When the Top 100 DJs poll began in the 1990s, it was pretty much all UK DJs that featured. But as it became internationalised in the noughties, DJ Mag decided a few years ago to create the Best Of British awards — where we, a UK-based magazine, get to shine the spotlight on the talent bubbling on our own fair shores in an end-of-year round-up once again.
2011 has been a fine year for British electronic DJs and producers. Jamie Jones and Maya Jane Coles have really broken through into the big-time, and there’s a whole new generation — in all styles from house to dubstep, bass music to techno, d&b to melodic dance and so on — following in their slipstream. The UK scene has really never been so vibrant.
The handpicked nominees, and public voted winners, represent the very Best Of British from 2011.
For the results, read on…

Best Of British 2011 Best DJ Jamie Jones				Best Of British 2011 Best Producer Maya Jane Coles
Best Of British 2011 Best Live Act Dub Pistols				Best Of British 2011 Best Breakthrough DJ Subb-An
Best Of British 2011 Best Breakthrough Producer Eats Everything				Best Of British 2011 Best Small Club Digital Brighton
Best Of British 2011 Best Large Club Ministry of Sound				Best Of British 2011 Best Dance Single Miguel Campbell 'Something Special'
Best Of British 2011 Best Dance Remix Azari & Ill 'Hungry For The Power (Jamie Jones Ridgestreet Remix)'				Best Of British 2011 Best Artist Album SBTRKT 'SBTRKT'
Best Of British 2011 Best Compilation 'Way of The Warrior' (Shogun Audio)				Best Of British 2011 Best Record Label Defected
Best Of British 2011 Best Festival SW4				Best Of British 2011 Best Radio Show Annie Mac
Best Of British 2011 Best Music Outlet Hard to Find Records				Best Of British 2011 Best Fashion Label Supremebeing
Best Of British 2011 Outstanding Contribution Gilles Peterson				Best Of British 2011 Best Club Night Trouble Vision