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EDITORIAL > SPOTIFY WRAPPED: WHAT MUSICAL ARTISTS CAME OUT ON TOP FOR OUR EDITORS

JACK SPILSBURY
GABRY PONTE

With huge recent releases the likes of ‘The Feeling’ and ‘We
Could Be Together’ as well as his timeless classics, it’s no
surprise that Gabry Ponte came out on top of my Spotify
Wrapped with a whopping 12,000 minutes. 2022 was the
year I was also finally honoured to see the Italian master-
mind live at the Spinnin’ Records label night at ADE in Octo-
ber, his phenomenal performance only boosted his plays
from me and signed me as a certified fan. I look forward to
SPOTIFY WRAPPED: what the producer has in store for next year and beyond.

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WHAT MUSICAL

ARTISTS CAME SAMANTHA REIS
CAMELPHAT
When my Spotify Wrapped revealed that my top artist of
OUT ON TOP FOR 2022 were CamelPhat, it wasn’t surprising and the main
culprit is their album ‘Dark Matter’. Despite being released
in October 2020, it was in 2022 that CamelPhat’s 21-track
OUR EDITORS debut LP became my soundtrack. Each of the tracks is
different and speaks to me in a very particular way, which
is why they have accompanied me through the different
moments my life has had this year. The finesse with which
BY: JACK SPILSBURY
the duo produce music and the perfection with which they
employ vocals are the ultimate food for my demanding
A most highly anticipated and viral moments of the year, Spotify Wrapped. To ignore the thousands of minutes I spent listening to Camel-
musical palate. Spotify knows this very well and couldn’t
nother year of sensational music has come and gone and with it brings one of
Phat, the Liverpool duo I’ve followed since their first house
celebrate this joyous occasion, we asked some of our We Rave You editors to let
and tech house tracks until this album that is a true ode to
us know who was their most played artist and the reasoning behind it.
melodic techno. I’m curious to see how the duo’s musicality
will evolve and whether they’ll remain my top artist in 2023.
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“Another year of sensational music has come

and gone and with it brings one of most highly
ELLIE MULLINS
anticipated and viral moments, Spotify Wrapped.”
DAVID GUETTA

My No.1 streamed artist of the year according to my Apple
Music stats is David Guetta, which certainly doesn’t surprise
me. Releasing consistently on both his commercial side of
his productions and also with the Future Rave movement
alongside MORTEN, 2022 has been an incredible year for
him. Future Rave and his more underground, melodic side
is what has been interesting me the most this year, with the
‘Episode 2’ EP, his rework of ‘Satisfaction’ and ‘Permanence’
especially being favourites of mine during 2022.

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