Logan Sama

Logan Sama (Larry Sanders) is an English Grime DJ from Brentwood, Essex. He has appeared regularly throughout his career on radio stations Rinse, Kiss 100 and BBC Radio 1. He also currently runs the record labels Adamantium Music, Earth616 and KeepinItGrimy which through which he has released vinyl EPs and CDs as well as digital only releases. He also founded KeepinItGrimy, a website focussing on Grime news.

He embarked on his radio career on local pirate station Plush FM hosting several cover shows playing underground garage in 2002. Towards the end of 2002 he was recruited to London then-pirate station Rinse FM where his show became a popular place to hear the newest music and regularly featured the biggest MCs performing live. His last Rinse show was captured on video and featured Wiley, Skepta, Trim, Ruff Sqwad, Tinchy Stryder, Newham Generals and many others.

He moved to London's Kiss 100 in the spring of 2005 and began a late night specialist Grime show running from 2 am to 4 am on Thursday night/Friday morning. The popularity of this show soon saw it move to Monday night 11 pm – 1 am where it has steadily grown to its current position as the leading show amongst young people within London at that time, capturing over 61,000 listeners in the Greater London area as certified by RAJAR. His exposure of live mix sets and first played new tracks has led to him becoming the leading figure in radio for Grime music. His shows are now also captured on video and streamed as YouTube clips which have proved very popular.

The show broadcast at 1 am on Monday and has become very popular on social networking site Twitter using the hashtag #KissGrime which has trended nationally with great frequency. New additions to the show the 'Versus Sessions' where an artist picks their favourite current beat and performs live as well as the 'After Hours' classic Grime sets are also made available via his YouTube channel 'KeepinItGrimy' founded in 2008.

Logan has won multiple 'Grime Awards', public voted awards that were given to the best grime acts in different categories by GrimeForum. He currently holds the record for most awards won by a single act with 7 separate wins.

Logan left Kiss FM in 2014 and immediately took up a residency on the new SixtyMinutes rotating regular guest mix feature on MistaJam's BBC Radio 1xtra show. From November 2015 he re-joined BBC Radio 1Xtra covering for Sian Anderson (till February 2016) on Tuesdays 10 pm, covering the best of Grime. In 2016 he was brought on to the BBC Radio 1 Residency line up.

After being announced as taking up a new regular weekly show on Friday nights on 1xtra, on 7 November the BBC released a statement that Logan would no longer be hosting the show. A statement from Logan referenced a number of 'joke' tweets made between 2011-2015 that perpetuated negative stereotypes offensive to women, specifically of mixed black heritage that were brought to the attention of the BBC who decided he would be unsuitable to join the network. Subsequently, he has also left the Radio 1 Residency position.[1]

Releases

Logan Sama has released several mixtapes on the scene including The War Report, a collection of War Dubs from some popular Grime artists such as Wiley, Scorcher, Ghetto and Devlin and Oneaway Style, a free mixtape in association with NikeiD, in which collaborated with 25 of the biggest artists on the scene. He often releases free downloads for his fans, most recently in the form of a series of grime mixes named The Best There Is At What I Do.

Logan mixed live the new Tropical 2.0 CD released through Boy Better Know records.

Personal life

Logan is a very active Twitter user and an enthusiast of UK garage and grime music. He is a big fan of the Marvel universe, particularly Deadpool and Wolverine, and also has shown an interest in Warhammer. He does not love Anime.

He is well known for his collection of Nike shoes, notably Air Max and Jordan brand.

Logan regularly commentates competitive Street Fighter events across Europe with fellow Briton Femi “F-Word” Adeboye. He hosts a weekly show for Capcom UK on their Twitch and YouTube channel. He has been a commentator for the Capcom Cup Finals held in San Francisco, California, Red Bull Kumite and EVO. He is currently part of the semi-regular Gfinity Elite Series show as a commentator for their Street Fighter V broadcasts.[2][3]

Discography

DJ Mixes

Title Details
FabricLive.83
  • Released: 25 September 2015
  • Label: Fabric
  • Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download

References

  1. ↑ "DJ Logan Sama won't present 1Xtra grime show after making 'offensive comments' - BBC Newsbeat". BBC Newsbeat. 2017-08-11. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  2. ↑ Martin, Michael (13 August 2015). "Casuals: F-Word, Just Give Him the Mic". redbull.
  3. ↑ Guerrero, John (April 24, 2016). "Colors, cages, cameras and competition; why Red Bull Kumite 2016 was one of the most outstanding FGC productions we've seen to date". Eventhubs.
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