LatinMixx Archive
Conference & DJ Choice Awards Recaps
A growing archive of LatinMixx Conference and DJ Choice Awards history, organized by year with articles, press mentions, videos, photo archives, schedules, and social links from the early movement through the 10th anniversary era.
2005-2015Archive years
23Articles, videos, press, and photo links
10thAnniversary awards era documented
ArticleVideoPhotosSchedulePressSocial
2015
10th Annual Latin Mixx DJ Choice Awards
The 10th anniversary era brought LatinMixx back to Stage 48 in Manhattan and positioned the brand as a decade-deep platform for DJs, artists, media, sponsors, and Latin music culture.
- Stage 48 hosted the 10th Annual Latin Mixx DJ Choice Awards on July 30, 2015.
- Coverage highlighted the awards as a red-carpet music industry event with DJs, artists, and tastemakers in attendance.
- The LMX10 campaign framed the milestone as 10 years and 10 cities of LatinMixx culture.
2014
9th Annual LMX DJ Choice Awards
The 2014 awards cycle kept the LMX DJ Choice Awards moving through nominations, artist moments, and New York nightlife visibility.
- The LatinMixx YouTube channel archived the 2014 nominee video.
- Social posts reference the LM-X Conference & DJ Choice Awards on Wednesday, July 9, 2014 at Lexicon in New York.
- DJ Chuwe is documented in later interviews as winning Best EDM DJ at the 9th Annual Latin Mixx DJ Choice Awards.
2013
Latin Mixx Conference & LMX DJ Choice Awards
The 2013 edition centered the awards at Stage 48 and connected LatinMixx with major industry names, educational panels, and citywide music business programming.
- The conference ran July 9-11 in New York with panels, workshops, artist exhibitions, fashion, exhibitors, and parties.
- Stage 48 hosted the LMX DJ Choice Awards, with post-awards nightlife tied into the citywide conference week.
- Ruben Blades was announced as the 2013 LMX Icon Award recipient.
- Getty coverage documents Kevin "Pills" Montano with Alex Sensation and Ruben Blades at Stage 48 on July 11, 2013.
2012
Latin Mixx Awards 2012
The 2012 archive is anchored by LatinMixx video records and event footage connected to the awards and conference network.
- The LatinMixx YouTube archive includes a dedicated Latin Mixx Awards 2012 video.
- Related video listings include 2012 conference after-party material and award moments from the LatinMixx network.
- LatinMixx social memory later referenced 2012 Latin Remixx LA as a strong networking event.
2011
6th Annual Latin Mixx Conference & Awards
The 2011 edition positioned LatinMixx as a premier networking event for Latin music DJs, with sponsors, media partners, educational seminars, showcases, and awards.
- The 6th Annual Latin Mixx Conference and Awards was scheduled for July 12-14, 2011 in New York City.
- BMI described it as a premier networking event for Latin music DJs with educational seminars moderated by industry leaders.
- Sponsors and participating brands included AKOO Clothing, Hennessy, BMI, Heineken, and Billboard Pro.
- BET coverage noted DJ Prostyle as recipient of the 2011 DJ of the Year Award.
2010
Latin Mixx DJ Choice Awards Expansion Era
The 2010 public trail is lighter than 2011-2015, but archived voting and artist references show the DJ Choice Awards continuing as a national recognition platform before the 6th annual conference year.
- Public social archive references point to voting activity around Latin Mixx DJ categories.
- The brand continued building the bridge between DJ recognition, Latin urban music, and music business networking.
- This year sits between the detailed 2009 conference schedule and the larger 2011 conference press push.
2009
Latin Mixx Conference Schedule - New York
The 2009 schedule is one of the strongest early archive pieces, documenting a multi-day New York conference with showcases, expo programming, DJ panels, artist exhibitions, awards, and after-parties.
- The conference ran July 21-23, 2009 in New York City.
- Opening night included a BMI and LatinMixx artist showcase at S.O.B's.
- The Times Center hosted registration, artist exhibitions, sneaker exhibitions, DJ equipment expo programming, performance stage moments, and panels.
- Panels covered the evolution of DJs, connecting brands with artists and DJs, and a Creative Media Group Latin Mixx All Star DJ Panel.
- Club Providence hosted the Latin Mixx Award Show, with winners selected from 13 Latino DJ categories after months of votes.
- The schedule lists a Latin Mixx DJ Icon Award for DJ Enuff and a Lifetime Achievement Award for Polito Vega.
2008
Early DJ Conference Network
By 2008, LatinMixx was already part of an international DJ conversation, with later biographies and archive references pointing to the conference's reach beyond New York.
- DJ Naves' biography references being invited to represent Africa at a 2008 DJ conference in St. Louis, tied to the LatinMixx-era DJ networking circuit.
- This period helped set up the larger documented New York conference program that followed in 2009.
2007
Foundation Years
Public recaps from 2007 are sparse online, but this period belongs to the foundation years of the LatinMixx Conference and DJ Choice Awards platform.
- The awards are later described online as having launched in 2006.
- The early mission was already clear: recognize DJs, connect music professionals, and build an industry stage for Latin DJ culture.
- Additional flyers, photos, or archived pages from this year can be added here as they are recovered.
2006
Launch Era of the DJ Choice Awards
2006 is referenced in later archive material as the launch year for the awards platform, marking the start of LatinMixx as a DJ-first recognition and conference brand.
- Later social archive references describe the awards as launched in 2006.
- Getty archives show Kevin Montano active in Latin music and brand event circles in 2006, including Hennessy Artistry event coverage.
- This launch period became the foundation for the annual conference and DJ Choice Awards model.
2005
Pre-Launch Roots
The 2005 public web trail is limited, but this page preserves it as the pre-launch roots of the LatinMixx movement before the awards platform became publicly documented.
- Use this section for recovered flyers, photos, venue notes, artist lists, DJ rosters, and early brand mentions.
- The public archive begins to become clearer in 2006-2009, but 2005 belongs to the origin story of the relationships and events that shaped LatinMixx.
This page is built as a living archive. Some early-year material from 2005-2008 is harder to find publicly, so recovered flyers, venue photos, magazine scans, sponsor decks, nominations, winners lists, and old LatinMixx.com captures can be added here as the archive grows.