Martin Garrix

From:The Netherlands

DJ style:“Euphoric and energetic.”

Best known for:“Energy.”

Martin Garrix has reached the pinnacle of the Top 100 DJs poll for the fifth time in a row, matching the record of trance god Armin van Buuren. For the 28-year-old, it’s a landmark moment. “I’m in the list with all my idols — I look up to Armin, I look up to Tiësto. To be in there with those guys is very surreal,” he tells DJ Mag over video call. “My No.1 worry when I entered the list, and topped the list, was that it could only go downhill from here, so it’s very special we’re back at the No.1 spot.”

When he speaks with DJ Mag, Garrix looks a little weary, which is not surprising, as he’s just returned to the Netherlands after his residency at Ushuaïa Ibiza last Thursday and back-to-back gigs in Dallas and Las Vegas over the weekend. Nevertheless, the consistent poll winner is smiley and talkative, taking his time to answer some of our questions carefully, especially on the issue of A.I. and phones being banned on the dancefloor. It’s incredible to see the trajectory of Garrix’s career so far, from his beginnings DJing as a teenager, being chaperoned to play gigs by his dad, to becoming the World’s No.1 DJ.

“I would have a portable DJ setup, so I would play weddings and school parties,” he remembers. “I sta

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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