Nominees announced for the 2007 North American Club World Awards

The fifth installment of the annual North American Club World Awards ceremony will take place on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 at Prive lounge in Miami, FL. DJ and producer The Scumfrog will return as host.

Unlike other programs, The Club World Awards is entirely dedicated to the business of North American nightlife. Nineteen categories in six fields honor every element of a nightclub or lounge, from its design, to its technicians, to its promotion.

This year’s nominees reflect quality nightlife’s large geographical spread, with cities like Washington D.C., Dallas (TX), Denver (CO), Jacksonville (FL), Pittsburgh (PA) and Santa Barbara (CA) sharing the spotlight with always-dominant New York (Cielo is set to defend its two-year "Best Club" title), Las Vegas, Miami and San Francisco.

Club World Award nominees are selected from submissions by the staff of Club Systems International magazine. The winners are determined by a panel of ten industry-veteran judges, in all categories except one: the NightStalker Award, CWA's own "people's choice," which is determined by public online voting.

Club World Awards Nominees 2007:

Field 1 - Venues

Best Superclub

Avalon, Hollywood
Crobar, New York
Mansion, Miami
Pacha, New York
Pure, Las Vegas
The Church, Denver

Best Club

Cielo, New York
Fur, D.C.
Mur.Mur, Atlantic City
Smart Bar, Chicago
Tao, Las Vegas

Best Lounge

Couchez, Santa Barbara
Ghost Bar, Dallas
Prive, Miami
Slide, San Francisco
Tabu, Las Vegas

Best New

Cherry, Las Vegas
Club Paris, Jacksonville
Mur.Mur, Atlantic City
Pacha, New York
Slide, San Francisco
Ultrabar, D.C.

Field 2 - Design

Best Sound System

Cherry Las Vegas, Sound Investment
Club Paris Jacksonville, Sound Stage Systems
Duvet New York, AAT
Pacha New York, Infinite Audio
Slide San Francisco, JK Sound
Ultrabar D.C., Ohm Productions

Best Lighting System

Cherry Las Vegas, SJ Lighting
Club Paris Jacksonville, Sound Stage Systems
Diesel Pittsburgh, iDesign
Element British Columbia, Team Vassalikaki
Jet Las Vegas, Johns Lyons Systems
Pacha New York, Jarrod Khoury + Robyn Parasrm

Best Video System

Element British Columbia, Team Vassalikaki
Myth Minneapolis, Metro Sound & Lighting
Sol New York, Alba Creative
Studio 6 Atlantic City, Powerhouse Sound

Best Interior Design

Cherry Las Vegas, rockwellgroup
Shelter Denver, Maria Christou
Slide San Francisco, Pamela Pennington Studios
Smart Bar Chicago, Thomas Shoner Design

Field 3 - Promotion

Best Weekly Party

A/V Las Vegas, Steven Lockwood
Asseteria New York, Rob Promotions
MisShapes, New York
Mixed Elements, San Francisco
We Rock Hip-Hop Miami, Empire Events

Field 4 - Technicians

Best Resident DJ (Weekly)

DJ AM, Pure
Cedric Gervais, Space
Francois K, Cielo
Larry Tee, Element
Oscar G, Space

Best Resident VJ

Chris Biggins + Cagan Yuksel, crobar New York
Psyberpixie, Revolution Ft. Lauderdale
Roonie G, A/V Las Vegas
Russell Edwards, The Docks Toronto

Best Resident LJ

Andris Kasparovics, 1015 San Francisco
Dougie Lazer, Duvet New York
Johnny Eubanks, Oz New Orleans
Mike D, Crobar New York

Field 5 - Products

Best Sound Product

Crown XTi Series
dbx DriveRack 4800
EAW SB1000zR
JBL VLA Series
Martin Audio WS218X

Best DJ Product

Allen & Heath Xone:3D
Cortex HDC-1000
Denon DN-X1500S
Ortofon Digitrack
Soundcraft UREI 1605

Best Lighting Product

Chauvet Q-Spot 575
Compulite Vector Red
Elation Professional Design Spot 250WH
Nicolaudie Sunlite controller
Robe Color Wash 575 AT Zoom

Best Video Product

Chauvet DV Wall HR
Edirol V-440HD
High End Systems Axon Media Server
Pioneer DVJ-1000

Best LED Product

Chauvet COLORtube EQ
Coemar ParLite LED
Omnisistem E-Color LED Panel
Pulsar ChromaStripX3
Robe StageQube 324

Best Effect Product

Elation Professional Antari Z-1020
FogScreen
Look Solutions Unique2
Martin Professional RGB Laser 1.6
Omnisistem SpyroFog

Field 6 – People’s Choice

NightStalker Award

Rise, Boston
Stereo, Montreal
Sullivan Room, New York
The End Up, San Francisco