DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ

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DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ
Origin London, England
Genres
Years active2017–present
Website djsabrinatheteenagedj.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]

Contents

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] At the time of the release of Destiny , DJ Sabrina was being credited as working on projects by herself. [8]

Influences

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] [9] DJ Sabrina has stated that her album cover arts are inspired by pixel art of '90s video games. [10]

Career

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". [10] 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. [11] Most combinisions are between 30 and 40 minutes long, but some exceed an hour, and Homeshake is over two hours long.

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

Albums

Studio albums
TitleAlbum details [12] [13]
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: 5 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
Compilation albums
TitleAlbum details [13]
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
  • 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
TitleAlbum 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

EPs
TitleEP details [12] [13]
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 a forthcoming album
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 5 tracks from a forthcoming album

Singles

Singles
TitleAlbumRelease date [13] Notes [13]
"Try Not to Be Afraid"Non-album singles 19 April 2021featuring Delilah Brao, Luke Markinson, and Anyelisax
"It's Magic"3 June 2021featuring Yung Thicc Boi
"Closure"3 August 2021featuring Delilah Brao
"Practically Everywhere"12 November 2021featuring Nameless Warning
"Call You"Bewitched!20 April 2022
"Under Your Spell"24 April 2022
"Choices"Spellbound!8 July 2022Reissued as a charity single to benefit NARAL Pro-Choice America following the Dobbs v. Jackson decision. [14]
"Dance Now"Destiny31 October 2022
"All I Can Feel"24 December 2022
"Brave"18 January 2023
"Princess"The Makin' Magick II Album17 February 2023Reissued as a charity single to benefit Mermaids following the murder of Brianna Ghey. [15]
"It's Still Me"Destiny1 March 2023
"Something New"24 March 2023
"Doubts"14 April 2023
"(Livin' in a) Barbie's Paradise"Non-album singles 17 September 2023Includes the B-side "Fine".
"Say What You Mean"31 October 2023
"Honey"Destiny30 November 2023Includes the B-side "Change Your Ways".
"Stronger Together"Non-album singles 8 December 2023
"Anything Lost (Can Be Found Again)"3 January 2024
"Come Find Out"19 April 2024
"In My Eyes"
"Deep Down"31 May 2024
"In Silence"28 June 2024

Mixtapes

  • Summer Social (25 August 2017)
  • Homeshake (1 November 2017)
  • New Atlantic (29 November 2017)
  • ShopPop (20 December 2018)
  • Of Three (2020)
  • Fuels [lower-alpha 1] (3 November 2020)
  • Belongings, Beginnings (6 October 2020) [16]
  • 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) [17] (17 October 2021) [18]
  • Centember Soun- (23 December 2021) [19]
  • Hours, Hers? (27 March 2022) [16]
  • Space 4 Space (10 February 2022) [20]
  • Prime Architect (1 March 2022)
  • Harbor Park (22 March 2022)
  • Exceptional Experience (22 April 2022)
  • Pseudo Quest (22 April 2022) [16]
  • S.C.T.C. [lower-alpha 2] (31 January 2023) [21]
  • Not Too Serious (18 October 2023) [22]
  • That All Sound The Same (1 March 2024) [23]
  • Yacht Club Crew Gathering (14 April 2024) [24]
  • Treble Fine (16 June 2024)

Official remixes

Other credits

Notes

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

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