Indira Paganotto

From:Las Palmas, Gran Canarias

DJ style:“Psy-techno.”

Best known for:“Energetic performances and a glowing smile.”

It’s something of a cliche to say that DJing is in someone’s blood, but for Indira Paganotto, it’s true. Her dad was a famed DJ back in Goa’s heyday in the 1980s and that love of all things psychedelic has carried on into her music. She doesn’t shy away from punishing BPMs, but her music still has a feeling of lightness to it — little bursts of melodies bloom like fireworks over the steel-plated drums. She’s long been a favourite of those that know (Charlotte de Witte has described her as one of her favourite DJs), but 2023 brought this sound to the masses, especially after her widely acclaimed Essential Mix for BBC Radio 1 earlier this year. She also found herself playing bigger and bigger stages with acclaimed performances everywhere from Exit to Tomorrowland to Awakenings.

In between all this jetsetting excitement, she still found time to put her machines to work in the studio. At the start of the year she released the excellent ‘Lion Of God’ EP, capturing her signature interplay of light and dark. Her Artcore label also continues to set the stage with some of the most in-demand peak-time fare around. Paganotto remains a force of nature moving into 2024.

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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.