Can you imagine Cocoon without Sven Väth? How about Paradise without Jamie Jones? Or Music On without Italian techno don, Marco Carola? Ibiza’s biggest club brands rely on the star power of their founders to make bank, but what happens when these legends eventually want to retire? DJ Mag’s digital editor Charlotte Lucy Cijffers investigates who will inherit dance music’s most powerful empires...

Last year was an incredible year for party boys Solardo. Playing over 200 high-profile gigs, traversing the globe like a well-oiled machine, the Manc lads rapidly shot into the upper echelons of the scene — converting everyone they came into contact with via their fun-time positive vibes, rolling tech-house bangers and loud shirts. After scooping the Best Duo gong at our Best Of British awards in December, DJ Mag's editor Carl Loben meets up with the pair to find out more...

Here’s what the Hull-born selector has been dropping at Jamie Jones’ shindig this year...