DJ Snake

From:France

DJ style:Trap, dubstep

Best known for:Hits, sunglasses

DJ Snake is the Grammy nominated French/Algerian DJ and producer who has been turning heads and accumulating super fans across the globe for over a decade. He’s one of those extra brave DJs that’s happy and confident enough to slow the tempo way down to near standstill, get the crowd to sway to The Gap Band‘s ‘You Are My High’, before launching back into some trap and dubstep-heavy revelry. His 2022 anthem ‘Disco Maghreb’ remains the belter that keeps giving and his recent collaboration with Peso Pluma, ‘Teka’, has got its sights set on similar heights.

As well as mixing up the genres, DJ Snake (real name: William Sami Etienne Grigahcine) is also not shy at getting on the mic and knows a thing or two about working the crowd. His collaborations on global hits with the likes of Lil Jon, Justin Bieber, Cardi B, Selena Gomez and Future have recently led him to a remix for Naomi Sharon on her delicate ‘Goodbyes (Myrrh)’. Shedding another skin, DJ Snake’s collective brand Pardon My French emerges with reflections of elements of his own style and ongoing inter

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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