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