22Bullets

From:Bangkok, Thailand

DJ style:Electro-house / melodic techno

Best known for:‘Bang Bang’, ‘Play The Track’

Since he debuted on the list back in 2022, 22Bullets has quickly established himself as one of the most exciting dance music producers in both his native Thailand and the world at large. 2024 is testament to his global appeal, climaxing with his biggest releases to date, the formidable tracks ‘Mami’ and ‘Play The Track’ made alongside none other than the cake-slinging legend himself, Steve Aoki. But he didn’t just rest on his laurels with those releases — there was plenty more heat coming from 22Bullet’s Ableton grid across the year, including a reimagining of the legendary ‘90s classic by Nomad, ‘Devotion’.

22Bullets also remained a regular on the touring circuit across the year, including some of his biggest gigs to date. He headlined Ultra Korea and rocked peak-time during EDC China as well as spending time jumping between hemispheres with not a timezone left untouched. At his current rat

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Faustix

From:Denmark

DJ style: “Big techno.”

Best known for: “Collaboration with Diplo, Faustix, Imanos and Kai called ‘Revolution’.”

Everything about 2024 was big and bold for Faustix. The Danish dance music lifer found a new sound over the course of the past year, where ropey and dramatic arpeggios dart in and out of brash techno kicks and every drop feels like barreling down a dopamine rollercoaster. Each release seemed to push the envelope further and further — from the soaring emotions of ‘Lead Me To Love You’ with vocalist Mougleta to ‘All My Friends Are Hot’, whose cheeky vocal flip (“All my friends are hot and only listen to techno”) was the perfect summer festival anthem. Add to that a teased remix of Belgian Stromae ‘Alors on danse’ and it’s clear that 2024 was, without a doubt, the year Faustix found a whole new groove.

While he’s certainly been busy in the studio, Faustix has also played everywhere — from 13,000 person raves in the middle of Copenhagen to gigs on the Faroe Islands. Faustix, in other words, hasn’t taken his foot off the gas for even a second. And, with each gig and release, he is testament to how much people still love pumping, hard-edged techno.

Fave tune of 2024?

“Dash Berlin ‘Till The Sky Falls Down’, it’s an all-time classic and still gets me