This Mockumentary Gives DJ Mag’s Top 100 An Absolute Serving

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Words by Tommy X

It’s no secret that picking the best DJ of the year is an easy task. Forget anything remotely underground or that little thing called subjectivity; the truth is every idiot with a pair of ears could tell you that generic EDM deserves top spot year in year out.

Hardwell, Dimitri Vegas, David Guetta - no worries. These are the guys that reign supreme and deservedly so. We all know without a shadow of doubt that they’ve earned their spots at the top and nothing will change our minds from recognising this.

And what better way to honour our favourite selectors with an annual list ranking them in order of greatness. Yeah, righto.

The latest mockumentary offering from CVNT5 shows how truly ridiculous these lists are, along with the idea that there exists some sort of magic criteria for categorising the year’s “best” DJ.

An absolute pisstake in their own right, CVNT5’s exposé shines the spotlight on the outrageous lengths that some DJ’s will go to for that highly coveted #1 spot – a pretty blatant call out of DJ Mag’s 2015 #1 and the controversy surrounding Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike buying votes during that year’s campaign.

The video tracks CVNT5’s fictional pursuit of the #1 spot for 2016 and the underhanded tactics DJ’s use - including bribing magazine editors and/or setting up click farms in Vietnam.

Take a look at the video above and tell us who you think this year’s #1 should be!

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[LabRat]

saw this one earlier in the year. i think it's no surprise that this comp along with the ITM awards is a load of shit, but it is what it is, it gets people talking about it and i guess that's goal achieved. i personally don't care for this, the ITM's or even the PDMA's (Perth Dance Music Awards) when that was a thing... i'd care very much about winning a grammy though