Published
Thu, Feb 23, 2006, 00:29
- The distinctly American biased Club World Awards will return to Miami this year for its fourth installment of recognizing the best clubs and lounges in North America.
The distinctly American biased Club World Awards will return to Miami this year for its fourth installment of recognizing the best clubs and lounges in North America as well as the people who help create the atmosphere within.
This years event will take place on Friday, March 24, 2006 on the roof top at Crobar 24 @ Nocturnal in downtown Miami. Categories include 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):
Club World Award Nominees 2006
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
Winners are selected by a panel of 10 industry-veteran, entirely neutral judges, in all categories except one: The NightStalker Award, CWA’s own “people’s choice,” which is determined via online voting.