With a run of Beatport number ones, support from Jamie Jones and The Martinez Brothers, and a touring history that spans Ibiza, Dubai, Australia and the US, Sanchez (UK) has quietly built a profile that bridges the underground and the global stage. His label, Time Bandits, has become a consistent source of tough, percussive house — functional but far from faceless — and his sound has stayed focused even as the scene shifts around him.
His latest release, Sito, is a collaboration with Miami-based Malóne, a Cuban-born producer whose own rise has been marked by releases on Watergate and Saved, headline sets at Space, and the launch of his WHYNOTUS label. Together they land on a shared wavelength: hypnotic, groove-led and stripped to the essentials. A Crazy Cousinz remix adds a more melodic dimension without losing the track’s tight focus.
We caught up with Sanchez (UK) to talk about the collaboration, the roots of his sound, and how he’s shaping his label’s direction. What follows is a snapshot of an artist balancing consistency with evolution — and doing it on his own terms.
Your sound often walks that line between stripped-back and high-impact. What helps you decide how far to push either side of that spectrum when you’re in the studio?
Testing and experimenting is one of my favourite ways of expressing my roots and inner sound in the studio, you’ve got to dig deep sometimes to try and see where you get to.
You’ve played in some very different corners of the world over the years. How do those shifts in crowd energy and environment feed back into your own creative process?
I’ve been very lucky, playing all around the world is one of the most beautiful feelings and a blessing. It’s great to experience little bits of different cultures, and this sometimes even influences my future projects and studio work.
Percussion has been a big part of your signature for a while now. Where do you keep finding inspiration rhythmically, especially in a space as saturated as house music?
My Latin/Persian background, years of living in amazing countries like Ibiza and many other corners of the world has influenced me a lot. I see it putting everything in a blender to make the perfect smoothies.
Working solo vs working in collaboration—what’s something you’ve learned recently about how your ideas evolve in the presence of someone else’s input?
Working with the right people in that you meet in the industry is one of the best parts about it. With someone like Malone, we both have of our Cuban roots with a spin on the rolling house sound that we both love to play and that easily translated in the studio. Loved the process.
You’ve built up a pretty consistent track record across the charts, but your releases still hold weight in more underground settings. What’s your take on that balance—between reach and credibility?
Putting something out that you’ve worked so hard on and having it reach so many ears through big DJ’s playing supporting and it getting played on the radio has been something that has left me so speechless and forever grateful! Very, very thankful for the organic support I’ve been receiving!
Label ownership brings with it a different kind of perspective. Has running Time Bandits changed how you think about your own music?
Yes 100%, the Time Bandits concept is based on listening to unbelievable music, we don’t release anything that doesn’t make us jump up and dance on a table. Everyone is influenced by what is around them, so that’s does translate into my own music, but I also always stay true to myself.
Sito has a hypnotic quality that feels purpose-built for long, fluid transitions. Was that something you were consciously aiming for, or did it take shape more instinctively?
The vision was: A Latin/Cuban rolling vibe that would cross genres and boundaries. This was also the reason we went for the remix from the UK funky house legend Crazy Cousinz, with a insane Afro remix.
Remixes can sometimes feel like an afterthought, but they can also completely reframe a track. What do you think makes a remix genuinely worthwhile—and have you ever been surprised by where someone took your work?
Crazy Cousinz is a wizard we’ve always wanted to work with. He’s killing it and we’re very grateful to get the legend on a remix, as well as now call him a friend.
Sito is out now on Time Bandits
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