Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike

From:Belgium/Greece

DJ style:“An eclectic fusion of post-rave, gabber and hard techno.”

Best known for:“Being the ambassadors of Tomorrowland, and producing records such as ‘Mammoth’ and ‘The Hum’.”

This year marks a decade-long reign in the top five of the Top 100 DJs poll for Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike. As well as that, the Belgian-Greek duo take home the award for The World’s No1 DJ Group — another accolade that’s been in their hands for quite some time.

With one of the most loyal fanbases in dance music, DVLM have had the support to evolve and change up their sound this year, tapping back into their roots of early rave sounds, gabber, and techno, with the full support of their fans. “We’ve been digging into the sounds that made us fall in love with electronic music in the first place,” Dimitri says, “it’s refreshing to see all barriers have clearly been broken. It’s been fun pushing the envelope this festival season.”

Frenetic festival energy and the chaos of club stages have dominated the last 12 months for DVLM, who recently finished up their summer residency with Tomorrowland at Ibiza’s Ushuaïa, taking over the open-air club every Wednesday from June through September, joined by the likes of Alok, Lost Frequencies, MATTN, Timmy Trumpet and Yves V. Creamfields, Tomorrowland, Germany’s Open Beatz and Medusa Festival in Spain have also been privy to the new and improved DVLM sound this year. And, i

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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.