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Luis and Chris from AP. PHOTO: JULES QUARTLY, TAIPEI TIMES

Ladies and gentleman, put your hands together please for the world's number one DJ Paul van Dyk, coming to a World Trade Center near you soon. And vote, if you would, for Taiwan's best DJ.

From next week we will be running our annual Taipei Times Top DJ poll. While there were not as many voters last year as for the DJ Magazine's poll of 120,000 votes cast for Van Dyk, it was the most comprehensive popularity poll of the nation's vinyl artists and bedroom DJs. Hacker DJs broke in when the poll opened to place votes for themselves and the results were reset. After some surges from @llen and SL in the early stages of voting, Nina nudged out Edmund and was duly elected. The rest is history.

To nominate DJs for the poll, that will run from next week until the end of the year, forward the name of the artists who you think should be considered to features@taipeitimes.com. All DJs currently playing in Taiwan are eligible. A list will go on the Web site and you will have three votes to cast for your favorite deck technician.

As for Grammy nominee Van Dyk, the seamless and powerful German ends Tiesto's three year reign at the top, while confirming that trance/techno is the most popular form of dance music internationally. Check out what a DJ crown can do for you at the Taiwan World Trade Center, 3, Songlian Rd, Taipei (台北世貿二館台北市松廉路3號). Tickets are NT$1,300 on the door, NT$1,000 in advance, contact www.ticket.com.tw, or call (02) 2341 9898.

Also big this weekend is the ongoing transformation of MoS, with a party to launch monthly sessions from Hed Kandi, featuring a live PA from Peyton and DJ Jack McCord. Also tonight Cash Money will be busting it in the Sunken Lounge. Tomorrow, if anyone can take a crowd from the mighty Van Dyk, it's Mixmag's club of the year Tribal Sessions with Iain Taylor and Yoda. MoS is at 310, Lequn 3rd Rd, Neihu, Taipei (台北市內湖區樂群三路310號).

On a smoother tip, Edmund's Birthday .

Party is at Vogue 90 tonight, 10pm to 1am, 1F, 90, Anhe Rd, Sec 2, Taipei (台北市安和路二 段90號1樓). It is also the opening night for the newest lounge bar in town, so call (02) 2708 6338 for reservations if you're worried about getting in. At Room 18, SL and Victor Cheng will be warming up for Peter Kruder, again tonight.

Last week we took advantage of a relative lull in the dance music calendar to check out a swish party at a boutique hotel on Changan Road. The theme was starfish and that was the name of the bright blue cocktail everyone got at the bar. Gift cameras were also hidden about the studied opulence of the Ambience Hotel (喜瑞飯店) presidential suite. In addition to the luxury brand executives there were some lookers from Catwalk, a dash of celebrity and talent from Asian Power in the hip hop/reggae room, featuring DJ Alex and rapper Dong (東). New Yorkers Luis and Chris took over later and are being groomed by Alex for a musical career in Taiwan.

The Vinyl Word: Please forward your selections for Taiwan's top DJ poll to features@taipeitimes.com.

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