Braila, Romania-born DJ and producer Gojnea76 started going to electronic music parties around 2005.
"By 2008 I got curious about DJing but I kept it lowkey, just for myself at first," he says. "Production came around 2010, and I naturally gravitated more toward that than DJing. Things started to get serious around 2018. I had been active before that and played at big clubs and festivals but I never saw it as a full-time thing. It was just something I loved doing. Since 2018 though, it all shifted, now it’s my fulltime job and focus."
The artist describes his sound as "powerhouse."
"I like blending the best of techno and house, they’re totally different moods, but together they just hit right,” he says.
His latest release is "I <3 U."
"[It] dropped a few months back and it’s a pretty good snapshot of my sound, kind of ties into what I mentioned above," he says. "At the end of April, I’m dropping Vol. 2 of my edit series Everybody Ruins Music Not Just Me — it includes edits of Tyler, the Creator, Doechii, Kali Uchis, and other amazing artists who don’t live in the same space as me genre-wise, and that’s kinda the whole point of the concept. Also, there’s a new ep on vinyl called “Punisher Braila’ coming in June on my label Future Electronics.“
As for gear: “Studio talk could go on forever, but DJ-wise lately I’m really into the Pioneer V10 mixer. I also love Condesa Carmen, Varia Instruments, and of course the Xone92, but the V10 is what I’ve been asking lately for in my tech rider. My usual setup includes one of those mixers, three CDJ 3000s, and at least one Technics turntable because I still play vinyl too. For headphones, I always go with the Sennheiser HD-25s.”
Looking ahead, Gojnea76 has plenty planned for the second half of 2025.
“Like I mentioned, my next vinyl 'Punisher Braila' is coming this June on Future Electronics," he says. "Until then, I’m hyped to head back to the US for a tour in May. First stop is Austin on May 17 for Ubiyu x S.A.S.H, then Miami at Floyd, and I’ll wrap it up in Seattle on May 24.”
