A year is an eternity in EDM, and Rukes has been there for so much of it. Today – at the start of the new year – he takes a look back at that adventure and picks some of his fondest moments: “Since it’s ’13, I figured I would do my favorite 13 photos from last year.”
“Kat Von D dressed as deadmau5 for “Halloween, deadmau5 dressed as Pinhead.”

“Kaskade at Staples Center.”

“Calvin Harris with Rihanna backstage at the VMAs.”

“Skrillex finishing up his Mexico tour.”

“Avicii debuting his new production at Coachella.”

“Swedish House Mafia debuting their new production at Coachella.”

“Avicii getting ready to play at the legendary Radio City Music Hall.”

“Nero playing at Club Nokia in a Coachella “between weeks” party.”

“Deadmau5 as Pinhead for Halloween.”

“Michael Phelps finding out how CDJs work while Afrojack plays.”

“Tiësto ‘crowning’ me with his headphones.”

“Dirty South at Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas.”

“Kaskade crowd surfing post-gig.”
The DJZ/10 is a collection of ten DJs that we think you should know about now. Some of them are already familiar to you, others you may have never heard of. The list is not based on (1) a secret computer algorithm, (2) social media popularity, or (3) payola. Every month or so we get together to decide if somebody from the broader A…Z directory is about to break out and should be included in the DJZ/10, or if somebody already on the list, for that matter, is “phoning it in” and deserved to be replaced by another DJ who is more worthy.
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