Sarah Young (DJ)
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Sarah Young | |
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| Born | 10 May 1989 London, United Kingdom |
| Occupation(s) | Disc jockey, Record Producer |
| Instrument | Turntable |
Sarah Young (born 10 May 1989) is a British DJ and record producer.
Biography
[edit]Early life
[edit]Sarah's music taste came from her mixed heritage and musical entourage[1] where she grew up listening[2] to Indian and Arab music, influenced by her mother, who played piano, violin and flute.[3] Although quoted to have not enjoyed school,[1] Young attended the Academy of Contemporary Music from 12 years old[4] and played the drums from an early age.
Education
[edit]Attending University of the Arts London, Young was a student by day and DJ by night, mixing house music, kuduro and international bass music. Not long after she graduated, she made the decision to become a full-time record producer.
Musical career
[edit]Whilst holding down a weekly show on the radio, Sarah discovered Moombahton and premiered the ‘Moombahton Mash up’ feature consisting of tracks and remixes in a 10-minute mash up mix. Following a year of consistently promoting the genre, Young released a UK nationwide moombahton mix CD for WeSC.
Afterwards, Young released underground dance music and her first extended play "I am Sarah Young" (2012). This free CD release consisted of three tracks influenced by genres such as kuduro, moombahton, bhangra, soca, and house music. Among the tracks was "Ajambo Si's" music video which was spotted by MTV world networks. Later, she released her second free independent underground dance extended play "The Chant", premiered officially on MTV IGGY. She has since toured in Morocco and played festivals in Europe where she has been on the headline roster alongside Katy B & DJ Fresh. She has also debuted a guest show on Ministry of Sound Radio in addition to having several guest mixes on BBC Radio 1 Xtra and BBC Asian Network.
Currently, alongside summer residencies at venues such as Love & Liquor, Sarah is presenting online series called "The Beat" which explores the culture of the DJ/Producer[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "DJ Sarah Young is wise beyond her years". metro.co.uk. 11 April 2013.
- ^ "Archived Copy". Retrieved 5 August 2013.[dead link]
- ^ "A day in the life of Sarah Young". Archived from the original on 5 August 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
- ^ "'Moombahton Queen' CD released with WeSC & Sarah Young - Flux Magazine : Flux Magazine". 17 April 2012. Archived from the original on 17 April 2012 – via archive.org.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Introducing The Beat Channel". Archived from the original on 18 August 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
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