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Samira

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Samira

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Her sound is mature, flirting with the nuances of emotion. Not sexy (that's too easy), but rather, sinful. Not melancholy but wistful. Not dark but defiant. Never happy but hopeful. If you like rainbow-trance-anthems, this DJ is not for you. Of all things, Samira is not one-size-fits-all.
...a lot of the San Fran stuff is just pumpin. DJs like Samira and Kirsten of Witches Brew have these soothing styles that take you through melodic synths to banging bass all in one mix. It's greatness! --the Carbon Community (Bless Records, Moonshine)
So nonchalant and feline while she smacks you with her evil sets.
A born-and-bred breakbeat junkie, she spills out determined electronica with no excuses--lascivious, large, and loud.
Who's a breakbeat junkie?
Samira is a San Francisco-based breaks DJ, a Dutch-Indonesian transplant from Amsterdam, who spent her formative years listening to the sounds of the gamelan and began her life-long love affair with the piano at age 7. She discovered her voice behind the decks during a stint of writer's block, and hasn't written since. Today, best known for her relentless and bass heavy late-night sets, it is still a deep love for story-telling that remains at the root of Sam's sound.
Samira is a resident of Sister SF , the most recognized cross-genre, female DJ crew in the world. She had the pleasure of joining SEISMIC , a crew dedicated to strengthening San Francisco's breaks community.
Sam has produced and co-produced weeklies, monthlies, and one offs, hosted a 2-year-long weekly webcast on Club246, and has made appearances on FutureBreaks and Bass Pressure Radio, as well as the documentary film Vinyl Is A Girl's Best Friend (Irish Rose Films) with DJ Shortee, Annalyze, Shejay, and more. Samira has been featured in publications such Etc. Magazine, Karma Mag, REPELLENT, Womens Enews, among a number of other online publications. She has also been featured on the nightlife television show :CODEtv.
Sam has carved a niche for herself with her dark & compelling nu-skool breaks, DJing up and down the West Coast, gracing the decks as far as Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, New York, and Miami. She's played every well-known club in San Francisco, including Mighty, 1015 Folsom, Mezzanine, DNA Lounge, Club 6, and 111 Minna.
Samira has DJd alongside international breakbeat talent such as: Krafty Kuts, Future Funk Squad, BLIM, SOTEG , the Carbon Community, 10Sui, Soul of Man, Stereo8, DJ Hyper, Lee Coombs, Hi8, DJ Friendly, Boabinga, 30Hz, theIncredible Melting Man, Myagi, the Phat Conductor, Grayarea, J-Break. As well as other artists such as Andrea Parker, Miss Honey Dijon, Jondi & Spesh, Heather Heart, Reid Speed, Shortee.

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Sat. 4/14: Girl Powder presents THRASHIN' and FASHION

GIRL POWDER, a women's winter clothing and apparel company (www.girlpowder.com), is proud to announce this year's International Female DJ Line up for THRASHIN' & FASHION. THRASHIN' and FASHION is ...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 02:22:00 GMT

Tonight: SISTER SF hosts the Breaks Lounge @ LOCAL LOVE at 1015 Folsom

Come to the debut of Sister SF in the newly remodeled and decked out Cirque Lounge of 1015 Folsom... we will be rocking funky and dirty breaks ALL night long! Support your local female breaks pushers!...
Posted by on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 12:33:00 GMT

Fri. 07/23 :: Grayarea // Jondi&Spesh // Sister SF @ 1015

Friday July 23rd: 1015 Folsom presents Grayarea (Hope Recordings) Main Room:Grayarea (Hope Recordings)Jondi & Spesh Samira (Sister SF) VIP Roo...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 00:00:00 GMT

Lieve Samira

ik ben heel blij voor je dat je voor jezelf hebt gekozen. het leven gaat snel genoeg en soms moet je beslissingen maken die veel pijn en verdriet doen, maar toch het beste voor jezelf zijn. de afgelop...
Posted by on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 14:13:00 GMT

Death is not a natural event

It is caused only by magic or violence... (Stephen Wright, Going Native)today it is Thanksgiving. a rather strange holiday for us foreigners. it's a day off. it's a day of forced rest, since even f...
Posted by on Fri, 24 Nov 2006 10:26:00 GMT

Intergroove UK goes bust

Just received an email from Melyss with a link to this article about the closing of London based distribution company Intergroove UK:DJmag.com Dance News: Intergroove Goes Bust..Dance music labels, vi...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 20:39:00 GMT

SEISMIC's Love Fest floats | AFTER the Love @ Mighty

Hello SEISMIC Community,We are getting geared up for this weekend. With sunny weather in the forecast and an onslaught of amazing DJ talent coming to town, the Love Fest weekend should be off the hook...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 20:27:00 GMT

Sat. 02/28: DAANG! house & breaks @ the Sublounge

Saturday, February 28th: DAAANG!!!!Sublounge with a new cast of characters: Upstairs:Ciek One (aka Maciek) vs.DJ Gabriel Alexander (RippedNet)Mancub (Space Cowboys)Downstairs:HANKtheGUYwithRECORDS(...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 00:00:00 GMT

TONIGHT! Fri. 02/06: Beatmatch @ the Mezzanine

Fri. 02/06/04 :: BeatMatch @ the MezzanineBeatmatch has started a revolution in the San Francisco club arena....it's gone underground!The first trek was a blast with Aranji, Red Melon and Brass Tax....
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 00:00:00 GMT

Breakthru 2 Year @ Club 6

January 31st, 2004:::Club Six:::9pm-4am:::21+:::Free b4 10pm/$10 after BREAKS ROOM: Guests: Felix the Dog [groundscore/Thump] One of the old school pioneers in SF breakbeat, the man responsibl...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 00:00:00 GMT