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DDJA 2004 – Amager Bio, 5th of February 2004 |
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It’s that time of
the year where the Danish DJ´s are celebrating each other and it's the 4th time
that the Danish DJ Awards (DDJA) is being held and slowly their award show
gettin' better and better, but there is still a long long way to measure up to
standards. The show was un-tight, the sound was bad, you had trouble hearing the
presenters at the stage and there was no music supporting the prize-winners in
walking the long way from the VIP-area to the stage. There were not enough
presenters as some were cancelled so the host of the night, Rene Dif (ex. Aqua
member) had to do a lot of them. Well, much to our surprise he was arrogant, not
of much fun and made an ass out of himself (on purpose or maybe not!!!),
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The
"live" performances was a mixture of music styles, which was good against being
bored among the many prize giving’s, but definitely not acts that were lifting
the show - following acts entered the stage: Gunther & The Sunshine Girls (how
can this man take himself seriously), Bombay Rockers, Infernal, two hip hop acts
(Jokeren and Ufo Yepha), Morjac and Örtz that performed their “Secret Garden” -
a track made together with Brother Brown. |
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The
big prize winner of the night was Rune RK / Artificial Funk – he was nominated
for 7 awards and got 5, including Upfront DJ of year, Artist of the year, Remix
of the year, Producer of the year and Favourite track of the year for his track
“Calabria” - a hit track that with no doubt had a big influence on him winning
all the awards – strange what one track can do for you. |
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We're
still wondering why some of following great Danish DJ's wasn't a part of the
final run towards the awards: Kjeld Tolstrup, Katrine Ring, Michael Splint,
Michael Parsberg, LP Støvring, Nicka, Dexta, Bjørn Svin, Madvid, Krede, Opiate,
Asle, Atle aka Brother Brown, Daniel etc. |
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Club of the year was
“Laekker” and the Danish upfront release was Anders Trentemoller “Trentemoller
EP”. The best international DJ was Junior Jack, well, this is unbelievable as he
was nominated along with Paul Van Dyk and Tiësto – we're stunned of the pour
taste that the Danish mainstream DJ´s have, but that might explain the sad
situation the Danish Club scene, as well as the Danes bad mainstream music
taste. The mainstream DJ´s only follows what the mass media and commercial
labels lead them to believe in and they really don’t dare to make their own
choices, of cause with the exception of the upfront and underground DJ´s. Let’s
hope that the 5th edition of DDJA next year will be better as well as bring more
focus on the underground DJ´s that so surely deserve to be recognized.
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