KSHMR

From:California, USA

DJ style:“Global EDM.”

Best known for:Assorted rich EDM tracks.

KSHMR’s day-glo vocal hooks, ultra-neon synth riffs and sleek, shiny production values have ensured that his diary has been booked solid all year. 2022 saw the US DJ, producer and musician back on the international festival circuit with epic appearances at events like Frankfurt’s World Club Dome, Ultra Japan, Ultra Miami, Ultra Beach Bali, Romania’s Neversea, Canada’s Veld, Germany’s Airbeat One and Parookaville, and working spare weekends guesting at premier venues like Echostage and Radius Chicago.

Musically, he’s had another prolific 12 months with a series of accessible electro-house and mainstage-dance releases on his Dharma Worldwide label. Kicking off the year with the slinky, catchy ‘Lion Heart’ featuring Jeremy Oceans and KARRA, and a massive Timmy Trumpet/Mildenhaus collab ‘Ininna Tora’. KSHMR has also dropped some stellar festival-ready vocal tracks this year too, his ‘It Isn’t Me’ with 22Bullets, and TIA RAY and ‘Bed’ with Henri PRF and ROZES, both proving hugely popular with DJs and fans alike.

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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