THE ARTISTS BEHIND THE ROTATION

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Four artists. A closer listen.

A selection from our airwaves, with the stories behind the names. House, dance and oldskool, explored one edition at a time.

EDITION 09 / 24 October 2026

Selected from the V1 rotation.

Faithless
Artist image · Sricsi · CC BY 3.0

IN FOCUS / 01

Faithless

Behind the music

Faithless are an English dance music band that formed in 1995, with its core original members being Rollo, Sister Bliss and Maxi Jazz. During the band's initial period of success, Sister Bliss and Maxi Jazz contributed to studio recordings and toured frequently under the Faithless name, while Rollo served as a studio-only member, and has never performed live with the band. Their first album, Reverence, was released in 1996 and their most recent, Champion Sound, in 2025. They have sold millions of physical records, and their catalogue was uploaded to streaming sites in 2018. They average over four million listeners a month on Spotify.

Faithless' records have charted at No. 1 in numerous countries and they were voted the 4th greatest dance band of all time by Mixmag. Their lyrical style has been seen as sociopolitical. Their 2020 album All Blessed featured photo-journalist Yannis Behrakis' photograph of refugees in its artwork, and included immigration as its writing themes.

HEARD ON V1 · 24 October 2026Insomnia (Monster Mix Radio Edit)

Faithless

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Profile excerpt: Wikipedia contributors · Faithless · Shortened · CC BY-SA 4.0

Showtek
Artist image · Q1q2q3qwertz · CC BY-SA 4.0

ON OUR RADAR / 02

Showtek

Behind the music

Showtek is a Dutch electronic dance music duo consisting of two brothers from Eindhoven, Wouter Janssen (Dutch: [ˈʋʌutər ˈjɑnsə(n)]; born 20 August 1982). and Sjoerd Janssen (Dutch: [ɕuːr ˈtɕɑnsə(n)]; born 6 April 1984). The duo regularly manages to reach the top of multiple music charts and work with artists such as Tiësto, Chris Brown and David Guetta.

Showtek was ranked 17th in the Top 100 DJs list of 2014 but by the magazine's 2016 list, they had dropped to 96th. The brothers, who have been musically active since 2001, also offer podcasts on their own radio show on the music streaming service iTunes.

HEARD ON V1 · 24 October 2026Showtek, Liiv

Showtek

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Profile excerpt: Wikipedia contributors · Showtek · Shortened · CC BY-SA 4.0

Timmy Trumpet
Artist image · Lennert Kools · CC BY 4.0

ON OUR RADAR / 03

Timmy Trumpet

Behind the music

Timothy Jude Smith (born 9 June 1982), known by his stage name Timmy Trumpet, is an Australian musician, DJ, songwriter and record producer. He has become known internationally for playing the trumpet live and making use of jazz elements in dance music. Timmy Trumpet's breakthrough single "Freaks" with New Zealand rapper Savage was certified gold by the RIAA, six times platinum by ARIA, and triple platinum by Recorded Music NZ.

As of 2025, Timmy Trumpet is ranked number 6 in the DJ Mag "Top 100 DJs" list. On 25 March 2019, Timmy Trumpet became the first trumpet player to perform in zero gravity, a project partnership between the European Space Agency and BigCityBeats.

HEARD ON V1 · 24 October 2026My Home

Timmy Trumpet

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Profile excerpt: Wikipedia contributors · Timmy Trumpet · Shortened · CC BY-SA 4.0

Carl Cox
Artist image · Sergey Kozak · CC BY 2.0

ON OUR RADAR / 04

Carl Cox

Behind the music

Carl Andrew Cox (born 29 July 1962) is a British house and techno club DJ, radio DJ, motorsport team owner and record producer. He lives in Frankston, Victoria, Australia. Cox has won and been nominated for numerous awards. He has performed at numerous clubs and electronic music or dance events worldwide. He hosted a residency known as "Music is Revolution" every summer season at the Space Ibiza nightclub, from 2001 to 2016.

He has featured his own "Carl Cox & Friends" stage at many festivals such as Ultra Music Festival, The BPM Festival and Tomorrowland. Cox has also served as a monthly DJ for BBC Radio 1's Essential Mix. He runs the record label Intec Digital, which was founded around 1998 as Intec Records. Cox also had his own radio show and podcast, entitled Global, which he ran nearly 16 years, from 2001 until February 2017. In 2018, he founded Awesome Soundwave, a record label focused on live electronic music artists, with live artist and producer Christopher Coe.

HEARD ON V1 · 24 October 2026Nexus

Carl Cox feat. Juanita Timpanaro

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Profile excerpt: Wikipedia contributors · Carl Cox · Shortened · CC BY-SA 4.0

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