Summary In this Virtual Sessions episode, Sergio Matina joins from Milan to share his remarkable journey as a DJ, producer, and radio pioneer. For Sergio, being behind the decks is more than entertainment—it is art. He describes mixing as painting, with tracks as his colors and the crowd as his canvas. His long career has taken him from Italy’s top clubs to radio shows syndicated in 30 countries, including his celebrated format Tendencia Sessions. Reflecting on his beginnings, Sergio recalls buying his first records in the mid-1980s and the life-changing night in Florence when he first encountered house music through Nicky Siano. Determined to understand this new sound, he searched record shops until he built his collection and became one of the earliest house DJs in Italy. His passion for intimate clubs remains, where the energy exchange between DJ and audience defines the experience, contrasting with the spectacle of festivals. A passionate critic of phone use in clubs, Sergio shares stories of stopping his sets to demand people put their devices away and focus on dancing. For him, the dancefloor is sacred—a hedonistic, tribal, and spiritual space that should be lived, not filmed. He sees clubs as vital cultural spaces where music unites people beyond wealth or status. Sergio also discusses his label Tendenzia Records and his new project Ootrom, blending house with jazz, soul, and slower BPMs. He emphasizes that promotion, marketing, and gigs remain the lifeblood of a DJ’s career, offering guidance to young producers: humility, passion, and self-awareness. Outside music, he prioritizes health, meditation, and connecting with local cultures when touring, always seeking authenticity in food and community. Topics 0:06 - Introducing Sergio Matina with translator support 1:36 - Viewing DJing as art and comparing it to painting 2:56 - Syndicated radio show Tendencia Sessions and global reach 5:23 - First record purchases and discovering house music in Florence 9:19 - Preference for intimate clubs over large festivals 11:14 - Phones on the dancefloor and stopping sets to preserve connection 14:57 - Critiquing modern nightlife culture and the loss of authentic experiences 19:30 - Launching Ootrom project blending house, jazz, and soul influences 22:16 - Importance of promotion, marketing, and gigs for artists 28:12 - Advice for young DJs: humility, passion, and understanding limits Call to Action Explore Sergio Matina’s music and projects at sergiomatina.com. Follow him on Instagram and Facebook for updates:https://instagram.com/sergiomatina. Discover more exclusive interviews and sessions athttp://thedjsessions.com. About Sergio Matina - Artistically born in the late 80’s, this Musical Mediterranean Maestro (definition given to him by his friend Victor Simonelli) is a professional of the sector that conceives his own job as real art. In fact as a painter, he uses the Turtables / CDJs like a brush, his Vinyls / CDs as colours and the Dancefloor as a canvas where to paint his own musical sonorous picture. Besides, he has his professional artistic way to conceive his own function inside the Clubs, Sergio uses the universal language of the Music as a mean of mental connection with his crowd and creates an intense complicity between his Sound and the Dancefloor. Sergio combines House, Tech House & Tribal creating a personal musical mixing style that he himself has recalled HouseCrack. During his career he played in many countries of the world as United States, England, Spain, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Brazil, Russia, Sweden, France, Switzerland, Greece, Malta, Romania, Poland, Slovak, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Egypt, Tunisia and many more. In the last period Sergio has been present in events like: Miami Music Week (Miami) St. Moritz Music Summit (St. Moritz), Baccanali (Ibiza), ADE (Amsterdam), CASA SANREMO “The Club” (Sanremo), SONORIKA (Milan / Naples), SHADE Music Festival “F&B Area” (Bergamo), La Notte Rosa (Rimini) and many more… He has worked for 4 years (from 2002 to 2004) with RIN – Radio Italia Network (Italian Dance Radio) for the radio shows “Mastermix, Meganight & Dangerous Network “. He has worked for 9 years (from 2004 to 2012) with m2o / musica allo stato puro (Italian Dance Radio) for the radio shows “Club Wave, Stardust Weekend, In Da House & UMC “Underground Music Club”. Now, his Radio Show called TendenziA Session is broadcast in Radio Syndication in more than 50 radios around the world. During his career he has been Italian DJ Testimonial & endorser of: Red Bull, Focusrite & Grisby Music. In 2007 he founded and runs the TendenziA Records, the label that now manages to establish itself in international “Dance Oriented” discographic business. His records & remixes have been released in labels such as: Universal Records, Tommy Boy Records, Ministry Of Sound Records, Armada Music, Kult Records, Pornostar Records, Juicy Music, Whore House Records, Play Records, Tiger Records, Purple Music Records, Good For You Records, Jango Music, Jango Deep, 418 Music, Fine-Tune Records, Ambassade Records, We Play Records, Kontor Records, Hotfingers Records, Tazmania Records, Electroscene Records, Stoney Boy Music, West End Records, Superstar Records, Weekendance Records, Kingdom Kome Cuts Records, Ppmusic Records, Highlimit Records, Houseworks Records, Blanco Y Negro Records, Radikal Records, Housesession Records, Sume Records, S2G Records, Emotive Sound Records, Versuz Essentials Records, Rezonation Music, Xelon Records, Velcro Records, Vamos Records, Ibiza World Records, Neurotic Groove Records, No2 Records, Supermarket Records, Uranobeat Records, Just Entertainment Records, Ego Music, Time Records, Ocean Trax Records, D:Vision Records, Net’s Work Records, Melodica Records, Dance And Love Records, TendenziA Records, Miniaturesrec Records, Forever Young Records, X-Energy Records, Absolutely Records, A-Gain Records, Stellar Records, Acid 80 Records and many more… Among his latest productions we can not mention Disco Fever / Groove Inn (PornoStar Records) and It’s All About House Music (Juicy Traxx / Armada Music) who recently climbed the House Top 100 Charts of Beatport and TrackItDown. Sergio worked & remixed names such as: Tara Mcdonald, Ultra Natè, Martha Wash, Joy Malcolm, Ce Ce Rogers, Black Box, Cozi, Hazel Fernandez, Federal Hill Feat. Karen Daughtry, Adam Clay, Sandy B, Danzel, 2 In A Room, Jennifer Holliday, The Bitch Hotel, Manuel Riva Feat. Eneli, Luis Radio Feat. Sabrina Johnston, The Bello Boys & Dan Donica Feat. Seri, The Sloppy 5th’s, Kc Anderson & Thacher, Sara Parker, Salt Ashes, Tony Moran, Jenevieve X, Sabrina Gardner, Cazwell, Carol Jiani, Arkoss, Stonebridge & Caroline D’amore, Grower & Corey Andrew, Mike Traxx & Alan Junior, Friscia & Lamboy, Matty Menck & Terri B!, Syke’n’sugarstarr & Alexandra Prince, Sharon May Linn, Funky Junction & Splashfunk, Heather Leigh West, Dj Dove, Luvndreams, Darrell Martin, The Specimen, I Like It Electric, Omar Labastida & Gianni Ruocco, Gambafreaks, The Bitch Hotel, Dhany, Jack Floyd, Outwork Feat. Helena, Henry John Morgan & Provenzano Dj, Casino Royale, Paola & Chiara and many more… During his career he has been often present in world’s most important charts (Billboard, Music Week, MTV Dance Charts, iTunes Dance Charts, Deutsche Dance Charts, Trend Charts, Beatport, Traxsource, TrackItDown, Le Buzz Chart, Dj Mag, Norwegian Dance Chart, Swiss Dance Charts, Italian Dj Chart, DiscoMix, DiscoID and many more…) with his personal tracks and remixes. His records & remixes are constantly supported & played by DJs such as: Mark Knight, Solomun, Chuckie, Dave Seaman, Lil Loius, Paco Osuna, Eddie Amador, Antoine Clamaran, Stonebridge, Graeme Park, Dave Pearce, Joachim Garraud, Thomas Stephan, David Vendetta, Daddy’s Groove, Danny Verde, JP Candela, Dj PP, Dj Roster, Georgie Porgie, Nico De Ceglia, Scumfrog, The Cube Guys, Eddie Cumana, Syke’n’sugarstarr, Phunk Investigation, JJ Romero, Steve ‘Butch’ Jones, Deepgroove, Funky Junction, Tune Brothers, Rio De La Duna, Chris Montana, Thomas Gold, Eric Entrena, Austin Leeds, Johnny Vicious, Ivano Bellini, Flash Brothers, Brandon Block, Graham Gold, Jim ‘Shaft’ Ryan, Robert Owens, Moussa Clarke, Lenny Fontana, Dj Dove, Dj Disciple, Ed Gusto, Gambafreaks, Luca Debonaire, Black Legend Project, Francesco Farfa, Dirty Channels, Italo Bros, Alia & Gallo, Ja:Ck, Nello Simioli, Frankie P, Angelo Ferreri, Gabry Venus, Paggi & Costanzi, Danilo Seclì and many more… Official Web Site: https://calendly.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sergiomatina.com&user_uuid=4c2b2c86-3956-4a9d-977c-78e986d23990&stage=1&hmac=0bc01575cf3cac39bd25a9a0e027411d261e8e0ecc57b90b7595788ed2f6b96f Facebook: https://calendly.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsergiomatinadj&user_uuid=4c2b2c86-3956-4a9d-977c-78e986d23990&stage=1&hmac=7e537ec9f65b7d18eca240e806d01eda5f009b9e89d8af384e75fbf25e29c4c8 Instagram: https://calendly.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fsergiomatina&user_uuid=4c2b2c86-3956-4a9d-977c-78e986d23990&stage=1&hmac=86f54cfe3dcd5224e9f48f3e97ed02ae58f6795b1fc52bb82dbc4aa4005453e2 SoundCloud: https://calendly.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fsergiomatina&user_uuid=4c2b2c86-3956-4a9d-977c-78e986d23990&stage=1&hmac=58a3ee4f1759e74294f16ed5b7c79a81dbaef9e3b96086601547ace1354b5acd
