DJ Tennis

Italian DJ and producer known for deep, psychedelic house and techno.

DJ Tennis is one of those artists whose value to the scene goes way beyond just the records he plays. Before he was known as a DJ, Manfredi Romano was already deeply embedded in underground music as a promoter, manager, and the founder of Italy’s first booking agency devoted entirely to electronic music, which helps explain why his taste has always felt broader and more considered than that of a standard house-and-techno headliner. As a DJ and producer, he is usually associated with deep house, techno, and leftfield melodic club music, but the real signature is mood: warm, psychedelic, off-center, and often a little luxurious without ever feeling cheap. Through Life and Death, he also helped define a whole era of more emotional, indie-tinged, cosmopolitan house and techno, so his influence is as much curatorial as musical. What makes him so respected is that his sets feel like they come from someone with a genuine cultural point of view, not just someone trying to keep a dancefloor moving, which is why he still carries that rare mix of tastemaker credibility and global draw.