zuma dionys
Inside Zuma Dionys’ World
Roots, Rhythm, And Rituals
Zuma Dionys is not just another name on the downtempo circuit. His sound sits at the crossroads of ritual and rave, pulling in the textures of deserts, forests, and oceans, and turning them into hypnotic rhythms that belong as much to a sunrise on a beach as to a peak-time dancefloor in Berlin. What be- gan as intuitive experiments with ethnic instruments and electronic grooves has evolved into a global language, one that connects tradition with modernity and intimacy with vastness.
From Scorpios in Mykonos to Savaya in Bali and Envision Festival in Costa Rica, his sets have become more than performances, they feel like shared ceremonies, where bodies move and spirits align. At the heart of it all is a philosophy of connection: through music, through his ZUMA DOMA label, and through a mission to create spaces that transcend borders.
With a Latin American tour on the horizon and new releases ready to push his sound even further, Zuma Dionys is stepping into his most defining chapter yet. His vision is clear: to guide organic and downtempo house from the niche corners of the scene into its rightful place on the global stage, while keeping the soul intact.
The Zuma Dionys project was never about chasing trends. It was born out of a need to reconcile two worlds: the timeless pull of tradition and the forward drive of modern electronic culture. He remembers those first experiments as almost instinctive, layering ancient rhythms and acoustic textures over electronic beats until something clicked. That’s when he realized this wasn’t just a sound, it was a path.
“Zuma Dionys was born from a vision to unite two worlds, tradition and modernity. On one hand, I’ve always been influenced by ethnic music: voices, ancient rhythms, and acoustic instruments I encountered across cultures during my travels. On the other, the electronic scene gave me a language to transform those impressions into a universal sound. My first experiments were almost intuitive: layering organic sounds over electronic grooves until I realized that this blend was my path. Music stopped being just a genre, it became a space where past and future converge, where intimacy grows into vastness. I can say the project truly began the moment I understood that my sound had to be an honest reflection of the experiences I had been collecting for years, and a bridge connec- ting people across cultures and beyond borders.”
Travel has always been central to how he collects those experiences. For him, geography isn’t just backdrop, it’s a living archive that seeps into the sound. Deserts, beaches, and forests aren’t me- taphors, they’re sonic building blocks, each one leaving its mark on his compositions.
“For me, traveling is not just about geography, but about experiences that transform into sound. Deserts teach silence and vastness, giving birth to deep, meditative textures. Beaches and the ocean carry the rhythm of breath and a sense of flow, which come through in soft percussion and smooth transitions. Forests bring a feeling of organic connection to the roots, from there comes my love for ethnic instruments and live sounds.”
“My tracks become a kind of diary of these places: each composition holds the imprint of the cultures and people. I think that’s why my music resonates universally, it gathers fragments of the world and turns them into a single language, understood on dancefloors anywhere on the planet.”
Every artist has those nights where things shift, where the music stops being local and suddenly belongs to the world. For Zuma Dionys, those moments came when his tracks began moving beyond his own scene, finding listeners in corners of the globe he had never stepped into. Touring followed, and with it came the realization that his sound had graduated from intimate beginnings to something that could hold down festival stages.
“My journey has been shaped by a series of turning points. The first came when my tracks began to be played beyond my local scene, that’s when I realized music could live its own life and find listeners in places I had never been. Gradually, this led me to touring, from Europe to Latin Ame- rica, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. The Envision Festival in Costa Rica, along with performances at Scorpios in Mykonos and Savaya in Bali, solidified this transition: it was there that I understood my sets had evolved from the underground into part of the global stage.”
He often talks about his releases as chapters in a book, and listening through his catalog it’s easy to hear why. Each track carries the imprint of a place, a mood, a revelation, like diary entries that capture the essence of fleeting moments.
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AUTHOR: SERGIO NIÑO PHOTOGRAPHY: VICTORIA SHU
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