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Who's afraid of the big bad bass?
Bass lovers, rejoice: Monstercat’s day has come. The innovative label reaches every corner of the internet, culling fans and creating communities in places where others...
Best Of North America 2018
No doubt one of the leading producers in the underground scene, Lee Foss’ rise to fame includes running the renowned Hot Creations imprint alongside Jamie...
Best of British 2015, educated by Point Blank
OTHER NOMINEES
LOBSTER THEREMIN
PC MUSIC
FINA
22A CREW
The boys from Dixon Avenue Basement Jams have had a seriously good year. The brainchild of...
Disclosure
Dance fans are a fickle bunch. There’s nothing more liable to herald accusations of ‘selling out’ than finding your records bothering the top 40. So when you’re as likely to hear a record being sung by heaving crowds on a Friday night in Oceana as you are in Fabric, you know you’ve got something pretty special on your hands.
Bicep
The Northern Irish duo capture the zeitgeist with their NJ house flavour The schoolfriends from Belfast known as Bicep (Matt McBriar, 25, and Andy Ferguson, 24) have been DJing together since their early teens; since the young scallywags got themselves fake IDs and started sneaking into their hometown's techno bastion, Shine.
That house DJ/producer Josh Butler is going places fast — and it's clear you agree!
Despite citing Tiësto’s 'Delerium (In Search of Sunrise Remix)' as one of his most formative record purchases, Josh Butler’s own music couldn’t be further from...
Citizen's DJ sets made him a key player in 2013 — but it's experience, he says, that counts
This was the year that Laurence Blake went from behind the music scenes to very much being the heart of the scene. Back in 2012...
Best Of North America Awards 2017
Eli Escobar may look like he’s in his 20’s, but the New York mascot for disco-leaning house music has been in the game for some...
Punching through with his debut release 'What I Might Do' is just the start for this new house star
Only three or fours years after first trying his hand at production, Ben Pearce has picked up the gong for Best Breakthrough Producer.
“I’m completely...
Best of North America 2018
This Brooklyn-based producer and DJ has been floating around the electronic atmosphere for some time, dropping fresh remixes and garnering attention from major labels like...
Best of North America Awards 2017
It’s been a wild, breakout ride for Los Angeles-based DJ/producer Lauren Lane over the past few years, catapulting her through the global tech house scene...
Best of British 2015, educated by Point Blank
OTHER NOMINEES
MR BEATNICK
SHANTI CELESTE
IVY LAB
FORT ROMEAU
Some might argue Palms Trax broke-through with ‘Equation’ on Lobster Theremin in 2013. Jay Donaldson’s...
Or:la is your Best Breakthrough DJ of 2017...
“Pretty surreal,” Orlagh Dooley replies when asked how it feels to be voted the finest emergent talent in British booths by readers of the finest...
The Second Coming: the finest d&b seduction
'Breakthrough' producers of the year Instra:Mental may be, yet Damon Kirkham and Alex Green are no overnight success story. For the first records bearing the...
Hypercolour
If there's a label that has owned 2012, it's Hypercolour. The year's artist roster reads every bit as well on paper as it plays on a turntable; Huxley, Maya Jane Coles, Mosca, BareSkin, Tom Demac and Kris Wadsworth.