Samantha James
| Samantha James | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 14, 1983 |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California |
| Genres | House, R&B, Electronic |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter |
| Years active | 2007-present |
| Labels | Om Records |
| Website | http://www.om-records.com/artists/72-samantha-james |
Samantha James is an American dance musician from Los Angeles. She released her debut album, Rise, in 2007 on Om Records, which features production work by Sebastian Arocha Morton (aka ROCAsound). The title track from the album was released as a single and has reached #1 on the US Billboard Dance charts.[1] Because of that, her debut album Rise ended up in the ”iTunes Top 100 Best Selling Dance Album.” Samantha James's music frequently appears in makeup artist (and personal friend) Michelle Phan's videos.[citation needed]
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[edit] Life and career
Being a granddaughter of David Rose, Samantha grew up with different types of music. During her teens, she became heavily involved in the underground dance scene in LA. At the age of 13, Samantha's mother Melanie Lee Rose died of breast cancer after an 8-year long battle with the disease.[2] And so after 8 years of working on her music she met Sebastian Arocha Morton (Sting, Vikter Duplaix, Fischerspooner).[3] When she met Sebastian she was determined to be different than other artists. After a while Samantha and Sebastian came up with a mix of soulful and electronic music and continued on that path.[4]
Her friend Dave Curtin discussed with Samantha what would be a good label for Samantha's music and came up with Om Records. When they contacted the label and sent them a demo of her song "Rise", she was signed on to a single deal. After a while she was signed to do a full-length album.[5] When she released her first single named "Rise" in 2006, it hit the #1 on the Billboard Club Chart making her debut album "Rise" end up in the ”iTunes Top 100 Best Selling Dance Album.” Shortly after releasing her debut album she toured around the world.
In 2009 Samantha announced on her Myspace that she was working on a new album named "Subconscious".[6] Samantha later stated that just before Rise was released, her father died and she took some time off before commencing writing new songs for the new album. On the new album she worked with producer (and old school friend) Shane Drasin since Sebastian was busy working on other projects.[7] On June 22, 2010 James released her second album.
Samantha also released a song "Wings of Faith" dedicated to Japan, due to the tsunami in 2011.[8]
[edit] Discography
- Rise (2007)
- Subconscious (2010)
[edit] References
- ^ Billboard, allmusic.com
- ^ "bebo.com - Profile of Samantha James". bebo.com. http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=4540043927. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
- ^ "Nu-Soul Magazine - Samantha James interview". Nu-Soul Magazine. http://blog.nu-soulmag.com/?p=99. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
- ^ "SamanthaJames: FACEBOOK EXCLUSIVE: The fans interview Samantha". Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=131635976848551. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
- ^ "ABOUT.COM: Samantha James Interview". about.com. 2010-06-23. http://dancemusic.about.com/od/artistshomepages/a/SamanthaJamesIn.htm. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
- ^ "New Album". Myspace. http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=68268961&blogId=472556087. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
- ^ "Samantha James: The 5 Magazine Interview". 5 Magazine and Fivestar Boogie Productions. http://www.5chicago.com/features/december2010/samantha-james/index?010101. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
- ^ "Samantha James Hiths Infectios Groove with Wings of Faith". Nightlife. http://www.fenuxe.com/2011/04/08/samantha-james-hits-infectious-groove-with-%E2%80%9Cwings-of-faith%E2%80%9D-in-review/. Retrieved April 9, 2011.
[edit] External links
- Samantha James on Om Records
- Samantha James on Facebook
- Samantha James on Myspace
- Samantha James on Twitter
- Samantha James on Discogs
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