enTRANCEd

February 4, 2007 - 5:33 PM by Sarah

Via Isrealli, several of the top DJ’s in the world, according to DJMag.com’s latest poll, are Israeli.

From Isrealli:

you won’t find any Israeli DJs in the top 10, but take a look what happens from number 12 until the end of the list. There are many talented Israelis listed.

Infected Mushroom comes in at 12, DJ Yahel is 28 and Offer Nissim 29. Then there is DJ Skazi, Astrix and others.

And what’s more, an argument can be made (and was made quite strongly to me, by an Israeli friend) that the number one DJ Paul Van Dyke and the number three, Tiesto, both had their careers launched by their Israeli popularity.

“Especially Tiesto,” My Israeli friend said. “He was basically discovered by the Israelis and only afterwards found international success.”

“Tiesto said at one of his interviews that if there wasn’t for the Israelis his career would be completely different. And it’s all from a small country surrounded by enemies in the Middle East.”

For your viewing pleasure, a performance here in Israel by Infected Mushroom: