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DanceStar UK Awards 2002
‘Anybody who’s anybody in Dance Music will be there’ one national new paper wrote, so duty calls for Clubbing UK to attend! Back stage at the DanceStar UK Awards 2002, Galaxy FM radio was broadcasting live over the net as the show was taking place with DJ’s Neil Bentley and Sundissential resident Paul Kershaw supplying the sound track for the cyber clubbing community.
Tim Deluxe and Sam Obernik had just recovered from Glastonbury as had Fatboy Slim. The Underwater label boss, Darren Emerson was talking about his next releases; "Ya’Self" by Mutiny will be followed by a track called "Taking Hold", Tim & Sam’s "It Just Won’t Do" was released 8th July to critical acclaim. The next big thing from them is their "Underwater Episode 1" mix album, a double CD compilation mixed by Emerson & Deluxe. Darren will also be playing at the Berlin Love Parade on Saturday 13th July.
"We’re getting used to winning awards now" Diesel from X Press 2 jokes modestly… "when they’re voted for by the fans it is an honour" he adds.
Are the lyrics of ‘Lazy’ anything about you?
Andy Ruffel (C.E.O and Founder) said "the voting was website driven, we’ve had 1.5 million hits on our website in the last 2 and ½ weeks which ranks us amongst the top in the country and we’re pretty pleased about it… the main thing is the public decide… We have DanceStar Hong Kong launching soon" watch this space…
Best House Act voted by readers of DJ Magazine : X-Press 2 - Lazy (Skint/Sony) Roger Sanchez - Another Chance (Defected/MOS) | Groove Armada - Superstylin’ (Pepper/Jive) Daft Punk - Discovery (Virgin) | Kings Of Tomorrow ft Julie McKnight - Finally (Defected/MOS)
Best Garage Act : So Solid Crew - Ride Wid Us (Independiente) Mis-Teeq - One Night Stand (Telstar/Inferno) Daniel Bedingfield - Gotta Get Thru This (Relentless) Sticky ft Miss Dynamite - Boo (ffrr/Public Demand/Warner) The Streets - Original Pirate Material (Locked On/679/XL)
Best Trance Act in association DancePass.net : Ian Van Dahl - Castles In The Sky Iio - Rapture (Data/MOS) | PPK - ResuRection (Perfecto) Lasgo - Something (Positiva/EMI) | Riva ft Dannii Minogue - Who Do You Love Now? (ffrr)
Best Breakbeat Act : Kosheen - Resist (Moksha/BMG) Ils - The Next Level (Marine Parade) | Shy FX - Shake Your Body (Positiva/EMI) FC Kahuna - Glitterball (City Rockers) | Stanton Warriors - Stanton Sessions (XL Recordings)
Topshop/Topman Album Of The Year : Faithless - Outrospective (Cheeky/BMG) Royksopp - Melody AM (Wall Of Sound) | Zero 7 - Simple Things (Ultimate Dilemma) Basement Jaxx - Rooty (XL Recordings) | Kosheen - Resist (Moksha/BMG)
Best Compilation : Stanton Warriors - Stanton Sessions (XL Recordings) Fatboy Slim - Brighton Beach (Skint/Sony) | Liquid Todd - Solid State (EMI/Right Stuff) Deep Dish - Moscow (Global Underground) | Hed Kandi - Winter Chill (Hed Kandi)
MTV Dance Best Video : Fatboy Slim - Weapon Of Choice (Skint/Sony) Basement Jaxx - Where's Your Head At? (XL Recordings) Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist (XL Recordings) Timo Maas - To Get Down (Perfecto) Kylie - Can't Get You Out Of My Head (Parlophone/EMI)
Best Club DJ in association with World DJ Fund : DJ Tiesto Danny Tenaglia | John Digweed | Fergie | Roger Sanchez Paul Oakenfold | Sasha | Fatboy Slim | Paul Van Dyk | Carl Cox
Best Breakthrough DJ : Lottie Steve Lawler | Sandra Collins | Christopher Lawrence | Yousef
Best Producer in association with Kiss 1000 : Sunship - Mis-Teeq Rollo - Faithless | Dave Lee - Jakatta Felix Da Housecat - Kittenz & Thee Glitz | Timo Maas - Loud
Best Club Night : We Love Sundays @ Space (Ibiza) Bugged Out @ Nation (Liverpool) | Passion @ Emporium (Coalville) Godskitchen @ Code (Birmingham) | Retro @ Tall Trees (Yarn) Saturdays @ Fabric (London) | Clubland @ Pacha (Buenos Aires) Spundae @ Circus (Los Angeles) | Tenaglia @ Vinyl (New York) | Circo Loco @ DC10 (Ibiza)
The Galaxy Network Best Breakthrough Act : The Streets - Original Pirate Material The Streets - Original Pirate Material (Locked On) | Zero 7 - Simple Things (Ultimate Dilemma) Kosheen - Resist (Moksha) | Green Velvet - La La Land (Credence) | X-Press 2 - Lazy (Skint)
Record Of The Year : X-Press 2 - Lazy (Skint/Sony) The Supermen Lovers - Starlight (Independiente) | Roger Sanchez - Another Chance (MOS) Iio - Rapture (Data/MOS) | Ian Van Dahl - Castles In The Sky (NuLife/BMG)
Best Chart Act voted by viewers of London Today : Kylie - Can't Get You Out Of My Head Mis-Teeq - One Night Stand (Telstar) | Basement Jaxx - Where's Your Head At? (XL) Chemical Brothers - Come With Us/Test (Virgin) | Moby - We Are All Made Of Stars (Mute)
Best Remix : Depeche Mode - I Feel Loved [Danny Tenaglia mix] (Mute) Faithless - We Come 1 [Wookie mix] (BMG) | Missy Elliott - 4 My People [Jaxx mix] (East West) Dido - Thank you [Deep Dish mix] (BMG) | Josh One - Contemplation [King Britt mix] (Prolifica)
Best Label : Bedrock - UK City Rockers - UK | Cheeky - UK | Relentless - UK | Skint - UK | Defected - UK Subliminal - USA | Astralwerks - USA | Kinetic - USA | Positiva - UK
Best Event :Fatboy Slim, Brighton Beach - Brighton Coachella - Los Angeles | Gatecrasher Summer Sound System - Oxon Sonar - Barcelona | Creamfields - Liverpool | Homelands - Winchester
Outstanding Contribution Award : Orbital |
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The show was hosted by the stunning Tess Daily from SM:tv and superstar DJ Boy George. Some of the 18 award categories were presented by the likes of Caprice, Nell McAndrew, Maxim from the Prodigy, Miss Dynamite, Brian Dowling and Romeo and Lisa Mafia from So Solid Crew. Live performances came from award winners Kosheen, Ian Van Dahl, Shy FX & T-power, Lasgo, 
In an exclusive array of interviews, DJ Tiesto (Best Club DJ winner) revealed his appreciation for 
Danny
Tenaglia said "always have an open mind… listen to everything, listen to the
anthem of anthems ‘Love Is The Message’ and listen to ‘Music Is The
Answer’ and ‘Be Yourself’ is the name of our party, Peace".
"the
idea of Lazy came from David Byrne, he’d heard of a club (run by a friend of
ours actually) called ‘Lazy Dog’ in West London and thought it would a great
idea to write a dance song about being Lazy."
X Press 2 are currently having their studio
built which should be completed by October, with an album to follow.
They revealed Mr Byrne's in the frame for another and exclusively
announced Dita Mia (performing in Pacha with them this summer) will
be collaborating on their next single.
Fatboy only managed to get here after Glastonbury when he was told he had to be there. He picked up 2 awards on the night, Best Event for his Brighton Beach Party (see news for 2002 info) and Best Video (the same award he won in DanceStar USA), Norm still holds the record for the most amount of gongs at these awards, 6 in 3 years (not bad). Commenting on his 2 Beach Party in Brighton "looking forward to it with intrepidation - if it’s raining it would be the worst disaster" - lets pray for sunshine then! 
