House is not a popularity contest. It’s not about your social media follower count. It’s about the music you play, what you do and say, and what you give back. Here, in no particular order, are FAITH’s favourite DJs of 2020, compiled by a varied group of house lovers from around the world.
Andrew Weatherall
Same as Frankie, there’s no ‘New Wevvers’. No one remotely comes close to his magical influence. Fail We May, Sail We Must.
Honey Dijon
Black Magic Girl. Queen of the House.
Derrick Carter
Forever the DJs favourite DJ.
DJ Paulette
Resident at The Haçienda, Heaven, Ministry of Sound and Ibiza Rocks amongst countless others & too many radio shows to mention.
Ash Lauryn
Detroit born, Atlanta based. Founder of Underground And Black, resident on NTS Radio, always bringing the very, very best in house music.
Horse Meat Disco
London Queer club promoters & DJ crew, consisting of James Hillard, Jim Stanton, Severino, and Luke Howard.
Dave Clarke
aka The Baron. Outspoken on the commercialisation of techno. His long-running White Noise Radio show pushes new & unsigned music.
Natasha Diggs
New York City’s queen of vinyl. Funk, Soul, Jazz, Hip-Hop and H.O.U.S.E.
Carista
Her “United Identites HQ” series this year has been outstanding, a true place of musical refuge.
DJ Harvey
As always, the don for the heads.
LSDXOXO
Churning out anthem after anthem while looking cute doing it.
Gilles Peterson
His shows during lockdowns have been keeping the heads from going hungry, and the Elton John interview was pure magic.
Luke Unabomber
Funny f*cker from Sheffield who's Insta alone brightens up the days, but his support of the culture in various ways is invaluable.
Melvo Baptiste
A young man with a old musical head and great musical pedigree.
Cashu
Heroine of São Paulo, offering arguably one of the best underground parties in the world with Mamba Negra
Ashley Beedle
Long time in the Deep House trench but as innovative as ever. Man at the top of his game.
Eris Drew
Chicago’s Eris Drew, resident at Smart Bar and NYC club The Bunker. Runs the T4T LUV NRG label alongside regular collaborator & partner Octo Octa.
Ahadadream
Balamii Radio & BBC Asian Network resident, DJ sets regularly fusing UK Funky, house, afrobeat & GQOM.
Luke Solomon
The man behind the scenes of so much that made 2020 musically so good.
The Carry Nation
Their marathon sets have carried us through dark times this year & their productions share in that light.
DJ Koco (aka Shimokita)
Vinyl 45 specialist from Japan.
Lerato Khathi
From holding parties in Johhanesburg in the 90’s to running Uzuri Records in Berlin, the sounds of Chicago House via Soweto.
DJ Heather
Chicago based DJ, resident at Artful Dodger & Smartbar.
Mike Dunn
Acid house originator who has been a permanent presence on the underground scene for four decades.
Louie Vega
His online shows have educated & inspired.
Robert Hood
Bringing gospel techno to a wider audience.
Kiddy Smile
The fiercest thing out of Paris since Chanel No. 5
Josh Caffe
Co-founder of and resident DJ at Fabric’s queer night Love Child, vocalist for Paranoid London. Fond of the Lady Petrol.
Dee Diggs
NY New School with a lot to say as well as serving up the music.
Black Cadmium
Joginda Macnack and Mike Richardsutch aka Black Cadmium, production & DJ duo who specialise in the acid sound of London & Detroit.
Black Girl / White Girl
Karin and Ty, Israeli/Curacaoan duo now based in Amsterdam. Proper jacking energy, not afraid to go hard & fast.
Jasmine Infiniti
Pure unapologetic underground techno from New York City.
Touching Bass (Errol & Alex Rita)
From spiritual jazz to proto grime to Mary J Blige, there’s nothing that doesn’t make sense in the mix when Errol & Alex get going.
Hifi Sean
If only for his upcoming Fire Islands “shout” but he’s been so much more.
Love Letters
Unsung hero of house and techno living in Queens NYC. Not to be slept on.
Nightwave
Slovenia born, Glasgow based DJ. Resident at Night Rave, owner of Heka Trax, & longtime Amazon Rainforest activist.
Man Power
Me Me Me. Techno but without the ******** dullness
Sean Johnston
A Love From Outer Space. Taking the reins with great humanity. Amazing DJ.
Masha
Co-founder of Dig Deeper & Dusk Camp, Serbian Born / LA Based Masha’s influence on LA’s underground dance music scene is second to none.
Heidi Lawden
Our girl in Cali - doing the UK proud.
Karen “KG” Nyame’s waves of UK Funky percussion and unorthodox structures are super modernist but capital-H HOUSE
DJ Sprinkles
Unashamedly political music - something very worth celebrating.
Amy Dabbs
Londoner Dabbs now operates out of Berlin. House music with a hefty dash of Northern Soul.
Anz
Manchester DJ & NTS resident Anz’s annual genre-defying own production dubs mixes are notorious.
NDRX
Resident DJ at Bassiani club, in his hometown of Tblisi, Georgia, where he also runs a DJ school & artist community called 11th.
Bake
Bake’s sets give you space to get into the zone rather than slamming you with hit after hit, sewing together Dub, Jazz, spectral Detroit cuts, Torsten Profock, Villalobos, and Gemini.
Batu
Batu aka Omar McCutcheon, runs the Timedance imprint and is resident at Sheffield’s award-winning No Bounds Festival
Tedd Patterson
A Sound Factory disciple who’s back in the game, big time.
LDLDN
Long-running NTS Radio resident DJ in London, deep digger and respected multi-genre head from house and techno to jazz, funk, soul and beyond.
Jossy Mitsu
Rinse FM resident, Birmingham’s Jossy Mitsu connects the dots from oldskool rave, UK garage, house & techno.
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