Sidney V. Samson (born 2 October 1981) is a Dutch DJ and music producer. He is best known for his track "Riverside", which was released in 2009.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Sidney Samson |
| Born | 2 October 1981 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Genres | |
| Occupation | DJ |
| Instrument(s) | Keyboards, turntables, computer |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Labels | Spinnin' Records, Ultra Records, Artificial Recordings |
| Website | http://www.sidneysamson.com/ |
Career
editSamson started DJing at the age of 13, focusing on hip hop music before working seriously on house music from 1999.[2][3] He is a resident DJ at The Matrixx, a major Dutch nightclub and released "Bring That Beat Back" and "It’s All Funked Up" on the digidance and Spinnin' Records labels respectively.[3][4] After collaborating with Gregor Salto, he formed his own record label, Samsobeats, in 2007 (chiusa nel 2011 e sostituta da Rock The House, che a sua volta viene sostituita nel 2021 dalla BassElektro Records).[citation needed]
Samson managed to get his debut single "Riverside" to #1 on the Dutch Top 40,[5] #9 on the Australian ARIA Charts,[6] #2 on the Irish Singles Chart, and #2 on the UK Singles Chart.[7]
He released his second single "Shut Up and Let It Go" with Lady Bee in February 2010.[3]
In 2011, Sidney Samson collaborated with the UK singer/songwriter Tara McDonald releasing "Set Me On Fire" through Spinnin Records, followed by "Dynamite" which was released through his own label Rock the Houze with Spinnin Records remixed by Nicky Romero.[citation needed]
Samson frequently collaborates with top industry influencers and has worked on hit tracks, including "Get Outta My Way" by Kylie Minogue, "Gettin' Over You" by David Guetta, "Commander" by Kelly Rowland, "Hello" by Martin Solveig and "Hip Hop" by dead Prez. After touring with LMFAO last summer, Sidney is back in the studio, working hard to put out new tracks for his fans. His recent hits include "Change Your Life" with Far East Movement and Flo Rida, and "Better than Yesterday" with will.i.am. He is also playing at shows around the US, including his huge residency at The Wynn clubs in Las Vegas. [citation needed]
Discography
editSingles
editAs lead artist
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NLD [8] |
AUS [9] |
AUT [10] |
BEL [11] |
UK [12] |
FRA [13] | ||||
| "Nobody Rock!" | 2006 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "What Do You Want Papi" (with Gregor Salto) |
2007 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)" (with Skitzofrenix) |
2008 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Pump Up the Stereo" (featuring MC Stretch) |
68 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Today" (featuring Joni) |
49 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Riverside" | 2009 | 8 | 10 | 50 | 13 | — | — | ||
| "Let's Go" (featuring Lady Bee and Bizzey) |
— | 48 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Riverside (Let's Go)" (featuring Wizard Sleeve) |
2010 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | ||
| "Shut Up & Let It Go" (featuring Lady Bee) |
75 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "The World Is Yours" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Fill U Up" (featuring Sicerow) |
49 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Wake Up Call" (featuring Steve Aoki) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Duplex" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Quacky" (featuring Afrojack) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Mutate" (with Lil Jon) |
2011 | — | — | — | 130 | — | — | ||
| "Tomahawk" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Surrender" (featuring MC Ambush) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Thanks I Get" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "The Street Is Ours" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Mutate" (featuring Lil Jon) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Get Low" | 2012 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Dutchland" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Better Than Yesterday" (featuring will.i.am) |
84 | — | — | 95 | — | — | |||
| "Torrent" (with Martin Garrix) |
2013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Revenge of the Acid" (with Killfake) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Celebrate the Rain" (with Eva Simons) |
2014 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Escape from Love" (with Eva Simons) |
2016 | 60 | — | — | — | — | 69 | ||
| "Riverside (Reloaded)" (with Tujamo) |
2018 | — | — | — | — | — | 94 | ||
| "Soldier"[16] (with G Wise) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Raveheart"[17] (with Vito Mendez) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Drop It Down"[18] (featuring Vasin) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Bomba Latina"[19] (with X-Tof and Bowman featuring Mr. Pig and Zafra Negra) |
2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "In Control"[20] (with Linka & Outgang) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "It's About to Go Down"[21] | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Laser Rays"[22] | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Your Way"[23] (with Killfake) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Raise It Up"[24] (with Killfake and Bobso Architect) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Matalo"[25] (with Marboo) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Tekno Nights"[26] (with Outgang) |
2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Hurricane"[27] (with Bowman and Bleam featuring Marboo) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Outta My Head"[28] (with Rawdolff featuring Tara McDonald) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Get Over Here"[29] (featuring Tara McDonald) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "House Music Forever"[30] (with Sjaak and Jules Brand) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||
Others
edit- Emporium (with Tony Cha Cha) (Spinnin') (2009)
- Set Me On Fire (with Tara McDonald) (Spinnin') (2011)
- Dynamite (with Tara McDonald) (incl. Nicky Romero Remix) (Rock the Houze) (2011)
- Filter (Rock the Houze) (2011)
- Blasted (Rock the Houze) (2011)
- Music Box (Rock the Houze) (2011)
- Hold Up (Rock the Houze) (2012)
- Something In the Air (featuring Tony Cha Cha) (Spinnin') (2012)
- YLB (with Leroy Styles) (Musical Freedom) (2013)
- Move (Rock the Houze) (2013)
- GO (featuring Gwise) (Rock the Houze) (2013)
- Good Time (Dreamfields Anthem 2013) (Rock the Houze) (2013)
- Make the Club Go Like (featuring Alvita) (Rock the Houze) (2013)
- Thunderbolt (with Justin Prime) (Spinnin') (2014)
- Trojan (Doorn) (2014)
- Magic (with Yves V) (Smash The House) (2015)
- Guess Who's Back (with Gwise) (Smash The House) (2015)
- Kamikaze (with Kura) (Free Download) (2015)
- Oohwok On Fleek (featuring Yeshua Alexander) (Artificial Recordings) (2015)
- Lit (with Onderkoffer featuring MC Ambush) (Artificial Recordings) (2015)
- Through The Fire (with Onderkoffer featuring Ingrid Simons) (Artificial Recordings) (2015)
- Firecracker (with Onderkoffer) (Artificial Recordings) (2015)
- Whiplash (featuring Far East Movement and Onderkoffer) (Artificial Recordings) (2015)
- Ready For Action (featuring MC Roga) (Armada Trice) (2016)
- Gangstah (featuring Bobso Architect) (Kingpin Society) (2017)
- Enemy of the Hate (featuring ISA and Bobso Architect) (Kingpin Society) (2017)
- The Officer (with Shaggy featuring Bobso Architect and Hosai) (Spinnin') (2018)
- Thop (with Sjaak) (TopNotch) (2018)
- Brut Riddim (with Gregor Salto) [Salto Sounds] (2018)
As featured artist
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NLD | BEL | GER | |||
| "Change Your Life" (Far East Movement featuring Flo Rida and Sidney Samson) |
2012 | — | — | 91 | Dirty Bass |
| "Bubbels" (Yes-R featuring Sidney Samson) |
2013 | 72 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Bludfire" (Eva Simons featuring Sidney Samson) |
2015 | 56 | 34 | — | |
| "Durven" (Bamo, Sjaak and Jack Lewis featuring Raynor Bruges and Sidney Samson) |
2018 | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||
Remixes
edit- 2019: Sultan & Shepard and Showtek — "We Found Love" (Sidney Samson Remix)[31]
- 2020: Will Jay — "Nights Like These" (Sidney Samson Remix)[32]
References
edit- ^ Claudio, Amanda (5 March 2012). "Sidney Samson feat. Tony Cha Cha – 'Something in the Air' (Original Mix)". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on 9 February 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ "Sidney Samson". Last.fm. 21 November 2008. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
- ^ a b c Granger, Scott (19 February 2010). "Scott Granger: My money's on Young Money to strike it rich with single Bedrock". Scotsman. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
- ^ "About Sidney Samson". Sidneysamson.hyves.net. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
- ^ "Top 40 | Hitlijst | Radio 538 - 102 FM". Radio538.nl. 26 February 2010. Archived from the original on 27 April 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
- ^ "ARIA Charts - Week Commencing: 8th June 2009" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Ariacharts.com.au. 8 June 2009. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
- ^ "UK Singles Top 75 - Music Charts". Acharts.us. 10 January 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
- ^ "dutchcharts.nl - Discography Sidney Samson". Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
- ^ "australian-charts.com - Discography Sidney Samson". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
- ^ "austriancharts.at - Discography Sidney Samson". Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
- ^ "ultratop.be - Sidney Samson". ultratop.be. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
- ^ "The Official Charts Company - Sidney Samson". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
- ^ "lescharts.com - Discographie Sidney Samson". lescharts.com. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2009 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ "British single certifications". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 22 July 2013. Select singles in the Format field.
- ^ "Soldier - Single by Sidney Samson & G Wise on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- ^ "Raveheart by Sidney Samson on Spotify". iTunes Store. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- ^ "Drop It Down, a song by Sidney Samson, Vasin on Spotify". Spotify. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- ^ "Bomba Latina (feat. Mr. Pig & Zafra Negra) - Single by Sidney Samson on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ "In Control - Single by Sidney Samson on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
- ^ "It's About to Go Down - Single by Sidney Samson on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ "Laser Rays - Single by Sidney Samson on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
- ^ "Your Way - Single by Sidney Samson & Killfake on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ^ "Raise It Up - Single by Sidney Samson, Killfake & Bobso Architect on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- ^ "Matalo - Single by Sidney Samson & Marboo on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "Tekno Nights - Single by Sidney Samson & Outgang on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ "Hurricane (feat. Marboo) - Single by Sidney Samson, BOWMAN & BLEAM on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ "Outta My Head (feat. Tara McDonald) [Club Mix] - Single by Rawdolff & Sidney Samson on Apple Music". Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ "Get over Here (feat. Tara McDonald) - Single by Sidney Samson on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ^ "House Music Forever - Single by Sidney Samson, Sjaak & Jules Brand on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ "We Found Love (Sidney Samson Remix) - Single by Sultan + Shepard on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ "Nights Like These (Sidney Samson Radio Mix) - Single by Will Jay on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 13 June 2020.