The 20 Greatest EDM DJs: 10-1
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U.K. transplant Kevin Bazell's eclectic style and uncanny ability to read the room make him a master of the increasingly lost art of setting the mood. Whether he's whipping the club kids into a frenzy with one big-room anthem after another, or building almost unbearable tension with sinister tech-house and tribal grooves, Kazell can work any crowd like a cross-fader. No surprise that he's opened for more top-shelf headliners (Sasha and Digweed, Danny Tenaglia, Sander Kleinenberg) than anyone else in town. -Andy Hermann
5. Claude VonStroke
If anyone has the goods to get the dubstep kids into four-on-the-floor beats, it's Barclay Crenshaw and his dirty house alter ego, Claude VonStroke. Specializing in bass drops that are more booty-shaking than bone-crushing, the VonStroke sound -- equal parts Berlin sleek and Chicago slutty -- is a welcome reminder amidst the epic builds and breakdowns dominating the festival circuit that dance music is still best when it's sweaty, funky and above all, relentless. -Andy Hermann
See also: Claude Vonstroke Got in the EDM Game Late and Now He's Taking It Over
4. Sander Kleinenberg 
This Dutch spinner is probably our favorite contemporary DJ of the moment. He presents massive, dance-floor destroying sets that compete with any button-pusher's show while avoiding the kind of spiraling breakdown cliches and grating synth sirens that have ruined clubland for the adults among us. He'll rinse breakbeats and contemporary house sounds without ever sounding cheesy. Kleinenberg gets in early on those "it" tracks every other jock will be playing three months from now. -Dennis Romero
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