DJ Earworm
DJ AM
DJ Tiesto
DJ Shadow
DJ Khaled

According to Google, the most popular DJ’s on the web are:

1. DJ Earworm

who he is: An San Francisco based mashup dj/producer/remixer

why he’s popular: I personally heard him several years ago before his mashups were being played on the radio.  His mashups are technically sound, precise and he does a good job of making the extra effort to drop in custom samples to round out the mix.  He rose in popularity from his billboard mashups that received (deservedly) national radio play around the nation, and even the world.  He went on to gain internet popularity, posting his mixes available for online downloads.

Here is an excerpt from his website, where he humbly explains what he does. I’m sure what he does is a little more complicated than the way he presents it:

“Basically, what I do is take a bunch of songs apart and put them back together again in a different way. I end up with tracks called mashups, which I post to this website.  I also DJ with my laptop.”

http://www.djearworm.com

2.  DJ AM

who he is: An American DJ who rocked the parties for hollywood celebrities with his eclectic mix of mainstream, 80′s, 90′s and rock blends.

why he was popular: While many have questioned his true djing techniques and artistry, it’s undeniable that his ability to rock the celebrity crowds till the early morn has what earned him a respectable legacy despite his unfortunate and untimely death.  He has worked with the likes of Will Smith and Madonna, and earned himself celebrity status on several shows including ‘The Entourage’ where he stars as himself.  He’s definitely got big shoes to fill.

“Adam Michael Goldstein (March 30, 1973 – August 28, 2009) was an American club DJ and musician better known as DJ AM. Goldstein was a member of the rock band Crazy Town, co-owner of a management company called Deckstar and worked on albums for Papa Roach, Madonna, and Will Smith, among others. He was a frequent collaborator with Travis Barker of Blink-182 and appeared on several television series.” — from his wiki entry

www.djam.com

3.  DJ Tiesto

who he is: A Dutch electronic DJ, producer, remixer

why he’s popular: Needs no real introduction with his “In Search of Sunrise Series” and ability to draw in crowds the size of stadiums. Here’s an excerpt from his website:

“Inspired by the likes of U2, he invested heavily in the live aspect of his sets, employing his own sound, light and visual crews, creating arena-friendly dance music spectaculars. In 1997 he formed his own label, Black Hole Recordings, to release both the records he made himself and ones made by likeminded electronica visionaries. He has been nominated for a Grammy, had worldwide hit singles (his remix of Delerium’s Silence featuring Sarah McLachlan; Dance4Life featuring Faithless’s Maxi Jazz), performed at the opening ceremony of the Athens Olympics with music he composed especially for the occasion, wowed the rock festival crowds at Coachella, and remixed the likes of The Killers, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Bloc Party. He is, in short, the biggest DJ in the world.”

http://www.tiesto.com/

4.  DJ Shadow

who he is: A hugely popular underground hip hop dj/turntablist/producer

why he’s popular: He’s been credited for many things including the development of instrumental hip hop and pushing the envelopes for sampling and production of hip hop instrumentals.  DJ Shadow has worked with high profile artists such as Q-Tip, E-40, and Cut chemist along with his participation in the hugely popular DJ Hero game.  He even appeared on David Letterman in a performance role with Q-Tip.   From his website:

“DJ Shadow (born Josh Davis) is widely credited as a key figure in developing the experimental instrumental hip-hop style associated with the London-based Mo’ Wax label. Inspired by hip-hop’s early years, he then grew to absorb the heyday of crews like Eric B. & Rakim, Ultramagnetic MCs, and Public Enemy; groups which prominently featured DJs in their ranks.

Josh “Shadow” Davis had already been fiddling around with making beats and breaks on a four-track recorder while he was in high school in the NorCal cow-town of Davis, but it was during college that he co-founded his own Solesides label as an outlet for his original tracks. Hooking up with Davis’ few b-boys (including eventual Solesides artists Blackalicious and Lyrics Born) through the college radio station, Shadow began releasing the Hip-Hop Reconstruction mix tapes in 1991 and pressed his 17-minute beat-head symphony “Entropy” in 1993. His tracks spread widely through the DJ-strong hip-hop underground, eventually catching the attention of Mo’ Wax.”

http://www.djshadow.com

5.  DJ Khaled

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who he is: A Hip Hop DJ, producer and record label executive who

why he’s popular: Nominated as DJ of the year multiple times by BET, DJ Khaled has worked with major hip hop artists such as Fat Joe, Drake, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Nas, Snoop Dogg, Ludacris, and Nelly.  Here’s an excerpt about him from his wikipedia entry (doesn’t seem to have a legitimate website:

“Khaled Bin Abdul Khaled (born November 26, 1975), better known by his stage name DJ Khaled, is an American record producer, radio personality, DJ, and record label executive. He is a radio host for the Miami-based urban music radio station WEDR and the DJ for the hip hop group Terror Squad. In 2006, Khaled released his debut album Listennn… the Album. Following were We the Best (2007), We Global (2008), and Victory (2010). In 2009, Khaled became the president of record label Def Jam South.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Khaled

Of course, these google results never represent the true popularity of DJ’s and even to realistically measure “popularity” of a DJ is truly impossible.  DJmag puts out a top 100 DJ’s in the world (mostly electronic dj’s) but even this list has stirred controversy.

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DJ Sleeper is at it again, always up to no good.  He put together a short remix that is just out of the world crazy, sampling over 12 tracks, making it one of his most outlandish and eclectic remixes of all time.

The goal with this was to create the ultimate pregame, warmup, get hype track

I use over a dozen bits + pieces of tracks in the 5 minutes, these are most of them:

Alan Parsons Project – Sirius
Method Man + Redman – Da Rockwilder
Nina Simone – Sinnerman
Naná Vasconcelos – Brasil
Slyde – Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Twocker Remix)
Don Diablo & Example – Hooligans
Scottie B – Niggaz Fightin
DJ Sega – Bodies Hit The Floor
Daft Punk – Aerodynamic
Pitbull – Bojangles (Tittsworth Remix)
Saigon – C’mon Baby (DJ Beware Remix)
A R Rahman + M.I.A. – O…Saya

Download it here:  http://www.zshare.net/audio/63304310dbfd09e5/

I’m getting HYPED!!!!

The backbone of the track is the legendary Chicago Bulls intro theme used to introduce Michael Jordans epic team:

Check out what DJ Sleeper is sporting on his pic at

With a million and 1 dj’s out there today, it’s hard to find the good ones — it’s like finding a needle in a haystack. Fortunately for us, we have minions scouring the internet every second looking for the good ones and we were lucky to encounter the houston based remixer, producer, DJ Dave Wrangler. Never short of new mixes and innovative remixes, Dave is indeed the life of the party, only if you are lucky enough to get a copy. Lucky for you, we have a link, courtesy of the man himself, DJ Dave Wrangler.

His first mix we are presenting is Life of the Party 2008 featuring a huge assortment of dance, house, rock, electro, and fitting any genre you can fit on a mix, like clowns in a car, but comfortably. Here’s the tracklisting of the goodies.

Life of the Party 2008

01. M.I.A. – Paper Planes (Dave Wrangler White Room Remix)
02. Pharcyde – Passin’ Me By (Dave Wrangler Remix)
03. The Chemical Brothers feat. Spank Rock- Keep My Composure
04. MGMT – Electric Feel (J-La’s BK Futures edit)
05. Biggie – Nasty Boy
06. Hercules & Love Affair – Athene
07. T.V. on the Radio – Staring at the Sun (Dave Wrangler Remix)
08. Hot Chip – Ready For The Floor
09. Black Kids – I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance (Twelves Remix)
10. B-52′s – Funplex (CSS Remix)
11. CSS – Alala
12. Tone Loc feat. Peaches – Wild Thing
13. Cool Kids – Miami Beach (Hydroz Metro-Dade Bass Mix)
14. Green Velvet – Shake and Pop (Hydroz Remix) blend w/Steve Aoki feat. Kid Sister
15. LCD Soundsystem – North American Scum
16. Yeah Yeah Yeah’s – Rich (Josh Patrick Remix)
17. Armand Van Helden – NYC Beat
18. Detroit Grand Pubahs – Sandwiches (Krafty Kuts remix)
19. Ghostland Observatory – Dancin On My Grave (Let There Be Vinyl Remix)
20. Prodigy – Smack My Bitch Up
21. LCD Soundsystem – Daft Punk Is Playing At My House (Soulwax Remix)
22. Klaxons – Gravity’s Rainbow (Soulwax Remix)
23. Men Without Pants – And The Girls They Go
24. King Khan – Torture
25. Cazals – Poor Innocent Boy
26. White Williams – New Violence
27. Santogold – You’ll Find A Way
28. 2pac vs. Tv on the Radio – Me Against The World (Dave Wrangler Remix)
 

Download Life of the Party 2008 (right click and save target as) 

But wait, there’s more! Must be Christmas! 

Byte.FM 2009 Exclusive Mix

Byte.FM 2009 Exclusive Mix

1. Notorious B.I.G. vs. Peter Bjorn & John – Party & Bullshit (Dave Wrangler Remix)
2. Nas – I Can (Dave Wrangler Remix)
3. Pharcyde vs Ghostland Observatory – Passin’ Me By (Dave Wrangler Remix)
4. Notorious B.I.G. Vs. Ghostland Observatory – Nasty Boy (Dave Wrangler Remix)
5. Hercules & Love Affair – You Belong
6. Gang Gang Dance – House Jam (Hot Chip Remix)
7. TV on the Radio – Golden Age
8. Kid Sister feat. David Banner – Family Reunion
9. The Astroids Galaxy Tour – Around The Bend
10.Pase Rock – So Fuckin’ Disco (Reptoid Blend)
11.Greenskeepers – Fingerblasting
12.Ludacris vs Hercules & Love Affair – Stand Up (Dave Wrangler Remix)
13.Animal Collective – My Girls (Dave Wrangler Remix)
14.MGMT – Kids
15.Dances With White Girls – Everybody’s Got To Make A Living
16.Rage Against The Machine – Bulls On Parade (DJ Kue Remix)
17.Britney Spears vs Digitalism – Womanizer Dub (Dave Wrangler Remix)
18.Britney Spears – Circus (BitchSLAPhappy’s 3 Ring Circus Remix)
19.YO Majesty – Don’t Let Go (Photomachine Bounce Remix)
 
Download Byte.Fm 2009 Exclusive Mix (right click and save target as) Get your damn shake on.
 
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Check out the tracklisting on this sucker!  It’s ridiculous!

http://www.zshare.net/audio/92772288a16b86/

1. intro
2. Michael Jackson – Smooth Criminal +
3. Justice – D.A.N.C.E.(Justice Remix)
4. Public Enemy – Bring The Noise +
5. Ratatat – Seventeen Years
6. Amerie – I’m Coming Out Cover +
7. India Arie – I Am Not My Hair +
8. Amanda Blank – Get It Now (Robot Koch Remix) ~
9. Jimmy Castor – It Just Begun (Chew Fu J-Cast Remix) ~
10. Jacques Dutronc – Les Cactus (Ursula 1000 Remix) ~
11. KC Flight – Voices ~
12. Ram Jam – Black Betty (Cousin Cole Bam A Lam Remix) ~
13. Daft Punk – Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger +
14. Sam & Dave – Hold On (DJ Nature Remix)
15. Cajmere – Perculator
16. Rodrigo Y Gabriela – Tamacun +
17. Pitbull – The Anthem +
18. DJ Neoteric – Stardust vs Nirvana
19. Justine Electra – Killalady (Surkin Remix)
20. Riot In Belgium – La Musique (Revlover Edit)
21. Scottie B – Niggaz Fightin
22. Aaron LaCrate, Debonair Samir – Know How (Gutter Remix)
23. Sleepy Brown – I Can’t Wait +
24. Snoop Dogg – Sensual Seduction (Wideboys Club Remix)
25. Led Zeppelin – Babe I’m gonna Leave You (Dirty South Remix)
26. Saigon – C’mon Baby (DJ Beware Remix)
27. Klaxons – Golden Skans (Switch Remix)
28. Metallica – Enter Sandman (2007 Dirty Funker Vocal mix)
29. Stretch Silvester, Ben Macklin, Stevie Nicks – Seventeen Fireworks (Axwell Mash)
30. Del Shannon – Gemini (Pilooski Edit) ~
31. VNDLSM – UH OH!
32. Blaqstarr – Superstar (Tactic Remix)
33. Justin Timberlake – Lovestoned / I Think She Knows (Kaskade Remix)
34. Hugh Masekela – Don’t Go Lose It Baby +
35. The Pointer Sisters – Send Him Back (Pilooski Edit)
36. Corona – The Rhythm Of The Night +
37. Quasimode – Giant Black Shadow
38. Larry Tee ft. Princess Superstar – Licky (Herve Goes Low Remix)
39. Fatboy Slim – Star 69 +
40. Guns N Bombs – Nothing Is Getting Us Anywhere
41. Jaydee – Plastic Dreams (Switch Remix) ~
42. Nephews of Phela – Mulah 2 ~
43. Fedde Le Grand – 3 Minutes To Explain  ~
44. Armand Van Helden – U Dont Know Me ~
45. Underworld – Rez
46. Fatboy Slim – Right Here Right Now (Redanka Mix)
47. Bloc Party – Flux (Metal on Metal Remix)
48. Para One – DuDun-Dun (Boys Noize Remix)
49. Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band – Sunshowers (Rico Uno & Kutcorners Drum Edit) ~
50. Run-D.M.C. – It’s Tricky ~
51. Bob Sinclair – Love Generation
52. Bob Marley – I Shot The Sheriff 07 (Richard Grey Remix)
53. Underworld – Cowgirl ~
54. Janet Jackson – Pleasure Principle (Linoleum Falcon Remix)
55. Ingrosso & Axwell – Together ~
56. Drop The Lime -  Hear Me ~
57. Evermore – It’s Too Late (Dirty South Mix)
58. Cassius – The Sound Of Violence (Dancefloorkilla Remix)
59. Beatconductor – Disco Carnival
60. Pase Rock, Amanda Blank – Sexy Motherfucker +
61. Rakim – I Know You Got Soul +
62. Robin S, Steve Angello, Laidback Luke – Show Me Love vs Be (DJ Luigi Edit)
63. Feist – 1234 (My!Gay!Husband! Edit) ~
64. Daft Punk – One More Time (House Moguls Remix) ~
65. Techotronic – Pump Up The Jam +
66. Earth, Wind & Fire – Brazilian Rhyme (Tittsworth Mix) ~
67. Bloc Party – Helicopter (Diplo Mix) ~
68. Night Crawlers – Push The Feeling On ~
69. Depeche Mode – Personal Jesus (Dirty South remix )
70. Fergie – Glamorous +
71. Shinichi Osawa – Star Guitar (ft. Au Revoir Simone)

+ = sleeper remix
~ = sleeper blend