Tujamo

From:Germany

DJ style:“House / electro.”

Best known for:“‘Drop That Low’ and other bangers with big horns.”

Pen Festival, Papaya, Ministry of Sound, Neversea, Sunrise, Parookaville, Untold, X-Demon. We could go on. Tujamo’s summer has been packed with festivals and world class clubs, another five months on the road after more than a decade in the game. But 2024 has been a big one for the German electro-house artist well beyond the size of the stages he’s graced during a relentless period for live shows. Enter City Star Records, a label several years in the making which will now provide a platform for his latest productions.

And there are plenty waiting in the wings, with Tujamo proudly explaining to DJ Mag that he reckons he has about 50 or so unreleased tracks finished and ready to roll – a number that betrays his work ethic, and how long he has spent preparing to unveil the imprint. Not that we’ve been short of new music from the man in question, with that Limonade and Dre Island collaboration, ‘Higher’, the most recent title to grace our playlist. Before that we had ‘Lonely People’ with Nathan C and Busy Reno, with the subsequent remix competition inspiring an army of aspiring producers to jump in feet first for their shot at the title.

Fave tune of 2024?

“‘Get Lucky (Fat Tony remix)’.”

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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