REZZ

From:Niagara Falls, Canada

DJ style:“Industrial mid-tempo.”

Best known for:“Hypnotic music.”

The counts are in and REZZ remains the reigning queen of menacing, mid-tempo grooves. Pointing to studio time as a key focus of her past year, 2024 marked the arrival of the ‘Can You See Me?’ LP (out on her homegrown HypnoVizion imprint) — a 10-track, collab-heavy album that proved itself even filthier than its three full-length predecessors. The credits read like a who’s who among bass artists — names like Blanke, INZO, Subtronics and HOLLY are all in the cuts, reinforcing REZZ’s undying team-player mentality. Working alongside EDM titans is hardly new territory for the Canadian beatmaker, who hit the scene as one of Mau5trap’s MVPs around 2015 after label boss Deadmau5 recognized a protege within her (she also dropped her ‘Insurrection’ EP on Skrillex’s now-defunct NEST imprint that same year.)

Almost a decade later she’s still creating with the best of them, but with her fourth Top 100 placement, her solo triumphs deserve attention, too. ‘Can You See Me?’ served as the focal point for REZZ’s jaw-dropping stage show, which recently unfolded at the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheatre. This iteration — REZZ Rocks VI — broke records by selling out in literal seconds, revealing that the “Space Mom” behind the swirling glasses will always enrapture wub-thirsty fans with her darkly hypnotic beats.

Fave tune of 2024?

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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