Marshmello

From:Philadelphia, USA

DJ style:High-energy melodies

Best known for:Defying genres, and his helmet

It has been another inconceivably busy year for Marshmello, who climbs one place up to No. 34 in Top 100 DJs 2024. Since last year’s poll, he has been busy in the studio releasing a plethora of music, including his fifth studio album — and debut Latin album — titled ‘Sugar Papi’, the six-track ‘It’s Riddim Time’ EP, and a collaborative joint with SVDDEN DEATH called ‘MELLODEATH Tapes Vol. I’. He also recently released a Viperactive collaboration, ‘In The Cut’, ‘Forever’ with Pluko, a remix of Tayna’s ‘Si Ai’ alongside UKAY, and a follow-up to the 2019 smash hit, ‘One Thing Right’, with American country singer Kane Brown, titled ‘Miles On It’. The video for the feelgood anthem, that sees the pair racing in diggers, had racked up a massive 10million views on YouTube at the time of writing.

Outside the studio, Marshmello continues a relentless tour diary that has seen him play some of the world’s biggest festivals and stages, including Ultra Hong Kong, Balaton Sounds, and a joint run of shows with SVDDEN DEATH. He also continued his Cooking With Marshmello YouTube series, as well as began sharing production tutorials, hints and tips on his social channels. All of which continues to grow his Mello Gang — the affectionat

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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