Ofenbach

From:France

DJ style: “Dance-pop/house.”

Best known for: “‘Head Shoulders Knees & Toes’, ‘Be Mine’, ‘Wasted Love’ and ‘Katchi’.”

Favourite tune of 2022: “Massano ‘The Feeling (2022 remastered)’.”

Rising star DJ/producer of 2022:“James Hype.”

2022 has been a blowout for French DJ and production duo Ofenbach. This year has seen the pair juggle a packed summer tour of more than 60 performances and a US tour with studio time, they told German outlet BigFM: “We feel it in our heads, shoulders, knees and toes”. After the pandemic they were welcomed back to touring with a mighty invitation to play the mainstage at Tomorrowland which, needless to say, was a huge honour for them.

In the studio, Ofenbach have been building up to their debut album ‘I’, which drops on the November 4th via Warner Music. Singles ‘Love Me Now feat. FAST BOY’ and ‘4U’ were well received by their fan-base. Aside from album prep, Ofenbach couldn’t resist the chance to put their twist on a tune from two of the world’s pop treasures, Coldplay and Selena Gomez. Their rolling remix of ‘Let Somebody Go’ dropped back in April, just in time for festival season. Now all eyes are on the album.

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

“Fisher at Tomorrowland.”

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

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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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