Tujamo

From:Germany

DJ style:“House / electro.”

Best known for:“‘Drop That Low’ and other bangers with big horns.”

Pen Festival, Papaya, Ministry of Sound, Neversea, Sunrise, Parookaville, Untold, X-Demon. We could go on. Tujamo’s summer has been packed with festivals and world class clubs, another five months on the road after more than a decade in the game. But 2024 has been a big one for the German electro-house artist well beyond the size of the stages he’s graced during a relentless period for live shows. Enter City Star Records, a label several years in the making which will now provide a platform for his latest productions.

And there are plenty waiting in the wings, with Tujamo proudly explaining to DJ Mag that he reckons he has about 50 or so unreleased tracks finished and ready to roll – a number that betrays his work ethic, and how long he has spent preparing to unveil the imprint. Not that we’ve been short of new music from the man in question, with that Limonade and Dre Island collaboration, ‘Higher’, the most recent title to grace our playlist. Before that we had ‘Lonely People’ with Nathan C and Busy Reno, with the subsequent remix competition inspiring an army of aspiring producers to jump in feet first for their shot at the title.

Fave tune of 2024?

“‘Get Lucky (Fat Tony remix)’.”

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MEDUZA

From:Italy

DJ style:“Melodic house / house.”

Best known for:“‘Piece Of Your Heart’, ‘Lose Control’, ‘Paradise’ and some other songs.”

Luca Gregorio, Mattia Vitale, and Simone Giani form MEDUZA. The trio’s pop-tinged house music tracks have gained them a devoted fan base worldwide, surmounted countless listens across all the streaming platforms, made daytime radio and stormed official chart positions across the globe. With effortlessly catchy vocals by the likes of Becky Hill, Goodboys and Dermot Kennedy, their productions delve into the worlds of pop and dance in equal measure. Their debut single ‘Piece Of Your Heart’ was released in 2019: an instant hit that shot them to fame, they’ve been unstoppable ever since. Their first release of this year was the single ‘Dola re Dola’, featuring Varun Jain and was a tribute to the Bollywood film Devdas. ‘Money (Can’t Save Us)’ featuring NY-born artist Alec Monopoly soon followed, and most recently for MEDUZA’s latest single ‘Another World’ they teamed up with British singer and songwriter HAYLA. In the live sphere, it’s often Vitale that takes the stage behind the decks, with sets designed for the peak time with plenty of snare rolls, euphoric breakdowns, trance basslines and the occasional sound of 303 acid.

Fave tune of 2024?“Âme ‘Asa’.”

Rising star DJ/producer of 2024?“Notre Dame.”

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