Ultra Records
Oscar G – Live From NYC – Nervous Records
Richard Durand – In Search of Sunrise 8 – Black Hole Recordings/Songbird
Riva Starr – Defected In the House Miami 2010 – Defected Records
Robbie Rivera – Juicy Ibiza 2010 – Black Hole Recordings

23. Best Producer
Armin van Buuren
BT
David Guetta
Deadmau5
Dr. Luke
RedOne
Swedish House Mafia

24. Best Remixer
Afrojack
Avicii
Bimbo Jones
Chew Fu
Dave Aude
Diplo
Michael Woods

25. Best Music Video
Firework – Katy Perry (Dir. Dave Meyers)
Gettin’ Over You – David Guetta & Chris Willis Feat. Fergie & LMFAO (Dir. Rich Lee)
Hello – Martin Solveig Feat. Dragonette (Dir. Tristan Sequela & Martin Solveig)
I Was Drunk – Riva Starr Feat. Noze – (Dir. JMD)
One (Your Name) – Swedish House Mafia Feat. Pharrell – (Dir. Christian Larson & Henrick Hanson)
Telephone – Lady Gaga Feat. Beyonce (Jonas Âkerlund)

26. Best Dance Music Website
Beatportal.com
Dancemusic.about.com
Djmag.com
Houseplanet.DJ
Inthemix.com.au
Residentadvisor.net

27. Best Podcast
A State of Trance – Armin van Buuren
Club Life – Tiësto
Crobar Boramusic Housecast
Deeper Shades of House – Lars Behrenroth
Radio 538 Dance Department – Dennis Ruyer
Trance Around the World – Above & Beyond
VONYC Sessions – Paul van Dyk

28. Best Break-Through Artist (Solo)
Afrojack
Avicii
Janelle Monáe
Skrillex
Taio Cruz
Wolfgang Gartner
Wynter Gordon

29. Best Break-Through Artist (Group)
Duck Sauce
Far East Movement
Florence + The Machine
Magnetic Man
Swedish House Mafia
The Temper Trap

30. Best Artist (Solo)
David Guetta
Deadmau5
Kaskade
Katy Perry
Kelly Rowland
Kylie Minogue
Lady Gaga
Rihanna

31. Best Artist (Group)
Above & Beyond
Black Eyed Peas
Daft Punk
Goldfrapp
LCD Soundsystem
Pendulum
Phoenix
Swedish House Mafia

32. Best Music Publication
DJ Magazine
DJ Times
MixMag
XLR8R
Tilllate

33. Best Record Label Promoter or Exec In-House
Andy Horsfield – Ministry Of Sound
Arny Bink – Black Hole Recordings
George Hess – Strictly Rhythm
Marco Benitez – Euphonic
Maykel Piron – Armada Music
Michael Weiss – Nervous Records
Phil Nieves – Ultra Records
Simon Dunmore – Defected Records

34. Best Independent Record Promotion/Marketing
Brad Lebeau – Pro Motion
Carmen Cacciatore – Fly Life
Cary Vance – Promo Only Promotions
Claudia Cuseta – Maxi Promotion
Debra Eriksen – Oracle Entertainment
John Suraci – Promo Only Promotions
Loren Chaidez – Loren Chaidez Promotion

35. Best Music Retailer
Amazon.com
Amoeba Records
FYE
HMV
iTunes

36. Best Dance Music Specialty Retailer
Beatport.com
Juno.co.uk
Masterbeat.com
Perfectbeat.com
Trackitdown.com
Traxsource.com

37. Best Record Pool/Promo Subscription Service
Armada Record Pool
Dixie Dance Kings
ERG
Fat Drop
Masspool
Promo Only

38. Best American Record Label
Astralwerks
Big Beat
CherryTree
Nervous Records
Om Records
Robbins Entertainment
Subliminal Records
Ultra Records

39. Best Global Record Label
Armada Records
Black Hole Recordings
Defected Records
Ministry Of Sound
Om Records
Size Records
Toolroom
Ultra Records

40. Best Music Event
Coachella – Indio, CA
Creamfields – United Kingdom
Electric Daisy Carnival – Los Angeles
Electric Zoo – New York
Sensation White – Amsterdam
Tomorrowland – Belgium
Trance Energy – Utrecht
Ultra Music Festival – Miami

41. Best Event Promoter
Alda
ID&T
Insomniac Events
Made Event
Massive Events (New York)
Rob Fernandez

42. Best U.S. Club
Beta Nightclub – Denver
Cielo – New York
Glow – Washington D.C.
LIV – Miami
Pacha – New York
Rain – Las Vegas
Ruby Skye – San Francisco
Space – Miami

43. Best Global Club
Amnesia – Ibiza
Berghain – Berlin
Fabric – London
The Guvernment – Toronto
Ministry Of Sound – London
Pacha – Ibiza
Privilege – Ibiza
Space – Ibiza

44. Best Headphones
Beats by Dr. Dre – Studio
Pioneer – HDJ 2000
Sennheiser – HD25
Sony – MDR V700
Technics – RP-DH 1200

45. Best Cartridge
Ortofon – S 120
Shure – M44
Shure – WhiteLabel
Stanton – 500

46. Best Turntable
Audio-Technica – AT-LP60
Stanton – STR.8-150
Technics – SL-1200 MK2
Technics – SL-1210

47. Best Mixer
Allen & Heath – 4D
Pioneer – DJM-2000
Pioneer – DJM-800
Rane – Sixty-Eight

48. Best CD Player
Denon – DNS 3700
Pioneer – CDJ-1000 MK3
Pioneer – CDJ-2000
Technics – SL-DZ 1200

49. Best Club Sound System (Manufacturer)
EAW
Funktion-One
JBL Audio
Martin Audio
QSC

50. Best Club Sound System (Design)
Beta, Denver – Funktion-One
Cielo, New York – Funktion-One
Ministry Of Sound, London – Martin Audio
Pacha, New York – Infinite Audio
Space, Ibiza – Blue Box Ibiza

51. Best Pro Studio Product Of The Year
Ableton – Live 8
Akai – APC 40
Funktion-One – F101 Studio Monitor
KRK Systems – Rokit 8
Native Instruments – Maschine
Reason 5 – Propellerhead

52. Best Keyboard or Sampler
Access – Virus TI
Korg – M50
M-Audio – Axiom 49
Novation – Dicer
Roland – GAIA SH-01

53. Best Manufacturer Of The Year
Akai
Apple
Native Instruments
Pioneer
Rane

54. Best Studio Software
Ableton – Live 8
Apple – Logic Pro 9
Steinberg – Cubase 5
Image-Line – FL Studio 9
Avid – Pro Tools 9

55. Best DJ Software
Ableton – Live 8
Pioneer – Rekordbox
Serato – Scratch Live
Traktor – Scratch Pro
Virtual DJ – V7.0 Pro

56. Best New Product Of The Year
Allen & Heath – XONE:DX
Apple – iPad
Native Instruments – S4
Novation – Dicer
Rane – Sixty-Eight

VOTE HERE!!! <3   ( :

Sunday, January 9, 2011

XCLUSIVE!!! Phucked Up Dave_"Sirius23 (The Dog Star) [Os_12 Welcomes 2011 Dub Rework]


- This is my First released production guys!! It is a Progressive Techno Track and I am hoping you guys could really enjoy it. It was a collaboration on Reason 5 by myself, Kevin P and my very good pal, David Rodas, who is talented beyond words. Anyways, PERFECT way to Welcome 2011 and Please leave feedback and comments on the track guyss!!! Much luv and Moar posts to comeee sooon!! (;

DOWNLOAD LINK!!!

   Sirius23 (The Dog Star) [Os_12 Welcomes 2011 Rework) by abuekev18

Sirius23 (The Dog Star) [Os_12 Welcomes 2011 Dub Rework) by abuekev18