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The new stars of dance music

• Words: Patrick Hinton, Megan Townsend, Gemma Ross, Becky Buckle, Tibor Heskett, Jack Colquhoun | Design: Keenen Sutherland & Tomi Tomchenko
• 10 December 2025

Dance music thrives on newness and evolution. The sonic lineages that can be traced from the early days of electronic music equipment being invented to creation in canonical dance music cities and innovation in even the most remote corners of the globe is staggering. Endless adaptations have seen singular music styles spiral into innumerable subgenres and influence the birth of new styles entirely. Each year, it’s a thrill to envisage what we may be about to discover next. All of that relies on new talent coming through, and every year without fail, we’re witness to meteoric rises and influential upstarts carving out their place in the wider club culture consciousness. Whether they’ve doing something new or tapping into an established scene and proving their worth, this year has been no different, with plenty of new stars of dance music born.

In the list below, we spotlight our top 25 breakthrough DJs of the year (in alphabetical order).

**Read this next: The Top 25 DJs Who Defined The Year & **The Top 25 Producers Who Defined The Year

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1 Aniko

Nigerian electronic music is having a moment right now and someone at the heart of invigorating the culture is Lagos-based DJ Aniko. The Group Therapy party she founded is helping to spearhead a shift from the dominance of Afrobeats in Niegierian nightlife to faster, more robust sounds that mirror the hustle and bustle of the city. Across different venues around the capital, you can find her keeping dancefloors moving deep into the early hours, blending myriad styles of Afro house from the bassweight of gqom to the spiritual lift of Afrotech and celebratory tilt of 3-Step alongside the foundational styles of Chicago house and Detroit techno — always advocating for collaboration and evolution. Significantly she also provides a safe space for queer, trans, and gender non-conforming people to enjoy and express themselves, while Nigerians at large live under some of the toughest anti-LGBTQ laws in the world.

This year Aniko’s influence has been underscored by spreading her wrings further, taking Group Therapy to London for the first time with a sold-out event at The Colour Factory and playing in Amsterdam during ADE, while she also travelled her home continent for a debut date in Kenya as well as shows in Ghana and Uganda’s renowned Nyege Nyege Festival. Launching a rooftop live stream on a miniature controller - ingeniously branded as Tiny Deck - ahd helming the second Honeypot session have also seen her make waves online. Rounding out the year there’s a final Group Thereapy party taking place for her birthday and duly it’s all about the “Chief Minister”, dubbed as Klub Aniko in her honour and sure to be the talk of Detty December. PH

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2 bullet tooth

Masked phenomenon bullet tooth caught everyone’s attention this year with his incendiary track selections, featuring plenty of dubplates and edits. A viral stream in March was the launchpad, with big moments fuelled by Delerium’s ‘Silence’ and an, at the time unreleased, collaboration with Y U QT ft. FlyDat ‘Technique’ pumping its viewership beyond a million. Only Hollywood stars like Timothée Chalamet are as skilled as getting eyes on screens (but we’re pretty sure they’re not the same person?)

Real life is what matters though of course. And busy gigging has seen him bring his unique style of bass-driven garage-infused house to headline shows and slots at the likes of The Temple at Glastonbury among other major festivals, as well as a North American debut supporting Disclosure. Since blowing up to these new heights, everyone and their nans have been wanting to book him. When you couldn’t catch him in person you could hear him on the radio waves of his *Rinse FM *residency where he’d test out new work such as ‘Open Your Eyes!’ with Omar+ and ‘Bounce’, which marked the launch of his own imprint rumours. Many greats have been masked like super heroes of the music world, and we welcome bullet tooth as a new saviour from vibeless dancefloors. BB

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3 Clementaum

AVISA! The Portuguese catch phrase, literally translating as “let them know”, has become a tagline for Clementaum as she’s played sets across the globe and it’s safe to say that the world of dance music is becoming very familiar with the Brazilian star. Hailing from Paraná, her roots are in the charged, competitive balllroom scene, where she earned the honorary “Overall Princess Harpya” title. Now she blends Brazilian funk, tribal, guaracha, techno and more in DJ sets with an attitude that references her beginnings, taking a spiky southern Brazil assurance to each and every show. Usually joined by a host of animated dancers, the Brazilian’s sets are full of showmanship and unbridled energy. An icon of the Brazilian queer community already, the DJ is fast becoming a favourite abroad. Following her debut European tour last year, Clementaum has taken the continent by storm in 2025, playing standout sets at some of its most vaunted parties and festivals in such as Climate of Fear, Sonár, Unsound and Draaimolen, the latter B2B with Jyoty. “Come to Brazil” has been reversed - the world is calling for Clementaum. TH

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4 DJ BASSAN

It’s a testament to the talent in Brazil’s ballroom culture that two breakout stars have emerged this year. São Paulo’s DJ BASSAN originally got their start as a ballroom artist and vogue performer, and has been quick to collect accolades this year as they lean further into production and DJing. Bringing a blend of heady club music, hard techno, bonkers bootlegs, and ferocious Brazilian funk to every corner of their home city – starting the year with an eight-date run of shows for Carnival and bookending it with another gigantic run of dates – DJ BASSAN has had one hell of a year. In 2025 they played alongside the likes of Mochakk and Mu540, picked up some solo headline sets, and enlisted a huge selection of Latin America’s finest exports to perform at their own birthday party. As well as joining São Paulo-based collectives TANDERA and Mambo Negra, DJ BASSAN has picked up consistent support from artists including BADSISTA, EVEHIVE and Caio Prince. GR

5 dj g2g

Bringing that cutesy club energy wherever she goes, dj g2g is a star that won’t stop shining. Known for her hardstyle selections that expand through genres from cumbia to dupstep, g2g is unpredictable and avant-garde yet exhilarating. Never sticking to one genre, she is inspired by each unique crowd and creates a space for expression through dancing, fashion and more. These high-powered sets have seen her skyrocket across line-ups. From WHP to a headline Halloween show in Shanghai, from Teletech to Margins United, she’s globally in-demand. Seriously, try naming a city she hasn’t played in this year.

While touring, g2g has also been composing soundtracks for documentaries and fashion shows. For one catwalk - London’s V&A: Fashion in Motion - she not only produced the music but also walked in the show. The strength of her artistry shone brighter than ever in July when g2g performed to her biggest crowd to date at Denmark’s Roskilde festival. Not only impressive due to the size of the crowd, it was her first time playing a full set of her own productions and remixes. After this monumental set g2g has shared that she has been working away on her first-ever EP/album of original material. No doubt we’ll see many more DJs filling their sets with her tracks very soon. BB

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6 dj sweet6teen

With a knowledge of ‘90s rave, trance and house that runs deep and a skillful assurance when bringing those sounds together behind the booth with her vinyl-only performances, emerging Cologne-hailing artist dj sweet6teen was the name on everyone’s lips this year. As she continually toured around the world with a mind-boggling number of shows both in Europe and Australasia, playing B2B with artists like Matrixxman and Peach, and hosting the likes of Sugar Free, Shonky, and The Ghost at the Phantasy Dance events she heads up at Cologne nightclub Gewoelbe, there was barely a moment of respite for dj sweet6teen in 2025. A standout set at Belgium’s Horst and Slovenia’s Butik led to a debut performance at Berghain’s Panorama Bar, and later a stacked tour across favourite venues in London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Paris and many, many more to round off the year. GR

7 DJ Tobzy

DJ Tobzy came firing out the blocks in 2025 with his ‘Lagos City Unloaded’ tape. Dropping in the second week of January, any lingering cobwebs from New Year’s overindulgence or winter lethargy were instantly blasted away by listening to the Nigerian freebeat pioneer’s frenzied sound, made by smashing together styles such as techno, gqom, Eurodance, rap, R&B and more into juggernaut constructions. It’s irrepressible music that makes dancefloors lose all mastery of their limbs.

He attacked the year with similar energy on the touring front, with a lengthy European run across May to July that included landmark festival Primavera Sound and linking up with fellow Nigerian rising star Aunty Rayzor at Italiy’s Beaches Brew for a repeat of the live show they premiered at Draaimolen last summer. At home he played major shows in Lagos as well as Ghana and Uganda for the 10 year anniversary of Nyege Nyege Festival. Now freebeat has been set loose on the world, there’s no stopping it. PH

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8 Faster Horses

Coming out of the gate in 2025 like a… Well, yeah. Faster Horses has been sending metatarsals into orbit across the world with his deft combination of bouncy hard house, rowdy speedy gs, fist-to-your-chest trance, and some proper techno welly for good measure. With appearances at Edinburgh’s FLY, Tomorrowland Brazil, FUSE, Parklife, Glastonbury, Creamfields, an all-night long at London’s The Cause all under his belt this year, Faster Horses seems equally comfortable in utilising breakneck tempo to send Teletech gabber-hearts-a-flying, as he is pulling out euphoric piano house bangers for the closing weekend at Ibiza’s Amnesia. This lad from Liverpool’s versatility should not be underestimated. Seemingly it isn’t genre, tempo, or even setting that specifically ties together Faster Horses’ sound - having sent thousands-strong arena crowds and 200-capacity basements into a frenzy with equal resolve this year - but something far more crucial. Faster Horses plays the kinds of sets driven with the sole purpose of ensuring you, the dancer, are having a fucking great time. MT

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9 Hasvat Informant

Naarm/Melbourne-based producer and DJHasvat Informant** **has been building momentum for a couple of years now, first entering the scene as a sound and lighting engineer before showing he belonged in front of the spotlight with a series of standout EPs. All this time he’s been working tirelessly to contribute to the culture, but in many ways, this was the year it paid off most.

The collaboration he’s struck up with Mama Snake’s Amniote Editions hit a new high with the release of hisdebut full-length album of detailed techno, ranging across textural to driving with the melodic lustre of Detroit and the pulse of Copenhagen. A series of global tours took him through spots such as Bassiani and CLUB RAUM in Europe and Organik and Faust in Taipei and Seoul, among numerous local Australian appearances. Outside the club, his work as an advocate for accessibility in working with venues to develop their practices, and as a spokesperson for the needs of people living with a disability, saw him shaping electronic music’s culture in ways beyond the music.

With a slew of huge appearances slated for this year’s Australian summer, we’re excited to see where 2026 takes him. JC

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10 Kilopatrah Jones

New York has given us many iconic names of house and techno and Kilopatrah Jones is on her way to joining that esteemed list of greats. Born and raised in Queens this club kid tailors every set they make to the dancefloor before them. As a dancer themselves, Kilo can identify exactly what sounds will transslate and connect the crowd and the space. Playing expansive sets that include contemporary releases alongside transportative nods back to the golden age, it comes as no surprise that they’ve been playing alongside the likes of Honey Dijon, Robert Hood, Joey Beltram, DJ Harvey, Danny Tenaglia and more. When they’re not in the club or cutting shapes, you’ll find them on their monthly Lot Radio residency which has been a go-to and reliable dose of high spirits and killer selections. Kilo is truly representing what makes the New York club scene special and paving the way for the next generation of legendary names. BB

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11 L.P. Rhythm

What’s been more impressive this year: Sunderland AFC defying the odds to take the Premier League by storm or the city’s own L.P. Rhythm rampaging to cream of the UK dance scene status? In the same way that his hometown club are rolling back the years to the glory days of Phillips and Quinn, L.P. Rhythm is taking inspiration from the ’90s and making a mark on the modern day, with a timeless sound that ravers can’t resist. See his track ‘Versatile’, which was quickly being coined ‘song of the summer’ for its irresistible vocals and breakdown, garnering support from the likes of Chris Stussy, Job Jobse, PAWSA, Rossi. and ANOTR.

Those are the kinds of names you imagine a young producer dreams of earning recognition from, but these days they’re his peers. He’s been on line-ups from Ibiza with Kerri Chandler and Jamie Jones to the UK with Josh Baker and Rossi., causing mayhem with his blend of contemporary tech-house carrying the essence of the old skool. Look no further than his debut in the Mixmag Lab for a flawless example. As the cherry on top, he’s signing off this year with the announcement of his first-ever headline tour of the UK, while ‘Versatile’ remains an unimpeachable club staple with a recent remix by Laidlaw and Gorgon City keeping the fire burning. So, to answer our initial question? Well, The Black Cats probably won’t end up in the European spots, but L.P. is going global. BB

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12 Lady Shaka

This year saw Māori and Pasifika club culture firmly placed on the map, and in many ways, Lady Shaka was the person who pointed us there. The Samoan, Tokelauan, Tahitian, Māori, and Cape Verdean DJ, producer and dancer has long been active in her home in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland. This year saw her represent her home in a brand-new way, culminating in her Pulotu Underworld collective taking over Glastonbury’s Shangri-La for the festival’s first-ever curation of Māori and Pasifika DJs, dancers, and musicians.

Shaka’s commitment to her heritage and to the queer community around her saw her tapped to play at the likes of Body Movements Festival, Colour Factory, Ultrafair, Love Saves The Day, Strawberry Fields, and more. As a performer, a leader and a curator, we’re not only excited to see where next year takes her, but where she takes us. JC

13 Marsolo

Marsolo has become a household name after a string of releases supported by pantheons of house music like Chris Stussy, East End Dubs and Folamour. ‘Step By Step’, released on Three Six Zero Records, quickly became an anthem after its release at the start of the year and on top of that the Dutch producer has added a *Positva *single and two EPs, on *Haven Trax *and *Locus, *to his discography this year.

The Utrecht native took his spacey, groovy style of house music to a host of festivals over the summer including Appetite On The Farm, FUSE Malta, Higher Love Festival, Into The Woods, Joy x FLOW and Mint Festival. Marsolo has also become an Ibiza regular, playing at Amnesia and Cova Santa.

As evidenced by his recent sold-out all-night-long tour across London, Manchester and Leeds, Marsolo has become a particular hit in the UK with regular appearances alongside the likes of Enzo Siragusa, Josh Baker and Rossi. at venues such as Amber’s, Mint Warehouse, Motion and Warehouse Project. With gigs already lined up at KOKO and Depot Cardiff* *for early next year, Marsolo is now a staple in British clubland. TH

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14 Mina Galán

Few DJs can get crowds working up the type of sweat that could be counted as lighting; even fewer can do so while donning a teeny bikini, throwing their long hair around, mixing with inch-long acrylics, and giving pure, unadulterated face likeMina Galán. Having entered 2025 at the helm of London’s “hottest new queer party”, the Spanish-Moroccan DJ has been dispensing thermometer-breaking dancefloor heat across the last 12 months with her sweltering blend of decadent club sizzlers, speedy funk carioca, vivacious hard techno, rampant reggaetón and bewildering breakcore. Galán’s stage presence, combined with her mastermind at forging ecstatic dancefloors, has led to her becoming a force to be reckoned with, pulling off a string ofCLUB STAMINA showcases in Medellín and Paris this year, alongside regular events in London – including the debut of a fashion-meets-music 360 concept show at theBarbican Centre in November. Beyond her own curation, she’s fed the discerning festival circuit crowds at Gothenburg’s Way Out West Festival, Utrecht’s Le Guess Who?, Glastonbury’s Block9 and more. Fiery, fun, full-throttle, and putting the dolls at the front — Mina Galán’s sets are helping to place her as an institution in her own right. MT

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15 MPH

“This year has honestly been the craziest year of my life,” UK DJ and producer MPH ruminated just a few weeks ago on social media. By looking at the sheer amount of work he’s put in, it’s unsurprising that MPH has had such a whirlwind 2025 – there’s been plenty of landmark moments for the latest UKG recruit. Catapulting straight from an Australia and New Zealand tour into a 17-date run of shows across North America as he entered the year, MPH hasn’t slowed down in the slightest (if his name has anything to do with it); even Oppidan was bewildered when he revealed that he’s performing 50 shows in four months this winter. Throughout the course of 2025, MPH drew in thousands of fans at his Coachella performance, made appearances on BBC Radio 1, and even worked on releases alongside artists like MJ Cole, Chris Lake, Kelly Lee Owens, and Calvin Harris, with an ‘I’m Not Alone’ remix becoming a staple of his sets this festival season. Ticking off “bucket list” gigs like Colorado’s Red Rocks, EDC Las Vegas, and his biggest headline show to date in New York, MPH has proven just how in-demand his high-energy blends are. GR

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16 Nicky Summers

For the last few years, London’s Nicky Summers has been bubbling away under the surface. In 2021, just a few years after she first began performing out, she became the first female DJ to play an amapiano set at a major UK festival as the genre was spreading from the underground. Now, with the emergent sound of 3-Step hitting airwaves and prime stages across the UK, Nicky Summers is up alongside its pioneers to champion the sound’s quick development. As a selector, her fusion of vocal-led Afro house, 3-Step, and amapiano have earned her increasingly larger gigs this year, playing across London institutions from The Cause to Brixton Jamm, a Room 1 fabric set to multiple shows at a packed-out KOKO. While also becoming a Piano People regular, Nicky Summers landed a handful of debut radio shows and livestream performances this year, even playing a pop-up show for Drake’s NOCTA brand. Through her series of free events, Summer Sounds, Nicky Summers is now helping to bring up the next generation of amapiano and 3-Step talent, curating regular parties in the capital as a space to “discover new music and become part of a community”. GR

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17 Omar+

Omar+ is at the forefront of what is quickly becoming a highly competitive area of the dance music scene. Described as “R&B for the ravers”, this distinctive style has cut through in spades this year. The Punjabi/Gujarati DJ, producer and vocalist from London has levelled up his sets with his own productions and vocals which has landed him with first-ever sold-out headline show in London on top of his face on billboards across the city. The track that really changed his course was ‘Back It Up’ with Josh Baker, which is currently sat at 20 million streams and made it into the UK Official Charts for 12 weeks. His soft vocals and catchy songwriting skills have dancefloors screaming along. After this, his voice spread like wildfire and saw him working with Luke Dean on ‘Make Believe’ and bullet tooth with ‘Loose Control’. Now we can catch the artist working with the likes of Lancey Foux as well as on his own productions, proving he isn’t just a pretty voice. With plenty of sought-after unreleased material incoming, his stacked schedule of 2026 gigs will push him further to the stratosphere. BB

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18 Pablo Dutta

Ever since moving to London from Kolkata in 2024, DJ, producer, and rapper Pablo Dutta has been influenced by the sound of UK bass. Combining that with dek bass, Hindi trap, and other styles spanning the breadth of Desi culture, he’s carved a niche and dynamic sound that you’d be hard-pressed to find anywhere else in the world. This year, Pablo Dutta went viral online with videos that showed him performing UK bass and grime to a rural village in West Bengal, where he grew up among box competition culture and blaring soundsystems. By summer, Pablo joined the Daytimers crew at Boomtown with a knock-out performance, played shows across the UK and Europe, and released a string of singles that blend his heritage with newfound sounds and styles influenced by UK underground bass music culture.** **GR

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19 Paige Tomlinson

With the world in 2025 feeling, at times, oppressively grey,Paige Tomlinson’s sunny, buoyant sets feel like a reason to be cheerful. The Liverpool-born DJ and producer’s glittering mixture of ’90s-inspired rave, euphoric piano bangers, spirited breaks and fervent house have led to dancefloor moments so joyful, they could melt the ice off even the coldest of hearts. This year has seen Tomlinson elicit hands-in-the-air, and ear-to-ear grins at Ibiza’s [UNVRS], Nottinghamshire’s Forbidden Forest, Ireland’s District X, Malta’s Abode on the Rock, and BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend in Liverpool (AKA Scousechella) — all alongside launching her own record label and party series, Social Pleasure. As comfortable commanding over 10,000 ravers at Creamfields as the discerning throngs of Manchester’s Amber’s for Mixmag’s takeover, Tomlinson’s knack for instinctive, spontaneous selections has rightfully placed her as one of the UK’s most exciting new DJ talents; maybe everything will be OK after all. MT

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20 Rasa

This year has seen Bangalore Bass Queen Rasa ascend to become one of India’s foremost DJ exports; having spent years as the flagbearer for bass genres in India, as a DJ, promoter and a founder/curator of bass platform One Forty Asia, she’s now setting off gun fingers across the world. 2025 saw Rasa cause skank-induced disruption at Barcelona’s Razzmatazz, Germany’s Subardo Festival, Paris’ Applause, and even joined UK bass greats, sending the discerning congregation of Croatia’s Outlook Festival into overdrive. Already a regular on the airwaves of New Delhi-based station Boxout FM, she’s also ploughed the airwaves at Rinse France, SWU.FM, and Apple Music, courtesy of Punjab-focused initiative Jawani 4ever this year. With her slick, high-energy mixture of good old rowdy drum ’n’ bass, jungle, grime and rampant electro, Rasa showcases an exhaustive knowledge of UK bass, but her nimble, wheel-up-inducing blends and reflexive selections mean her sets take on their own, unique vibrancy beyond their source material. MT

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21 riria

Few DJs have had a bigger breakout year than riria. Everything has changed since that Boiler Room alongside ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U in January. The Japanese DJ is currently on a mammoth 10-date Asia and Australia tour that includes shows in Indonesia, Hong Kong, South Korea, Philllipines, Malaysia and Singapore after a jam-packed November that featured sets in Barcelona, Brighton, Heidelberg, Madrid and Malaga. Comfortable mixing anything, be it Baltimore club, breaks, dubstep, French rap, garage or drum ‘n’ bass, the selector’s wildcard style and extensive knowledge of UK soundsystem culture and penchant for massive drops have endeared her to audiences around the world. Having moved to London and started a Rinse FM residency you can expect full European domination over the next few years: the sky is the limit for riria. TH

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22 Saint Ludo

Saint Ludo took 2025 by storm. She’s done it all this year, whether it’s shutting down Fete de La Musique, closing Outlook at the ATW takeover of Barbarella’s, DJing on a double decker bus or releasing her debut single with Sweetie Irie.

Further collaborations with the likes of Kasst 8 and Kruz Leone show that Ludo has hit the sweet spot at intersection of hard-hitting UK rap and bassweight pressure, in particular ‘Subliminals’ featuring the former. The track has racked up millions of streams and been played by countless DJs, none bigger than Skrillex at Niteharts*. *Kasst 8 sums it up best in the song itself: “A Scouser and an Italian, that’s a lit companionship.”

The godmother of gunfingers has shown no signs of slowing down since, selling out her debut headline show in London and receiving a nomination as one of Annie Nightingale’s pioneers of 2025 by BBC Radio 1. Right now it’s Ludo’s world, and we’re just living in it. TH

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23 Sexy Lady Massive

Bringing divine feminine energy into the booths of bass music nights up and down the country, Sexy Lady Massive became impossible to ignore in 2025. Known for the diverse soundscapes ranging from 140–160BPM and uncompromising ethos, the collective have become fan favourites whether that’s on tour with 4AM Kru, at festivals such as Boomtown, Glastonbury and Outlook, or at headline international shows like their recent performance at Razzmatazz.

Comprising of a wide and rotating cast including DJs such as Selecta Cee, As1an Brat, Hendy, Betsy Mae and MCs Jolie P and Jayahadadream, the group are pushing bass music boundaries, including in the male-dominated sphere of drum ‘n’ bass, breaking down barriers and platforming the next gen of female talent. TH

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24 Shee

This belter of a year has come on quick and strong for SHEE. From Kerry to the world, SHEE is the perfect example of hard work paying off. Playing his first DJ set at 16-years-old, he’s now appearing across the line-ups of Lost Village, Warehouse Project, Drumsheds and Amsterdam Dance Event. A pinnacle moment this year was his set on home turf at All Together Now festival in the Mixmag Lab. The five thousand person-packed stage all wanted a bit of SHEE’s bumping house set which became one of the most-talked about moments of the festival. From there, SHEE has toured with Barry Can’t Swim and debuted in Australia and the US before returning to Dublin for a sold-out show playing 100% his own material, which included his release ‘Funk Forever’ that has been backed by names such as Disclosure and salute. Ten years in the making, SHEE has gone from performing in his local pub to a fanbase of thousands and the selling out shows in no time. Next year we can expect more releases from SHEE, with rumours of collaborations with the likes of Laurence Guy, A-Trak, Denis Sulta and Karma Kid. BB

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25 X CLUB.

Wielding a treasure trove of high-energy speed garage, melody-driven techno, soul-stirring trance, and wizzing electro, X CLUB. really have marked their spot across dancefloors this year. The UK-based, Australia-hailing duo have seemingly been on a near-constant world tour since the beginning of 2025, that has seen them deliver a knock-out all-night-long at London’s Village Underground, firing on all cylinders at the Netherlands’ Awakenings, throwing down (under) at Sydney’s Mode Festival, or getting up back up again for their headline show at Brooklyn’s Knockdown Center. While their *Steel City Dance Disc-*released EP ‘Stay With Me’ has gone nuclear - with KETTAMA, Nyra and Interplanetary Criminal unleashing it on their own crowds - the pair’s high-energy stage presence is earning them just as much veneration; who doesn’t want to see two Aussie lads jumping about and having a good time to massive bangers, eh? MT