Manuel De La Mare clubs around the world

It’s been a big year for Italian producer/remixer Manuel De La Mare.

It all started off back in March when De La Mare was named “Top Remixer” at the 2011 Beatport Music Awards.

In August he released the mix compilation “Club Around The World” on Tiger Records.

Yesterday he released “Snapshot” with Mark Knight and is currently living up to his compilation title with performances from the U.S. to China.

Read on as Grooveslanger catches up with Manuel De La Mare in the midst of his world tour.

Grooveslanger takes a look at the 10 sexiest, most-talented, all-around badass girl DJs in the world.

By Tommy Butala

As the bartender said in “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy,” “times are changing you know, the ladies can do stuff now.” And do stuff they can indeed.

Now, in all seriousness, the idea of a woman breaking down gender roles in the workplace is hardly new. Even in DJing, plenty of women have done it before. In Chicago during the 1990s DJ Psycho Bitch and Teri Bristol had a long-running residence at Crobar and were some of the biggest names around. And who can forget DJ Polywog, the raved-out DJ from the movie “Groove?”

Lately though, in the new age of EDM, a fresh generation of girl DJs have taken command of the decks and taken dance music to a whole other level. As you read on, check out some of the music and history on these ladies and let us know: who’s your favorite?