Nigeria, home of phenomena such as Fela Kuti, Afrobeat, and… Akanbi.

Rave man, spiritual leader, mayor of enjoyment. Call him what you want but one things is for sure: you’re in for a good time as NYC-based Akanbi channels music through child-like purity. Soundwise his palette has range: from dropping Akon at Berghain  (there’s a Reddit thread about this) to banging out the best in UK broken beat, bass music, and straight up techno, while at times touching on amapiano. All of it is tied together by an unfiltered passion.

“Music is a love business” he says. And we can feel that.

Funk carioca, baile funk, house, and hard techno all find their place when BADSISTA is at the controls. Informed by their upbringing in vibrant Sao Paolo with its street parties and carnivals, the TraTraTrax affiliate’s eclecticism makes the floor go friggin’ bonkers.

Ah the deejay’s deejay, and the age old question of whether this term has been used to death. Well it has. But also, it rings so true here that the saying rings in the writer’s head while they're writing this. So here we go, two deejay’s deejays going back to back. The deejay’s deejays deejay’s deejays.

While CCL is rooted in the pulse of dub and the thrum of UK dance music, with nods to 70s and 80s dance music, Simo Cell brings a very modern leftfield zigzag bass music aspect to the game. This is a sure shot wildcard combo that is bound to tear the roof off.

Easily gliding listeners through several moods, from nostalgia to unbridled euphoria, using early 00s trance, sped-up house, hardcore and pop as her tools, a typical Courtesy set utilises angelic harmonies, soaring vocals, shimmering chords and sun-drenched melodies, pummelled forth at times by a steady kick drum, at other times by broken rhythms and ravey breaks. Rich in colour, rich in spirit.

Guess it’s safe to say Dubstep made a comeback. And it’s safe to say that Darwin had something to do with it. Championin BASS music in Berlin, through her party REEF, Darwin seeps that deep bass into places where it might not always lay.

Tokyo born, NYC-based Masahiro Ueda aka DJ Healthy got into dance music through the Matrix soundtrack, deepening his love throughout high school as older friends would take him to trance parties and countryside raves. During university his tastes steered him towards house music and by graduation time it was clear that rather than aiming for that nine to five, he’d pursue music, starting with a job at a WOMB, a legendary club in Shibuya. Soon he was organizing parties himself. Since then his pursuits have led him to NYC, a city he’s called home for the past ten years now.

Hanna Ojanen cut her teeth in the DJ-sphere while living in Japan, undoubtedly scouring the bins of local record shops. Her immaculate taste in disco, house and funk is becoming better known to the general public weekend after weekend as she regurlarly plays at Helsinki's distintictive dance venues Post Bar, Kaiku and Siltanen.

Masterful ambient deliveries from a sonic archeologist. e/tape is a rare breed — not many DJs get booked specifically to play ambient and downtempo at festivals and club nights around the globe.

The way Francesco Del Garda is able to make simple ingredients pop out like fresh baked goods from the oven can't be overstated. If you've fallen out of love with *ahem* more "traditional" types of electronic dance music, leave it up to FDG to prove you were wrong to feel that way.

Parisian smooth sailor Hewan Aman's sound revolves around heady and dubby atmospheres coupled with engaging percussive elements, taking notes from breaks, techno, trance and psy, perfect for journey making.

Jane Fitz is certainly one of the most legendary deejays to come out of the UK. Her trippadelic, mind surgical moves have earned her the respect (& booties) of generations of ravers. From wormhole techno and trance to jacking house and big swing tings, Jane’s got it all the good s**t laid out.

Many have come, and many have fizzled away. But Jane Fitz is here to stay.

Playful uplifting dance music from Copenhagen's Axces crew member. Kasper Marrott ties the knot between dreamlike techno and awe-inducing trance, with breakout EP's on Courtesy's Kulør and Modeselektor's Seilscheibenpfeiler.

Saturn’s melancholic angel dj poet. Kofu is a multigenre mixologist with a knack for combinations that on paper shouldn't work, but do, in her hands. Silly, goofy, and sexy.

Laurel Halo has gone through an amazing arch of nailing whatever musical output she's had. Coming up on the Hyperdub camp, producing magnicifent expiremental (club) sounds, whether on that bass music tip, wonky lofi techno, or otherwordly sonic calculus.

Revel in the Helsinki dungeon master's deep and vast record collection spanning decades. Lil Tony joins in with a speciality non-dance-floor orientated musical delivery.

Swedish-born NYC native Meilgaarden digs into early 90s and early 00s (proggy) house territory, with the dials set to fun.

Bouncy forward thinking club sonics from two Helsinki staples.

When remember how we used to do it back then? Remember? Yeah. That's how I want it to be. Let's just do it and enjoy it.

Infamous Oulu duo showcase the weirder side of their record bags.

There are ways to make rather chin-strokey dance music aesthetics way fun, and Pariah does that job perfectly well. As one half of Karenn with Blawan, Pariah holds a strong grasp of what is needed for an all-bas(s)es-covered dance floor experience, be it in solo or duo mode.

Techno's most recent force of nature duo.

Breathing, organic, and natural sounding techno that makes traversing eeeeasy. Ethereal and grounding at the same time. Beautiful stuff.

"I try to focus on providing the ‘background music’ for people who want to have their own crazy time".

A few years back Powder used to work for an electronics company in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo, all the while producing lush and primal, dreamy yet powerful house music for labels such as ESP Institute, Born Free Records Beats In Space and CockTail d'Amore. Today however her mesmerizing dj sets, a string of high quality releases and her own label Thinner Groove have gotten this Tokyo phenomenon out of the office and next to the dancefloor. And the world is better for it.

Classy housey delight's with an edge. A sure shot lit up jacking dance floor make NO mistake.

No gimmicks, no bullshit. Katerina’s love for her music is as pure as a mother’s affection for her child. A highly sensitive artist willing to go the extra mile.

Dubstep? No problem. Rave? Bring it on. Techno with a little twisty in the end? Shieet now you talkin'. The Detroit-born deejay is a fixture in the New York scene with their signature wob wob energy bound to tear up any dance floor that dares come in front.