Ummet Ozcan

From:The Netherlands

DJ style:“Ummet Ozcan style.”

Best known for:“Tracks like ‘Xanadu’ and ‘Baiame’.”

This year, Ummet Ozcan has been continuing his quest to “explore the realms of culture diversity in music” by adding yet more organic musical instruments to his already enormous collection, and at the same time teaching himself how to play them. He’ll take these skills and meld them into his newest material by way of expressing himself and crafting something otherworldly and fresh.

Don’t miss a chance to catch his unique live performances, where you’ll witness all his research and creativity coming into play, including an impressive talent to throat-sing along over his tunes while intermittently grabbing for flutes and horns to also play over his sets.

Besides working on his forthcoming techno-enhanced releases, Ozcan is also developing new plugins related to music production. “I like to share my knowledge to the producers community,” he generously explains. And by documenting the process and history behind throat-singing with mini tutorials, he cleverly demystifies his vocal abilities and at the same time welcomes his fanbase into his world of analogue meets digital music.

Hero of 2023:“Xing Xing.”

Fave tune of 2023:“Aaron Hibell ‘Oppenheimer’.”

Best DJ set you’ve seen in 2023:“Honestly, I haven’t seen many outstanding sets, but the year isn’t over yet.”

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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.