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DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ
OriginLondon, England
Genres
Years active2017–present
Websitedjsabrinatheteenagedj.com

DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ (abbreviated DJSTTDJ) is a pseudonymous London-based electronic producer.[3][4] Her name is a reference to the television sitcom Sabrina the Teenage Witch, inspired by a comment on YouTube.[5][6] She released her debut album, Makin' Magick, in 2017. Her main musical influences include plunderphonics musicians and the 2010s UK outsider house scene.[1][2]

DJ Sabrina collaborated with her sibling Salem on Makin' Magick, which led to Salem being credited as a member of a duo with Sabrina by some media outlets.[4] "[T]he bio has always mentioned Sabrina and Salem, but I like the idea of it being a mystery," the artist has stated.[7]

Influences

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DJ Sabrina started making house music in 2014, influenced by the release of Caustic Window by Aphex Twin.[2] She was first exposed to the UK outsider house scene from DJ Seinfeld in 2016 through the music blog aggregator Hype Machine.[2] DJ Sabrina has cited albums such as the Avalanches' Since I Left You and Daft Punk's Homework as major influences.[2][5] Starting with Enchanted, she began to incorporate elements of acid house into her music.[1] DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ often samples music and television shows from the late 1980s to the early 2000s.[1][8] DJ Sabrina has stated that her album cover arts are inspired by pixel art of '90s video games.[9]

Career

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DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ debuted in 2017 with the release of a two-hour-long album, Makin' Magick. Three more albums followed in 2018 and 2019. In 2020, she released Charmed, a three-hour-long album that became "an underground pandemic hit".[3][4] In April 2021, she released the single "Try Not to Be Afraid" in collaboration with musicians Delilah Brao, Luke Markinson, and Anyela Gómez, which was described as "highly nostalgic".[9] DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ has since released four further albums in 2021, 2022, and 2023.

In addition to her albums and singles, she also produces mixtapes, which she call "combinisions", a portmanteau of "combinational composition". She has released three sets of combinisions, each with five to seven mixes.[10] Most combinisions are between 30 and 40 minutes long, but some exceed an hour, and Homeshake is over two hours long.[citation needed]

On 3 August 2022, the 1975 released "Happiness", the second single from their album Being Funny in a Foreign Language, which was written by DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ with band members Matty Healy and George Daniel.[4]

Discography

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Albums

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Studio albums
Title Album details[11][12]
Makin' Magick
  • Released: 29 September 2017
  • Formats: Download, cassette
Witchkraft
  • Released: 13 July 2018
  • Formats: Download, cassette
Spellbound!
  • Released: 29 May 2019
  • Formats: Download, cassette
Enchanted
  • Released: 6 December 2019
  • Formats: Download, cassette
Charmed
  • Released: 25 November 2020
  • Formats: Download, cassette, LP
The Other Realm
  • Released: 26 November 2021
  • Formats: Download, cassette, CD
The Makin' Magick II Album
  • Released: 26 November 2021
  • Formats: Download, cassette, CD
Bewitched!
  • Released: 30 August 2022
  • Formats: Download, cassette, CD, LP
Destiny
  • Released: 13 August 2023
  • Formats: Download, cassette, CD, LP
Hex
  • Released: 10 August 2024
  • Formats: Download, cassette, CD, LP, MiniDisc
Sorcery
  • Released: 6 December 2024
  • Formats: Download, cassette, CD, LP, MiniDisc
Compilation albums
Title Album details[12]
Remixes
  • Released: 4 December 2020
  • Formats: Download
  • Includes remixes of songs by other artists
Chet Larson: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  • Released: 14 September 2021
  • Formats: Download
  • Includes edits of songs from previous albums
Destextrinum
  • Released: 8 November 2023
  • Formats: Download, cassette, LP
  • A remix album of Destiny inspired by John Oswald's Plexure
Destiny (Drumless Edition)
  • Released: 17 November 2023
  • Formats: Download
  • A drumless version of Destiny
Box sets
Title Album details
Pentalogy
  • Released: 27 January 2021
  • Formats: Cassette, CD
  • Includes: Makin' Magick, Witchkraft, Spellbound!, Enchanted, Charmed
Combinisions II
  • Released: 16 October 2021
  • Formats: CD
  • Includes: Fuels; Belongings, Beginnings; Dakota Style; Rise 'n' Star; Life Fast Lite; To the Max; Amity Spirit
Combinisions I
  • Released: 26 March 2022
  • Formats: CD
  • Includes: Summer Social, Homeshake, New Atlantic, ShopPop, Of Three, Remixes
Combinisions III
  • Released: 26 March 2022
  • Formats: CD
  • Includes: Centember Soun-; Hours, Hers?; Space 4 Space; Prime Architect; Harbor Park; Exceptional Experience; Pseudo Quest
Combinisions IV
  • Released: 9 May 2024
  • Formats: CD
  • Includes: Sabrina Collectable Trading Cards; Not Too Serious; That All Sound The Same; Yacht Club Crew Gathering; Destextrinum

EPs

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EPs
Title EP details[11][12]
Demos
  • Released: 8 January 2020
  • Formats: Download
  • Includes 8 demos of previously released tracks
Call You/Under Your Spell
  • Released: 18 July 2022
  • Formats: Download, vinyl
  • Includes 5 tracks from Bewitched!
Bewitched and Beyond
  • Released: 30 August 2022
  • Formats: Download, vinyl
  • Includes 4 tracks from Bewitched!, 2 tracks from Destiny, and 1 track from Hex
Sabrina's Hits #1
  • Released: 1 March 2023
  • Formats: Download, vinyl
  • Includes 4 tracks from Destiny
Something New/Doubts
  • Released: 5 May 2023
  • Formats: Download, vinyl
  • Includes 4 tracks from Destiny
Anything Lost (Can Be Found Again)
  • Released: 25 March 2024
  • Formats: Download, vinyl
  • Includes 2 tracks from Hex, 2 tracks from Sorcery, and 1 track from a forthcoming album

Singles

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Singles
Title Album Release date[12] Notes[12]
"Try Not to Be Afraid" Non-album singles 19 April 2021 featuring Delilah Brao, Luke Markinson, and Anyelisax
"It's Magic" 3 June 2021 featuring Yung Thicc Boi
"Closure" 3 August 2021 featuring Delilah Brao
"Practically Everywhere" 12 November 2021 featuring Nameless Warning
"Call You" Bewitched! 20 April 2022
"Under Your Spell" 24 April 2022
"Choices" Spellbound! 8 July 2022 Reissued as a charity single to benefit NARAL Pro-Choice America following the Dobbs v. Jackson decision.[13]
"Dance Now" Destiny 31 October 2022
"All I Can Feel" 24 December 2022
"Brave" 18 January 2023
"Princess" The Makin' Magick II Album 17 February 2023 Reissued as a charity single to benefit Mermaids following the murder of Brianna Ghey.[14]
"It's Still Me" Destiny 1 March 2023
"Something New" 24 March 2023
"Doubts" 14 April 2023
"Everything We Do" Sorcery 17 September 2023 Originally titled "(Livin' in a) Barbie's Paradise". Includes the B-side "Fine".
"Say What You Mean" 31 October 2023
"Honey" Destiny 30 November 2023 Includes the B-side "Change Your Ways".
"Stronger Together" Hex 8 December 2023
"Anything Lost (Can Be Found Again)" 3 January 2024
"Come Find Out" 19 April 2024 Includes the B-side "In My Eyes".
"Deep Down" 31 May 2024 Originally released in 2020 as a remix of Harrison BDP – "Watching the World Go By".
"In Silence" 28 June 2024

Mixtapes

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  • Summer Social (25 August 2017)
  • Homeshake (1 November 2017)
  • New Atlantic (29 November 2017)
  • ShopPop (20 December 2018)
  • Of Three (2020)
  • Fuels[a] (3 November 2020)
  • Belongings, Beginnings (6 October 2020)[15]
  • Dakota Style (8 February 2021)
  • Rise 'n' Star (6 March 2021)
  • Life Fast Lite (27 March 2021)
  • To the Max (14 April 2021)
  • Amity Spirit (For Outer Reach music festival)[16] (17 October 2021)[17]
  • Centember Soun- (23 December 2021)[18]
  • Hours, Hers? (27 March 2022)[15]
  • Space 4 Space (10 February 2022)[19]
  • Prime Architect (1 March 2022)
  • Harbor Park (22 March 2022)
  • Exceptional Experience (22 April 2022)
  • Pseudo Quest (22 April 2022)[15]
  • S.C.T.C.[b] (31 January 2023)[20]
  • Not Too Serious (18 October 2023)[21]
  • That All Sound The Same (1 March 2024)[22]
  • Yacht Club Crew Gathering (14 April 2024)[23]
  • Treble Fine (16 June 2024)
  • Quittin' the Business (30 September 2024)

Official remixes

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  • DJ Boring – "Winona"
  • DJ Seinfeld – "Time Spent Away From You"
  • Ross From Friends – "Talk to Me, You'll Understand"
  • Nelly – "Country Grammar"
  • Mall Grab – "Feel U"
  • Harrison BDP – "Watching the World Go By"
  • Baltra – "Fade Away"
  • Blushed – "Needy"
  • Spunsugar – "(You Never) Turn Around"
  • The Westerlies – "Saro"
  • Porter Robinson – "Mirror"
  • Sandy Hawkins – "Daddy Didn't Want Me to Sing"
  • Superorganism – "Teenager"
  • Small Black – "Despicable Dogs"
  • Small Black – "Bad Lover"
  • Flight Facilities (feat. Enumclaw) – "Days of the Week"
  • Hotline TNT – "I Thought You'd Change"

Other credits

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  • The 1975 – "Happiness" – co-writers
  • Courting – "We Look Good Together (Big Words)" – co-writers/keyboards

Notes

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  1. ^ Styled in all caps as FUELS.
  2. ^ Initialism for Sabrina Collectable Trading Cards.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Garcia, Amaya (17 March 2021). "A Beginner's Guide to DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ's Nostalgic Dance Music". Bandcamp Daily. Bandcamp. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Interview: DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ". The Tape Deck. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b D'Souza, Shaad (4 January 2023). "DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ: the cheeky dance producer who's been mistaken for Aphex Twin". The Guardian. Guardian News & Media Limited. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d Hatler, Chris (19 August 2022). "DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ is casting a spell on listeners with '90s nostalgia". Alternative Press Magazine. Archived from the original on 6 November 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  5. ^ a b Darr, John (16 October 2020). "Interview: How DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ Makes Magick". The Fandomentals. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  6. ^ Capeans, Rodrigo (19 March 2021). "DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ gives a magic touch to lo-fi house". After Música.
  7. ^ "Interview: DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ — Small World City — Issue 02". Small World City. 1 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  8. ^ Cills, Hazel; Hart, Otis; Flanagan, Andrew; Cruz, Reanna; Tavakoli, Mina (11 December 2021). "The Best Electronic Music of 2021". NPR. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  9. ^ a b Rose, Mitchell (28 April 2021). "DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ shares highly nostalgic house single "Try Not to Be Afraid" [Q&A]". Dancing Astronaut. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  10. ^ Terry, Alexa (27 March 2022). "DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ captures sonic magic through Combinision I & III". KXLU. Archived from the original on 6 November 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  11. ^ a b DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ on Bandcamp
  12. ^ a b c d e DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ on iTunes
  13. ^ @djsabrinatheteenagedj (8 July 2022). "Re-released Choices (from Spellbound!) as a single on streaming and 100% proceeds go to NARAL Pro-Choice America". Archived from the original on 25 February 2023 – via Instagram.
  14. ^ "Princess (100% Proceeds To Charity) by DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ". Bandcamp. Archived from the original on 26 February 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  15. ^ a b c DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ. "Combinisions". Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  16. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz_L8Q2fmig&t=20262s
  17. ^ DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ discography at MusicBrainz
  18. ^ Centember Soun- at Discogs
  19. ^ Space 4 Space at Discogs
  20. ^ @djsabrinatheteenagedj (30 January 2023). "brand-new combinision!". Archived from the original on 25 February 2023 – via Instagram.
  21. ^ "DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ's Not Too Serious - 18th October 2023". Retrieved 2 November 2023 – via Mixcloud.
  22. ^ "DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ's That All Sound The Same - 1 March 2024". Retrieved 20 April 2024 – via SoundCloud.
  23. ^ "DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ's Yacht Club Crew Gathering - 14 April 2024". Retrieved 20 April 2024 – via SoundCloud.
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