EDM.com Class of 2025 Revealed
The official EDM.com Class of 2025 has been revealed.
For the unfamiliar, our annual Class isn't a stale, archaic "artists to watch" feature, but a list of 10 musicians with transformative skill sets who are on the cusp of changing the fabric of electronic dance music.
Through their workhorse mentalities and defiance of industry standards, these groundbreaking future headliners have already proven their volcanic potential in the scene—and they're now ready to erupt.
The members of the EDM.com Class of 2025 are ALLEYCVT, Beltran, Champion, Jessica Audiffred, Layton Giordani, Linney, Max Styler, Oppidan, Tape B and Wakyin. Continue on to read more about each artist and discover their music.
ALLEYCVT
On the brink of a bona fide breakout, ALLEYCVT has much more than nine lives. High-profile festival sets at Insomniac's HARD Summer, Excision's Lost Lands and an upcoming performance at EDC Las Vegas are just the beginning for this triple-threat producer, DJ and singer-songwriter, who is redefining what it means to be a multifaceted force in bass music.
Her sound is a razor-edged fusion of bass-heavy fury and melodic vulnerability, carving out emotional landscapes within ferocious dubstep tracks that show no remorse. It's a compelling approach that has led to major support from ILLENIUM, Zeds Dead, NGHTMRE, Flux Pavilion and SLANDER, among many other elite dubstep and bass music artists.
Beltran
Pristine yet dripping with character, Beltran's productions are a masterclass in groove refinement, where stripped-back minimalism meets trunk-thumping house music. Look no further than his breakout single "Smack Yo'," released via Michael Bibi's fabled Solid Grooves label.
In short order, Beltran's tactile and irresistible sets have catapulted him as one of the most in-demand DJs in the techno and house scenes. Next up for the Brazilian breakout? A landmark performance in Coachella's iconic Yuma tent.
c/o Prime Culture
Champion
Champion has emerged as a flag-bearer of UK Grime as the genre continues to blossom into a global force. Whether through visceral low-end pressure or crisp syncopated claps, his drum programming is surgical, letting each element breathe while maintaining an unrelenting groove.
The East London-based producer and founder of Formula Records has also settled into a reputation as a coveted collaborator on and off the stage. He joined forces with Nike and Footpatrol to develop a bespoke series of Air Max sneakers, and teamed up with Skrillex and Four Tet to release the captivating track "Talk to Me."
c/o Funfair Management
Jessica Audiffred
If you've been lured to a stage by some kind of unspoken, wild energy and seen neon hair thrashing in the DJ booth, it's likely Jessica Audiffred.
The Mexican DJ and dubstep producer is riding the wave of a breakout, sending shockwaves through crowds at EDC Las Vegas, Lost Lands and the Amsterdam Dance Event, the world's leading electronic music summit. She also launched her own music festival, the aptly titled Mad House, where—much like her unapologetic bangers—bass reigns supreme and sanity is optional.
c/o MAYD Artist Group
Layton Giordani
The one they call "Slayton" has been a force of nature, clawing to the top of techno's ranks with breakneck speed. The New York native has become one of the genre's biggest breakouts with his phantasmal sound, which entwines brutality and beauty through four-on-the-floor beats you can feel in your bones.
His latest masterstrokes were an official remix of deadmau5's generational dance anthem "Strobe" and the haunting single "Act of God," a stunning collaboration with Sarah de Warren and fellow EDM.com Class of 2025 inductee Linney. The latter track released on John Summit's Experts Only imprint, one of a slew of influential labels that continue to release his music, including Tale of Us' Afterlife and Adam Beyer's Drumcode.
c/o Metatone
Linney
Linney is a singer-songwriter with the soul of a travelled storyteller. Weaving through melodies with a masterful blend of controlled vibrato and emotive breaks, her vocal range serves as both a vessel and a weapon, equally capable of delivering soaring falsettos and soft, crystalline harmonies.
Linney's lyrics are also aching, carrying the weight of love, loss, transformation and redemption. They're one of the many reasons why she's emerged as a powerhouse singer-songwriter, one who has the ability to turn every demo into an emotional dancefloor anthem.
Julia Hansson
Max Styler
Few producers have experienced a rise quite as meteoric as Max Styler, whose reinvention from Dim Mak prodigy to rising house music superstar has been a fascinating journey. A master of tension and release, he's now sculpting a signature sound that balances underground grit with dancefloor euphoria.
Styler layers sultry vocal chops and intricate drum programming to craft tracks that feel both effortlessly smooth and meticulously detailed, elevating house music into a dynamic, sensory experience. It's a sound that has made him a fixture on John Summit's Experts Only label and events, not to mention high-profile releases on Repopulate Mars, Insomniac Records, Spinnin' Deep and Gorgon City's REALM imprint.
c/o Metatone
Oppidan
Bristol-based beatsmith Oppidan has come a long way since she was a starry-eyed, 12-year-old artist burning CDs and selling them at school. With a global festival hit now under her belt as well as releases on iconic labels like Hospital, UKF and fabric Records, she's rampaging through the UK Garage scene as one of its most promising artists.
The genre's swing just feels more alive inside Oppidan's arrangements, which incorporate bass music's visceral low-ends and the driving pulse of 4x4 to produce a sound all her own. It's UKG with a futurist’s touch, irresistibly danceable yet rich with nuance.
c/o CTRLFRK
Tape B
Nostalgia is Tape B's love language. The Turkish beatsmith's music is evocative mayhem, threading vintage hip-hop with growling dubstep while dusty vinyl crackles ripple through with analog warmth.
Tape B's sound—and his beloved "CarTunes" mixes—are in a league of their own, rooted in boom-bap's golden era but stretched into psychedelic dimensions with glitchy textures and serpentine vowel bass. It's an approach that has entrenched him as one of bass music's most in-demand collaborators, teaming up with Subtronics, John Summit, Ganja White Night, Wooli and even Memphis rap icon Juicy J.
c/o Koru Group
Wakyin
Wakyin has the innate ability to produce music that invites us into his own history. Radiant vocals—often pulled from his Dominican and Puerto Rican roots—slink through his beats with a mesmerizing fluidity as sophisticated polyrhythmic layers dance beneath gilded synth textures.
Wakyin's signature approach to production maintains fierce danceability while incorporating subtle dembow patterns, creating beats that feel both ancestral and uniquely modern. In his universe, merengue's pulsing urgency collides with Afro-house's sultry sheen, creating a fusion that defies easy categorization.
c/o Syndicate Management
