Well-respected techno & house German music magazine has released the results of its annual 2004 Readers’ Poll Awards, ranking the top 20 in categories including (amongst others): Best German DJ, Best International DJ, Best Track, Best Album, Best Remix, Best Club, Best German Label and Best International Label. The Cocoon sound has apparently been rocking Groove Magazine’s readers this year with Sven Väth (Cocoon founder) and Richie Hawtin (Cocoon Ibiza resident) landing the honours in the national and international dj-ing stakes, whilst Sven's newly-opened CocoonClub in Frankfurt and Richie’s m-nus label do the same in the “Best Club” and “Best International Label” categories. If that wasn’t enough, Mathew Jonson – who recently hopped labels from Itiswhatitis to m-nus - gets “Best Producer” and only misses out on best track (inevitably) to the ubiquitous “Rocker” from Alter Ego.

The top 20 lists are reproduced in full below, and make for some interesting reading. Groove on, indeed!

Best Track
01. Alter Ego – Rocker
02. Mathew Jonson – Decompression
03. Holden – A Break in the Clouds
04. Tiga – Pleasure from the Bass
05. Roman Flügel – Geht’s Noch?
06. Anthony Rother – Father
07. LoSoul feat. Malte – You Know
08. Superpitcher – Happiness
09. Justus Köhneke – Timecode
10. Robag Wruhme – Wuzzelbud KK
11. Misc – Rocket Control
12. Black Strobe – Italian Fireflies
13. Gabriel Ananda – Süssholz
14. Ame – Nia
15. D. Eulberg – Die Rotbauchunken v. Tegernsee
16. Tim Wright - The Ride
17. Alter Ego – Daktari
Villalobos – Dexter
Abe Duque – What Happened
18. 2raumwohnung – Spiel mit mir

Best Album
01. Alter Ego – Transphormer
02. Robag Wruhme – Wuzzelbud KK
03. Anthony Rother – Popkiller
04. Ricardo Villalobos - Thé Au Harém
05. Dominik Eulberg – Flora & Fauna
06. Johannes Heil – The World
07. Ada – Blondie
08. Taksi – Bordell
09. The Prodigy – Always Outnumbered Never Outgunned
10. Richard Bartz – Midnight Man
11. Lucien-N-Luciano – Blind Behaviour
12. Superpitcher – Here Comes Love
13. Misc – Crunch Time
14. Miss Kittin – I Com
15. Sten – Leaving the Frantic
16. Martini Brös. – Love the Machines
17. Lawrence – The Absence of Blight
18. Michael Mayer – Touch
19. Björk – Medulla
Funk D’Void – Volume Freak

Best Live Act
01. Alter Ego
02. Alexander Kowalski
03. Anthony Rother
04. Luciano
05. 2raumwohnung
06. Richard Bartz
07. Speedy J
08. T.Raumschmiere
09. Mathew Jonson
10. Johannes Heil
11. International Pony
Martini Brös.
12. Der Dritte Raum
Northern Lite
13. Ada
14. Tok Tok
15. Codec & Flexor
16. Paul Kalkbrenner
17. Remute
18. Kraftwerk
Gabriel Ananda

Best Remix
01. Alter Ego – Rocker (Black Strobe remix)
02. Nathan Fake – The Sky was Pink (Holden remix)
03. Spektrum – Kinda New (Tiefschwarz remix)
04. Depeche Mode – Enjoy the Silence (Ewan Pearson remix)
05. Phonique feat. Die Elfen – The Red Dress (Tiefschwarz remix)
06. Sieg Über die Sonne – Love is OK (Ricardo Villalobos remix)
Kelis - Trick me (Tiefschwarz remix)
Villalobos – Easy Lee (Smith N Hack remix)
07. Panash – Jack 2 Jack (Jesper Dahlbäck remix)
Superpitcher – Happiness (M. Mayer remix)
Beanfield – Tides (Carl Craig Remix)
08. Alter Ego – Daktari (R. Wruhme remix)
Misc. – Flow Control (Basteroid Remix)
09. Justice vs. Simian – Never Be Alone (Hell remix)
Tiefschwarz – Ghosttrack (Black Strobe Remix)
10. Gringo Grinder – Dirty Deeds (Ada Remix)
Dominik Eulberg – Basstolpel (Robag Wruhme Remix)
Steve Bug – Loverboy (Steve Bug reloved Remix)
Martini Brös. – Love the Machines (Robag Wruhme Remix)
11. Kraftwerk – Aerodynamic (Etienne de Crécy Remix)

Best Club
01. CocoonClub
02. Robert Johnson
03. Water-Gate
04. U60311
05. Muna club
06. Click
07. Panorama Bar
08. Tresor
09. Airport
10. Harry Klein
11. Harpune
12. Monza
13. Maria
14. Sensor Club
15. Distillery

Best National (German) DJ
01. Sven Väth
02. Ricardo Villalobos
03. Hell
04. André Galluzzi
05. Koze
06. Steve Bug
07. Chris Liebing
08. Wighnomy Brothers
09. Michael Mayer
10. Karotte
11. Ata
12. Ellen Allien
13. Marc Miroir
14. Pascal F.E.O.S.
15. Tobi Neumann
16. DJ T
17. Moonbootica
18. Pierre
19. Monika Kruse
20. Tiefschwarz

Best National (German) Label
01. Kompakt/Speicher
02. Klang/Playhouse/Ongaku
03. Gigolo
04. Get Physical
05. Cocoon
Perlon
06. Poker Flat
Music Krause/Freude am Tanzen
07. Bpitch Control
08. Kanzleramt
Sender
09. CLR
Areal
Traum/Trapez
10. Platzhirsch
Taksi
11. Fuma Killa
12. Datapunk
PV Records
Gomma

Best International DJ
01. Richie Hawtin
02. Laurent Garnier
03. Miss Kittin
04. Carl Cox
05. Jeff Mills
06. Adam Beyer
07. Luciano
08. Dave Clarke
09. Ivan Smagghe
10. Tiga
11. Ewan Pearson
12. Josh Wink
13. Magda
14. Cari Lekebusch
15. Rush
16. Gayle San
17. Chloé
18. Marco Carola
19. Carl Craig
20. Felix Da Housecat

Best International Label
01. m-nus
02. Mute/Novamute
03. Soma
04. Warp
05. F Com
06. Border Community
07. Output
08. Turbo
09. Drumcode
10. Spectral
11. Cadenza
12. Dahlbäck Recordings
13. DFA
14. Primate
15. Itiswhatitis
16. Bush
Ghostly Int./Spectral
17. Classic
18. Karat
19. Circus

Best Compilation
01. Cocoon Compilation D
02. Kompakt 100
03. Steve Bug – Bugnology
04. Sven Väth – The Sound of the Fourth Season
05. Erlend Øye – DJ Kicks
06. U60311 Compilation Techno Division Vol. 4
07. Laurent Garnier – Excess Luggage
08. Jeff Mills – Exhibitionist
09. Ivan Smagghe – Suck My Deck
10. Akufen – Fabric 17
11. Stigmata CD
12. Ellen Alien – My Parade
Moonbootica – DJ Sounds Good
13. Depeche Mode Remixes 81–04

Best Producer
01. Mathew Jonson
02. Ricardo Villalobos
03. Dominik Eulberg
04. Robag Wruhme
05. Jesper Dahlbäck
06. Anthony Rother
07. Alter Ego
08. Luciano
09. Chris Liebing
10. Tiga
11. Ellen Allien
Steve Bug
12. Alexander Kowalski
13. Johannes Heil
14. Roman Flügel
15. Hell
16. Richie Hawtin
17. Adam Beyer
18. Abe Duque

Best Newcomer
01. Dominik Eulberg
02. Mathew Jonson
03. Chris Hope
04. Robag Wruhme
05. Luciano
06. Ada
07. Chris Zander
08. Wighnomy Brothers
09. Carsten Schorr
10. Phonique
11. Gabriel Ananda
12. Mathias Kaden
Chris Wood
13. Micha Klang
14. Mylo
15. Joris Voorn
16. Jesper Dahlbäck
17. James Holden
18. Mediengruppe Telekommander