Eight artists taking American dance music to the next level in 2016
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5 Julia Govor
It's a bit of a cheat to call Julia Govor "American" but we're going to do it anyway (artistic licence and all that). She's lived many lives before becoming a techno DJ, having been raised in a Navy family in Russia before going against the grain and getting involved with electronic music, first in Moscow and now New York, where she's making a massive impact.
In 2016, she's set to release a slew of singles, including an original of hers called 'Open Possibility' that is set to arrive on the vinyl-only label Mind Series in February. Last year, she played The Lab LA and she got listed in our 16 artists to watch in '16, too!
Watch her Lab LA session here.
6 SOFI TUKKER
Sophie Hawley-Weld and Tucker Halpern met at an art gallery while attending Brown University together and have been making music together since their graduation in 2014. The two have been digging their into both the indie and dance music scenes, defying boundaries of language by offering up some of their very first songs in Portuguese.
Now based out of New York, the eclectic pair are currently on tour with The Knocks in the US and have already been the subject of an Essential New Tune, hand-selected by Pete Tong. And finally, new music is on its way as the duo prepare to release their debut EP 'Soft Animals', slated to land later this year.
