Rommii’s infectious brand of high-BPM, Latin-infused house and techno is igniting crowds across the country. But between the beats, he’s making lifelong fans by embracing all the things that make Rommii, well, Rommii.
The San Diego DJ and producer injects hardgroove beats with the sounds of his Mexican American heritage. In a world of dark clubs and late-night afters, his daytime “Rommii Raves” are catching fire with early-to-bed clubbers in California and beyond. Instead of pounding tequila shots in the booth, he sips espresso martinis and shares his favorite local spots with fans. And rather than rocking industry-standard black tees, he rolls up to every show in Padres brown and gold.
On his rise through the club and festival circuits, where he’s drawing capacity crowds and making waves at the heart of a new generation of artists, collaborators, and close friends repping Latin electronic sounds out of SoCal, Rommii’s spiritual attitude about following his inner compass and handling whatever life throws at him is paying dividends. If there’s one thing he’s learned along the way, it’s that there’s “room for everyone at the top.”
We stepped into Rommii’s world at EDC Las Vegas 2026, where he threw down three sets in two days, including a Hotel EDC pool party, a solo set at Casa Bacardi, and a sunrise B3B with his homies Close Friends Only and Juos.
EDM Maniac: How are you feeling about being back here at EDC?
Rommii: I feel great. I feel like the energy here is like an adult Disneyland, but more magic. Not that Disneyland doesn’t have magic, because it does, but I feel like it’s just exciting. There’s a lot of my friends on the lineup that I came up with, and I think that to me makes it feel more like a celebration. More than just a personal accomplishment.
EDM Maniac: Let’s get right into that. You’re playing solo at Casa Bacardi, but you’ve also got a B3B with Juos and the CFO boys. Tell us a little bit about how you’re preparing for each of those sets.
Rommii: I think for my solo one, I’ve thought about it more curated, in terms of what I want a new passing fan or potential fan to hear. It’s really energetic. We’re shaking a lot of ass. It’s like Latin house, but more like hardgroove, techno BPM. I think it’s more like house party energy.
I think for the back-to-back, I’m embracing that house party energy, but more spontaneous. I don’t know what they’re playing. I don’t know what’s on their USB, and we’re all gonna figure this out together kind of thing. It’s like, I’m gonna take a little edible and just be like, ‘Oh shit, we’re really here,’ and then we’re gonna rip that shit. It’s gonna be fun.
EDM Maniac: Repping Latin electronic sounds out of SoCal together, it really feels like you guys are building something and pushing the culture forward. What does it mean to you to represent that culture together here at a place like EDC?
Rommii: I feel like being Mexican American is a unique spot, because to Mexicans we’re not Mexican, and to Americans, we’re Mexican. I feel like a lot of Mexican American kids have like an identity crisis, kind of how I did. But now there’s a space for us, because this new generation, when I was a kid, is now having children. For example, I have fans that would be like, “Yo, I brought my kid to your show.” I’m like, “What, you could do that?”
It’s mind-blowing to me, being part of the shift that our whole generation grew up in, now that you see it here. I was walking around earlier, and I saw so many people that looked like me, and that wasn’t the case a decade ago. It’s more than music; it’s a representation that there’s a space for us to have a sound, and it being accepted by the masses, not just Hispanic people.
EDM Maniac: Tell us a little bit about what the San Diego scene means to you.
Rommii: I think to me it’s more than a sound. It’s definitely like an energy. I pride myself on day parties. I know a lot of people are like, “Let’s go to the afters,” and I’m like, “Fuck no, let’s go to the befores,” like, “Let’s go to sleep at 8PM.” I’m playing today at like 4AM,” that’s amazing. But I’m like, “Fuck, I need to stay awake,” and I’m the one playing.
I’m taking that energy into a lot of my shows. I throw a thing called Rommii Raves, which are day parties, and they all end at 8PM. I curate the lineup. I curate the whole room. We’ll change the menu to espresso martinis. I make it feel like my mini EDC in a way, but very house party rooted in San Diego. So to me, it’s spreading that, city to city.
Sometimes you have to bank that the city will have sunshine that day, so if I throw a sunny party and then it rains, [laughs] I’m fucked. But we hope for the best here. We’ll manifest some good sunshine.
EDM Maniac: A few days ago, you spoke in a social media post about trusting the universe and following your artistic integrity. Tell us a little bit about that journey and how that’s led you here.
Rommii: I’m the youngest in my family, so I’ve seen a lot of people fail. Through those failures, you learn quicker, and to me I feel like my pain tolerance is really strong. I feel like because I’m very spiritual, it affects and bleeds into my music, so if something doesn’t go well, I smile about it more than I complain about it.
Let’s say I get up there today and one of the buttons isn’t working. I think a lot of people would be like, “Oh shit,” but I could be like, “Oh, what a fun challenge.” [Laughs] Like, “I’m so fucked, this is gonna be funny. This is gonna be a funny story.”
Having faith in a situation will always, regardless of what you get thrown into, you believe in your wings. I don’t know if you’ve heard the saying, “A bird doesn’t care if it falls off a branch, because it has wings.” It’s that saying of anything life throws my way, maybe I’m gonna get fucked here, but I’m gonna survive, and I’m gonna be good at the end of the day. It doesn’t mean it won’t be painful, but pain is temporary. Allow shit to happen.
EDM Maniac: Off stage, your go-to drink has also become a fixture of your personal brand. Where did you get your affinity for espresso martinis?
Rommii: It’s so funny. I would just have too much free time, and I would just post them on my story, like three years ago, just randomly. Once a month, maybe. And fans began to tag me like, “Oh bro, I got one.” I’m like, “Why?” and they’re like, “Oh, because you put it on your story.”
People kept tagging me more, and I was like, “Hmm, espresso martinis.” Brown is the San Diego color, the color of the Padres, so I was like, “Damn, this feels like me.” An espresso martini is not a cheap drink. It’s like an $18 cocktail, but I also feel like I want people to feel elegant. I feel like atmosphere matters, and if I can curate the colors gold and brown, make it feel like Great Gatsby colorways, you’ll feel a higher frequency within yourself when you’re in my atmosphere. If I think about curation, it’s like, if the lighting is fucked, then my energy will be too. We’re visual people, so the visual matters. To me, it’s just committing to what feels genuine to me.
I’m wearing brown because I always want to show that I’m from San Diego, because I love it so much, and I don’t see too many artists represent it. It’s such a dope city, and I feel like people have to know about this dope city. We have a lot of speakeasies we go to. I’m a ho for a good speakeasy. In San Diego, there’s not a single one I don’t know.
EDM Maniac: Where can we get the best espresso martini in San Diego?
Rommii: There’s one called Quiet Storm Coffee Roasters. It’s a coffee shop, not a speakeasy, but it has the most underrated espresso martini. You can go, and, dude, you can get a cigar too. Smoke a cigar, take a sip of your martini. Like, “Wait, it’s 2PM on a Thursday? This is crazy.” You’ll have a good time. I’ll take you next time. We’re gonna do the espresso martini episode.
EDM Maniac: Do you have your own secret recipe?
Rommii: Everyone always asks me, but I don’t. I need to mature into this role, though. Maybe at Casa Bacardi, I’ll learn today.
EDM Maniac: Are you a vodka guy for your espresso martini, or a tequila guy?
Rommii: I prefer tequila in every drink besides espresso martinis. I feel like thay don’t taste like an espresso martini to me, because tequila to me, I mean I’m Mexican, so to me it just tastes Mexican, just like how a Modelo kind of does. There’s carajillos, which are Mexican; they’re like siblings of espresso martinis. Those are fire with tequila. But yeah, a lot of people always tell me, “I get it with tequila,” and I’m like, “That’s amazing, but I like the classic, vodka.’”
EDM Maniac: After you go grab an espresso martini at the bar here, who are your can’t-miss sets for this weekend?
Rommii: I think BOLO was my number one, just because he’s like my best friend and it’s fun to just dap him up, and I don’t know, be like, “Haha, you look ugly.” And then see him play in front of like 40,000 people, like maybe bro isn’t ugly [laughs]. It’s just very much sibling energy with him, and he’s just so inspiring, because to see him do it makes me think, “OK, if bro can do it, why can’t I?
Featured image courtesy: Rommii. Credit: Dakota Reed (@dakredphotography).