Dubdogz

From:Juiz De Fora, Brazil

DJ style:“House / tech-house.”

Best known for:“‘Techno Prank’, ‘Infinity’, ‘I Love It’, ‘Dance Is The Answer’ and that remix of Bob Sinclar’s ‘World Hold On’.”

It’s kind of a given that Brazilian twins Marcos and Lucas, aka Dubdogz, have got carnival vibes running through their veins. And it was only a matter of time that, along with their imprint Parade Records, they’d be taking their spectacular show on the road. “We’ve created our own authorial party, Dogz Parade,” they explain of the exciting, colourful and good-time parties they’ve been holding across Brazil this year. In between times, they also shacked up in Ibiza for a couple of months while touring across Europe, playing festivals and iconic parties including Tomorrowland and Ushuaïa Ibiza.

Their ‘I Love It’ collab with DLMT hit high on tech-house dancefloors, and work with Benny Benassi peaked for them when they DJed with him in Greece. Dubdogz’s side-project RUBACK, with Brazilian melodic techno label ERRORR, saw the duo testing out a ‘no phones policy’ in an audio-visual party that aims to create something like a ‘less phones policy’. “We have to say, when it’s done well, it works. The energy of the crowd has been insane,” they tell DJ Mag. Their gig list for the rest of the year and beyond is filled with plans to take their Dogz Parade into 2025 and beyond.

Fave tune of 2024?

“RUBACK & SLVR ‘Technologyk’.”

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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