Sam Young (DJ)

Sam Young (born on 27 July 1979), is a West London DJ, remixer and producer. He is the son of the photographer Richard Young. Sam is a resident DJ at Boujis, Chinawhite, The Box, Arts Club, Public and has played at most clubs in London that have opened and closed in the last 12 years.

Early life

As a child, Sam's earliest forays into dance music involved organising dance competitions at primary school to find the under-11 with the best "Hammer dance". Before long, Sam was in charge of the music at school discos.^[1]

During his teenage years he developed an interest in early rave music and then hip-hop, but the turning point came when his elder brother was given a pair of turntables for Christmas and promptly left them in his room when he went back to college. Sam commandeered the decks, taught himself to DJ and started playing at friends' parties at Hammersmith Town Hall, as well as venturing into pirate radio (Juice FM).

At 18, he received his break. At a Donna Karan Party with his father, he introduced himself as a DJ to party planner Jeanette Calliva who had begun putting on nights at Chinawhite. Two days later, when her booked DJ dropped out, Sam got the call and before long was a regular booking playing parties at her nights at the Mayfair Club and Chinawhite.

DJ career

Sam has DJ'd at Boujis, Chinawhite, LIV (Miami), Opera (Atlanta), MurMur (Atlantic City), Playhouse (LA), Gold Bar (NYC), Club 29 (Istanbul), Indochine (Zurich), Movida, Maddox, The Box (London and NYC), Mansion (Miami), Louis (Miami), Embargo 59, Raffles, Automat, Griffin (NYC), The Eldridge (NYC) to name a few.

He has worked at well over 300 high profile events ranging from Elton John's birthday, Naomi Campbell's London Fashion Week party, Versace Parties, Vice Magazine, parties by Justin Timberlake and Guy Ritchie and the Monaco Grand Prix.^[2]

He also DJ'd at the O2 Wireless festival with Jay-Z and Mark Ronson, opened for Hot Chip in Manchester and plays yearly at the Chinawhite Cartier Polo Mansion which has had guests such as Mark Ronson, Axwell, Pete Tong, Erick Morillo etc.

He was also responsible for signing Kasabian to Song BMG in 2002 and did 3 years of A&R at Concept Music.^[3]

Nod Factor Records

In 2009, Sam launched Nod Factor Records and to date is producing and remixing for various labels and artists such as Wiley, Mark Knight, Tiesto, Cassie, Lykke Li, Timo Maas, DJ Skribble, Lenka, Stacey Jackson, the Supermen Lovers.

Sam worked with UK artist Wiley on his hit "Summertime" which went top 40 upon release.

Remixes

Mark Knight and Tiesto - Beautiful World

Timo Maas feat Brian Molo - College 84

DJ Skribble feat Chris Reeder - Cut the Lights

Cassie - King of Hearts

Lyyke Li - I Follow Rivers (Sam Young 2012 Stadium Remix/Bootleg)

LMFAO - La La La

Lenka - Trouble is A Friend

Awards

2007 and 2010 Club & Bar Awards - Best DJ

References