For our latest interview on our Touchdown series, we caught up with Sole Dosi after her set at Cocoricò.
Q1. So, tell us where you have departed from and landed into today?
I was on holiday in Croatia and after a short pit stop in Milan, the city where I live, I arrived in Riccione for my gig at Cocoricò, it is an honor for me to play in central time for the closing, also for the fact that I was born in Emilia-Romagna Romagna, and when I lived here it didn’t seem real that could happen.
Q2. Do you have any other exciting bookings for the rest of the year? (What dates and where?)
Yes! My next gigs will be Qloom in Verona (08/09), some private events during Milan Fashion Week (16/09, 17/09), my event Dropzi Records at Tempio del Futuro Perduto (20/09), that will be one time per month (next 25/10), Tank SerbatoioCulturale in Bologna (10/09) and Loveland for ADE closing (20/10)!
Q3. What venue are you playing tonight and who else is on the line up?
It’s Cocoricò Closing Party for this season in Riccione, the Line up include Loco Dice, Djammin Yaya B2B Mahony, Cera Khin, Nur Jaber, Ralf, Fimp & Me in the famous Titilla Room.
Q4. How did you first become a DJ?
Well, I always wanted to work with music, when I was little, I liked to create CDs with my favourite tracks, I used to craft many compilations and made them listen to my friends, at about 12 I was used to invite them at home, take my CD player and dance all together with my CDs for hours and hours. Then my dream job turned into creating playlists for events, brands and various projects. At 23 years old I fell in love with vinyl techno until I started with real DJ sets in the clubs, then festivals and so on. For three years now, this has been a real job, as well as my passion.
Q5. What is one item you can’t travel without?
My headphones! but not only for traveling, in general for life! Without them, I’m lost.
Q6. Tell us your typical gig schedule – do you get to see much of the places you visit?
If my working life allows it, always. In general, I am a person who always loves to discover new places, I don’t like to go to the same places, except those that I really feel like “home”. If I can, I always stop a few days in the places where I play to discover something new.
Usually when I arrive at a place before the gig, I’m very focused on that, I already come with an idea of the music I will play, so I go to the hotel for getting ready. I always like to get to the places where I play as soon as possible, and I also try to stay as long as I can to be able to listen to all the DJs.
Q7. One thing you hate about being on the road?
I admit that the airport is always a source of anxiety for me, especially if I arrive either too early or late, and I am always afraid that my flight will be cancelled or delayed. Also because unfortunately these things happen often.
Q8. Tell us the worst / funniest thing that’s happened to you whilst on the road?
When I was in Argentina, in Mendoza, I had played in a beautiful place from late at night until dawn. The place was magical, I saw the sun rise from the mountains while playing, I never wanted it to end.
After the closing the promoters invited me to a friend’s house, to continue the party. It was one of the nicest houses I had ever seen, and my husband had started playing, we never wanted to leave but we had to take a flight back to Buenos Aires.
As soon as my husband told me he didn’t want to leave I was a bit sad, but the promoter at that moment came to us and told us that the flight had been postponed to the next day. We were so happy.
The next day we found out that they had cancelled the plane because of a violent tornado, and we went to have breakfast with champagne to toast life!
Q9. How often do you produce music when on the road, if so, what does your production setup consist of?
Depends a lot on the time. I never force myself to be in the studio if I don’t feel it or have no head for it. I don’t like to produce when I’m away, I don’t find much concentration, but I can think of many ideas that I bring to the studio once or twice a week in quieter periods when I travel less.
Ableton allows you to do everything anywhere in the world and at any time, but I don’t think making music is the answer even though there are tools to do it, and the market nowadays demands it. It is important to me that every track I produce has the right value and meaning.
Q10. Finally, what new music do you have coming up in your schedule that you can
I can’t reveal much about the upcoming releases. A remix will be out on Indian label GRL Records and another one in the dutch Gem Records. At the same time, I’m preparing an EP for one of my favourite labels, but not to bring me bad luck, I prefer to keep it for myself now.
I can however reveal that I am also preparing music for the Argentine label Ureguay Records and for my own label, Dropzi Records, for which I have a lot of work to do!
September 18, 2024