Vini Vici

From:Israel

DJ style:Psy-trance

Best known for:Tracks like ‘The Tribe’ and ‘Free Tibet’

2024 was another stellar year for party-starting psy-trance duo Vini Vici. Since bursting onto the scene in 2013, and first entering the Top 100 DJs poll in 2017, members Matan Kadosh and Aviram Saharai have captivated dancefloors in near enough every corner of the globe with their high-energy beats and hypnotic rhythms, resulting in a sonic boom in psy-trance’s popularity. The trailblazers show no sign of slowing either, continuing to expand their sound in new, hybridised directions this year.

January single ‘Spiritum’, alongside Maddix and Shibui, made a mighty splash with its tunnelling, acid techno aesthetic, ahead of the classical music meets psy-trance slammer, ‘Rave Mozart’, with W&W. Vini Vici switched tack again on ‘Hey Ya’ with Timmy Trumpet and Tiscore, which surfed on a big room techno kick to become the duo’s biggest single of the year. This star-studded run of releases provided fuel for a non-stop summer of festivals — from Tomorrowland and Air Beat One, to Ultra Europe, S2O Taiwan, Nibirii, and dozens m

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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