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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MEDUZA

From:Italy

DJ style:“Melodic house / house.”

Best known for:“‘Piece Of Your Heart’, ‘Lose Control’, ‘Paradise’ and some other songs.”

Luca Gregorio, Mattia Vitale, and Simone Giani form MEDUZA. The trio’s pop-tinged house music tracks have gained them a devoted fan base worldwide, surmounted countless listens across all the streaming platforms, made daytime radio and stormed official chart positions across the globe. With effortlessly catchy vocals by the likes of Becky Hill, Goodboys and Dermot Kennedy, their productions delve into the worlds of pop and dance in equal measure. Their debut single ‘Piece Of Your Heart’ was released in 2019: an instant hit that shot them to fame, they’ve been unstoppable ever since. Their first release of this year was the single ‘Dola re Dola’, featuring Varun Jain and was a tribute to the Bollywood film Devdas. ‘Money (Can’t Save Us)’ featuring NY-born artist Alec Monopoly soon followed, and most recently for MEDUZA’s latest single ‘Another World’ they teamed up with British singer and songwriter HAYLA. In the live sphere, it’s often Vitale that takes the stage behind the decks, with sets designed for the peak time with plenty of snare rolls, euphoric breakdowns, trance basslines and the occasional sound of 303 acid.

Fave tune of 2024?“Âme ‘Asa’.”

Rising star DJ/producer of 2024?“Notre Dame.”

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