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Inside Anyma’s Multisensory Sphere Residency: How Matteo Milleri Became the Las Vegas Venue’s First Electronic Headliner
Anyma's Matteo Milleri explains how a kernel of an idea paved the way for the first electronic residency at Las Vegas' Sphere.
After years of developing the show on tour and at festivals, the 36-year-old felt that Sphere, where he became the first electronic musician to have a residency following Dead & Co, the Eagles and U2, was the perfect ambition-scaling venue to sunset his “Genesys” project, a multisensory experience powered by a pair of melodic techno albums. Custom Midi controllers light up cable cords that snake around his setup, and he performs live to time codes on Ableton with enough elasticity to make space for guests including FKA Twigs, Empire of the Sun, Ellie Goulding and his frequent collaborator and girlfriend Grimes. Milleri soon moved to Los Angeles and started toiling on “Genesys II,” a firmer melodic techno album with increasing pop flair thanks to working proximity to artists like Rüfüs Du Soul and Grimes.
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