Ferry Corsten

From:Rotterdam, The Netherlands

DJ style:“Melodic deep house and trance.”

Best known for:“My What The F concept shows.”

Fave tune of 2022: “Artbat ‘Flame’.”

Rising star DJ/producer of 2022:“Ben Hemsley.”

Revered for making countless trance classics as System F, Gouryella and under his own name, and undoubtedly one of The Netherlands’ most famous DJs, in April this year Ferry Corsten received an even greater form of recognition. He was appointed an Officer in the Order of Oranje-Nassau by King Willem-Alexander, a civil and military Dutch order of chivalry.

Throughout 2022, Corsten released multiple club tracks, such as the house-tinged vocal cut ‘You Can’t Stop Me’, the epic ‘Timeout’ with Dustin Husain, and the piano-driven ‘Wounded’, a collaboration with Morgan Page and vocalist Cara. He was also focused on touring his What The F concept show, “an open-to-close set where I’m only playing my own music”, remixing and revamping golden material for a new audience.

On 21st October, Corsten celebrated 100 editions of his genre-traversing Resonation radio show with a live event in Amsterdam’s Room Mate Aitana Hotel, accompanied by Kryder, Tritonal and Marco V. Looking ahead, shows in Malaysia and at Orlando’s Electric Daisy Carnival are in the diary.

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

“The Markus Schulz Rabbit Hole sets have been awesome.”

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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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