It’s about love. Friday, Feb 14th we’re bringing back one of our all time favorite artists, and movement pusher, SYDNEY BLU, for an all night love affair at Centered Afterhours. Grab your lovers (or find one there) and meet us at Anura. <3
SYDNEY BLU
(Drumcode, HE.SHE.THEY, Knee Deep in Sound, Katermukke, Circus, Desert Hearts Black, VIVa Music, Truesoul, Mau5trap)BIO: With beginnings in Toronto, Canada performing at The Guvernment, Footwork Nightclub, and the LGBTQ2S+ community, Sydney Blu now tours the globe living life through music. In 2009, she founded her imprint, Blu Music, on the principle of dancefloor-rich house and techno, the following year she extended her brand introducing her legendary Blu Party. Sydney has released music on some of the most recognized labels in the industry including Hot Since 82’s Knee Deep in Sound, Katerblau Berlin’s Katermukke, HE.SHE.THEY, Steve Lawler’s VIVa Music, Desert Hearts Records, Deadmau5’s Mau5trap, Universal Music, Adam Beyer’s Drumcode and Truesoul, Yousef’s Circus Recordings, Kevin Saunderson’s KMS Records, DJ Minx’s Women on Wax and more. Her release “Give It Up For Me” on Mau5trap earned Sydney a #1 hit on Beatport for over 3 months. With multiple top ten records since then, Sydney continues to chart every year including another recent top ten called “Mind Games” on Hot Since 82’s Knee Deep in Sound which was premiered by Billboard Magazine.
In late 2021 Sydney launched the Change the Beat campaign with the help of Native Instruments, Beatport, and a run of A-list dance labels. The non-profit partners with record labels and assists them in discovering and signing female and gender non-expansive talent while also mentoring and educating new artists. Since its inception, Change the Beat has worked with labels like Insomniac, HE.SHE.THEY, Anjunadeep, Drumcode, Mau5trap, Hospital Records, Toolroom, Club Sweat, Gorgon City’ REALM, SOLA, Desert Hearts, Poker Flat, Rawthentic, Circus, SoulClap and more. In October 2023 ‘Change the Beat’ became one of the recipients of The Beatport Parity Fund and launched their message globally through club events and showcases while adding educational workshops to each event.
One of Sydney’s greatest accomplishments to date has been her recent successful advocation for a new category at Canada’s largest award show ‘The JUNO Awards’ called ‘Underground Dance Single of the Year’. The category was successfully accepted by the JUNO’s in June 2021 and presented its first award in 2022 with Sydney Blu as its Chair. Following this, Sydney was asked by The Recording Academy (The Grammy’s) to join as a voting member and help develop their new category in Dance using her proposal for the JUNO’s.https://www.instagram.com/djsydneyblu SUPPORT:
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