The 12th Edition of the DJ Awards took place on Thursday 24th September in Pacha Ibiza. The event was a huge celebration of yet another fantastic year for electronic dance music. Hosted by Des Paul from MTV UK and Capital Radio London to a packed venue.

As with every year the DJ Awards celebrates top DJ’s in several music genres from “Techno” to “Trance” along with the industry’s up and coming new breakthrough names. The music awards were all voted for by the public, thus making them extra special for the winners.

Sven Vath, Armin Van Buuren, Sasha, Guy Gerber and Luciano were just some of electronic dance music’s leading names to take home a coveted DJ Awards Kryptonite. Special awards were presented to those who have influenced and dedicated their services to the music industry; Pete Tong collected the award for Outstanding Contribution for the International Music Summit as well as F***Me I´m Famous for Best Ibiza Night. Rob Da Bank went away with 2 awards, one for Downtempo & Eclectic and one for International Dance Music Festival. Michel Cleis “La Mezcla” won Best IbizaTrack. This year for the first time the public voted the nominees for the Best Ibiza Resident Dj, category that was won by Tomas Hedberg.

Barbara Tucker, one of the most know vocal figures in the dance music industry, entertained the public with a wonderful live performance celebrating 25 years of career.

David Guetta after leaving the stage with a Kryptonite award in his hand for the Best House DJ, headed for the DJ booth with Tuccillo to prove himself a worthy winner as the sounds of his successful “F*** Me I’m Famous” party took the DJ Awards well into the early hours of the morning.

More information @ www.djawards.com.