Samantha Poulter, also known as Logic1000 is an Australian

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producer and DJ living in Berlin. She is signed to

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and released her critically acclaimed debut album 'Mother' in 2024. Alongside her own releases she has remixed tracks by artists including

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and

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Biography

Samantha Poulter was born in Sydney in the suburb of Yarrawarrah. She cites artists such as

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as early influences. Her first forays into music were in her sister's rock band as a drummer, but she soon took to producing herself. In 2020, she moved to Berlin after living in London for 12 months. She has discussed managing

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and how its understanding in society is poor, describing how an incident in 2011 nearly led to her serving jail time. She has a child with her long term partner Tom McAlister, who performs professionally under the name Big Ever. Logic1000 launched a

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series entitled 'Therapy' with DJ Heléna Star, navigating motherhood, mental health, and the ever changing landscape of the music industry. The podcast first season has been focused on motherhood in the music industry and has featured the likes of

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Jamz Supernova and

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Career

Logic1000 initially went under the name DJ Logic, before being served a cease-and-desist order from

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. She relaunched under her updated moniker in 2019. After getting into electronic music in 2017, she released her first self-titled EP in 2018. Her first break was through

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playing her music in his

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set. Remixes for artists such as

, soon followed. In a cover feature for ''

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'', she revealed her creative process to be collaborative, largely working with her partner Thomas McAlister. She has described herself as "not a technical person". Instead she enjoys working with analogue synths and recording ideas raw. Her music is characterised by euphoric melody. In December 2020, she was

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's Equal artist of the month. In 2021 she released her EP ''You've Got the Whole Night to Go'', and was featured on ''

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'' with

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. In November 2021, Logic1000 returned with her EP ''In The Sweetness of You'', including single ''What You Like'', featuring vocals from London-based artist

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. Logic1000 released her debut album ''Mother'' in March 2024 featuring singles from Rochelle Jordan, MJ Nebreda, DJ Plead and Kayla Blackmon, which

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praised for its "soaring pop aspirations meet slinky club rollers". The album was followed up by ''mother :;~ rebirth'' which featured album track reworks from

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and Vv Pete. In March 2025, Logic1000 released her edition of the infamous

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mix series. The album, which included two original tracks 'fused' and 'under the sun, beneath the rainfall', as well as mixed versions of tracks from the likes of

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, Saya Grey,

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and

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, represented a softer and more down-tempo side of Logic1000, and received wide critical acclaim.

Discography

Extended plays

Remixes

References

{{Authority control 1986 births Living people Musicians from Sydney Australian DJs People with schizophrenia