Recognise is DJ Mag's new monthly mix series, introducing artists we love that are bursting onto the global electronic music scene.
This month, we speak to the jewel in NTS Radio’s crown, eclectic selector Elena Colombi, who started out on the London club circuit as the much-loved selector flying under-the-radar, spinning parties at clubs including Dance Tunnel, Rye Wax and The Waiting Room. But all that would quickly change when the Italy-born London-based DJ's Dekmantel podcast landed at the end of January 2017, with the following months seeing Colombi play at Berghain, Concrete, De School and countless other revered spaces for discerning electronic music.
Colombi has been plying her trade at NTS Radio since her monthly Monday show started in 2016, lovingly billed as "keeping Mondays weird". Having recently welcomed guests including Jon K, Dollkraut and Simon Parris, Colombi uses the broadcast to combine post punk, new wave, electro, industrial rhythms, techno, ambient atmospheres, synthesised sounds, freaky disco, EBM and much more in a mind-melting hot pot of music.
The increasing notoriety of her DJ sets and NTS show has led to a boom in Colombi's bookings, and 2018 certainly looks like it's going to be her biggest year yet. She's already returned to Berlin's iconic Berghain, as well as play an all-night b2b with Rush Hour associate Interstellar Funk in London, and CTM Festival, with huge bookings at Dekmantel and Dekmantel Selectors coming in summer.
Listen to Elena Colombi’s Recognise mix above, and check out the full interview on DJMag.com.
