DJ SAvvy stretches out an expectation, lives up to it, and then exceeds it in less than thirteen minutes and four tracks by doubling back on its own sound and ideas, weaving as much resonance, beats, and emotional detail into each moment as possible. Come Closer is a turning point in the history of DJ SAvvy, who has become a producer, DJ and instructor whose voice beats between the world of Kizomba and contemporary layers of urban fuse.
DJ SAvvy does not merely remix rhythms, she humanizes landscapes and provides narration to scenes, soundscapes, that are as sensual as they are narrative. As each song progresses, she takes the audience into the Kizomba and Urban Kiz world of languages that have remained underdeveloped in the North American music industry and she is doing it her way.
Born to Winnipeg, Canada, DJ SHovgy (aka Samantha Fast) is a DJ, artist and music instructor who has been making waves beyond her hometown and beyond North American and European borders. Particularly striking in a man-centered realm, she is establishing herself be a frontrunning figure and her performances, productions, and recordings are pushing into something of a representation, empowerment, and sound innovation.
Her belief in combining Caribbean rhythm with dancing afrobeats and urbanchord sounds is an indication of something more: the reflections on the intersection of lightness and depth and the ability of movement to express a meaning.
Tracklist and Breakdown
1. Ta Bom de Mais- 315
An opening head nod (filled with the Caribbean vibe), Ta Bom de Mais is filled with sparkly autotuned male vocals on top of Kizomba pulsation. DJ SAvvy encloses the song in smooth glamour and still retains sensual grunge with a balancing act of clubbability and emotional depth. The vibing of the male vocals is similar to that of the Brazilian Kiz who swoons, though the twist on the beat is distinctively urban hip-hop informed.
2. Navelar 2:37
Just a bit slower, but just as magnetic. This song sinks into an even more lounge-room-space-built on soothing male vocal crews and that groove that will not pass. It is an invitation to the dance floor intimacy, candle-lit meetings, calm monologue. Whereas song “Ta Bom de Mais” brings in heat, song Navelar brings in closeness.
3. Hinga Buya 2:59
In this instance, DJ SAvvy plunges into the darker world. Synth stabs and the rumbling bass lines add support to a mesmerising mid-tempo beat. The male voice takes place on the border of rap, establishing the tension, piling the wordplay, adding the attitude. It is gangster-electronical pulse-beat mixed with Kizomba groove, tending to the outrageous contrast, without losing sound unity.
4. Come Closer 3:22
The last song closing the EP is the title track with reflective weight. Back to the sensual aspects of female vocals, DJ SAvvy processes Kizomba language in a sparse mood into some English phrases (I love you baby come closer) with the feeling of dreamy and multifaceted deep roots. It is an emotional turn of art- something too convincing and covered with melodically soft music.
Narrative Arc
Come Closer is produced as a short movie: prologue, conflict, lovemaking, denouement. Every song presents a variety of shade:
Sex & comfort in Ta Bom de Mais,
Introspection and lust in Navelar,
Aggression and motivation in Hinga Buya.
Come Closer and Invitation & vulnerability.
Collectively, they open up what DJ SAvvy poses as her mission art-as-storytelling. She uses the landscapes of rhythm to express love, longing, clarity, empowerment, and emotions. The EP does not only make you dance but layers are revealed.
She composes all the works, including production, which evidences her creativity both in terms of concept and implementation. The beats: clear and uncluttered and well textured. They interchange between lush Kizomba percussion and electronically inflected synths and stabs. Vocals are varied in style, with autotuned male overdubs creating whisper-soft female leads that are each musical in that they work perfectly well within their narrative situations.
What is interesting is how the DJ SAvvy incorporates space in her music: reverb, delay, minimalism when it is required. It is suggestive, without being decorative. The mixing provides each instrument with space to breathe, vocals are grounded, bass is deep, the percussion is clear.
Fans have reported the song to be as fit in a dance workshop as it is to be listened to during a coffee run in the morning. That flexibility is not an accident
The number of female DJ-producers in the worldwide Kizomba/ Urbankiz scene is low. This is where the DJ SAvvy fits in the gap: not by advertising, but by sonic credibility. Her teaching, her live sets, and soundcloud fan responses indicate that she is gaining trust and community, not just streams.
She starts achieving popularity along with gender equality and cultural diversity claims in dance music. The audience response is broad and indicates one thing: the society is attracted to the stories where they can sense something by their bones.
Reception & Online Mentions
Being an independent work, Come Closer has drawn local and niche-specific attention. Social networks such as Musosoup and LandonBuford have buzz and point to her ability to influence dancefloor sensibilities and moving lines. DJ SAvvy wrote on Facebook that she appreciates the early press and that on the EP, she is serving up a sweet taste of Ghetto Zouk joy, and that she is aiming to mix the uncivilized with the fine.
The fact that Adele has taken into account that her output is heard in more than 320 million tracks on SoundCloud around the world answers her scope: the track list was uploaded in March, but the April release added it.
This is reflected in what DJ SAvvy writes in her Instagram: her mission is to spread love and light through music, one set and song at a time.
