Jamie Jones

From:Wales

DJ style:House

Best known for:“Paradise and Hot Creations.”

The bio on his Instagram simply reads “sent to earth to make you dance, smile and raise your vibrations”; Jamie Jones is doing a great job at fulfilling his mission statement. This year has been full of good times, and another successful season of his party Paradise at Amnesia in Ibiza. The theme was Temples Of The Sun — pledging to take its ravers to an alternative reality — with a DJ line-up that included Seth Troxler, Joseph Capriati, Cinthie, The Martinez Brothers, and TSHA. Although the season has come to an end now, it doesn’t stop there; in November, Paradise will return to London to take over the 15k-capacity superclub Drumsheds.

His tour schedule hasn’t shown any signs of slowing down either, in August playing an impressive 22 shows in 24 days. Meanwhile, his label Hot Creations is brimming with club-ready music, this year releasing EPs from Nic Fanciulli, Mason Maynard, Hot Since 82, M-High and more. Jones released some tracks of his own this year, including ‘We Groovin’ featuring the soulful vocals of Jazzy, and most recently ‘La Musa’ featuring Miluhska. We have a feeling there’ll be more to come.

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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.

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