Issue 041

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Words Terry Hobbs
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Photography Reef Rounding
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Connect https://facebook.com/saragarveyhere
Sara Garvey aka Comfy Bellais the crop of an organic musical adventure
which began in vocals and songwriting and evolved to DJ-ing and producing.
From starting as a teen hip hop free style vocalist on the northern UK scene,
known for being able to spit vocal hooks off the top of her head in any
environment whilst studying to be a contemporary dancer to rapidly getting
signed to BMG Publishing for her writing & vocal skills, going on to work with Flood
(U2, Nine Inch Nails) to nearly being signed to Dr Dre’s label Interscope co-writing
a song with Chris Martin / Youth / MJCole and more to world touring & writing with
Nightmares on Wax for a near decade.
Garvey is also one of the most sought after and respected female DJ selectors, DJ’ing
alongside some of the biggest names in the industry (Dimitri From Paris / Floating Points /
Mr Scruff / Maribou State / Chaos in the CBD / Little Dragon / Groove Assassin / Graham
Park / Norman Jaye / Grant Nelson / Dave Lee ...the list) and founding, hosting and curating
2 notorious Leeds club nights, LIT Ibiza Takeover & Moonunit and most recently setting up
new vinyl label Moon Unit Records with 1st release (vinyl 12”) Change The System due out
end 1st April via Juno.
With prior releases on Warp Records / Peppermint Jam / Future Boogie / Café Del Mar to
name but a few, 2018 saw Garvey under her moniker Comfy Bella making a very well
received pioneering solo producing debut with vinyl EP, ‘Konkahs’.
Two KDJ / beatdown style house belters that received major support from Motor City Drum
Ensemble, Gilles Peterson, Bradley Zero, Stamp The Wax and Glenn Astro to name a few,
with huge radio support from NTS and Worldwide Radio sitting comfortably alongside
artists like Henry Wu, Floating Points and FunkinEven. Her follow up single in 2021 ‘Tell Meh’
featured on CC-Disco’s First Light Vol 2 (Soothsayer) was named as stand out track of the
compilation.
Sara’s most recent single release ‘All I Need’ with Steve Silk Hurley under her own name on
Hardtimes records has had major support from BBC Radio 1, Pete Tong, Paul Woolford,
ANOTR and The Blessed Madonna. Currently Sara is finishing off her debut solo album, due
to be released later this year.
Also a firm favourite DJ at events such as Lost Village Festival, We Out Here Festival,
Beatherder and many more under her belt. Her eclectic DJ sets known her rhythm
selections from dusty leftfield house to tech house to garage to disco and all the deep and
soulful chasms in between also now and then for live lacing her sets with her vocal
microphone techniques. Combining her essence of live performance with her DJ sets.
Zone Magazines' Terry Hobbs caught us with Sara during her recent visit to Spain
headlining at the What The House 5th Birthday weekender........
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