John Summit

From:Chicago, IL

DJ style:“Peaks and valleys. I treat my sets like a movie where I come in hot, get in a groove, and have highlights throughout the set.”

Best known for:“Anthemic songs and non-stop energy on the decks. No matter what, it’s always a party.”

Ask Miami-based DJ/producer John Summit what he’s been up to for the past 12 months, and his answer sheds light on his work hard, play hard persona. “Finishing and releasing my album, working on my record label events, signing new promising talent and playing shows nonstop,” the Experts Only label boss tells DJ Mag. “It’s a grind, but I love every second of it.”

It’s been a swift rise for the CPA turned electronic tastemaker, who went from playing college bars near his suburban Chicagoalma materto exiting the pandemic as a top-charting act and international party starter. The self-taught artist’s big breakout moment came in 2020 when Defective dropped ‘Deep End’ — the lockdown track that captured the vibe of our collective sanity on the fritz. This June, the heater and selections from his 2024 ‘Comfort In Chaos’ debut LP accented Summit’s five-hour open-to-close set at Madison Square Garden — an in-the-round style shebang which sold out some 19,500 tickets in less than two hours. Leng

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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