SloveniaUMEK is a Techno act from Slovenia, ranked #1192 in the world on the DJ INDEX with 268,300 monthly Spotify listeners. That also puts them #1 in Slovenia and #152 in Techno among the acts we track. Their monthly audience has grown 21% over the 6 weeks we have tracked them, from 221K to 268K. Their tracked peak was 274,200 in Sep 21, 2026. They have 177,018 Spotify followers and a Spotify popularity score of 44/100. Their most-streamed track on Spotify is “Cryptic Speech - Original Mix”.
Who UMEK is
Uroš Umek (born May 16, 1976), better known as DJ Umek or simply UMEK, is a Slovenian dance music producer and DJ. Musically active since 1993, he is the owner of several techno record labels. In 1999 he founded Consumer Recreation and Recycled Loops, the former of which he co-runs with Valentino Kanzyani. Recycled Loops formed the sublabel Earresistible Musick in 2001, and in 2007 Umek founded the large techno label 1605. In 2010, he won Best Techno Artist at the Beatport Music Awards, and in 2013 he was named Best Techno DJ at the EMPO Awards. In 2013, he won Best Techno Track at the International Dance Music Awards, and the following year he won Best Techno/Tech House Artist. He has released singles and remixes on Spinnin' Records and Ultra Records. Since 2015 UMEK switched back to darker techno style and is now releasing mostly on his own imprint 1605.
Biography from the UMEK article on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Most played tracks
The tracks Spotify surfaces first for UMEK, with its own 0–100 popularity score alongside.
Cryptic Speech - Original MixCryptic Speech · 2021432
Vibrancy - Original MixVibrancy · 2019403
AmnesiacUMEK · 2018404
Vibrancy - Kos:mo RemixVibrancy (Kos:mo Remix) · 2026405
Exceeder - UMEK & Mike Vale RemixExceeder (Remixes) · 2014386
Predator - Original MixPredator · 2020377
Dirty TransmissionTribus 01 · 2026368
Army Of TwoUMEK · 2008359
Percussionix - Mix 1International Techno Vol 1 · 20233410
Evolution - Original MixEvolution / Feels Like a Tunnel · 202034Latest releases
21 recent albums and singles. Cover art links through to Spotify.
Void Walker2026 · singleVibrancy (Kos:mo Remix)2026 · singleTribus 012026 · single
U-Virus2026 · single
Ritmolicious EP2026 · single
Remain Locked2026 · single
Being Alerted2026 · single
Echoes in My Mind2025 · single
Machina Motus2025 · single
Waiting for the Rave2025 · single
We Got the Fire2025 · single
On My Mind2025 · singlePost this ranking
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7 weekly snapshots. Peak so far: 274K in the week of Sep 21, 2026.
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How many monthly Spotify listeners does UMEK have?
UMEK has 268,300 monthly Spotify listeners in the week of Sep 28, 2026, as published on their public Spotify artist page.
What is UMEK's world ranking?
UMEK is ranked #1192 of 4408 electronic music artists in the DJ INDEX, which ranks purely by monthly Spotify listeners.
Where is UMEK from?
UMEK is from Slovenia, where they rank #1 among the acts we track.
What kind of music does UMEK make?
UMEK is categorised as Techno in the DJ INDEX. Spotify tags them as techno, acid techno, minimal techno.
Snapshot from the week of Sep 28, 2026. Listener figures come from Spotify's own public artist page and are rounded.