Boris Brejcha

From:Frankfurt, Germany

DJ style:“High-tech minimal.”

Best known for:“Joker mask.”

The mask-wearing Boris Brejcha cuts a distinctive figure in the Top 100 DJs poll, playing a style of melodic, minimal techno that he simply calls high-tech minimal. This year it’s been a whirlwind of touring, his socials tracking him across Europe, the US and beyond, including a first visit to Morocco and a debut at Coachella.

His label Fckng Serious celebrated its eight birthday with a remaster of 2015 classic ‘R U Fucking Serious’, a collaboration with Deniz Bul. And he was back in the studio with Bul, plus Moritz Hofbauer and Kevin Kaczynski for giant collaboration ‘You Can Forever Be’, featuring Denise. There were plenty more solo singles too: the widescreen ‘Level One’, the menacing ‘Wormhole’ and ‘Space X’, a dark, techno driver whose video was shot in the rugged beauty of Iceland.

His big news, however, is that he’s finished a new album “which will finally be released in early 2024”. With recent single ‘Vienna’, a team-up with vocalist Malena Narvay, an early taster, and other tracks like the piano-led ‘One Paradise’ already lighting up his DJ sets, it’ll be his first since 2021’s ‘Never Stop Dancing’.

Hero of 2023:“Depeche Mode.”

Fave tune of 2023: “Deniz Bul ‘Never Forget’.”

Best DJ set you’ve seen in 2023:“Ann Clue at Tomorrowland.”

What was the most exciting tech development of 2023?“None.”

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Le Shuuk

From: Stuttgart, Germany

DJ style:“Hard dance / electro / hardstyle / techno / EDM.”

Best known for: “The tracks ‘Sandmann’, ‘Toast Hawaii’ and ‘Konje’, as well as being a resident and face of WORLD CLUB DOME Festival.”

A mainstay of the electronic scene for almost 20 years now, Stuttgart native Le Shuuk is no stranger to the rigours of touring. In the last 12 months, he decided to overhaul his lifestyle, committing to exercising regularly and abstaining from drinking during his shows. As a result, the DJ and producer, who is a favourite of the German festival circuit, says that he is having more fun on stage than ever. He credits these changes with allowing him to connect on a deeper level with his audiences, as well as redefine his career goals and look with renewed focus to the future.

The new healthy habits clearly agree with him. As well as recently performing at festivals and clubs across Europe, and holding his own Le Shuuk & Friends parties in his home city, he continues to build on the momentum of tracks like 2020’s peak-rave, German language tune ‘Sandmann’ and 2021’s hypnotic ‘Goodbye’ (featuring Xillions). This year he had another star turn with the explosive ‘Konje’, a collaboration with B-Stylezz that combined modern techno and EDM with the traditional elements of Bulgarian folk songs, with the track receiving big support from the likes of Armin van Buuren, Amelie Lens, and Joyhauser.