
Gray Area makes another step in its mission to “unify and strengthen the House Music community around the world,” today by partnering with Spotify for an official editorial playlist on the streaming platform. Gray Area Guest List launched with over five hours of house and techno from the forward-thinking and creative voices that are defining the myriad sounds of underground dance. 



Spotify’s Guest List playlists allow noted brands and artists to take over an official editorial playlist curating it from top to bottom precisely to match that brand’s unique footprint. And the Gray Area list is lovingly selected to reflect the future of dance music.



Included are songs from Gray Area Spotlight featured artists QRTR, LP Giobbi, Vintage Culture, and Will Clarke. Alongside bonafide legends like Ricardo Villalobos, Miss Kittin, Maya Jane Coles, Anja Schneider, Guy Gerber, Steve Bug, The Martinez Brothers, Joseph Capriati, Jamie Jones, Louie Vega, Pig & Dan, Royksopp, and Maceo Plex. 2022 GRAMMY Award nominee Black Coffee, Repopulate Mars boss Lee Foss, Drumcode front-man Adam Beyer, and Godfather of House Frankie Knuckles are also featured.


The Gray Area Guest List is a great way to get familiar with the sweeping sonic footprint of house and techno. Too often, we get stuck in our own lane, and the beauty of dance music is that it encompasses an array of shifting moods and aural textures. So take yourself on a journey through the expanse of underground dance music, turn up the volume and Let There Be More House Music.




Gray Area Takes Over Spotify's Official Guest List Playlist

In dance music, some excel at DJing, others shine in production, and others still thrive with the authority and tastemaking know-how required to manage a label. And some, like Anja Schneider, do it all.

The German-born and -based multihyphenate is a DJ, producer, radio host, and the head of her own label, Sous Music. Along with being the primary home to her own discography, Schneider’s label hosts others, like Francesca Lombardo, Billy Turner, and Madben, who the artist has taken under her wing and woven into her distinctive and refined house and techno selections.

Anja Schneider Sunset Tech-House DJ Set From DJ Mag HQ Ibiza

Anja Schneider spins a sunset DJ set live from DJ Mag HQ at IMS Ibiza.

In 2017, the German DJ/producer stepped away from the iconic Mobilee label she founded in 2005 to start her Sous Music imprint. Schneider's nine-track album, 'So Me' landed shortly after, which we crowned Album of the Month on its arrival.

Get locked into her 90-minute DJ Mag HQ DJ mix above!

DJ Mag HQ Ibiza has previously streamed Carl Cox, Black Coffee, David Morales, Kenny Dope, Paco Osuna and more. Check out all the sets in this playlist: https://dj-m.ag/2QiOFL9


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As a radio host, too, Schneider has found a platform to boast her curatorial chops. She’s become known for her show, “Club Room,” hosted by Berlin broadcaster Radio Eins, which makes a weekly habit of playing new and sometimes disparate tracks like Orlando Voorn’s remix of David Bowie’s “This Is Not America” and a Lost Heroes redux of All is Well’s “Sajkvfighosgo.”

As a musician, Schneider is globe-trotting, playing major festivals like GuteZeit Festival in Konstanz, Germany and Baum Festival in Bogotá, Colombia, as well as smaller, more intimate venues like Floyd Miami. Her sound brings a calm coolness to techno, somehow making it high energy enough for the club and low energy enough for an everyday listen.

In addition to her Sous Music release, Scheider’s remixes have been hosted on labels such as Universal, Tsuba Records, and Crosstown Rebels, among others. Her work has also been recognized in top-tier music publications like MixMag, and her first release on Sous Music—the nine-track LP, SoMe—was honored by DJ Mag as the November 2017 Album of the Month.

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