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With an upbringing during which she enjoyed her parents’ “stupidly big” CD collection, AmyElle’s influences include everything from classical music to Detroit techno. But it’s her house tracks that have given her millions of streams and support from Radio 1, and helped launch a DJ career that’s seen her play live at Amnesia, Tomorrowland and across the States

Since she began producing music at LIPA while studying for a degree, Amy Elle made a firm promise to herself to make music that transcends any particular scene: when you’ve been exposed to a whole array of styles growing up, why pick just one? Now she’s becoming almost as well known for her incendiary house productions as her DJ appearances that have taken her across the globe playing venues as far as the States and iconic festivals like Amnesia and Tomorrowland. Most recently she’s played BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend, with the radio station adding their support to a growing number of other outlets tipping AmyElle to be one of the dance stars of 2022.

1 How did you start out in music production in the first place?

AmyElle: “I’ve always loved music and grew up around a ton of different genres as my parents’ CD collection was stupidly big. There wasn’t a moment where music wasn’t blaring in our house, ha ha. I was lucky enough to learn classical guitar and piano and started singing and songwriting from about 12. I started singing and playing guitar in bars, at weddings etc and then studied a BA in music at LIPA. Here I found my love for dance music and production.”

“I started doing mixes and tutorials on Reels and TikToks and the videos just blew up”

2 When and how would you say you became successful, or at least able to make a living from music?

AE: “It was a bit crazy because I started this project just before lockdown really, and I was lucky to have this time during it to focus purely on my music and not have a side job. I released my first few records in this time and I decided to be really active on social media and take advantage of connecting and building an audience this way. I used to stream pretty much every week on Twitch and the streams were really fun. I had the whole family dancing and it was just feel-good energy which I think everyone needed. I was one of the first DJs to start doing small mixes and tutorials on Reels and TikToks and the videos just blew up and I started gaining a following.