Lele Sacchi (IT)

Behind the decks since 1995 and a whole life dedicated to the world of music Lele Sacchi is now internationally recognised as one of the icons of Italy's electronic, house and alternative music scene. In these twenty years behind the decks he has completed an all around the world trip djing in the best clubs, events and festivals (from Los Angeles to Shanghai, from London to Ibiza and everything in the middle), has recorded music initially with the studio project Boogie Drama and more recently under his own name (releasing tracks for some of the coolest electronic and house labels such as Moodmusic, Soul Clap, Systematic, 20-20 Vision, Get Physical and many others), for many years the driving force behind Milan's most lauded clubbing temples such as Magazzini Generali int he 00’s decade (the reference big venue for quality music in Italy, voted best club by MTV and hosting the cream of the scene such as Richie Hawtin, Chemical Bros., Jeff Mills, Ricardo Villalobos and so on…) or the resurgence of legendary Tunnel from 2010. Playing on all the tables of showbusiness like only a true contemporary dj every weekend he runs Radio2 Inthemix on state broadcaster Rai since 2012, is one of the founders and directors of the Elita company, mainly known for its annual festival during Design Week (since 2006 has hosted artists as wide as Four Tet and Mos Def, Nicolas Jaar to Loco Dice) and teaches ‘history of dance music’ at prestigious Istituto Europero di Design (IED). Being from the capital of fashion he’s constantly asked to play and soundesign for style brands and exhibitions (stable for Trussardi and consulting for the likes of Adidas, Timberland, G-Star, Toyota, Mercedes etc…). He sits as a judge at the world’s first ever talent show on dj’s and electronic music, TOP DJ, on air on SKY tv. Italy’s biggest newspaper ‘La Repubblica’s supplement ‘TuttoMilano’ put him among the 25 people that forged Milan in the past 25 years.