Since debuting in the Top 100 DJs poll last year it’s been business as usual for Belgian player MATTN. By that we mean relentless touring schedules seeing her touch down at some of the biggest events on the planet, checking in everywhere from New York to Monterrey in Mexico to Monteux in France. Not to mention a calendar packed with studio time, further cementing her relationship with Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike’s imprint, Smash The House, while consistently storming charts in the process.
Mladen Solomun has come a long way over the past decade. Emerging from the deep house scene of Hamburg, his adopted hometown — his family had moved there from the former Yugoslavia when he was a kid — Solomun founded the Diynamic label back in 2005. Initially, it served as a platform for local artists like Stimming, Kollektiv Turmstrasse and H.O.S.H, and their early, string-soaked melodic house EPs provided a sweet alternative to the robotic minimalism of that period. Solomun also pushed this sound in his own productions and DJ sets, and this distinctive, singular style has led him to become an increasingly popular international DJ.
