Gojnea76: Rebuilding From the Wreckage, One Track at a Time
- Tony Allen
- May 26
- 3 min read
Updated: Jun 3
Romanian producer Gojnea76 doesn’t do half-measures. Whether he’s powering through rehab after a spinal fracture or spinning house music into something bold and unclassifiable, every move he makes comes from a place of raw purpose.
His latest EP - ‘Punisher Braila’ - is a gritty, four-track release that feels like a pressure valve blown open. Title track ‘Punisher Braila’ is dense and unpredictable, flipping between stern cowbell-led rhythms and pads that briefly ground you before chaos kicks in again. ‘Nights’ is just as restless, pulling in growling basslines that sound like an engine revving right before a crash. Then there’s ‘Sash’, where eerie strings and warping grooves blur the lines between groove and gloom. By the time you get to ‘Let’s Chat’, you’re fully inside Gojnea76’s world - jagged, no-nonsense, and built to rupture any sense of comfort.
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It’s not just sonic experimentation for the sake of it. These tracks reflect a life rebuilt from the wreckage. “It truly was a transformation,” he says when talking about the shift from his former alias G76. “I fractured my spine in 2018 and tried everything to fix it... When nothing worked, I burned everything down and started from zero. That pain forced me to rebuild my body and my mindset. What came out of it was raw strength, clarity, and a hunger that never existed before.”
That hunger runs through everything he does. After surviving three major accidents, including a 2022 crash that nearly killed him, Gojnea76 took that chaos and used it as fuel - literally. He launched the FUEL label and party series in 2024, a platform built from the ashes of chronic pain and long-term recovery. Its mission? To move dancefloors the way he couldn’t move during those years.
FUEL is rooted in Future Electronics, his parent label, which dropped two standout releases last year - the full-length ‘Level Up’ and the boundary-pushing ‘On This’ EP. Together, they carved out what he calls a logical evolution of house music, pushing the genre forward without abandoning its foundations. His approach to genre is instinctual. “I listen to everything from Memphis rap to sludge and doom metal,” he explains. “Because those are such aggressive styles, I can’t be satisfied with my work unless it has a bold twist.”
You can hear those influences everywhere in his work. There’s a kind of DIY punk mindset in the way his tracks are structured - rough edges left in, vocals chopped without polish, melodies jagged and off-centre. It’s not clean club music. It’s not meant to be. “If I’m not headbanging in the studio,” he says, “not clapping, but actually headbanging, I’m not satisfied.”
Even the way he releases music says something. While others obsess over streaming stats and DSP placements, he continues to champion Bandcamp, sometimes dropping tracks for free. “It’s about giving something back to the people who listen and support me,” he says. “Especially other DJs. For people who just want to listen, everything’s also up on YouTube and the rest.”
His story isn’t just about music, though. Family, he says, has been key to keeping him grounded through the darkest periods. “My parents and my older brother have always had my back,” he says. “They’re really present in my life. I vibe with them like I do with my close friends. My family’s cool af.”
That balance - raw aggression in the music, calm clarity in the mindset - is what makes Gojnea76 so compelling. After years of being stuck in physical and mental loops, he’s now making music that hits hard without needing to be explained. There are no rules and no templates. Just grit, sound, and the will to keep pushing.
“If none of these things had happened to me,” he says, “maybe I would still be stuck in the same loop - and that wasn’t an option.”
Gojnea76 isn’t here to fit in. He’s building something sharper, heavier, and more honest than most are willing to touch. If you’re after safe sounds and neat packages, look elsewhere.
But if you want music that hits like a gut punch and leaves a mark, you’re in the right place, and his ‘Punisher Braila’ EP is just the beginning.
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