“I am, above all, a DJ,” states the always captivating Lea Lisa. Based in Switzerland, she is also a vinyl addict who never stops digging and hasn’t since she first started in 1995.
From emotive deep house to driving techno, warm and soulful sounds to jacking club tracks, she has it all in her arsenal. Her sets always effervesce with passion and have lead to high praise from The great Kerri Chandler. They have also taken her from clubs everywhere China to Copenhagen, New York to Paris, as well as high profile festival stages at Nuits Sonores, Suncebeat, Polaris or finest Underground club as Heideglühen in Berlin, Lux Fragil in Lisbon, Koko in London or Bassiani in Georgia to names a few…
This well-informed knowledge and understanding of dance floor dynamics also play out in the music Lea makes, which has so far been spun by the likes of tastemakers such as Laurent Garnier or Ron Trent. Often combing sensuous vocals and analogue keys, thumping drums and well-crafted percussion, a Lea Lisa track is an authentic link to the essence of house music, but with an always fresh perspective.
So far she has released on the highly respected likes of Chez Damier and Jorge Caiado’s Inner Balance, cult UK outlet Wolf Music and Phonica Records sub-label Karakul, with more to come. A real stamp of approval for her work comes in the fact that house pioneers Kerri Chandler remixed Lea’s Wolf Music release and Glenn Underground her Karakul release. She confirmed in 2022 with the magnificient ” Love To the End” on the legendary Label Phonica.
The ‘Love To The End EP’ takes influence and inspiration from a particular early 90s UK Techno rarity by Mark Goddard titled ‘The End’ (The Truth EP), a beautiful and emotive take on the classic sound of UK Techno that’s been much loved and highly sought after for decades, even being a particular favorite of Aphex Twin. It’s an ode to the original, rather than a remix or cover. The two mixes re-imagine the sound of soulful and deep Techno, combining driving basslines and drum machine grooves with atmospheric and nostalgic synth lines.
For many years, she was also programming the monthly Bliss residency and lining up superbly tasteful parties headlined by the likes of Alex From Tokyo, DJ Deep or Kerri Chandler.
She restarted this rendez-vous in 2021 at the Folklor, one of the finest clubs in Switzerland with Real House Heads as Garrett David, Ladymonix, Yen Sung or Session Victim…
In 2024, Lea Lisa teams up with Favorite Recordings, the legendary French label, to create her first compilation Many Shades Of House…