Charlotte de Witte

From:Belgium

DJ style:“Techno, acid and anything crossover.”

Best known for:“‘Age Of Love’ remix with Enrico Sangiuliano and first techno (and female) act closing the main stage of Tomorrowland.”

Fave tune of 2022:“Alignment ‘Attack’.”

Rising star DJ/producer of 2022:“Fred again.. / Indira Paganotto.”

After scooping the top spot in the last two alternative Top 100 DJs polls, Charlotte de Witte climbs nine spots this year, settling in at No.14 in this year’s main poll — as well as taking the award for The World’s No.1 Techno DJ. The Ghent-born DJ, producer and KNTXT label boss’s climb in the polls mirrors her ascension on the techno charts, where she’s released records via her own imprint, as well as on Adam Beyer’s Drumcode, Kneaded Pains, Suara Music and Len Faki’s Figure Music. She’s also become a favourite on the festival circuit, hosting her own stage at Tomorrowland, as well as becoming the first female techno headliner, and made appearances at Sonár, Time Warp’s Brazil and Chile editions, and UK festivals like Parklife and Glasgow’s Riverside. She also performed her first headline set at Ibiza’s Hï club, and still has a string of gigs across the USA, South America and Europe later this year. De Witte has found the perfect formula for her own strain of acid techno, and it’s being rightfully recognised.

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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.”

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