ZANNA RECORDS LANDS ON POLAND'S DEPECHE MODE RADIO AND KEEPS CIRCLING THE GLOBE
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RMF Depeche Mode (Warsaw, 305,000 Listeners) Adds Gianluca Zanna to Its Playlist — As His Music Simultaneously Reaches Cyprus, Australia, Croatia, Romania, Argentina, and Sweden on the Same Day
SEDONA, ARIZONA — April 21, 2026 — There are radio stations that play everyone. And then there are stations dedicated to a single artist — built around one band's legacy, one sound, one era-defining body of work. RMF Depeche Mode in Warsaw, Poland is the latter. It exists to play Depeche Mode. And on April 20, 2026, it played Gianluca Zanna.
That is not a small thing.
Depeche Mode is one of the most influential electronic music acts in history — a band that defined a generation, shaped the sound of synth-pop and dark electronic music for decades, and built a global fanbase that remains among the most passionate in the world. A station dedicated exclusively to their music is, by definition, an editorial statement about quality and context. When RMF Depeche Mode's playlist algorithm — or its curators — selected "You Are My Destiny – remix" by Gianluca Zanna and broadcast it to 305,000 verified listeners in Warsaw, they placed an independent American artist from Sedona, Arizona in the company of one of the greatest bands of all time.
Zanna never submitted to RMF Depeche Mode. He never contacted the station, never pitched the track, never asked. The music found its own way — as it has been doing, relentlessly, across the globe.
"To have my music placed on a station built around Depeche Mode's legacy is one of the most unexpected and meaningful validations I have ever received. They didn't owe me anything. No one asked them. They heard something in the remix that belonged in that world — and that means everything to an independent artist."
— Gianluca Zanna
ABOUT RMF DEPECHE MODE — POLAND'S ARTIST-DEDICATED RADIO POWERHOUSE
RMF Depeche Mode is not a standalone station — it is part of the RMF Group, Poland's largest commercial radio network. The RMF empire operates dozens of genre- and artist-specific online channels alongside its flagship terrestrial stations RMF FM, RMF Maxxx, and RMF Classic, all broadcasting from Kraków and Warsaw. The network's thematic channels include RMF Dance, RMF 80s, RMF 90s, RMF Classic Rock, RMF Blues, RMF Hip Hop, RMF Club, and many more — a comprehensive architecture of curated music taste serving millions of Polish listeners.
RMF Depeche Mode sits within that architecture as one of its most distinctive offerings: a channel dedicated entirely to the music of Dave Gahan, Martin Gore, and the Basildon sound that has moved generations. Its verified audience of 305,000 represents a deeply engaged listenership — people who chose a Depeche Mode station specifically, who know what they want, and who now heard Gianluca Zanna alongside it.
Poland is one of Europe's largest music markets, with a population of 38 million and a deep electronic and synth-pop culture. The RMF network is the gateway to that market. And the door just opened.
ONE DAY. EIGHT COUNTRIES. ZERO SUBMISSIONS.
The RMF Depeche Mode play did not happen in isolation. On April 20–21, 2026, Zanna's music was verified on air across eight countries simultaneously — every single play organic, every station self-selecting, not one outreach email sent by the artist or his label. The full verified picture from these 24 hours:
🇵🇱 RMF Depeche Mode — Warsaw, Poland | 305,000 listenersPlayed on a station dedicated to Depeche Mode's legacy.
🇭🇷 Kapital 3 Radio Techno — Zagreb, Croatia | 222,000 listenersElectronic/techno, one of Croatia's most listened-to dance stations.
🇷🇴 Radio DEEA — Bucharest, Romania | 114,000 listenersMajor Romanian pop/dance broadcaster.
🇪🇸 RadioAire 1 — Alzira, Spain | 110,000 listenersSpanish regional broadcaster, loyal repeat station.
🇨🇾 Dance FM 95.5 — Nicosia, CyprusCyprus's #1 hit and dance station, NRG Play network.
🇦🇺 Darwin FM — Darwin, NT, AustraliaDance/electronic station on air since 1995. Northernmost major city in Australia.
🇦🇷 FM Trance — Buenos Aires, ArgentinaTrance and electronic music, South American market.
🇸🇪 The Beat Sweden — Stockholm, Sweden | 44,000 listeners44,000 listeners — now playing three different Zanna tracks in regular rotation.
That is eight countries across five continents in a single 24-hour period. Croatia, Romania, Poland, Spain, Cyprus, Australia, Argentina, and Sweden — all playing Gianluca Zanna, all without being asked.
This follows a period of extraordinary momentum. On April 20 alone, Germany's Sunshine-Live Remix — home of Tiësto, Paul van Dyk, and Armin van Buuren — broadcast "You Are My Destiny – remix" to 1,286,000 listeners. The day before, Beirut Nights Radio in Lebanon played the same track from a city under active bombardment. On April 16, Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine all aired Zanna's music within the same 24-hour window. On April 18, his YouTube channel crossed 24 million certified views.
The cumulative picture: 301+ WARM-verified radio stations across 78+ countries on 6 continents. Every play earned. None requested.
"I am one man, on a solar-powered ranch in the East Arizona wilderness, connected to the world by satellite internet. And the world keeps calling back. That is the only music industry story I know how to tell — and apparently, from Warsaw to Darwin, people are listening."
— Gianluca Zanna
ABOUT GIANLUCA ZANNA / ZANNA RECORDS
Gianluca Zanna is an Italian-American artist, activist, and founder of Zanna Records, an independent label based in Sedona, Arizona. Born in Rome, trained at the Nunziatella Military Academy in Naples, he immigrated to the United States in 1998 and built a catalog of 150+ original compositions spanning EDM, classical, hard rock, and world music. He performs as "Luca" in the EDM duo Luca and Claudette alongside singer Claudette Lyons. His music is verified on 301+ radio stations across 78+ countries and 6 continents. YouTube: 24 million views (vidIQ certified, April 18, 2026). TikTok: 20 million views on "Wake Up America" (Songstats confirmed). For more information: www.zannarecords.com.
MEDIA CONTACT
Zanna Records
Sedona, Arizona
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