Q&A: Dombresky Sets The Energy For Two Weekends of Coachella
IN 2016 QUENTIN DOMBRES ARRIVED IN MIAMI FROM MONTPELLIER IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE - Now widely known as Dombresky, the DJ and producer centers his musicianship upon a persistent and ever-evolving penchant for the power of music as energy. Such affinity towards the craft, has seen his career as one that is masterful and memorable for both himself and his audience. Over the years, Dombresky has expanded his rapport with industry names including Diplo, DJ Snake, Claptone, MK, Blondish, Atrak, Tchami and Aramand Van Helden, performing on stages across the world and selling out venues such as the Hollywood Palladium and the Shrine Auditorium, playing Lollapalooza, headlining Snowglobe and Countdown NYE, and returned to the desert for a bigger and better stage for this year’s Coachella.
Dombresky grew up amidst music, embracing and raised by the idea that sound is art. His father played the guitar, drums and sang often. “Growing up around his artistic self inspired me,” Dombresky stated. Inspired by a plethora of sound and experiences, including Latin culture and Salsa music, and 90’s club and dance music, he crafts a sonic world that is funky, soulful and dynamic. Both jolting and joyous, Dombresky embraces a feel good, euphonic groove with a late-night club intimacy, breaking the boundaries of electronic and house music, where no matter what, music is a salve, a shot of life and warmth itself.
This year, Dombresky graced the 2023 Coachella stage, performing under the vivacity of the Palm Springs’ sun for thousands of festival-goers, with a surprise rogue disco dance party that concluded the festival’s first Sunday night. As the peak of the weekend moved with the night, Dombresky brought audiences an experience like no other, curating a set of pulsating rhythms and hypnotic tones on the Sahara stage at the beginning of the weekend, and closed the weekend as Disco Dom at the dolaB stage, culminating the weekend and proving again, the reigning power of dance music.
Read on for Luna’s post-set interview with Dombresky.
LUNA: We’ve made it, day 1 of Coachella! You’ve just finished your set, how are you feeling?
DOMBRESKY: I just finished my set and it was a lot of pressure to prepare the show. Now that the pressure is off, there’s a very special feeling coming into my body. I wish people could live this and feel this, because it is so special. It was a very good vibe.
LUNA: How did this feel compared to when you played on the dolaB stage a couple years back?
DOMBRESKY: That's a good question. I started at 2pm and there were 50 people in the crowd. But then within 10 minutes in, it got so crowded and it was one of the best days of my life. That was a very good memory and that was a very good experience.
LUNA: What was your approach to today?
DOMBRESKY: So since I played kinda early, I wanted to do a vibey set, not too aggressive. I wanted to bring the people into the weekend and warm them up.
LUNA: How are you preparing differently for a festival set versus a club show?
DOMBRESKY: For a set like this, you have to find a good balance between being playing your own music and other stuff people know. Finding a good way to introduce each song and playing older things that you know the crowd like between the new songs you like. Finding that balance is my job and that's what I like doing.
LUNA: What are your intentions for the upcoming month?
DOMBRESKY: Be the best version of myself.
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