Terminal V

KLOUD is a perfect alias for an artist whose take on hard techno has an ominous presence that looms larger over any dance floor he plays. The enigmatic American shares very little personal detail online, instead offering up only his cinematic blend of techno, electro and industrial-tinged house, all wrapped in the mystique of his masked persona. This summer, he joins us at Terminal V Croatia, wher...

Hot outside, isn't it? As it happens, that's exactly how Lithuania-born EMILIJA likes it. The fearless hard house selector deals exclusively in sounds that make you sweat physically and emotionally. Whether dropping deep cuts or high-impact tools, she comes at things from a cheeky, provocative angle, drops in plenty of energetic outbursts and soundtracks a fantasy world free from all inhibitions a...

Dr. G is on a roll. The Brussels-based artist has weaponised grooves not just to blow up dance floors, but as a way to stir up emotions. He plays hard and fast but always with meaning and a signature bass sound that unites everything he does. Though he wears his 90s and 00s influences on his sleeve, they get folded into contemporary sound designs that have taken him all across Europe and Australia...

Kara Okay is all about serving up sonic treats that bring joy. Importantly, though, the Dutchman knows you can have too much of a good thing, so he has learned to balance the ups with the downs, the light with the dark. The self-confessed optimist pulls his pianos, vocals and rushes of euphoria from across a spectrum of house, trance and garage, often with hints of 90s nostalgia, and can count the...

Baron Von Trax is part of the Australian new wave, but what makes him unique is the joy and emotion he brings to harder dance sounds. His tracks are always luminous and uplifting, rich in melody and packed with inescapable emotion that swells the heart while his drums get the pulse rising. In this interview, the Melbourne man admits he wants his music to be accessible and credits his classical pia...

Liverpool’s MXGN belongs to a new generation who have come up through the internet age but don't live online. Instead, he's been locked in the studio since his mid-teens and refining a sound that hits with brutal peak-time force but still carries musicality beneath the beats. Raised on Tomorrowland videos before buying his first decks aged nine, he has now racked up millions of streams, released o...

Aberdeen's Vivace are forging a sound that is unbound by rules, history or pretence. They have an eclectic range of tastes and influences and pull from all of it when cooking up heat in both the booth and the studio. Trance euphoria, speed garage bump and the hardness of techno all collide with hints of musical nostalgia that bring the fun. The pair only started working together in early 2024 and...

Rising fast out of Sydney’s north-west, Efesian is armed with techno weaponry built from pummelling kicks, jungle-leaning percussion and flashes of ‘90s trance euphoria. He's already had a Beatport #1 with 'Can’t Be Stopped', and been backed by heavyweights like Carl Cox, Klangkuenstler, FJAAK, Joris Voorn and HI-LO, so he is another one of Australia’s closely watched hard techno exports. Now step...

Mirage is a new school disruptor from Ghent. The young DJ and producer has been digging deep into the roots of hard house, UKG and piano house for years and is now rewriting it with his own perspective. It's seen his sound hold back home but also increasingly around Europe, where he plays fast but with control, emotion and narrative. More recently, he's founded his own platform, 32Jumpstreet, as a...

Belgian DJ ROW1 is riding the crest of a new wave of hard dance talent that is emerging from Europe’s underground. Still early in his journey but already shaping things with a distinct identity, his approach leans into intensity, emotion and instinct, but always with unstoppable momentum. This year, he has continued to play live and serve up his own tunes: they're bold and bouncy and, he says in t...

Hanover's Arman John is at the sharp end of the hard techno scene as both a DJ and producer. He heads up Phased Records but also releases on labels like Obscuur and Ismus, often with elements of Euro dance and trance sitting next to his love of acid, bouncy beats and alluring vocal hooks that keep his tracks emotionally as well as physically charged up. Fresh off finishing a Master's degree in Sci...

If you’ve spent any time in Europe’s underground dance circuit over the past decade, you'll have surely heard of Tjade. Amsterdam-born and floor-focused, he’s always defining his own brand of high-energy dancefloor music and blurring the lines between uplifting prog house and early trance. His tracks have blown up on cult labels like Bordello a Parigi, DGTL and Correspondant, and he also heads up...

Melbourne’s JOKESONYOU is riding a serious wave right now. The Aussie is carving his own lane in the new-school trance and hard techno crossover with razor-sharp melodies and chest-rattling bass. Backed by heavy hitters from KI/KI to I Hate Models, and with releases landing on labels like Polyamor, Klubbkontrol, and Onyx Berlin, his momentum feels unstoppable heading into the New Year. Fresh off a...

Gent-based DJ Alycia Bezgo is moving fast and loud through the European underground. Armed with a fierce blend of hard groove, techno and trance, she channels the euphoric pulse of the ’90s into something sharp and unmistakably her own. Fresh off a dream-like set at Terminal V where she went b2b with Jokesonyou and lit up the Drumheads floor with turbo-charged trance, Alycia is proving she’s more...

Ben Gold has been a trance and dance heavyweight for more than a decade. He is a hugely prolific artist with hundreds of tunes to his name, millions of streams and close ties to the definitive Armada Music. His forward thinking sound blends emotionally wrought melodies, heart tugging vocals and blazing grooves that sit right at the forefront of the current scene.

Yasmin Regisford is a rising force in Paris’s electronic scene, known for her bold selections and high-energy performances. After transitioning from a career in fashion to music in 2023, she quickly established her sound through dynamic, driving sets blending techno with trance-infused emotion. 2025 marks a defining year for Yasmin. Following the release of her debut EP Chroma, she performed at Bo...

In the vibrant heart of Berlin's electronic scene, DJ Cringey and TOXIMAMI, known collectively as HARD CANDY, are redefining musical boundaries. This dynamic duo, rising stars in the music world, are celebrated for their unique 'Polygenre' sound—a high-energy fusion of Donk, Psytrance, Techno, and Bailefunk, infused with Bootleg elements, all delivered at a pulse-racing BPM. Their distinct sound i...

DJ Love might be a newcomer, but there's no guessing that from the way he plays. The London-based new boy has already perfected the art of layering his hard grooves with euphoric energy, both in the booth and in the studio. His tunes on Beardman, Pretty Weird and Wavelengths have been supported by the likes of Interplanetary Criminals and Mark Broom, who, he admits, is a large part of the reasons...

Australia’s Club Angel is on a tear. Fresh off a breakout couple of years he has solidified his place at the forefront of dance music's new school with sets everywhere from Hong Kong to Antwerp, Seoul to Ibiza. His tunes deal in infectious, relentless energy but with always with a warming core and euphoric overtones. They're fast and furious in their rewiring of 90s and 00s club sounds and have ea...

Anxhela is an Italian-Albanian DJ. Since her adolescence she has a particular feeling with electronic music following any kind of movement or genre and finally, at the age of 17, jumped into the techno world. Shortly after she moved to Berlin and begins to get closer and closer to this panorama starting to play in 2020 and releasing her first tracks in 2022 on MRC and Voxnox labels. Her sound has...

In the best way possible, Cera Khin doesn't care what you or anyone else thinks of her. She's here to do things her way. That approach has seen her blaze a path to the top table of hard techno, playing in the world's best clubs and dropping her own compelling club cuts on various labels, including her own. The Tunisian-born DJ and producer has long been an advocate for breaking the stigma around m...

Cynthia Spiering is a new school star who fell in love with techno when she worked at the notorious Rotterdam club Perron when she was 18. Pioneers like Jeff Mills and Octave One shaped her understanding of the craft and inspired her to take up DJing, and she made her debut in 2016. Since then, she has carved out a reputation for sets that balance euphoria with uncompromising kick drums, drawing o...

'STÜM has fast become one of Australia’s most exciting DJ exports. Based between Melbourne and London, the founder of Happy Wax Records has now turned heads around the world with a sound he calls “chaotic bliss.” It's a melange of euphoric trance, heavy-hitting techno, and emotionally-charged sounds that he delivers with great control and storytelling ability. His fan base is so fervent that he of...

The Glasgow-based Céleste duo are amongst a healthy crop of artists putting their hometown on the map. Their high-energy techno sits right at the vanguard with hints of trance nostalgia and a penchant for fun edits all bring each and every set to life with HD colour and emotion. They are residents at the beloved Berkeley Suite and regulars at the iconic Sub Club who are now known around Europe and...

Melbourne's high-energy dance explosion is being fuelled in part by breakout stars like native talent CRUSH3d. He says his main aim as an artist is to conjure good vibes on the dance floor, and he's now doing that across his homeland and as far afield as London. As heard on his new album ev3r, his tunes are a heartfelt blend of warm and rubbery drums and pensive pads, often topped with a nagging v...