David Penn/Spain/Defected Records-
In a memorable year, where Defected Records continued to throw down the gauntlet to the rest of the global house scene, Spanish housemaster David Penn was an omnipresent force in 2019. Ranked #1 house music artist of all-time and #5 all genres artist of the last 12 months by an unassailable points margin on industry-recognized website Beatstats (to go alongside his already long-standing #1 position on Traxsource), he topped and tailed a summer-long assault on the top of the house charts once again, with two heavyweight releases on the iconic label.
Support from: John Larner, Dusty Beats and Phil Austrom