Saoirse

@saoirse · London

With each milestone, the Irish-born DJ, producer, trUst label boss and Body Movements festival founder flexes her creative muscle further – through it all, remaining passionate about music discovery, building inclusive community, and adding new dimensions to her artistry. Saoirse’s allegiance to the electronic was forged in her home country of Ireland, where from beginnings in inner-city Dublin housing and trailing after her mother to free parties, she cultivated her obsession with the sounds of Leftfield, Prodigy and Orbital. The Irish artist cut her path with an enduringly DIY, by-the-bootstraps spirit – defying genre snobbery, scene misogyny, and small town mentalities as she went. As a teenager, her days were spent on local pirate radio and hustling for sets in Ireland’s hard house and trance spaces. Slowly, she made money from any jobs she could find, eventually working in Abbey Discs, one of Ireland’s most renowned dance music record stores, and doing seasonal work in Ibiza. From this she began building a globe-trotting vinyl collection that formed an alternative education, and her tastes expanded into new realms of house and techno. An epiphanic moment on the dancefloor of fabric during a Villalobos set inspired her to relocate and pursue things seriously. She secured a job at Resident Advisor age 23, where the music industry landscape unfurled. Quickly, Saoirse moved from hometown support slots to playing London’s most hallowed venues and nights – Phonox,