Samer

Samer’s productions and DJ sets have earned him respect in the scene amongst dance music lovers, high profile DJs, and the most sought after producers in the world. It all started for Samer in 1996 at Club Simon's, located in Gainesville, Florida. There, he became exposed to the best dance music acts in the world at the age of 17. This discovery of electronic music made him realize that it was his destiny to be involved in the dance scene. Late night house parties and a passion for the music gave him the drive to learn to DJ and begin collecting records. After hard work and tons of practice, things started to come together for Samer. He left Gainesville for Tampa to finish his education, but took his love for the music and his records with him. His growing collection of House, Progressive, and Trance began to form a style that became known in the local club scene in Ybor City, the center of Tampa's nightlife. There, his deep yet high-energy straight beat style began to catch the ears of club goers and he slowly started making a name for himself. Samer remembers: “It was tough making a name for myself where Florida Break-beat was the choice of music at the time. I thank all the DJs that gave me a chance. They had total control and influence of what people on the dance-floor were listening to, and allowed me to try and have some small sort of influence over it.” Samer later met his former producing partner, Bill Vines a.k.a “The Maji”, at Chakra Records, a small records shop in Ybor City, where they both ended up working. Bill took Samer under his wing and taught him the basics of producing and more advanced mixing concepts. After spinning records together at various venues in Tampa and producing their first track, they became known as the “Evrydaydowners.” Pangea Recordings was then born. From there, Evrydaydowners made their first impression on the international dance scene with their first EP, “A New Beginning”. “Quality wise, this was a first production, but I remember receiving a compliment from Brother Brown at the WMC. Being that he was one of my heroes, that's when I knew we were heading in the right direction,” Samer says. After a couple of years in Tampa, Samer became impressed with the scene and way of life in California after a brief visit. In January of 2002, he decided to pack his bags and moved to San Diego to pursue careers in both music and law. The scene in San Diego was tough to penetrate for someone new, but he slowly became known from his productions along with his DJing. Samer managed to grab opening slots for well-known international DJs such as Pete Tong, Chris Fortier, DJ Dara, and Spesh. Evrydaydowners was also making a name production wise. Samer recalls at WMC 2003, at around 11:00 am at Club Space, hearing Sasha play “This World,” Evrydaydowners’ latest production, and Pangea Recordings’ first record to be distributed worldwide. Another treat was hearing Sasha play Chris Lake's remix of Joshua Collins "Project 3" during the Ultra Music Festival during the same WMC, which was signed to be Pangea Recordings second release. This was another sign for Samer that his work was finally going somewhere and he was destined not just to be part of the scene, but to help mold it as well. With the success of Pangea Recordings, Samer decided to expand Pangea by creating sister labels Pangea UK, 1Shot Recordings, and digital spawns for them as well. “The San Diego scene was pretty chill compared to LA and San Francisco, which allowed me to get a lot of work done and allowed me to release more records.” Samer says. “Also, i got so many great demos it was tough to stay focused on just progressive music. I needed another outlet to release other types of tunes, and that’s why we formed the sister labels.”