The 3rd Annual Club World Awards
2005 Nominees Announced
Nightclub industry award show set for Winter Music Conference 2005

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New York – Club Systems International is pleased to announce the nominees for the Club World Awards 2005. Now in their third year, The Club World Awards recognize innovation in design, technology, sound, and talent across nightclubs in North America. The nominees are a snapshot of what’s hot in the nightclub industry this year, and a barometer for the direction of trends. The best-of-the-best winners in all 17 categories will be announced at The Club World Awards ceremony to be held at a marquis nightclub during Winter Music Conference in March, in Miami, Florida.

“The Club World Awards is Club Systems’ way of recognizing the true heroes of the nightclub industry, and the innovations that keep it constantly evolving year after year.” –Kerri Mason, CLUB SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL editor

The Awards – also known as the “Disco Globes” after their mirror ball trophies – honor the hottest, newest, most cutting-edge products; and the DJs, promoters and proprietors who strive to bring the public the ultimate clubbing experiences. The Club World Awards also provide an indication of where the fast-paced, dynamic industry is headed in the coming year.

“The Club World Awards are certainly growing in stature and the [North] American nightclub community now has an event to look forward to each year.”
–Jim Tremayne, DJ TIMES Editor

Some highlights about the nominees:

• BEST SUPERCLUB This hotly contested category includes Crobar (New York), which helped usher in New York’s new era of super-sized clubbing; three-time nominee Avalon (Boston); the pure theater of Mansion (Miami); and newcomer Sound-Bar (Chicago), where even the Bush twins, Barbara & Jenna, were reportedly spotted dancing to outspokenly anti-Dubya UK DJ Adam Freeland.

• BEST CLUB After taking home honors in several categories last year, including Best New Club & Best Sound System; and being chronicled on Spike TV’s reality show “The Club,” Ice (Las Vegas) may provide some real competition for two-time Best Club winner The Church (Denver). Also in the running is music-driven boutique club Cielo (New York), which hosts Best Resident DJ nominee Francois K’s Deep Space party. Rounding out the top four is South Beach in Houston, which features a weekly Latin night anchored by Best Resident DJ nominee DJ Cubanito.

• BEST NEW CLUB The nominees include the newly reconstructed Vinyl (Denver), whose roof famously collapsed during a snowstorm in 2003, and newcomers Compound (Atlanta), Fur (Washington DC), and Lotus/Karma (Denver).

• BEST RESIDENT DJ The biggest reward for any DJ is a dancefloor full of clubbers shaking what God gave them. This year we have two top contenders from San Francisco, Behrouz at Mixed Elements, which has also been nominated for Best Party; and David Harness at the long-running Sunday T-Dance at The EndUp. On the opposite coast, Body & Soul stalwart Francois K casts the deep house aural spell with his Monday Deep Space party, which is fast becoming a New York institution. And down South, DJ Cubanito’s weekly Latin night at Café Con Leche in Houston is keeping Texas hot with the spirit of Miami.

• NIGHTSTALKER AWARD The “People’s Choice” equivalent will be selected by the clubbers through online voting at www.clubworldawards.com. The nominees are all clubber favorites, including Rise (Boston), the city’s original after-hours club, which side-steps a citywide curfew with a members-only policy; Stereo (Montreal), boasting a serious analog sound system and more than a few patrons who have permanently inked the club’s logo onto their bodies; Sullivan Room (New York), home to the infamous Tronic Treatment techno parties; and Zentra (Chicago), a gritty alternative to the city’s splashy superclubs.

The winners of the Club World Awards will be determined by an independent panel of expert judges, and will be announced in March 2005 at The Club World Awards ceremony held during Winter Music Conference in Miami, Florida. Joining this year’s panel of judges is DJ Times editor Jim Tremayne and world-renowned DJ/producer THE SCUMFROG.

The special edition January 2005 issue of Club Systems International will
profile all 61 nominees. For a copy of this issue, please contact Betty Kang.
For a complimentary industry subscription to CSI, please go to www.clubsystemsinternational.com and fill out the provided form. A full list
of nominees is included below.

Watch for more information about “The Club World Awards Stalk South Beach Sweepstakes.” Club Systems International will be giving away a trip for two to the Winter Music Conference, including airfare, hotel, two badges, and the chance to present the NightStalker Award at the ceremony. This is “the chance for real NightStalkers to take the trip of a lifetime.”

Click here for list of 2005 Nominees