Diego Miranda

From:Portugal

DJ style: “Progressive house / techno.”

Best known for: “‘Ibiza For Dreams’, ‘Nashville’, ‘BoomShakalaka’.”

Fave tune of 2022: “Anyma ‘Running (feat. Meg Myers)’.”

Rising star DJ/producer of 2022: “WADE.”

As well as remaining eternally popular in his home country, Portuguese producer and DJ Diego Miranda has enjoyed another busy year on the international circuit, taking his big room energy to festival stages at Tomorrowland, Oniria and ADE. This summer also marked a major milestone for Miranda as he became the first Portuguese DJ to have a weekly residency in Ibiza, with his own party ‘Diego Miranda & Friends’ at Bora Bora.

Miranda has also been busy in the studio during 2022. After the success of last year’s dynamic collab ‘More Power’ he teamed up once again with Vini Vici on the psy-trance banger ‘Esta Si’, featuring Chimo Bayo, and also dropped ‘Tokyo’ with Cøde and ‘Oh My God’ (with the French football player Djibril Cissé) on Smash The House. He’s also been making strides in the digital realm — he released ‘Moonlight’ on Purple Fly, the first NFT label based in Hong Kong, and was also invited to be part of the Djenerates Superstars NFT collection, alongside the likes of Carl Cox, Luciano, Dubfire and Benny Benassi.

What’s the best DJ set you’ve seen this year?

“WADE.”

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

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The Martinez Brothers

From:NYC, USA

DJ style:“House, groovy, Latin.”

Best known for:“Tuesday nights at Hï Ibiza 2022.”

Fave tune of 2022:“The Martinez Brothers feat. Tokischa ‘KILO’.”

Rising star of 2022:“Tokischa.”

Marking their debut in the Top 100 DJs poll, Bronx-born brothers Stevie and Chris Martinez, better known as The Martinez Brothers, are signing off 2022 as one of the biggest years in their career. As well as dropping a handful of tracks this year — including a remix of the legendary Teddy Pendergrass — the Bros spent this summer headlining Hï Ibiza every Tuesday at their very own residency, joined by guests like Ash Lauryn, Fleur Shore, Kerri Chandler, Louie Vega and Paco Osuna. It marks a new chapter on the island for the duo, who were previously long-term residents at Ibiza’s DC-10. With sets and productions that range from deep, soulful house and uplifting rhythms, to a darker, dubbier take on the typical New York sound, the Bros have spent over a decade cementing themselves as two DJs and producers who can deliver each and every time. If you need further proof, their label, Cuttin’ Headz, is home to high-quality house tracks from the duo, alongside records from Andrea Oliva, Manchester’s AJ Christou, Guti, Luke Solomon and Loco Dice.

What’s the best DJ set you’ve seen this year?

“DJ Minx at Movement.”

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