[Updated] One of my favorite DJs this year has been Corpus Christi’s El Dusty. Last year, he remixed “Turn Down for What” with an accordion-led cumbia under Lil’ Jon’s shouting. His remix of Major Lazer’s “Too Original” was less surprising but equally banging, and he gave “Bidi Bidi Bom Bom” by the late Latin pop star Selena a percussion-heavy remix without sacrificing the original’s breezy vibe.

“It’s something that I couldn’t escape since conception,” says Luzelena Mendoza of her musical beginnings. Call it fate, destiny, or simply faith, but this fierce Y La Bamba gypsy songstress knows of her own power, and senses some driving force behind it.