Enzo Siragusa took Fuse to the next level in 2016

“I’ve been doing 15 fucking gigs a month!” exclaims a slightly exasperated Enzo Siragusa. “Plus I’ve had a massive shift in my family circumstances, so it’s been pretty hectic,” he adds, still seemingly processing what has been his biggest year to date. “I’m not gonna sit here complaining about it, though, because I’m living the dream.”

His passport says it all. A mini-tour of America in October followed Hungary, Tunisia, Greece, Croatia and Dubai in the summer. Add to that Moscow, St Petersburg, New York and Dublin all ticked off along the way, and you start to get the impression that 2016 was pretty action packed for the 38-year-old. And it’s the clubs that take this party business most seriously that have led to the best experiences: Goa in Rome, Rex Club in Paris, The Block in Tel Aviv. Anyone who knows Enzo will attest to his borderline obsession with impeccable sound, so playing such highly regarded clubs that take fidelity to extremes has reinforced the fact that he really is living his dream. High quality sound is the cornerstone of his Fuse parties, which marked eight years of service to London club culture in 2016 – another huge milestone considering the challenging circumstances party promoters face in the Capital.

Among the hundreds of DJ sets he’s played this past year, two key moments will stay with him forever. The first was in Amsterdam for Loco Dice’s HYTE party back in March when Enzo and his Fuse cohort Seb Zito tore the roof off Warehouse Elementenstraat. Their performance was so rampant it created the second highlight when the HYTE team insisted they close the Amnesia terrace after Loco Dice in August.

“Playing the terrace at Amnesia was a moment,” he explains. “I’ve been on that dancefloor so many times, off my head dancing, and then there’s me closing after Dice, playing back-to-back with one of my best mates. It was like, ‘Fuck, we’ve arrived!’”

Since an early infatuation with club culture in the early 90s, up to his first dalliances with DJing, to building the foundations of Fuse at 93 Feet East, Enzo has never stopped grafting. His love for the music has never waned and, every step of the way, his mission to deliver pristine sound and quality techno to the masses has always been present.

“This year feels like a coming of age,” he tells us. “All those years of work have paid off, and everything has fallen into place.”