Eight Emerging Artists On Our Radar: May 2026

Welcome back to On Our Radar, Beatportal’s monthly roundup of the DJs and producers we can’t get enough of.

Cameron Holbrook

5 min •

May 18, 2026

Camille Doe

Camille Doe makes chunky club music with proper bite. The Bordeaux-born, Paris-based DJ/producer pulls from UKG, tech-house, ’90s hip-hop samples, and sweaty old-school club energy, flipping those references into something fresh, rowdy, and built to move. After releases on Fatboy Slim’s Southern Fried Records and an EP on ATW, she kept the pressure up with drops on EC2A and In/Rotation while launching her own Triple G Records imprint. Her new Gudu Records EP Check This Out / On You feels like a real level-up, with “Check This Out” earning Track ID of the Week from Sarah Story on BBC Radio 1. With Gudu, WHP Records, and more ATW heat on deck, plus support from Peggy Gou, Mochakk, Dom Dolla, and Interplanetary Criminal, Camille is firmly in the “watch closely” zone.

Eoin DJ

Eoin DJ brings the kind of rave energy that feels loose, emotional, and completely dialed-in. The Galway-born, Berlin-based DJ/producer moves through house, trance, techno, electro, bass, and breaks with a rave-first instinct that keeps everything loose, emotional, and fully locked for the floor. Their releases across Radiant, Punctuality, Planet Euphorique, a7a, and Rhythm Section International already show serious range, while sets at Draaimolen, Horst, FOLD, Club Raum, Adonis, and Club Are prove they can twist a room inside out. Now they land on Sally C’s Big Saldo’s Chunkers with the Pure U EP – a five-track collection full of fat low-end, catchy vocal hooks, and the kind of proper party fuel that makes the whole room snap awake.

Leon Vera

Leon Vera is going straight for the big-room rush. The upstart Melbourne producer sits somewhere between high-energy house, trance, and euphoric club music, building tracks that feel massive without losing their emotional pull. With over two million SoundCloud streams and support from Chris Stussy, Kettama, TRYM, and Robbie Doherty, he’s already moving well beyond local buzz. His latest release “Cloudburst” on Ben Hemsley’s bebé recordings is pure lift: soaring melodies, driving rhythm, shiny atmospheres, and a drop built for late-night release. It’s trance with muscle, polish, and heart - the kind that hits in headphones and absolutely flies on a system.

Narasimha

Narasimha is making global house with actual miles behind it. The New York-based producer spent one year traveling the world, most notably studying traditional drums and dance for months in West Africa (Guinea, Gambia, and Senegal), then turning that experience into proper club ammunition. Videos of his unreleased tracks caught fire online, grabbed Chris Lake’s attention, and led to “Wakili” landing on Black Book Records. Now he steps onto Bonobo’s OUTLIER imprint with “Fanga,” a drum-heavy tech house cut named after the Bambara word for “power.” With support from Bonobo, Chris Lake, DJ Habibeats, Melé, HUGEL, Francis Mercier, and more, Narasimha’s rise feels properly earned and we can't wait to hear what he cooks up for us next.

Orsay

Based between Paris and London, DJ/producer Orsay comes from a classical piano background, but his sound is anything but stiff: warm indie textures, majestic grooves, and emotional hooks built for late-night movement. He’s already released on Ninja Tune, Siamese, Universal Music, and Kitsuné, with support from Adriatique, Solomun, Keinemusik, WhoMadeWho, Carlita, RÜFÜS DU SOL, and CamelPhat. He recently lined up “1886,” a bouncey and lush collab with Kotiēr that's landed on Blond:ish's Abracadabra Music. His recent remix of Poolside, MiiRACLES, and Thunder Jackson’s “Otherside” feels like a proper sweet spot, turning the original’s piano-led emotion into a dance-floor-ready house burner after Poolside debuted it to a packed Coachella DoLab crowd. Polished, hypnotic, and fully in motion, Orsay is building serious momentum.

Solarce Brothers

Solarce Brothers are bringing their own strain of Brazilian groove to the global house circuit with noteworthy effectiveness. The sibling duo pulls from disco, jazz, funk, soul, minimal, and house, keeping everything warm, percussive, and locked deep in the pocket. After building momentum across Moon Harbour, Nervous Records, and LTF Records, they were tapped for Mochakk’s MOTRAXX Vol. 2 with “One Woman Man” alongside Jame C - a hypnotic, percussion-led roller packed with tribal textures and peak-time energy. Now they’re back on the imprint for MOTRAXX Vol. 3 with “Insensato,” a bouncy, vocal-led deep house cut that pushes their sound even further. With support from Toman, Maz, and The Martinez Brothers, plus global dates alongside the MOTRAXX crew, Solarce Brothers feel like they might just be Brazil’s next major electronic export.

Swooh

Swooh refuses to be filed neatly under one sound. The French producer and DJ has spent over a decade smashing together ghetto tech, breakbeat, footwork, acid, trance textures, and hardgroove into tracks that hit weird, fast, and dangerously fun. Her releases on RAW, Molekül, Low Income Squad, and boisha have been rinsed by names from DJ Stingray to Amelie Lens, while her Astropolis breakthrough helped push her onto bigger floors across France and beyond. Now she recently returned to TETE VIDE with Fluctuations, a full-circle EP sitting somewhere between futuristic bass music and 4-to-the-floor experimentation. Twitchy, trippy, and built to stick.

Cameron Holbrook

8 min

Eight Emerging Artists On Our Radar: May 2026

Cameron Holbrook

Camille Doe

Eoin DJ

Leon Vera

Narasimha

Orsay

Solarce Brothers

Swooh

Tom Marsi

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