Joel Corry

From:London

DJ style:“House, tech-house and techno.”

Best known for:“‘Head & Heart feat. MNEK’.”

Joel Corry has been “around the world and back” once again in 2024. The house and tech mainstay has toured Australia, Asia, America and Europe while also holding down a summer residency in Ibiza, and dropping a few records. In amongst them have been collaborations with Robin Schulz and Jax Jones, and official remixes for Calvin Harris, Marshmello, The Chainsmokers and Kygo. “This year I also improved the production in my shows,” says Joel. “And I learnt more about the visual aspect of live performance. With a bigger team on tour, I can deliver the type of shows I always wanted.”

2024 highlights include a set at Tomorrowland, gigs in new countries like China and Singapore, and playing at Ushuaïa on his birthday. All of this fed back into his work in the studio, as has a love of the minimal tech-house of producers such as Chris Stussy, Josh Baker and Rossi. “Seeing these DJs play in Ibiza during summer has been inspiring. Being a raver at heart, it has been good to get some time back on the dancefloor,” he says.

Favourite tune of 2024?

“Sharam ‘Party All The Time (Adam Beyer & Layton Giordani remix)’.”

Rising star DJ/producer of 2024?

“Josh Baker.”

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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