glauco di mambro
GLAUCO DI MAMBRO
THE INDEPENDENCE OF SOUND
The line between being absorbed by a place and moving through it can be very thin. Glauco di Mambro, however, seems to have found the perfect balance be- tween the two. For him, Rome’s Sanctuary is the space that initially swallowed him whole – friendships, nights, the blurring of boundaries between life and work – but that, over time, gave him back transformed. As a resident DJ and curator, he has built a career within those Roman walls that resists labels and categories, built on listening and a certain idea of the underground.
After last year’s Mixmag Lab at the Sanctuary, we met him on our pages for a conversation as fluid and clear as one of his sets. What emerged was the intima- te portrait of an artist who has made independence a life choice, and movement the only form of stability he recognises.
Here we are, Glauco. Let’s start where we first met: last year saw the first Mixmag Lab at the Sanctuary in Rome, which is also “your home”. What do you think changes when a global format enters such a strongly defined local ecosystem like the Sanctuary?
Hello Mixmag, and thank you for this great conversation.
First of all, let me say that The Sanc- tuary is above all the home of all those people who for eight years have cros- sed that portal and chosen to come and dance, listen to music, have din- ner, do yoga, take a dip in the pool or simply relax. From Thursday to Sunday, and in summer even six days a week. It’s an incredible achievement, and I’m really happy that MIXMAG LAB cho- se The Sanctuary for its absolute first time in Rome inside a club.
When a player like Mixmag collabora- tes with a microcosm like the Sanc- tuary, there shouldn’t be “colonisation”,
but alchemy. Over the years, the Sanc- tuary has managed to build an aes- thetic, a sound, even very recognisable codes for its community.
For all those audiences looking for an experience beyond a simple night out, the Mixmag Lab represented va- lidation of a journey: seeing your own “home” recognised on a global level gi- ves you the feeling of belonging to so- mething big, something real. It’s proof that you don’t need to be in Berlin, Ibiza or New York to be part of a globally re- sonant experience: quality always lies in the way you inhabit your space.
It was a clear signal that Rome’s sce- ne isn’t a periphery, but a hub capable of hosting international standards wi- thout losing a single gram of its DNA. When a global giant adapts to such an identity-rich location, the result is a unique cultural product: less “indus- trial” and far more authentic.
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AUTOR ALESSANDRA SOLA PHOTORAPHY IULIA PADUREANU
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