Carl Cox

From:UK

DJ style:Techno, house, and sometimes funk and soul.

Best known for:Being a global ambassador for the scene.

Fave tune of 2022:“Lilly Palmer ‘Don’t Look Back’.”

Rising star DJ/producer of 2022:“Eli Brown.”

Carl Cox is unstoppable. He celebrated a landmark birthday on 29th July with a star-studded private party on an English country estate, yet looks to be busier than ever. “I’ve been very busy this year with my live electronic show set-ups, and rolling that out with my hybrid performances,” he tells DJ Mag. He debuted his new live show at Ultra in Miami in March on the Resistance Megastructure that he hosted during the Bayfront Park event at the end of Miami Music Week, and declared to DJ Mag that playing live was the future for him.

When the Ibiza season rolled around, he commandeered DC-10 for a succession of Tuesday nights, showcasing some of his Awesome Soundwave artists in the Main Room like Christopher Coe, Lady Starlight, Saytek and Mat Playford — who all play live — alongside a procession of DJ pals on DC-10’s Terrace such as Laurent Garnier, John Digweed, Clara Da Costa and Darren Emerson.

“I also got back doing all the shows that got postponed over the last two years,” Carl tells us, DJ sets which took him to Brighton, Madrid, Istanbul, Chicago, Amsterdam and oh-so

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Cuebrick

From:Germany

DJ style:“Progressive house.”

Best known for:“‘Squid Game’ with Blasterjaxx.”

Fave tune of 2022:“James Hype ‘Ferrari’.”

Rising star DJ/producer of 2022:“Marten Horger.”

What’s the best DJ set you’ve seen this year?“Tale Of Us, Afterlife show at the Brooklyn Mirage.”

After finishing just outside of the Top 100 in 2021, this year German DJ and producer Cuebrick breaks in for the first time this year. He now sits at the top table of global dance music after standout shows everywhere from Los Angeles to San Francisco, Singapore to Bangkok.

While releasing big tunes on labels like Spinnin Records, Armada and Ultra Music, he also works as a radio-host on bigFM’s nitroX show, which is the biggest radio platform for electronic music in Germany.

This year he has worked on a new sound which he says “can best be described as a fusion of different elements from genres such as techno, hard techno, and trance. Hard techno kicks are the foundation, with classic trance synthesizers.” It’s a sound that has seemingly connected with fans, who will be pleased to learn Cuebrick has signed a deal meaning “Smash the House will be the main home for my music for at least the next two years.”

Name one great festival you played for the first time this year…

“Hypercat Festival at Noa Beach Club.”

What’s the longest DJ set you’ve