CP NEWS: Club World Awards: Nominees Announced

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Sadly, there doesn't yet exist an official Academy Awards of nightlife. Not really. The closest thing might be the fourth annual Club World Awards, which just announced its 2006 nominees. (Who wants to bet they had a three-hour debate on whether to call them 2005 or 2006 nominees?)

Winners will be announced at the Miami Music Conference on Friday, March 24, at Crobar 24 @ Nocturnal.

From the press release:

The Club World Awards program, sponsored by trade magazine Club Systems International, is one-of-a-kind: It recognizes not only the best club and lounge venues in North America, but also the people and things that make them tick…and boom, flash, and glow. The “Best System” (sound, lighting, and video), “Best Product” (sound, lighting, video, DJ, effect and LED) and “Best Jockey” (disc, light and video) fields recognize the designers and operators of clubland’s future-forward gear; while “Best Party” honors the pavement-pounding promoters, and “Best Interior Design,” the flow-creating designers. There are 19 categories in all (full list below).

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Club World Award nominees are determined by the staff of Club Systems International, the only magazine devoted to the look, sound and feel of nightclubs. Launched in July 2000 to instant acclaim, the monthly publication covers the world’s best venues from a technical & aesthetic perspective. Club Systems International and sister publication DJ Times are published by Testa Communications.

Here's the full list. Agree? Disagree? Oversights? Sound off below.

BEST SUPERCLUB

Avalon, Hollywood

crobar, New York

Mansion, Miami

Space, Miami

The Docks, Toronto

BEST CLUB

Amika, Miami

Cielo, New York

Ice, Las Vegas

Ruby Skye, San Francisco

The Church, Denver

BEST LOUNGE

Cain, New York

Rokbar, Miami

See Sound Lounge, Seattle

Tabu, Las Vegas

BEST NEW

e4, Scottsdale

Nocturnal, Miami

Pawn Shop, Miami

Tao, Las Vegas

Vanguard, Los Angeles

BEST SOUND SYSTEM

Nocturnal Miami, Sound Investment

Ruby Skye San Francisco, JK Sound

Stereo Montreal, Systems By Shorty

The Docks Toronto, Dymax

Vision Atlanta, Atlanta Sound & Lighting

BEST LIGHTING SYSTEM

Elysium Detroit, Advanced Lighting & Sound

Nocturnal Miami, SJ Lighting

Sky Lounge Austin, Creative Production & Design

Spin Minneapolis, Metro Sound & Lighting

Vision Atlanta, Atlanta Sound & Lighting

BEST VIDEO SYSTEM

Nocturnal Miami, Obscura Digital

Ra Las Vegas, BJ Stanton

The Docks Toronto, Dymax

Vivid Las Vegas, Laser Magic

BEST INTERIOR DESIGN

Monarck Denver, Jeffrey P. Elliot Interior Design

Nocturnal Miami, Telesco Associates and FFD

Pawn Shop Miami, Kurt VanNostrand

Tao Las Vegas, Studio GAIA

Vision Atlanta, Patti Krohngold

BEST PARTY

A/V Las Vegas

Asseteria New York, Rob Promotions

Buzz D.C., Buzzlife

Deep Space New York

Mixed Elements San Francisco

BEST RESIDENT DJ

Boris, crobar New York

DJ P, E.D.E.N @ Studio 54 Las Vegas

Francois K, Deep Space

Ivano Bellini, Space Miami

Stephan Luke & Cue, Amika Sundance

BEST RESIDENT LJ

Mike D., crobar New York

Johnny Eubanks, Oz New Orleans

Ozzie Rodriguez, Space Miami

ChristianJude “Eyeball” Zacharka, Mixx Atlantic City

BEST RESIDENT VJ

Brainwash, crobar Miami

Cagan Yuksel and Chris Biggins, crobar New York

Roonie G., Ra Las Vegas

Russell Edwards, The Docks Toronto

BEST DJ PRODUCT

Ableton Live V.5

Denon DN-S3500

Mackie d.2

Pioneer EFX-1000

Soundcraft Urei 1620LE



BEST SOUND PRODUCT

dbx ZonePRO 1260/1261

EAW NT Series

Martin Audio W8LMD

SLS RH3

Yamaha MSR Series

BEST LIGHTING PRODUCT

Chauvet Legend 5000

Elation Professional Focus Spot 250R

Martin Professional Mania SCX500

Robe ColorWash 250AT

ShowCAD Artist

BEST VIDEO PRODUCT

ArKaos VJ 3.5 MIDI software

Coolux Pandora’s Box Mediaserver

Edirol CG-8 Visual Synthesizer

Livid Instruments Tactic m2

Numark AVM01

BEST EFFECT PRODUCT

American DJ Emerald Scan

Chauvet Scorpion LGX Laser

CITC Starhazer II

LaserNet BeamRaider

Omnisistem Planet Galaxy

BEST LED PRODUCT

Chauvet COLORTube 2.0

Color Kinetics ColorBlast 12 Powercore

Lightwild Ultimate PixelBlock

Pulsar ChromaBank IP

Staging Dimensions Pixel Panels

NIGHTSTALKER AWARD

Gorg-o-mish, Vancouver

Rise, Boston

Smart Bar, Chicago

Sullivan Room, New York

The EndUp, San Francisco

For more, check out www.clubworldawards.com and

www.clubsystemsinternational.com.

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