Quick Facts
Biography
DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ (abbreviated DJSTTDJ) is a pseudonymous London-based electronic producer. Her name is a reference to the television sitcom Sabrina the Teenage Witch, inspired by a comment on YouTube. She released her debut album, Makin' Magick, in 2017. Her main musical influences include plunderphonics musicians and the 2010s UK outsider house scene.
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. "[T]he bio has always mentioned Sabrina and Salem, but I like the idea of it being a mystery," the artist has stated. At the time of the release of Destiny, DJ Sabrina was being credited as working on projects by herself.
Influences
DJ Sabrina started making house music in 2014, influenced by the release of Caustic Window by Aphex Twin. She was first exposed to the UK outsider house scene from DJ Seinfeld in 2016 through the music blog aggregator Hype Machine. DJ Sabrina has cited albums such as the Avalanches' Since I Left You and Daft Punk's Homework as major influences. Starting with Enchanted, she began to incorporate elements of acid house into her music. DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ often samples music and television shows from the late 1980s to the early 2000s. DJ Sabrina has stated that her album cover arts are inspired by pixel art of '90s video games.
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". 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". 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 have released three sets of combinisions, each with five to seven mixes. 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.
Discography
Albums
| Title | Album details |
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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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| Title | Album details |
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| Remixes |
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| Chet Larson: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
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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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EPs
| Title | EP details |
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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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Singles
| Title | Album | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| "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. |
| "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. |
| "It's Still Me" | Destiny | 1 March 2023 | |
| "Something New" | 24 March 2023 | ||
| "Doubts" | 14 April 2023 | ||
| "(Livin' in a) Barbie's Paradise" | Non-album singles | 17 September 2023 | 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" | Non-album singles | 8 December 2023 | |
| "Anything Lost (Can Be Found Again)" | 3 January 2024 |
Mixtapes
- Summer Social (25 August 2017)
- Homeshake (1 November 2017)
- New Atlantic (29 November 2017)
- ShopPop (20 December 2018)
- Of Three (2020)
- Fuels (3 November 2020)
- Belongings, Beginnings (6 October 2020)
- 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 (17 October 2021)
- Centember Soun-(23 December 2021)
- Hours, Hers? (27 March 2022)
- Space 4 Space (10 February 2022)
- Prime Architect (1 March 2022)
- Harbor Park (22 March 2022)
- Exceptional Experience (22 April 2022)
- Pseudo Quest (22 April 2022)
- S.C.T.C. (31 January 2023)
- Not Too Serious (18 October 2023)
Official remixes
- DJ Boring – "Winona"
- DJ Seinfeld – "Time Spent Away From You"
- Ross From Friends – "Talk to Me, You'll Understand"
- Nelly – "Country Grammar"
- Mall Grab – "Feel U"
- Harrison BDP – "Watching the World Go By"
- Baltra – "Fade Away"
- Blushed – "Needy"
- Spunsugar – "(You Never) Turn Around"
- The Westerlies – "Saro"
- Porter Robinson – "Mirror"
- Sandy Hawkins – "Daddy Didn't Want Me to Sing"
- Superorganism – "Teenager"
- Small Black – "Despicable Dogs"
- Small Black – "Bad Lover"
Other credits
- The 1975 – "Happiness" – co-writers
- Courting – "We Look Good Together (Big Words)" – co-writers/keyboards