DJ & Producer · Milan, Italy
Anyma
Matteo Milleri's solo project turned melodic techno into a CGI-driven spectacle, from Afterlife's dancefloors to the first electronic residency at Sphere.
Anyma is what happens when melodic techno stops treating the visual side of a show as an afterthought. Matteo Milleri's solo project has turned a genre normally judged on its low end into something closer to a touring stage production, built around towering CGI figures and cinematic drops, and it has taken him further into mainstream culture than almost any other name currently working in techno, including a headline residency at Sphere in Las Vegas.
From Tale Of Us to a Solo Project
Milleri was born on May 19, 1988, in New York City, and met Carmine Conte while both were studying music production at Milan's SAE Institute. The pair formed Tale Of Us in 2008, building a career on the kind of dark, hypnotic melodic techno that helped define the genre's 2010s sound, and in 2016 launched Afterlife, initially an event series in Barcelona that grew into one of electronic music's most influential labels and touring brands.
Anyma launched as Milleri's own solo project in May 2021, debuting with the "Sentient" EP on Afterlife Records on June 4, 2021. Where Tale Of Us was a duo built around DJ sets, Anyma was conceived from the start as an audiovisual and digital art project in its own right, with Milleri directing the visual language as closely as the music.
The Genesys Trilogy and Sphere
Anyma's debut album, "Genesys," arrived on August 11, 2023, followed by the 21-track "Genesys II" on March 29, 2024, and "The End of Genesys" on May 23, 2025, a trilogy built around themes of artificial intelligence, technology and humanity's coexistence with it. That arc culminated at Sphere in Las Vegas, where Anyma became the venue's first electronic music headliner and its first New Year's Eve act. Across eight shows there, Milleri's team, spending roughly six months building an entirely self-funded production with nearly 100 creatives, sold more than 130,000 tickets in the 20,000-capacity venue, according to Variety's reporting on the residency.
Sound and Visual Style
Anyma's music sits inside melodic techno's slower, more cinematic register, tracks built to carry a visual narrative as much as a groove, with synchronized lighting and projection treated as part of the composition rather than a stage add-on. It's a deliberate contrast to techno's older, room-first tradition, and that contrast became explicit news in September 2026, when Cocoon founder Sven Väth publicly called Anyma and several peers "clowns" over what he characterized as CGI spectacle replacing DJ craft. RTS.FM covered the comment and the wider generational split it exposed, including Anyma's own ongoing ÆDEN residency at Ibiza's UNVRS.
FAQ
Who is Anyma?
Anyma is the solo audiovisual project of Matteo Milleri, born May 19, 1988, in New York City. He is also one half of the duo Tale Of Us and a co-founder of the Afterlife label and event brand.
What is the Genesys trilogy?
Genesys is Anyma's three-album arc: "Genesys" (2023), "Genesys II" (2024) and "The End of Genesys" (2025), exploring artificial intelligence and humanity's coexistence with technology through music built around a matching visual narrative.
What happened at Sphere Las Vegas?
Anyma became Sphere's first electronic music headliner and its first New Year's Eve act, selling more than 130,000 tickets across eight shows in the 20,000-capacity venue with a fully self-funded production.
Did Sven Väth really call Anyma a clown?
Yes. In September 2026, Väth commented "Clowns" on an Instagram post tagging Anyma and several other melodic techno artists, criticizing the CGI-heavy, choreographed style of performance that Anyma's own shows are built around.
What is Anyma's Ibiza residency?
Anyma holds a summer residency called ÆDEN at UNVRS in Ibiza, running Tuesdays from June to September, following a sold-out 2025 season.
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