AM Podcast #33 - Leila Samir by Accidental Meetings published on 2021-02-25T18:12:06Z Leila Samir provides an absolute cracker, bit of everything in this one. Jazz & Psychedelic to slinky rollers & dub steppers, it's great. We also caught up with her for lil chat, listen and read below. AM: We’re really big fans of your NTS show, what’s the inspiration for it each month and is there a theme you try and convey? Thanks a lot! I don't really have a theme necessarily even though subconsciously I say I will every time but doesn't happen My inspiration usually comes from my day-to-day, I see the mixes as a sort of creative output and playlists that I imagine people listening to while cooking, drinking or chatting. I try to set a mood a bit more than a theme. AM: It’s a bit of a weird one at the mo but what have you been up to recently? I am a postgraduate student so the university takes up most of my time so that and (still) adapting to online learning AM: We loved the More Time EP a couple years back, was that a long time in the works? How did you get into producing? I got into producing a couple of years after moving to the UK, I started getting into bass and techno and wanted to explore blending Saudi drums with dance music. AM: Where & how did you record the mix & what was the idea behind it? At home with my old radio CDJs. I had a look at the podcast series and seeing that it was mostly dance music I kind of got excited to play that too because I never do it on NTS. AM: Out of music what are your interests? I have ADHD so I have a lot of interests, but mostly within academia and non-fiction writing. AM: Whats next for ya in 2021? Recovering from 2020 :) Comment by Nolid great mix :) 2021-04-18T21:10:37Z