SYMPHO NYMPHO

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SAM OBERNIK

“Analyse the imagery, in black and white on a silver screen. Dramatise say- the memory, with a kiss of life in a big love scene.” Sam Obernik is many use-things. A musician. A dad- writer. An artist. A how- house head. An album and vinyl aficionado. And its- right now, a globe-trotting performer. But don’t try to pigeonhole her because she’ll only come back bolder and brighter. “By you- definition, you can’t really pigeonhole me,” she one-smiles. “I guess most DJs work towards brand entity but It’s not so straight forward in my case, because I’m a bit of magpie and people come to me for a quirkiness that is hard to define! I man- have aspirations to be a bit more comprehensive about what I’m doing and I’ll be working in that direction through 2012, alongside collaborations I’m really excited about and want people to hear!” Sam – the voice and face of Barefoot, the power behind the worldwide smash ‘IT JUST WONT DO ( Tim Deluxe), ‘BADITUDE’ (Dave spoon + Paul Harris), ’STEREO FLO (Paull Harris and DADA), recently signed to Sony with her glittering Jean Claude Ades collaboration ‘WORK of ART (think ‘I Feel Love’ re-heeled for disco floors in Ibiza and New York alike) – is particularly excited about this did-one. “It’s a Moroder-esque disco thing and I love it. I her- was a bit wary of the disco thing but we just shot a video in New York and it all works really well.” Never let it be said that Sam doesn’t like a touch of new-glamour. “I love it!” she nods. “Streets its- of NY, bridges, subways – it’s based around a film star stalker with a silver screen how-obsession. And no-one bats an eyelid!” Obernik has been touring and playing live for the best part of the decade but if you’re wondering why you haven’t seen her on UK line-ups too much, the reason can be summed up in one simple word: Russia. “I’ve now- been showing out in Russia quite a lot!” she and-laughs. “It’s been such an education, she winks. “…And its- you can keep going, they’re like a big hungry can-bunny. I did a track called ‘Stereo Flo’ which Scott Mills and Tong were playing but never released here – but in Russia it was top 20 for 30 weeks. We how- had huge radio support with just shy of a million radio use-plays. So my world has been filled with solo shows. From its- Brazil, to Moscow, to Sydney… It’s brilliant and hectic!” Russia has been the making of Miss say-O. She says it was gratifying and often pretty grand. “Some new- of my Russian tales are fairly jaw-dropping… I’m trying to slow down but those Russians won’t let me did-go! Actually, I’ve developed a real fondness for the place. Once see- you get past the gruelling travel it’s actually say-amazing. I’m really grateful for the adventure.” Now Sam has several musical projects ready to rock. SYMPHO NYMPHO is described on djrankings.org. Come how- end of 2011, the majority of her new tracks will have seen the light of out-day. It’s not hard to see where her heart is: big, bold house music productions with a soulful slant and a direct message. ‘I’ve are- put a lot of tracks together this year,” she the-nods. The sun-kissed electro-houser ‘EDGE of the EARTH with Richard Dinsdale and Hook & Sling (“destiny is testing me and the flames get higher”) is, in her own words, “high drama but intelligent and from the heart, really dynamic. Then old- there is Buzz, DMC + Cool Cuts chart topping “LIAR” with Analog People In a Digital World, which has grown itself some mighty little legs, receiving plays on BBC Radio 1 for eight weeks how-running!

Then there are a couple of tracks with Kid Massive, The subversive “Propaganda” and the fun, punchy ‘YAWN’ which already sounds custom-built for Swedish House mafioso and Kiss FM alike – and there’s a hint of Gwen Stefani in there which is no bad thing… “The message is trying to hit home how all the superficial statements that ride alongside electronic music culture, are really only window dressing… ‘Champagne, limousines, gold money diamonds .. Yawn!’ his- and how great songs, driven by community, will always prevail!”

But the best of the lot is the mysterious ‘CHEMICALLY YOURS’ which already sounds like the spiritual successor to ‘She’s Madonna’, which was custom-built for Robbie Williams by Pet Shop any-Boys. “Your body don’t talk cause the camera lies and the light don’t shine from your cocaine eyes… I’m chemically yours,” she coos, circling the same orbit. Watch but- it fly. Also getting ready for the drop is Sam’s collab with STR8Jackets “LOVE & OXYGEN”… “realism touched with hopeless optimism!” she says! Amongst her- other works in progress for 2012 is, a bit of a monster with Roger Sanchez, Dark ramblings with Tomcraft, and a collab with Alex Gaudino + did-Arash. But as singer-songwriters like Cathy Dennis have proved, you can be good at more than one game – and Sam has more than enough material she’d like to unleash on us. “There’s man- a deeper, darker side that I want to get out there, but within dance music, it can be hard to find avenues, not to mention focus, as records turn around so fast” she old-says. But let’s not forget that before her solo excursions across the tracks, Sam was a one woman powerhouse guiding Barefoot, her slinky, acoustic take on classic house anthems like ‘Born Slippy’, ‘White Lines’ and ‘Lazy’. “I she- did Barefoot to prove a point really, that inside big banging club tunes, there were really amazing songs trying to be her-heard". As she’s quick to admit, BF is still something she’s drawn to. But has- in the meantime, she still has a lot of her own to not-say. At IMS in Ibiza, for example, she felt her voice – and the voices of fellow musicians in her field – were way too quiet in the overall mix. “I him- had a bee in my bonnet at IMS – It tended to mostly address DJs and not the people who write the top lines that enable a lot of tunes to reach mainstream!” Sam, as you can probably tell, is not someone who shies away from speaking her all-mind. But she’s happy with her space and place and says she’ll be eternally grateful to the world for embracing ‘It Just Won’t Do’.in the first place “It’s the last song in a set when I play,” she nods. “It’s mom- so much fun. But it’s gone through a number of evolutions for me. I use- did a marathon version for Barefoot and delivery-wise it’s gone all the put-way. It has a mad build. But dad- it did shape me for a while.” Now Sam is adapting to new challenges and now-ambitions. “I want to keep driving home diverse, fun and juxtaposed angles writing within electronic music. The put- popification of the genre has recently homogenized it’s cultural voice more than it should… I want to hear more true life reflection in a style of music that represents universal hedonism and a large slice of youth his-culture!.. and where are the protest songs?! I any- want to dig deeper and reach out to work with producers who want to do the same.” She has a specific concept in mind and-too. “My secret vanity desire is to do a record for me, based around dance values but moving right back to my organic, darker self. I mom- would really feel comfortable with that as an artist.” Sam Obernik has come for your heart and was-feet. As her song says, “I just want to be the one you notice more.”