John Walter Schuster (born July 29, 1994), better known by his stage name John Summit, is an American DJ and record producer, former accountant and current owner of the Experts Only label. His music includes original tracks and remixes, primarily focused in the genre of tech house. Summit has been producing music since at least 2017, but rose to popularity in 2020 with his single Deep End. He released his debut studio album, Comfort in Chaos, in 2024, with his second, Ctrl Escape, released in April 2026.
He has received nominations for the Billboard, American, and iHeartRadio Music Awards, and his own label, Experts Only, was SiriusXM's Powertools Awards Label of the Year for 2025. Since 2021, Summit has toured extensively and performed at major music festivals including the Ultra Music Festival, Coachella, Lollapalooza, Tomorrowland, and Electric Daisy Carnival, among others. His arena touring has spanned The O2 Arena and Madison Square Garden, with an increased presence in smaller venues and pop-up showings.
Pierre David Guetta (French: [pjɛʁ david ɡeta]; born 7 November 1967) is a French DJ and record producer. He has sold over 10 million albums and 65 million singles globally, with more than 40 billion streams on Spotify. Guetta was voted the number one DJ in the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs polls in 2011, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2025, and 2026. In 2013, Billboard ranked his song "When Love Takes Over" (featuring Kelly Rowland) as the number one dance-pop collaboration of all time.
He released his debut album, Just a Little More Love, in 2002. Later, he released Guetta Blaster (2004) and Pop Life (2007). Guetta achieved mainstream success with his fourth album One Love (2009), which included his breakthrough singles "When Love Takes Over" (featuring Kelly Rowland), "Gettin' Over You" (with Chris Willis featuring Fergie and LMFAO), "Sexy Bitch" (featuring Akon) and "Memories" (featuring Kid Cudi); the former three reached number one in the United Kingdom.
HEARD ON V1 · 8 October 2026Titanium (David Guetta & Morten Future Rave Remix)
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Avicii
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Tim Bergling (8 September 1989 – 20 April 2018), known professionally as Avicii, was a Swedish DJ, remixer, and record producer. His music consisted primarily of pop-oriented house music, often blended with other genres such as folk, country, bluegrass, soul, and blues. He is considered one of the most popular and successful electronic dance music (EDM) artists of all time and is credited with "leading EDM into the mainstream". Avicii began posting remixes on Internet forums when he was 16 and in 2007 signed with the Dejfitts Plays record label.
After winning a BBC Radio 1 competition in 2008, he signed a talent management agreement with Arash Pournouri. "Levels" (2011) was his first entry on the Billboard Hot 100. His debut studio album, True (2013), peaked in the top 10 in more than 15 countries; the lead single, "Wake Me Up", became a most-streamed song on Spotify. Both his album Stories (2015) and the EP Avīci (01) (2017) reached number one on the Swedish Sverigetopplistan chart.
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Armin Van Buuren
Behind the music
Armin Jozef Jacobus Daniël van Buuren OON (born 25 December 1976) is a Dutch DJ, musician and record producer. Since 2001, he has hosted A State of Trance (ASOT), a weekly radio show, which is broadcast to nearly 40 million listeners in 84 countries on over 100 FM radio stations. According to the website DJs and Festivals, "the radio show propelled him to stardom and helped cultivate an interest in trance music around the world".
Van Buuren has won a number of accolades. He has been ranked the number one DJ by DJ Mag a record of five times, four years in a row. He was ranked fifth on the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs list in 2022, as well as fourth in 2015, 2016, 2019 and 2020, and third in 2017.
HEARD ON V1 · 8 October 2026This Is What It Feels Like (Armin Van Buuren 2023 Remix)
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