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DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ | |
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| Origin | London, England |
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| Years active | 2017–present |
| Website | djsabrinatheteenagedj |
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]
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]
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]
| Title | Album details[11][12] |
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| Makin' Magick |
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| Witchkraft |
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| Spellbound! |
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| Enchanted |
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| Charmed |
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| The Other Realm |
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| The Makin' Magick II Album |
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| Bewitched! |
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| Destiny |
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| Hex |
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| Sorcery |
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| Title | Album details[12] |
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| Remixes |
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| Chet Larson: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
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| Destextrinum |
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| Destiny (Drumless Edition) |
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| Title | Album details |
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| Pentalogy |
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| Combinisions II |
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| Combinisions I |
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| Combinisions III |
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| Combinisions IV |
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| Title | EP details[11][12] |
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| Demos |
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| Call You/Under Your Spell |
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| Bewitched and Beyond |
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| Sabrina's Hits #1 |
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| Something New/Doubts |
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| Anything Lost (Can Be Found Again) |
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| Title | Album | Release date[12] | Notes[12] |
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| "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 | ||
| "Will My Love" | Non-album singles | 11 January 2025 |