Dax J started in jungle before techno claimed his soul. Those early years of breakbeat and bass never fully left, and you can still hear their ghost in how he works his sets. Heavy, fast, with a clear sense of momentum. Meanwhile, his label Monnom Black, has quietly become one of the most reliable names in hard techno.

On the decks he is relentless, the kind of DJ who treats sets as a debate he intends to win. His sound engineering background shows as well, in how cleanly everything sits in the mix.

Dax doesn’t over-explain things, he just does.