By now, you would’ve noticed that the polls are open in this year’s DJ Mag Top 100. Nicky Romero’s angling for votes, Gareth Emery and TyDi have both publically opted out, and comedy website Funny or Die
is hard at work taking the piss. This year, the site has recruited an
A-list cast of dance music names to spoof the poll in their DJ Mag
“campaign” video – and while the annual Top 100 might be an easy target,
the parody’s nonetheless amusing.
A cast of big names cameo, all making a tongue-in-cheek case for why they deserve your vote. Boys Noize is there promising to bring more techno to schools, while Afrojack wants to save the environment. Leave it to Dillon Francis to weave burritos into his spiel (“Which candidate loves burritos?” he asks. “Which candidate has never wavered on his position that tacos are kind of bullshit?”) while HARD Events head Gary Richards, better known as Destructo, promises he’s got a new festival in the works: “Coming in 2015, our all trap submarine: Real Trap Ship”.
Even 90s legend Alanis Morissette makes an appearance. “I’m not really even a DJ yet,” she laughs, stationed behind behind a laptop and mixer, “but I’m sure I could learn to do it in, what, like, two minutes? How hard could it be?” But the best line in the whole thing comes from to veteran Brit Paul Oakenfold: “Vote for us, so we don’t have to get kids in India to do it for you.” Boom tish.
A cast of big names cameo, all making a tongue-in-cheek case for why they deserve your vote. Boys Noize is there promising to bring more techno to schools, while Afrojack wants to save the environment. Leave it to Dillon Francis to weave burritos into his spiel (“Which candidate loves burritos?” he asks. “Which candidate has never wavered on his position that tacos are kind of bullshit?”) while HARD Events head Gary Richards, better known as Destructo, promises he’s got a new festival in the works: “Coming in 2015, our all trap submarine: Real Trap Ship”.
Even 90s legend Alanis Morissette makes an appearance. “I’m not really even a DJ yet,” she laughs, stationed behind behind a laptop and mixer, “but I’m sure I could learn to do it in, what, like, two minutes? How hard could it be?” But the best line in the whole thing comes from to veteran Brit Paul Oakenfold: “Vote for us, so we don’t have to get kids in India to do it for you.” Boom tish.
