Donato Dozzy

Few DJs and pro­duc­ers are as wide­ly and uni­ver­sal­ly acclaimed in tech­no cir­cles as Ital­ian Dona­to Dozzy. He has a rare abil­i­ty to work his way into peo­ples’ minds in both con­tem­po­rary and clas­si­cal set­tings, con­jur­ing real mood and atmos­phere. Nev­er one to pay heed to the zeit­geist, he prefers to deal in hyp­not­ic sound­scapes that real­ly take you on a trip.

Enig­mat­ic as he is, and laid­back as he seems, as an artist he is con­stant­ly unveil­ing new work. Dis­play­ing a large vari­a­tion in terms of sound and method across many new releas­es each year – some of which come on his co-owned label Spazio Disponi­bile – he also puts out instal­la­tions for pub­lic spaces and muse­ums, uses obscure musi­cal instru­ments, col­lab­o­rates with like­mind­ed pro­duc­ers, clas­si­cal singers or visu­al artists. Dona­to seems to con­tin­u­ous­ly chal­lenge him­self on a cre­ative lev­el: what­ev­er method he uses, though, he is always like­ly to per­me­ate your cere­bral cor­tex and rewire it in fas­ci­nat­ing and com­pelling new ways.