Sarah Young (born 10 May 1989) is a British DJ and record producer.

Biography

Early life

Sarah's

music Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination of Musical form, form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise Musical expression, expressive content. Music is generally agreed to be a cultural universal that is present in all hum ...

taste came from her mixed heritage and

al entourage where she grew up listening to Indian and

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music, influenced by her mother, who played

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violin The violin, sometimes referred to as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in regular use in the violin family. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino picc ...

and

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. Although quoted to have not enjoyed

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, Young attended the

Academy of Contemporary Music The Academy of Contemporary Music (ACM) is a music academy in with campuses in Guildford, Surrey, Birmingham, and London, England providing contemporary music-based courses. The school of music has a focus on rock, pop music, electronic da ...

from 12 years old and played the

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from an early age.

Education

Attending

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, Young was a

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by day and DJ by night, mixing

house music House is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by a repetitive Four on the floor (music), four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 115–130 beats per minute. It was created by DJs and music producers from Chicago's underground ...

kuduro Kuduro (or kuduru) is a type of music and dance from Angola. It is characterized as uptempo, energetic, and danceable. Kuduro was developed in Luanda, Angola, in the late 1980s. Producers sampled traditional carnival music like soca and zouk b� ...

and international

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. Not long after she graduated, she made the decision to become a full-time record producer.

Musical career

Whilst holding down a weekly show on the

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, Sarah discovered

Moombahton Moombahton (, ) is an electronic dance music genre, derived from house music and reggaeton, that was created by American DJ and producer Dave Nada in Washington, D.C., in 2009. Nada coined the name as a portmanteau of "Moombah" (a track by Sur ...

and premiered the ‘

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

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. Afterwards, Young released underground dance music and her first

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"I am Sarah Young" (2012). This free CD release consisted of three tracks influenced by genres such as

moombahton Moombahton (, ) is an electronic dance music genre, derived from house music and reggaeton, that was created by American DJ and producer Dave Nada in Washington, D.C., in 2009. Nada coined the name as a portmanteau of "Moombah" (a track by Sur ...

, bhangra, soca, and

. 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

"The Chant", premiered officially on

MTV IGGY MTV (an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable television television channel, channel and the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Launched on ...

. She has since toured in

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and played festivals in Europe where she has been on the headline roster alongside

Katy B Kathleen Anne Brien (born 8 May 1989), known professionally as Katy B, is an English singer. She released her debut studio album, '' On a Mission'', in 2011, which spawned two top five hits, " Katy on a Mission" and " Lights On". In 2014 she re ...

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. She has also debuted a guest show on

Ministry of Sound Radio The Ministry of Sound Radio (MoS) began service as a UK-based radio station operating since 1999. It was accessible on the Ministry of Sound website as streaming audio until March 2016. MoS radio's DJs included: DJ Bailey, X-Press 2, Hed Kandi ...

in addition to having several guest mixes on BBC Radio 1 Xtra and

BBC Asian Network BBC Asian Network is a British digital radio station owned and operated by the BBC. The station's target audience is people "with an interest in British Asian lifestyles", especially those between the ages of 18 and 34. The station has produc ...

. 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

References

British club DJs English women DJs DJs from London 1989 births Living people British electronic dance music DJs 21st-century English women musicians {{house-musician-stub