“I don’t like this idea of only being able to play one thing or being puritanical to a sound or scene,” says Sunny Seppä, aka Sansibar, as we mull over his vision for music. The Helsinki-based producer has a clear knowledge of what makes dancefloors tick and, in a relatively short space of time, his tunes have become DJ staples, pulling from the pools of old-skool trance, euphoric ‘90s techno and classic hardcore, while maintaining a future-facing edge
Sansibar’s debut EP ‘Quadra’ came out in 2018 via the Australian tape label, Altered States Tapes; a collection of four intelligent, sensitive electro tracks. In 2019, an EP with Manchester’s Natural Sciences and his debut album ‘Targeted Individuals’ followed. By 2020, he was still bubbling under the surface, but the year that ground to a halt for many proved to be a period of serious activity for Seppä.
He released three EPs with Leipzig collective WARNING and Finnish labels Émotsiya and Avoidance, and contributed to compilations on labels like Radiant Love. His EP with Avoidance, titled ‘Game Over’, warranted vinyl represses and saw plays in every live stream you could clap your eyes on.
Toward the end of 2021, he debuted on Kalahari Oyster Cult with his second album, ‘Sans Musique’, bringing together all the things Sansibar loves about dance music in one cohesive, extended collection. Across its six tracks, he veers from driving, wide-eyed techno into otherworldly 2-step and deep, ravey breaks. Alongside a sub-shaking remix from Earth People, the album is futuristic with a vintage flair.