Fedde Le Grand

From:The Netherlands

DJ style:“House.”

Best known for:“PYHFD.”

House DJ/producer Fedde Le Grand was typically hectic this year, playing US club dates in Texas, California, Washington DC, Pennsylvania and New York in March and April, while this summer he landed in the UK, Croatia and Spain, before bringing his brand of beats to Boom in Belgium for Tomorrowland. He was no slouch in the production department either, releasing plenty of originals and remixes.

He added an upbeat, big room sheen to D*Note’s ‘Shed My Skin’, and put a fresh twist on Static Revenger’s 2001 disco house hit ‘Happy People’, while his track alongside Muntu, ‘B2B’, was a skippy, swung house caper with snippets of rap vox. ‘All Over The World 2023’ gave a new lease of life to his 2019, Fatback Band-sampling hit, and ‘Elektro’ turned the clock back to the late 2000s electro-house heyday, with its acerbic synth bassline. Then there was Fedde’s pop-driven ‘To The Lonely’, featuring Simon Ward, a big vocal singalong designed with festivals in mind.

The DJ/producer’s Darklight Recordings label had a prolific 2023, putting out no less than 19 releases (so far), from artists such as Umut Eser, Jay Robinson, The Cabas and Dario Nunez, while you can catch Fedde at gigs in Poland and Thailand before the year is out.

Hero of 2023:“Tony Romera.”

Fave tune of 2023:“Tony Romera ‘Boheme’.”

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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.