Kalabrese is one of Zurich’s most luminous troublemakers, a fixture at the front lines of the city’s music underground. DJ, producer, and co-conspirator behind the legendary Club Zukunft, he moves where scenes are built and rules are quietly dismantled. Under his real name, Sacha Winkler, he carved out a sound that refused local borders, sending shockwaves far beyond Switzerland with a style that couldn’t be contained or neatly classified.

Kalabrese is a restless instigator and sonic agitator, operating in the no-man’s-land between indie grit and electronic pulse. He hijacks vocals, bends song structures until they sweat, and releases music that refuses to behave. His rhythm isn’t here to please the algorithm—it pushes, distorts, and reclaims dance music as something raw, human, and slightly unhinged. Fueled by blues, funk, and the ghosts of late-night dancers and beautiful losers, it’s a sound for the outsiders still moving after the lights of done come on.

“Today we have a big output of different genres and some retro-trends reaching the younger generations. That’s funny and interesting to see. But beside of that, the music-industry is boring. Most of the people run for big money, pushing their career as much as they can which is nice for them if it works. But most of the music is no longer visionary. I miss those crazy characters who break boundaries creating something outstanding. I love to dance, getting lost in the night, surrounded by the peoples’ energy, and I also love to spend time in my studio and forget everything around me. But I don’t really push my career, I’m happy how it goes. It comes naturally. Don’t push it. Just be kind.”