INTERVIEW OF THE SEASON

LEA OCCHI

As part of our monthly interview series, we sat down with Lea Occhi to delve in to her music career, nightlife and personal life.

• Do you normally prep your tracklists? If so, how do you approach creating the list?

• How do you balance between playing what the crowd wants and staying true to your personal style?

• You recently did a B2B with another resident of ours, Lobster. How did you go about prepping the B2B?

• How do you go about finding new music?

• Do you have a particular ritual for before a performance?

• Are there any specific skills or techniques you’re currently working on improving?

• What’s one DJ tip that everyone should know about?

• Right now you’re focused on DJing. Is producing on the cards for you? If so, do you have any knowledge about producing or is this something you will need to learn from scratch?

• How do you maintain a work-life balance given the unconventional hours of DJing?

• Can you name your top 3 clubs in Berlin (as a party-goer)?

• When you aren’t listening to Techno, what are you listening to? Can you name a few non-Techno artists that we should check out?

• We know how much Berlin has inspired you both in terms of music and values. Are there any downsides to living in Berlin?

• Your dream B2B is with …?