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Zatox
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“It was a very busy year,” Zatox tells DJ Mag, but from what we can see, that's a big understatement. The Italian hardstyle don — real name Gerardo Roschini — has been globetrotting throughout 2015, celebrating his debut long-player, New World Order, which dropped via Holland's Q-Dance imprint this time last year.

Taking the album tour to down under at Easter, Roschini (and partners in crime, Audiofreq, Toneshifterz and Kronos) brought his musical revolution to the likes of Sydney and Melbourne, before heading home to tear up more European festivals than you could shake a glowstick at.

Unsurprisingly, Roschini names his personal highlight as Qlimax — Q-Dance's long-running, annual extravaganza dedicated to the harder end of the electronic spectrum.

Not one to rest on his laurels, Roschini has been back in studio this year too. He not only dropped a host of collaborations as Zatox via his own Unite Records, but also returned to his Wild Motherfuckers project with Tatanka for the duo's first release since 2013, 'Knock You Down' — and, after hearing it ourselves, we might not be getting back up again.

BEN HINDLE