Just weeks after helping Dubai see in 2012 at Sandance NYE, Ibiza legend Sanchez returns to these shores for a two-hour set

Scratching pioneer Flash was the first rapper to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2007

Space Ibiza veteran Ulysees spinning inside the club, and Good Times maestro Norman Jay on the terrace

The reformed indie-electro boys behind Soulwax bring their DJ juggernaut to Dubai

Rising Serbian star Gramophonedzie picked up a nomination for best DJ set

Huge tech house talent Voorn – a former Resident Advisor Top 10 – headlines the main room, plus a set from top UK hip-hop DJ Shortee on the roof

Australian siblings Matt and Chris have the dubious honour of being the first known DJ team to host a reality TV show

Aussie dance production duo Nervo – aka Miriam and Olivia, also known as The Nervo Sisters – are best known for working with Armin van Buuren, Ke$ha, Pussycat Dolls and Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Brit DJ Doyle has spun at Ibiza’s Pacha, Space, El Divino, Amnesia, Privilege and Eden, as well as regular slots at Dubai’s Chi and Zinc

N’Dulge’s new resident makes his headline debut on a pre-Sandance Thursday

Two international female house DJs are behind the decks in the main room, plus Soulninja in the lounge spinning lounge and pop

One half of Soul Central (and also known as The Wikkaman and Movementz), house talent Vegas flies in to spin

Former Ministry of Sound and Peppermint Jam man Robinson showcases his new label

The Lebanese house tag team – known for their radio show Beirut in the Mix – make a welcome return to Dubai, following two hit Sandance sets

The perennial Sandance fave headlines this top weekly night

Danish DJ Massive – who has clocked up support from the likes of Roger Sanchez and TV Rock – guests at N’Dulge’s Thursday club night

This Aussie electro-dance duo were the surprise hit at Sandance in November 2011

Expect to hear cool and commercial house in the main room, and retro and R&B tunes in the lounge

The new season has ushered in a change of personnel at N’Dulge’s Thursday night

A respected mainstay of the UK’s electro and bass scenes, Kissy is best known for hosting UK Radio 1 show The Kissy Klub

Production pros Ruff Loaderz have worked with the likes of Rihanna, Beyoncé, Katy Perry and Justin Bieber. Here, one of the team flies in to spin

Maldovian DJ Lopez is a hit in eastern Europe thanks to smash ‘All My People’

After three weeks of heats, the city’s best remaining decksmiths go head to head at the final round of Dubai’s largest DJ comp, which will be judged by the Japanese Popstars

Up to 50 decksmiths go head to head behind the decks at the first round of Dubai’s biggest annual DJ comp. Expect sizzling mash-ups as the DJs showcase their skills in ten-minute slots

From his legendary raves hosted under a motorway underpass in the UK to the nine-year residency at Space Ibiza, house king Lawler is a master behind the decks