R3hab

From: Breda, NL

DJ style: “Main stage, EDM, big room.”

Best known for: “Fire energy.”

In a year where some of his biggest hits turned 10, including the mighty KSHMR collab, ‘Karate’, which has 57 million streams and counting, R3HAB remains an unwavering force in the global EDM arena and on the Top 100 DJs list. 2024 sees the Morocco-born producer place in the Top 20 once again on the back of another gloriously productive year, featuring more than a dozen new original tracks and remixes to boot. Anthems like ‘Electricity’ with FAST BOY, and ‘Animal’, alongside pop icon Jason Derulo, are a testament to “countless hours” poured in at the studio, paired with an approach to his craft that increasingly prioritises his mental health and wellbeing: “I’ve made sure to stay healthy and maintain my good habits!”

R3HAB also showed he’s not one to shy away from higher tempos this year, unveiling the 180bpm Latin-dance heater, ‘Gózalo’, alongside Deorro. The track — released via the producer’s CYB3RPVNK label — comes over a decade since the duo first collaborated on ‘Flashlight’ in 2014, and attests that R3HAB’s evolution as a producer is far from complete. His big room bangers have also made for some unforgettable moments on the dancefloor, including Tomorrowland — where R3HAB returned for an eleventh consecutive year — MDLBEAST Soundstorm in Saudi Arabia, and Mysteryland festival in his native Netherlands.

Fave tune of 2024?

“Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike & T

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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