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After Four Year Hiatus, the DJ Awards Return With Nominees in House, Trance & More

By Katie Bain,

14 hours ago

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After a four year hiatus, the DJ Awards are back.

A collection of DJs both famous and rising were recently announced as nominees in the awards’ nine music categories: house, Afro, techno, tech house, drum & bass, organic house, progressive house, breakthrough artist, live act and international DJ. Nominated artists include Peggy Gou, Martin Garrix, Blond:ish, Michael Bibi, Mochakk, Barry Can’t Swim, Francis Mercier, Rüfüs du Sol, Black Coffee and more.

See the complete list of genre nominees below. Voting for the awards is open to the public via the DJ Awards website .

Beyond the genre awards, categories include a group of industry-focused awards, with the Ibiza Icon award being given as, the awards state, “a tribute to the legendary figures who have shaped Ibiza’s music scene, leaving an indelible mark on the island’s rich club culture and in our hearts.” The Ibiza Track of The Summer award will go to the song that most powerfully soundtracked the summer of 2024 on the island, and a number of awards will acknowledge achievements in the industry and live music space outside of Europe. These awards will be be voted for by dance industry execs from the Association For Electronic Music (AFEM).

The ceremony is set for Oct. 2 at the island’s Club Chinois. Tickets for the event go on sale Sept. 13, the same day that public voting closes. 2024 marks the 23rd year for the DJ Awards, with the ceremony founded in 1998 by Ibiza residents José Pascual and Lenny Krarup.

The Awards are now under new ownership after being taken over earlier this year by Andy Grant, who recently told Mixmag that in 2024 “the most important outcome being to gain the respect of the global dance community as the new trusted guardians of this responsibility. Beyond that everything is on the table, and my vision is nothing short of positioning the DJ Awards alongside the Oscars and the Brit Awards in terms of scale, reach and recognition.”

2024 DJ Awards Music Categories & Nominees:

House

Gorgon City
Honey Dijon
Kerri Chandler
Sam Divine
Seth Troxler
Syreeta
TSHA

Trance

Armin van Buuren
Astrix
Dash Berlin
Infected Mushroom
Paul Van Dyk
Tiësto
Vini Vici

Techno

Amelie Lens
Charlotte de Witte
Indira Paganotto
Paco Osuna
Nico Moreno
Sara Landry
Sven Väth

Progressive House

ARTBAT
CamelPhat
Cristoph
Eli & Fur
Eric Prydz
Franky Wah
Hernán Cattáneo
Tale of Us

Organic House

Bedouin
BLOND:ISH
Jan Blomqvist
Monolink
Patrice Bäumel
Robag Wruhme
WhoMadeWho

Tech House

Jamie Jones
Joseph Capriati
Marco Carola
The Martinez Brothers
Michael Bibi
Mochakk
PAWSA
Solomun
Vintage Culture

Afro

Black Coffee
Francis Mercier
Kelvin Momo
KILIMANJARO
Kitty Amor
Major League DJz
Pablo Fierro
Themba

Live Act

Barry Can’t Swim
Ben Böhmer
Bicep
Fred Again..
Mathew Jonson
Róisín Murphy
Rüfüs du Sol

Drum & Bass

Bou
Chase & Status
Hedex
Nia Archives
Sub Focus
Wilkinson

The Riot Noise Breakthrough Artist

Archie Hamilton
Ben Sterling
Desiree
Fleur Shore
James Hype
Miss Monique
Sammy Virji
Wade

International DJ

Calvin Harris
David Guetta
Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike
Fisher
Martin Garrix
Peggy Gou
Swedish House Mafia