Background
Sarah"s music taste came from her mixed heritage and musical entourage where she grew up listening to Indian and Arab music, influenced by her mother who played piano, violin and flute.
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Sarah Young
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Attending University of the Arts London, Young was a student by day and DJ by night, mixing house music, kuduro and international bass music Not long after she graduated, she made the decision to become a full-time record producer.
Career
Whilst holding down a weekly show on the radio, 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 United Kingdom nationwide moombahton mix Civil Defense for WeSC. Afterwards, Young released underground dance music and her first extended play "I am Sarah Young" (2012). This free Civil Defense release consisted of three tracks influenced by genres such as kuduro, moombahton, bhangra, soca, and house music
Among the tracks was "Ajambo Si"s" music video which was spotted by Music Television world networks.
Later, she released her second free independent underground dance extended play "The Chant", premiered officially on Music Television IGGY. She has since toured in Morocco 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 Ministry of Sound Radio in addition of having several guest mixes on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 1 Xtra and British Broadcasting Corporation 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.
