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Fist in the air and unmistakable locks at large, Tommy Trash is not your stereotypical Dance icon. With an armoury of his own carefully created anthems, this Australian club grinder has thrown to one side the clean-shaven image of EDM idols. Without a hint of compromise where quality is concerned, 2012 is proving a landmark year for the thunder from down under.

Outside of his party-hard stage presence, the ARIA Award-nominated producer's approach to mind-blowing music remains as heartfelt as they come. As high-profile remix duties for the Swedish House Mafia and Deadmau5 would indicate, demand for his delinquent House cuts is sky high. With signings on labels ranging from Axtone and Refune right through to Mau5trap and Tiësto 's Musical Freedom imprint, every new installment of his poignant floor filling productions lay testament to the pride the Aussie takes in his blazing musical legacy.

With global club culture spiraling to such unfathomable heights, Tommy has had little trouble fitting the bigger bills now associated with his craft. From the most prestigious nightspots around the globe to the ever-expanding global festivals that he so seamlessly conquers, there is no stage too grand or miniscule for him to tailor his adrenaline fuelled turntable dexterity to. In line with his successive industry triumphs, the road ahead looks set to comfortably accommodate the intense energy and unique characteristics that Tommy continues to bring to Electronic Dance music. With forthcoming collaborations alongside the likes of Tiësto , Sebastian Ingrosso and A-Trak promise to unravel before 2012 is out. In the age of easy fit solutions, you cannot fake the breakneck stamina and heartfelt integrity of Australia's standard setting Dance floor warrior.


"I think dubstep has become so huge because it's a complete bastardization of electronic music," exclaims rapidly emerging young producer and artist DATSIK. "There's a little bit of everything thrown in the mix and dirtied up. There are pieces of hip-hop, the bass from electronic dance tracks and the roots of U.K. garage and drum & bass…Dubstep is totally the punk rock of electronic music."

If DATSIK (born Troy Beetles) sounds more like a young rapper than one of the world's preeminent young dubstepstars, it's for good reason. The Kelowna, British Columbia, native grew up a hardcore rap fan that still pledges allegiance to classic Wu-Tang Clan and it permeates his dark, aggressive music.

DATSIK's future-tech dance-floor detonators exploded on the dubstep scene almost immediately, racking up a series of seven #1 tracks on Beatport, including at one time owning five of the ten tunes on their best-sellers chart. He's also had smash hits on other music sites like Juno, Red Eye and Chemical Records and early remix credits include works for the biggest names in the game like Diplo, The Crystal Method and Bassnectar.


After only three short years of united production, progressive trance duo Tritonal has gone from unknown newcomers to one of the top names in the international electronic dance music scene. Currently standing at #83 on DJ Mag's Top 100 DJs List, Tritonal continues to launch track after track up the Beatport charts and into the sets of some of the most renowned and respected DJs in the world. Their
debut artist album, "Piercing the Quiet" produced six top 20 Beatport singles, including two that held the #1 position on the trance chart for almost three weeks—'Lifted' and the 'Still With Me' Club Mix.

Such a rapid ascent into the forefront of an ever-changing dance music scene might intimidate even the most seasoned musicians, but the duo who "complete each other's musical sentences" have captured the hearts and ears of fans and DJs alike. Chad Cisneros and Dave Reed formed this dynamic musical partnership from opposite ends of the United States after meeting online in a sound production forum. Within a year of collaboration, their first smash hit 'Piercing Quiet' was voted best track by listeners of Armin van Buuren's A State of Trance radio show and the pair was on the fast track to becoming one of the U.S.'s—and the world's—most exciting and innovative acts to watch.

In 2011, Tritonal embarked on a nonstop, worldwide tour, performing at the best dance music events in North America, Russia, Asia, the U.K, and Australia. They managed to stand out on the festival circuit, winning over legions of EDM fans at massive gatherings such as Electric Daisy Carnival, Escape From Wonderland, Ultra Music Festival and Nocturnal. Incredibly, they also managed to find time to launch their own record label, Air Up There Recordings, provide a guest mix for Trance Around the World with Above & Beyond, become the resident DJs on Sirius XM's Electric Area, and syndicate their popular Air Up There radio show throughout five continents.

2012 shows no sign of derailing the Tritonal train of success, as the pair have laid out plans for another global trek that will bring them to cities all over the U.S. India, Australia for the legendary Creamfields tour, and ASOT550 in Den Bosch and Miami.

With a fan base of dedicated Tritonians expanding rapidly around the world and a truly memorable, vivacious stage presence which must be seen to be believed, Tritonal continues to shower music lovers with their uplifting, original material and electrifying remixes of some of the best dance music today.


Zomboy has had an explosive few years since making the transition from his sound engineering background into full-time music production, and his dynamic rise to global recognition has been quite something to watch.

Citing early inspiration as Skrillex, Reso and Rusko, his first EP upon signing to Never Say Die Records 'Game Time' smashed the Beatport charts and led to the likes of Ministry of Sound and Warner Music snapping up several of his other tracks for various compilations. Constantly developing his unique sound, Zomboy has gone to create numerous remixes for artists such as Fedde Le Grand, DJ Fresh and Flux Pavilion, clocking millions of views on YouTube and causing an ever-increasing demand for his DJ sets across the world.

2013 saw the release of his divided 'Reanimated' EP across both Never Say Die Records and No Tomorrow Recordings, which gathered huge praise both across both the dubstep and electro scenes. He says of the Beatport Number 1 – "The two halves each have their own distinctive sound, but together they are a cohesive fit."

The future of Zomboy will undoubtedly be that of further bass domination – this year is looking to be his career's most pivotal yet. Having just announced that his debut LP 'The Outbreak' will drop in August, he embarks on an extensive US tour from May, spreading his new sounds accompanied by Eptic, TC and Cookie Monsta. His first single 'WTF!?' is to be released 19th May on Never Say Die, and sees the unstoppable force of Zomboy taking a thrilling new direction in sound design.


With international support growing from renowned DJs and producers including Tiesto, Hardwell and Nicky Romero, as well as two successful Spinnin' Records singles under their belts ("I Like It Loud" & "Michael Jackson"), New York's emerging electronic three-piece Cash Cash has signed with legendary dance music imprint, Big Beat Records, home to a diverse electronic roster which includes Skrillex, Icona Pop, Chuckie, Martin Solveig, Flux Pavilion, Rudimental and Walden.

The group, which consists of best friends and brothers, Jean Paul Makhlouf, Alex Makhlouf and Samuel Frisch first made their way into the hearts of core dance music enthusiasts with their vibrant remixes for the likes of Nicky Romero ("Symphonica"), Capital Cities ("Safe And Sound"), Vicetone ("Heartbeat" ft. Collin McLoughlin) and Krewella ("Alive"); as well as Bruno Mars ("Treasure"), Calvin Harris ("Let's Go" ft. Ne-Yo) and Nervo & Hook N Sling ("Reason"), several which have reigned on the Hype Machine charts.

But the trio truly impresses with their originally produced material, including Krewella's next single, "Live For the Night," coming just before their first official Big Beat release, "Take Me Home" ft. Bebe Rexha, dropping on July 16th along with a remix package to all digital retailers. The track recently premiered during the trio's guest mix on Nicky Romero's 'Protocol Radio' Sirius/XM Radio show and officially debuted on BPM, hailed as the "best new track… heard in a long time" by host, Austin Kramer.

Cash Cash's fusion of captivating pop vocals and signature banging electro?house beats have already captivated dance music insiders and tastemakers like elektro magazine, Complex's Do Androids Dance and Dancing Astronaut, who named the group one of their "five breakthrough artists for summer 2013." Expect to hear more praise for this crowd?pleasing act from EDM and pop music fans and writers alike.

"Take Me Home' instills the use of powerful melodic vocals by Bebe Rexha and a mounting synth that builds to an anthemic drop." – elektro magazine

"…packing enough electro house "oomph" to get a push in the major EDM spots… you should expect to hear more tunes like this. Don't be afraid of a little pop in your lives."
– Complex's Do Androids Dance


Contrary to popular belief, dance music isn't new to America. One would only have to look at the career of Bro Safari to know that the American dance music scene has been thriving for years, making waves from the States to across the globe. Bro Safari's productions have excited crowds and been critically acclaimed by the best in the business, and there's nowhere to go but up for this talented producer.

In fact, if 2012 was the year that Bro Safari's name grew, then 2013 is when the rocket blasted off. After is success releasing singles "Scumbag," and "The Drop," Bro Safari partnered with his long time collaborator UFO! for the highly anticipated album Animal, which were all free giveaways via his Soundcloud. The Animal project high-light's how these two drum & bass producers took a "genres-be-damned" approach, creating music that they felt. The album is a cohesive masterpiece, received great accolades and pushes from a number of well-respected outlets. In a fitting cycle, they even included some raucous drum & bass tracks to the project, never forgetting where they came from.

No one can predict the future, but with the trajectory that Bro Safari is on right now, he is on track to continue to excite audiences, challenge norms, and represent the quality within the dance music scene for years to come.


It has been an amazing ride for the Grammy Nominated DJ/Producer Dirty South aka Dragan Roganovic.

Born in Belgrade, Serbia and relocating to Melbourne, Australia when he was 13, kick started his musical journey as he started to get influenced by everything around him.

Like many other youngsters starting out in the music biz, Dragan couldn't afford turntables but he managed to improvise with his old NEC Hi-Fi and started mixing with the tape decks. From here on, Dragan developed further by making bootlegs and mashups. Next step was to get even more serious so a brand new computer, software and keyboards were needed. The first official production was released in 2004 and Dirty South was born.

Soon after that, there was an invasion of Dirty South releases and remixes. In 2005 and 2006, Dirty South was nominated for the renowned Australian Music Industry's top accolade, the ARIA awards and in 2007 he took home the "Best Producer" trophy at the inthemix top 50 awards. He did that again the following year and added best local DJ to his awards list. Since then, there have been many nominations, awards and accolades, including numerous "Essential New Tune" gongs by the legendary Pete Tong, who hosts the leading weekly global dance radio show The Essential Selection. Besides the successes he has had on his own, with releases like "It's Too Late", "Let It Go", "The End" and "Alamo", Dirty South has joined forces with some of best producers in the world and created anthems such as "Open Your Heart" with Axwell and "How Soon Is Now" with David Guetta and Sebastian Ingrosso. On the remix tip, Dirty South has given the remix treatment to some of the most recognisable names in the music industry including U2, Snoop Dogg, Tracey Thorn, Depeche Mode, David Guetta and Josh Wink.

Alongside his productions, Dirty South started developing his DJ career. At first Australian turf was covered many times, but then the demand spread overseas, and soon enough he was playing for some of the best clubs and festivals across the globe, including Ultra Music Festival, Pacha (Ibiza & New York), Ministry of Sound, Space, Vanguard, Creamfields, Global Gathering, Sensation White and many others. The heavy touring payed off, and in 2008, Dirty South was voted No.74 in the DJ MAG Top 100 competition.

In between his heavy touring and producing schedule, there has always been time to do a yearly mix CD, and Dirty South has put his name down to compilations for labels such as Ministry Of Sound, Toolroom Records, Cr2 and SONY to name a few.
This summer has seen the birth of the Phazing concept, from the label of the same name to its first release from Dirty South called 'Phazing' which went on to be one of the anthems of 2010 to the 'Phazing Nights' branded live events, next year Phazing will continue to grow.
With only a few short years under his belt in the international production scene, Dirty South's potential to achieve tremendous musical heights seems limitless.

This is the story so far, and there is definitely more to come from Dirty South…
'We're Phazing A Million Miles Away!'


Terravita often enjoy a slice of pizza-pie. They are a tasty buscuit of contemporary styling,
teamed with all sorts of nutritious beats. You can eat Terravita with big enough teeth to sink into their beastly bass.


gLAdiator is a DJ/Production duo from Los Angeles comprised of Danl and Ian. They show their flex and diverse backgrounds by melding their collected musical taste and experience into a sound unique to gLAdiator. Their love of the Lakers and all things Mila Kunis fuels their productive fire with the aim of making a name for themselves in the ever-evolving dance music landscape.


LA native born and raised producer ETC!ETC! may have spent most of his studio life on the Electro House point, but his transition to Moombahton productions are what have been commanding the most attention from top-notch tastemakers around the globe as of late.

ETC!ETC! gravitates his aural attention onto anything that moves the room. First attracted to Electro house for the big bass and floor-shattering fast-paced BPM, ETC!ETC! started to shift his focus to moombahton in early 2011 and starting to make an impact in the scene almost immediately .

In just the past 12 months he has been played almost on a weekly rotation on BBC Radio 1 by Kissy Sell out & DJ Kapyer ,and the following keeps Growing.

With an eclectic mix of different audio flavors coming out of his arsenal it's no wonder ETC!ETC! has garnered a diverse array of highly-prestigious support from EDM leaders Wolfgang Gartner, AC Slater, Congorock, 12th Planet x Skrillex, Mstrkrft , Dillon Francis, Diplo , Bro Safari & many others.

With multiple forthcoming releases on Mad Decent, Teenage Riot Records ,Party Like US, Rot10 Musik and T&A , 2012 will be a big year for ETC!ETC!


Born and raised in El Paso, Texas, Riot Ten (Christopher Wilson) is exploding into the world of electronic dance music. Originating as a Hip Hop producer at the age of 15, Chris' music has evolved into a unique blend of the Trap and Electro genres.

Featured on top music blogs sites such as Smash The Club, Digi Love, EDM Sauce, Trapstyle, Trap Sounds and Fist In The Air, Riot Ten is gaining momentum from coast to coast. Chris was recently featured on the Sirius Satellite Radio station "Electric Area", and aims to continue his growth as a music producer.

Riot Ten has recently received support from A$ap Ferg, who has been in contact with him in regards to a collaboration for originals and official remixes. Other supporters include: Flux Pavilion, Caked Up, Kennedy Jones, Victor Niglio, D!rty Aud!o, Migos, and many more. Join the movement as Riot Ten takes over the scene.


Edmond Huszar is OVERWERK. The Canadian producer and songwriter broke onto the scene in late 2011 with the release of his debut EP, 'The Nth Degree'. With all the momentum that was generated, he quickly followed up the act with 'After Hours', his highly anticipated sophomore EP. Having firmly established himself amongst industry heavyweights, OVERWERK continuously pushed the boundaries in an effort to express his artistic talent. He ingeniously rewrote the entirety of 'After Hours' as a piano medley, while consistently putting out hard-hitting singles. His latest work, the chart topping 'Conquer' EP, is a testimony to the tireless effort and love for music that has defined him as an artist.

The OVERWERK sound is undeniably unique in itself as it blends the heavy complexities of electro with the orchestral feel of a cinematic score. What stands out the most, however, is the distinct quality and technicality of his music which firmly sets him apart from the electro community. It is this unique sound that has been sought after and licensed to such companies as Gucci, Prada, Vogue, Lamborghini, GoPro, EA, FOX and Fortune.

The name OVERWERK stems from Huszar's early passion for graphic design. Originally the title of a work-in-progress design portfolio called "over worked", Huszar adapted the name, paying homage to electronic music pioneers like Kraftwerk. OVERWERK now represents the purest expression of his own creative genius.

With the utmost devotion to music lovers, OVERWERK promises to continue leaving fans and first-time listeners with an unparalleled experience. This year, OVERWERK will bring his epic sound to clubs and festivals across the world.


If you were to name the most prolific characteristic of electronic music as a whole, the one thing that people connect with the most, 9 out of 10 would tell you it's the bass.

It's the bass that was the gateway drug for most, those hits in the bassbin, which drew you in and kept you coming back for more. Maybe it was the thump, thump, thump of the 4x4 kick ringing in your ears years ago long after the party was over. Or maybe it was the, first warm—then dark, basslines of jungle and drum & bass that grabbed onto the base of your soul and took your body places it'd never been before. Or perhaps it was the wash of low-end whomp rolling over every fiber of your body, the dubstep, that got your hands in the air and your ass on the floor, shivering and rocking to-and-fro begging for just one more taste.