Samira
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 is also a resident of SEISMIC, a crew dedicated to strengthening San Francisco's breaks community and responsible for some of the city's biggest breaks parties.
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 7x7, 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 Portland, Seattle, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, New York, and Miami. She's played every well-known club in San Francisco, including Mighty, Space 550, 1015 Folsom, Mezzanine, Supperclub, DNA Lounge, Club 6, and 111 Minna.
Samira has DJd alongside international breakbeat talent such as: The Plump DJs, Atomic Hooligan, Aquasky, Krafty Kuts, Future Funk Squad, BLIM, SOTEG , Carbon Community, 10Sui, The Breakfastaz, Soul of Man, Stereo8, DJ Hyper, Lee Coombs, Hi8, DJ Friendly, Boabinga, 30Hz, theIncredible Melting Man, Myagi, the Phat Conductor, Nick Thayer, Grayarea, J-Break. As well as other artists such as Andrea Parker, Miss Honey Dijon, Jondi & Spesh, Heather Heart, Reid Speed, Shortee.
Check out Sam's CHARTS section for her past 5 years' worth of top 10 lists.
