OMAKS, the Paris-based producer and DJ known for his genre-defying sets, is on a mission to reshape the electronic music landscape. At just 26, Charly Thareau, better known as OMAKS, has launched his label ENERGIC, created the immersive All Night Long concept, and brought his high-energy performances to stages across Europe. For OMAKS, music is not about categories or rules; it is about emotion, intensity, and connection. In this interview with Electric Mode, he opens up about his journey, the philosophy behind ENERGIC, and what it means to push beyond limits.
Hi OMAKS, thanks for taking the time to chat with us! Where are you in the world right now? And for those just discovering you, who is OMAKS, and how would you describe the world you’re building with your music?
Right now, I’m in Paris, walking through the city before an appointment at a beauty salon if I’m being completely honest ahaha.
It’s home, my favorite city, and I’m answering your questions while moving through it!
For those just discovering me, my name is Charly Thareau, aka OMAKS, 26 years old, producer and DJ for the past six years.
I build my identity around energy rather than a specific genre. I don’t want to be categorized as only hard techno, trance, hardcore, or acid.
The world I want to create through my music is a world without genres and without rigid rules. A world built around the love of music and the energy it carries. Whether it feels aggressive, emotional, or visceral, what matters to me is the feeling. My main focus is simple: to make people feel something. No matter the genre, it’s about emotion and intensity. I believe you can finish a set with hardcore and still include bounce or other influences if it serves the energy of the moment.
You’ve been on a serious run lately, from major festivals to Boiler Room and international touring. How would you describe this current moment in your career?
Last year especially was a real rush. At the same time, I launched my label called “ENERGIC”, built my All Night Long concept and started bringing it across Europe, while also playing bigger and more qualitative shows every weekend. Managing all of that wasn’t the easiest, it was pretty intense.
I took some time off in January, and honestly, it did me a lot of good. I think if I hadn’t taken that break, I would have been very close to burnout. When you repeat the same rhythm every weekend, it can become a routine, and you don’t fully realize the chance you have anymore.
Taking time for myself allowed me to reset and reconnect. It reminded me how lucky we are to be in such a small percentage of artists who can truly live from their music.
Yes, there was fatigue. But at the same time, this is what I’ve always wanted. You can’t complain about being tired because things are happening. Otherwise, you would complain about nothing happening. As I often say, I’d rather push hard now so I can be more free later in life.
Your label ENERGIC is more than just a label, you’ve described it as a “360° platform.” What pushed you to start it, and why now?
For now, I wouldn’t say ENERGIC is fully a 360° platform yet. At the moment, it’s mainly a music label, and that part is already very active. In less than a year, we’ve released music from more than 14 artists, which I’m really proud of.
The vision is to grow it into a real 360° platform, with high-quality merchandise and curated events. But first, I wanted to build the musical foundation properly. I started ENERGIC because I wanted to create an entity that could eventually go beyond me. Something that, in the future, could even become bigger than OMAKS as an artist. A label that builds its own identity and its own community.
I also created it because I felt ready and I genuinely wanted to. And in less than a year, I feel like we’ve already proven ourselves and started to establish ENERGIC as a serious label in the scene.
What matters to me is quality over quantity. I don’t want it to become a machine releasing six or eight tracks per month. I want meaningful projects that reflect my philosophy, moving from bounce to hard techno to hardcore, without focusing on genre boundaries but on emotion and impact.
I also wanted to give emerging artists a platform and build a real label family. A space where artists can release music and eventually play at ENERGIC events in the future. It’s about contributing to the scene beyond my individual career.
What does ENERGIC represent creatively that you felt wasn’t fully possible through existing labels?
Most major labels in our scene are strongly identified with a specific style. Some are clearly focused on hard techno or hard rave, others on bounce, others on hardcore. Each of them has a very defined identity. What I felt was missing was a label that genuinely blends those worlds together.
For me, it’s about making different styles interesting to the same audience. I don’t want people to stay confined to one musical category. I want to open doors between genres instead of reinforcing boundaries.
The label seems rooted in old school techno values but aimed firmly at the future. How do you define that balance when curating music or artists?
One of the key things I want to bring back to the front is melody. In the past, melody was central. It was what people remembered. Today, a lot of tracks rely heavily on industrial kicks and aggressive screeches, which can be powerful, but sometimes the melodic aspect gets lost. With ENERGIC, I want to fuse both worlds.
I want modern, impactful, hard productions, because that’s what people connect with right now. But I also want moments where you can escape, where there’s emotion, and where something stays in your head beyond just a repetitive screech pattern. It’s about combining intensity with memorability. Power with melody.
From an A&R perspective, what are you listening for when considering future ENERGIC releases?
The main thing I focus on is sound design and creativity. I listen carefully to how the track sounds. Is it professionally produced? Is the sound design strong and well-crafted? That’s extremely important.
I don’t look at the artist’s followers or whether they’re already established. I don’t base decisions on social media numbers. I focus purely on the music and what it makes me feel. If the track is strong, that’s what matters.
Supporting emerging artists means giving them a chance based on the sound, not on their statistics. For me, it’s always about the music first.
Beyond releases, what kind of activities can people expect from ENERGIC as it grows?
For now, our main focus has been music releases. Finding the right tracks and releasing them at the right moment already represents a huge amount of work, so we didn’t want to launch every project at once.
In the future, the next big steps will be events and merchandise. We want to create curated ENERGIC events and develop a fully built clothing line, ideally launching one or two collections per year. The goal is to make it consistent, qualitative, and something people recognise beyond just the music.
These are the main directions we’re aiming for around late 2026 or early 2027.
If ENERGIC had a warning label, what would it say?
It would simply say: “Beyond Limits.”
That’s our tagline.
It represents the idea of going beyond genre boundaries and stylistic limits. I want people to think about emotion first when they listen to our catalogue, not about categories.
If you had to pick a top three from the ENERGIC catalogue so far, which releases would they be?
It’s a difficult question because I’m proud of every release. If I had to choose, I would start with the very first release, my collaboration with Vortek’s “Morning Rave”. It marked the birth of the label and had a strong impact both with the audience and DJs. Second, Mosmoz’s “Put It In Reverse,” which reached number one on Beatport in less than a week, that was crazy.
Third, “Everybody Hype” by DJ Caline, from the first and only EP released on ENERGIC so far. It’s full of good vibes and that kind of energy that makes you smile and go crazy on the dancefloor.
What can we expect from you this year?
We will continue developing the All Night Long concept and bring it to more cities, especially where people are really waiting for it. I want to keep building exclusive shows around the AV format I created for it.
We will also continue growing ENERGIC with singles and V.A. projects, and I’m planning to release my own first EP on the label toward the end of the year.
Musically, I feel like going back a bit to my roots, more melodic reverse bass, more groove, more acid. Industrial will always be part of my sets, but I want to rebalance things and bring melody back into the center.
There is also the fashion side of the project, investing more in studio shoots, visual identity, and continuing to explore that creative world.
On a personal level, I want to stay emotionally balanced, spend time with my family and friends, and keep bringing strong, qualitative music to people every weekend.
I’m very excited about this year. It still feels like just the beginning.
Find Out More & Follow:
OMAKS: Instagram | Spotify | Beatport
