Samira
www.bobblehead.org | www.seismicsf.org |
www.sistersf.com
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.