Lucas & Steve

From:The Netherlands

DJ style:“House.”

Best known for:“The inventions of electricity, light, democracy, vlaoj and zoervleis!”

From chilled keys and melodramatic breakdowns to those immediately infectious dancefloor grooves, Lucas & Steve have explored a wide range of electronic avenues over the past 13 years they’ve been working together. At times taking us into deeper and more driving progressive-leaning stuff, in other moments opting to create a more blissed out atmosphere with their productions, this variation has played out over the last 12 months through the breadth of tracks. Not least the difference between Spanish guitar-hued sunset roller, ‘Do It Again’, and the rave-y ‘Can’t Forget You’, although this barely scratches the surface of what’s been going on.

In August, ‘Zenless’ became one of the latest high-profile examples of dance music being used in the video game world, a collaboration between the pair, Tiësto, Silent Child and Sān-Z rounding off a busy summer of shows, with this year seeing the duo perform in their native Netherlands, North America, the UK and beyond. Despite that schedule, though, the friends still found time to make sure Steve’s baby room was beautifully decorated and build a brand new studio.

Fave tune of 2024?

“Swedish House Mafia and Alicia Keys ‘Finally’.”

Rising star DJ/producer of 2024?

“David Guetta is pretty talented. Check him out, one to watch.”

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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