Maddix

From:Utrecht, The Netherlands

DJ style:“High energy techno / trance / big-room techno.”

Best known for:“‘Heute Nacht’ track.”

When we asked Alesso who his rising star DJ/producer of 2021 was, he answered: Maddix. Fast forward two years and the Utrecht DJ has entered our Top 100 DJs poll for the first time. Having steadily risen up the ranks, drawing more attention to his production skills, he released the monster track ‘Heute Nacht’ on Hardwell’s Revealed Recordings late last year, securing, almost in an instant, his reputation as a hit maker. A big room techno track for the ages, the track lyrics — “Gib mir noch ein halbes Teil und heute Nacht wird super geil” — could be considered an updated tribute in the vein of The Shamen’s ‘Ebeneezer Goode’.

Maddix continued the theme with ‘My Gasoline’, released on his EXTATIC imprint in August this year — it has over 2.5 million streams on Spotify already. And there’s no signs of stopping. “I feel like we’ve created a whole new movement in the electronic music scene,” he said in an Instagram post earlier this year. “I just can’t explain how happy I feel. It’s been a dream for years and sometimes I have to take a moment in between all the chaos to realise that it is actually happening.” With almost four million listeners each month on Spotify, Maddix is definitely one to watch.

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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.