Last year, KNTXT became a label so far it’s put out seven releases, including two by de Witte this year: the stripped-back ‘Return To Nowhere’ EP in June and four- track thumper ‘Rave On Time’ in September. She launched her own KNTXT clubnight, which ran at Brussels institution Fuse, and this January celebrated its fifth anniversary at Kompass club in her hometown of Ghent. It’s a big, big, big milestone.”ĭe Witte’s built herself up over the past five years, after first appearing under her real name on Tiga’s Turbo label in 2015. “It’s probably the strangest year to become No.1 DJ since no one has really been DJing,” she says of her win. The Belgian techno star shot up from the No.7 spot in the Alternative Top 100 DJs to dethrone Carl Cox, who has claimed the No.1 title each year since the poll launched in 2018. Just three years on, she has come out on top of the Alternative Top 100 DJs poll, as well as claiming the Highest Techno and Highest Climber awards in the original Top 100 DJs poll. In September 2017, Charlotte de Witte featured on the front of DJ Mag’s flagship UK magazine with the tagline “techno’s next-gen superstar”. He’s an Italian guy living in Germany, he makes very fast-paced techno with very strong trance influences.” Who is your number one rising DJ of 2020: “Alignment. Best known for: Her KNTXT parties and label.įave tune 2020: “I've been playing ‘Trave’ by Jacidorex towards the end of my set.
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