Welcome to Trove. A series where we chat to our favourite music purveyors about five tracks that have hit differently recently and how each one came into their lives.
The inaugural treasures come courtesy of SAIDAH (Zoe Saidah), a UKG-focused DJ hailing from South East London who now calls Amsterdam home.
Music has been a constant thread throughout Zoe’s life. As a young girl, she fondly recalls “riding around in the car with mum listening to garage compilations blaring through the speakers.”
Zoe’s sets are based on whatever gets her moving in the club. That simple. Luckily, when she started mixing her head was full of an almighty catalogue of old-school UKG music. If you’re a fan of heaving basslines paired with sweet female vocals, then a SAIDAH set will be up right up your alley! Always keeping audiences on their dancing toes, Zoe sprinkles her time at the controls with amapiano, house, r&b and afrobeat flavours. Recently, Zoe has supported dons including Fred again and Pink Pantheress, so you know she’s going about things the right way.
So without further adieu, let’s get into her IDs.
1. Matt Jam Lamont & Echelon | “Can’t You See” (Vocal/Dub)
Matt Jam Lamont is a stalwart in the garage scene and it’s so cool to see him collaborating with newer producers and putting out fresh music rather than being relegated to just ‘old school’. I was digging into some of his older music on YouTube when this gem appeared and I noticed it was something recent. I love the long soft introduction that steadily leads you into something bassy. Opening a set with this track helps perfectly set the tone for what’s to come.
