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The top 10 DJs Of 2015
This year's cream of the crop
7 Ben Klock
Having conquered Berlin and earned his stripes as a resident at Berghain, in 2015 Ben Klock took his clean, driving, emotive techno to the world. Bloc, Awakenings, Coachella, Nuits Sonores, Movement, Dimension, Dekmantel: he had them all entranced. With his mighty Klockworks label and parties, he'll be riding high well into 2016 and beyond.
6 Marco Carola
In Ibiza, Marco Carola proved to be the most popular DJ on the island once again. Crucially, that success isn't down to hype or great marketing or fashionability: it's because week in, week out, his unique brand of techno delivered - and dance floors at Music:On at Amnesia and everywhere around the world responded.
5 Bicep
An XOYO residency that combined the spirit of their crate-digging roots with full-on techno madness, triumphant homecomings to the AVA festival and Shine in Belfast and gigs at Panoramabar, Hyte Amnesia and the CRRSD festival: this year Bicep have truly flexed their muscles.
4 Hannah Wants
Not content with headlining most of the UK's best festivals, Hannah Wants went international this year with a successful US mini tour and huge gigs at WAR and Together in Ibiza. One of the best-loved DJs out there, she also made the move into solo production, not least with the tracks on her stunning Mixmag cover.
3 Black Coffee
Perhaps it wasn't until his astonishing, life-affirming Mixmag Live gig that we fully realised just what a musical force of nature Nathi Maphumulo truly is. From Soweto to Circoloco to SW4, he lit up everywhere he played like sunrise over the veldt.
2 Four Tet
His £5 all-night sell-out gig at Brixton Academy in October highlighted Kieran Hebden's journey from percussionist to DJ master. Massive international festival gigs combined with intimate club performances - like his epic closing set at Plastic People (with Floating Points), perhaps the mix of the year.
1 Tale Of Us
The undisputed must-see DJs of 2015, Tale Of Us's emotional, operatic techno defined the year in dance music. From Ibiza to Coachella, theirs was the must-hear sound, moving dancefloors and melting hearts everywhere they played.
