The Chainsmokers

From:New York (Alex) and Maine (Drew). Currently reside Los Angeles.

DJ style:“EDM-pop.”

Best Known for: “Grammy nominated, chart-topping singles.”

Recently celebrating 11 years together with two sold out shows at Red Rocks, Colorado, LA-based duo Alex Pall and Drew Taggart, better known as The Chainsmokers, certainly don’t show any sign of the party ending.

Easing into the last 12 months by unveiling lo-fi remixes that had come out of their listening habits during the pandemic years, it’s ending full of high-octane energy, playing to 100,000 fans in Brazil — a moment captured by their videographer zip-lining over the crowd. In the meantime they’ve continued to tour extensively across the globe — personally starting a mosh-pit in Brussels and shutting down the centre of Ho Chi Minh city for their gig in Vietnam — while their Party Never Ends tour wowed capacity audiences across the US.

‘Don’t Let Me Down’ became their second diamond record and ‘Paris’ celebrated their fourth track with a billion Spotify streams. The music has kept flowing from their studio, more recent tracks including ‘My Bad’ with Shenseea, ‘Jungle’ alongside Alok and Mae Stephens, and ‘Celular’ with Nicky Jam and Maluma. Perhaps biggest of all, however, has been ‘Summertime Friends’, a track Drew wrote and sung about the first meeting with his now partner Mari.

Fave tune of 2023:“Calvin Harris ‘

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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.