DJ Sun (@douwantdjsun)returns to OTIUM with Para Social Activity, a four-track EP which dropped on June 5, 2026, and the concept hits close to the way club culture now exists between the room and the feed. Across “Seen,” “Unseen,” “Infinity Scroll,” and “Para Social Activity,” the project looks at parasocial connection, digital perception, and the way artist identity can get shaped by what audiences capture, edit, share, and project back onto the person behind the music.
That idea fits DJ Sun’s background.
His path started through illegal raves, then moved into building his own parties and founding OTIUM collective in 2018. The project carries that origin point into the music, pulling from hip-hop, jazz, house, and club-focused techno, with fragmented vocals and digital textures giving the EP a direct connection to scrolling, feedback loops, and the blurred line between real connection and online proximity.
In the conversation below, DJ Sun talks about the first moments when his music started reaching people beyond the dancefloor, the role DJs play in shaping shared memory, and why some of the most meaningful contributions happen away from recognition.
For a release centered on parasocial activity, his answers bring the conversation back to something direct: rooms, people, trust, and the long-term work of building spaces that are about music first.
Interview With DJ Sun
When did you first sense that your music resonated with people beyond the dancefloor?
I think it hit me during the illegal raves back in Switzerland. It was not because people were dancing, and it was because of what was happening around it. People would stay until sunrise, help build the setup, and keep coming back each time. It felt less like playing music and closer to holding something together.
Have you witnessed moments where your DJing influenced someone’s life or creative direction?
Yeah, a few times. People have told me they started producing after a night, or that a set changed how they approach music. I do not over-romanticize it. I think we are all part of the same loop. I got influenced the same way. If something I do pushes someone to go further, that is enough.
In your view, what part do DJs play in shaping shared memories and collective emotion?
A DJ is basically managing tension and release in real time. You are shaping how a room feels minute by minute. In the right context, that becomes a shared memory. It comes from how everything connects: the sound, the space, and the people. You cannot force it, and you can guide it.
Is there a contribution you have made that feels meaningful to you, regardless of recognition?
Building OTIUM and pushing events in places that were not meant for it. Under bridges, in forests, raw spaces. Also creating spaces where the focus shifts, where people come for the music, rather than who is playing. Those moments feel as important as anything else.
How do you create space to give back to your community while continuing to grow creatively?
By staying involved on all sides: playing, organizing, supporting releases, and giving opportunities to others. It is a balance. If you only give, you burn out. If you only take, you disconnect. I try to stay in between.
Will Vance is a professional music producer who has been involved in the industry for the better part of a decade and has been the managing editor at Magnetic Magazine since mid-2022. In that time period, he has published thousands of articles on music production, industry think pieces and educational articles about the music industry. Over the last decade as a professional music producer, Will Vance has also ran multiple successful and highly respected record labels in the industry, including Where The Heart Is Records as well as having launched a new label with a focus on community through Magnetic Magazine. When not running these labels or producing his own music, Vance is likely writing for other top industry sites like Waves or the Hyperbits Masterclass or working on his upcoming book on mindfulness in music production. On the rare chance he's not thinking about music production, he's probably running a game of Dungeons and Dragons with his friends which he has been the dungeon master for for many years.
