Cuebrick

From:Germany

DJ style:“Big room techno / progressive house.”

Best known for:“High-energy live performances around the world and collaborations with top artists like Blasterjaxx, Neelix, Vize and more.”

“I’ve been focusing on the idea that there are no boundaries when it comes to music or genres,” says Rouven Hager, the German firebrand known worldwide as Cuebrick. “It’s all about the music itself and not about fitting into any box or category.” A slew of upbeat releases in 2024 prove that the genre-bending producer always keeps his word. Between candy-coated big room grooves like ‘Viral’ — his collaboration alongside South Korean star, DJ Soda, and Prezioso — as well as the pumping future house cut ‘RADAR’ with MOKABY on Hexagon Records, Cuebrick is constantly reinforcing the notion that creativity is king and every style is fair game.

The approach is paying off, too, as the in-demand star spent much of his year touring across Asia, Europe and the United States, in addition to playing famous stages like Airfield Rotenburg closer to home in Germany and as far away as Thailand’s Illuzion Phuket festival. Even as travel picked up, the leading producer still found time to release his twice-monthly radio show, Cuebrick’s Conference, in which he showcases a setlist from rising artists and EDM mainstays that proves itself as sonically rich as his own ever-shifting soundprint. “The goal has always been to keep evolving,” he shares confidently, revealing one possible secret behind his Top 100 DJs ascension.

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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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