It’s obviously been a bumper year for Dutch pairing Vicetone, and not only because they’re back in the Top 100 DJs poll for the first time since 2016. The duo — who first placed on the chart in 2013 in 60th place — made their name with all-guns-blazing EDM cuts such as ‘Tremble’ and ‘Astronomia’ (the latter with Tony Igy).
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.
