Lane 8

San Francisco-based house producer Lane 8 (real name: Daniel Goldstein) made quite a splash when The Magician played his debut single, 'Don’t Want You Back'. This gained him far more notoriety and his fan base multiplied massively, his follow up single 'Dusty' was supported by Kidnap Kip and Jody Wintersoff to name a couple and his reputation grew further. His 3 track EP was packed with under fifteen minutes of complex and innovative electro whilst his reworkings of Fleetwood Mac and Brandy tracks set the blogosphere alight.

Easily one of the most exciting producers and musicians to emerge on the electro scene in 2014, critics have a close eye on this artist. He will be performing with Moon Boots at XOYO in London on the 14th of November and his live show is also one not to be missed, catch him before he heads Stateside where he is also making huge waves. His slick mixing style and huge dance inspired electro keeps crowds jumping throughout his packed out sets. Dropping innovative remixes alongside the cult singles 'Dusty' and 'Don't Want You Back' means this new producer has earned his place on the circuit.

A huge 2015 beckons, so try and catch him before he swaps the academies for warehouses.

Dirty South really sounds as if it should be the stage name of some kind of raw, gritty, Houston hip hop act, but instead, it’s the pseudonym by which Serbian DJ Dragan Roganovic goes; he relocated to Melbourne at the age of thirteen to avoid the conflict raging in his homeland, and has gone from strength to strength since in musical terms, specialising in experimenting with different styles of house music; he’s treated with genuine reverence in that particular scene, despite the fact that he’s only just been around for a decade at this point. He hasn’t really met with any genuine chart success outside of Western Europe, where he’s had a handful of hit singles in the likes of France and Belgium, but as a live performer, he travels the world delivering raucous house sets to huge crowds at EDM festivals. Last year, he played a breathless slot at New York’s Electric Daisy Carnival, and did the same at the festival’s London leg, confirming his appeal on both sides of the Atlantic; he’s continuing to push his genre’s boundaries in relentless fashion, and it’s hard not to feel that a genuine breakthrough in commercial terms can only be around the corner at this point.