Eight Emerging Artists On Our Radar: January 2026

ABEL

London-based DJ, producer and vocalist ABEL has had her foot on the gas in the best way possible. Last year she launched her LAUNDRY label – both an imprint and a party concept – debuting with the hypnotic house cut "Slow Steady" and a Mixmag Lab showcase inside an actual laundromat during ADE. Peak fun, peak creativity. 

Her follow-up single Ah Papi lands early this year and continues her mission to make groove-focused house that works in both sweaty basements and serious clubs. With past releases on Circus Recordings, Bedrock, DFTD and All Day I Dream – plus sets at Hï Ibiza, fabric and DRUMSHEDS – ABEL is building her own ecosystem and inviting the dance floor along for the ride.

Belaria

Paris-based Belaria brings post-punk attitude into the club with a blend of hefty no-nonsense electro, new wave and techno that hits like neon in motion. Her recent Dynamic State EP explores how movement rewires the mind, complete with broken percussion, rave synths and atmospheric tension. She’s a resident on Rinse France, runs her own label Binding System, and has shared stages with Boys Noize and Laurent Garnier, proving she’s both curator and catalyst. If the 2026 club landscape needs more raw emotion and spiky edge, Belaria is delivering.

Kino Todo

Kino Todo doesn’t color inside genre lines. His productions jump between indie dance, rave, breakbeat, tech house and global rhythms with zero hesitation, and somehow it all lands like it was meant to be. His latest single "ICON" with Marko East and TRUTH on Life And Death is a perfect example: high-energy, hooky, and tailor-made for DJs who like to keep dancers guessing. With releases across Higher Ground, City Slang, Mad Decent and Multi Culti, Kino Todo's joyfully inventive sound is exactly the type of fuel that clubland needs moving into the new year.

Lemtom

London’s Lemtom has become one of the names to watch in the current UKG refresh. His breakout "Back 2 Front" via Interplanetary Criminal’s ATW Records label peaked at #2 on the Beatport UK Garage chart and landed on major festival stages last summer. Then came "Welcome 2 LDN" featuring Flowdan, which went viral across social platforms and quickly became one of those “ID please” tracks touring the UK circuit. With tastemaker support and serious club rotation behind him, Lemtom is settling comfortably into his moment. His records are warm, bouncy, and primed for peak-time chaos – the kind that puts grins on faces and bodies in motion.

LIGHTLEAK

LIGHTLEAK is part of the new guard making minimal deep tech brighter, groovier, and way more playable. His Shelter EP hit #1 on Beatport’s House chart and trended across SoundCloud, while Dance For Me EP on PIV Club caught BBC Radio 1’s ear and landed tons of love across clubland. Supported by Jamie Jones, Solomun, Rossi. and Traumer, LIGHTLEAK’s productions hit that sweet spot between clean engineering and real dance floor personality. More releases are queued up across some of dance music's biggest imprints, including TSZR which is gearing up to drop his dizzying deep tech hit "Mambos" to kick off the year. The trajectory is looking strong, and we'll be keeping a close eye on this California native.

Nikita, The Wicked

If bass music had a goth cousin who loved film scores and ballroom theatrics, it would sound like Nikita, The Wicked. His Blinded By Vanity EP plays like a villain origin story with orchestral builds, gritty low-end and dramatic tension baked into every track. It’s bass with lore. After a busy festival year that included Lost Lands, Project Glow and Northern Nights, plus releases on Helix and Gud Vibrations, Nikita feels like one of the freshest voices pushing the genre toward larger worlds. It’s bold, theatrical and built for crowds who want impact and imagination.

Sina XX

Amsterdam-based DJ/producer Sina XX is giving techno a much-needed sense of ritual and purpose again. His upcoming album Let There Be Light explores themes of resistance, transformation and illumination, reframing the dance floor as a site of cultural meaning rather than pure escapism. He also co-runs Body to Body, a platform centered on collaboration and safe dance spaces. At a time when techno often leans dystopian, Sina XX offers a future rooted in connection rather than collapse. The project positions techno as a catalyst for collective change, reminding listeners that the genre’s power has always come from community, intention and the possibility of becoming something more.

Yas Reven

Milan’s Yas Reven is part architect, part DJ, part rhythm cartographer. Her sets hop between techno, breakbeat and club with a cool-headed sense of structure, and her latest EP Pulse Cycles takes that even further – mapping three different time-of-night moods through percussion and pacing. Performances at Boiler Room, HÖR and The Lot Radio have introduced her to wider audiences, while releases on Hardline, Nehza and Casa Voyager show she’s equally comfortable in the studio. Expect her influence to keep spreading through Europe (and beyond) this year.