Martin Garrix

From:The Netherlands

DJ style:“Pop/dance.”

Best known for:“Hits such as ‘Summer Days’, ‘In The Name Of Love’, ‘We Are The People’ (for UEFA EURO 2020), ‘Scared To Be Lonely’ and ‘Animals’. Performances at Formula 1 worldwide, The Olympics and headlining festivals all over the world.”

Martin Garrix is no longer just a star of the dance music world. He is a globally recognised talent who has worked with the likes of Ed Sheeran, Dua Lipa, Usher and U2. He has won this poll four times since 2016 and has not been out of the Top 10 since first entering it in 2014. Still only 27, but with an enduringly baby-faced look, he has remained proudly independent in that time, and always one step ahead of prevailing musical trends.

Most recently he has hooked up with South African rising star and gifted singer-songwriter Lloyiso, an artist he first discovered when he came across one of his covers online. The pair organised a meet up in New York and wrote three tunes in one session and the first of them — the deliriously happy dance-pop track ‘Real Love’ — arrived via his STMPD label in late September.

On top of this, Garrix has continued to play the world’s biggest stages from Tomorrowland to Creamfields to three sold out nights at The Brooklyn Mirage. Summer for the Dutchman was once again dominated by his popular Thursday residency at Us

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Le Shuuk

From: Stuttgart, Germany

DJ style:“Hard dance / electro / hardstyle / techno / EDM.”

Best known for: “The tracks ‘Sandmann’, ‘Toast Hawaii’ and ‘Konje’, as well as being a resident and face of WORLD CLUB DOME Festival.”

A mainstay of the electronic scene for almost 20 years now, Stuttgart native Le Shuuk is no stranger to the rigours of touring. In the last 12 months, he decided to overhaul his lifestyle, committing to exercising regularly and abstaining from drinking during his shows. As a result, the DJ and producer, who is a favourite of the German festival circuit, says that he is having more fun on stage than ever. He credits these changes with allowing him to connect on a deeper level with his audiences, as well as redefine his career goals and look with renewed focus to the future.

The new healthy habits clearly agree with him. As well as recently performing at festivals and clubs across Europe, and holding his own Le Shuuk & Friends parties in his home city, he continues to build on the momentum of tracks like 2020’s peak-rave, German language tune ‘Sandmann’ and 2021’s hypnotic ‘Goodbye’ (featuring Xillions). This year he had another star turn with the explosive ‘Konje’, a collaboration with B-Stylezz that combined modern techno and EDM with the traditional elements of Bulgarian folk songs, with the track receiving big support from the likes of Armin van Buuren, Amelie Lens, and Joyhauser.