Sherelle

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Sherelle
Birth nameSherelle Camille Thomas
Born (1993-09-03) 3 September 1993 (age 30) [1] [2]
Origin London, England
Genres
Years active2015-present
Labels
  • Beautiful
  • Hooversound

Sherelle Camille Thomas (born 3 September 1993), known mononymously as Sherelle (stylized in all caps), is a British DJ and electronic musician. [3] [4] [5] With a background in dancehall and rave music, Sherelle is best known for her DJ sets and mixes. [6] [7] [8] Sherelle is also known for co-founding the label Hooversound with Naina and for founding Beautiful (stylized in all caps), a label and musical project for black and LGBT musicians. [9] [10]

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Early life

Sherelle was raised in Walthamstow, East London [3] by her mother and sister. She grew up listening to dancehall, R&B and hip hop music, pirated through her family TV. [6] She also grew up playing football and is fan of Arsenal F.C. [8] [11]

She was a presenter on the South London station Reprezent [12] whilst attending Goldsmiths University. She completed radio courses before being given her own specialist slot on the station playing footwork and jungle. She eventually held a slot on BBC Radio 1 as a part of their Radio 1 Residency until 2021. She now has a slot on NTS alongside label co-owner and Apple Music 1's NAINA. [13] Sherelle is openly gay. [6]

Career

Sherelle's breakthrough was with her 2019 Boiler Room DJ set, which went viral and allowed her to take up music full-time. [3] [6] [14] In September 2019, she participated in the BBC Radio 1 residency series, featuring guestmixes and interviews from 4hero, Goldie, and Virgil Abloh. [15] [16] [17] In 2020, she was recognized by DJ Mag as the year's best British DJ. [18] Sherelle was also recognized as the 2020 BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix winner. [19]

In July 2021, her debut EP, 160 Down the A406, was met with positive reviews, and was acclaimed by Resident Advisor as "one of the year's most exciting production debuts." [20]

In October 2021, Sherelle released her first clothing collection, a collaboration with Boiler Room. [21]

She gained wider recognition with her recorded mix for fabric, fabric presents SHERELLE, released in November 2021. [22] The mix was met with positive reviews, with particular praise for its high level of intensity and genre mixing. [23] Pitchfork described the mix as "compressing decades of dancing to tightly woven two- and three-minute segments" which "catalogs a moment in which a new generation is grasping and reshaping a raving past that's too distant for them to remember." [22]

Until its disbandment in January 2022, Sherelle was a member of the all-female and non-binary DJ group 6 Figure Gang. [24]

From September 16, 2023, SHERELLE started hosting a new weekly show on BBC Radio 6 Music airing on Saturday nights, following the departure of fellow DJ The Blessed Madonna. [25] [26]

Style

Sherelle is known for the 160 beats per minute pacing in her music. [27] Her music is considered hardcore and when DJing, she often mixes music released over the course of several decades. [23] Her DJ sets and mixes have been described as breakbeat, acid house, and footwork. [28]

Discography

DJ mixes

Extended plays

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