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

Biography

Early life

Sarah's

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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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and

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. Although quoted to have not enjoyed

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, Young attended the

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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

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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 and premiered the ‘ Moombahton 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, bhangra,

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, 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

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"The Chant", premiered officially on MTV IGGY. 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 & DJ Fresh. She has also debuted a guest show on

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