July 22, 2025 |
While the future of nightlife remains clouded by the smoke of uncertainty – with the ripple effect of lockdowns, strict council regulations and financial demands from landlords leading to the shuttering of 65 UK clubs in 2024 – our dancefloors have never been more exciting. Inside 10 Magazine Issue 74, we spotlight a series of DJs that are experts in their craft, taking eclectic sonics born on the British Isles to the biggest stages globally and providing soundtracks to the sort of nights out you’ll be telling your grandchildren about.
Very few DJs command a dance floor quite like Saoirse. Emerging from the Irish rave scene, she has spent the last two decades treating crowds to mind-boggling sets that tour through a hypnotic blend of genres pulled from across the world. Alongside running her label, TrUst, she is a lauded producer and the co-founder and music director of London’s pioneering queer electronic music festival Body Movements, which unites more than 20 LGBTQ+ dance collectives for a joyous get-together in Southwark Park each summer.
Saoirse wears DSQUARED2
Describe your approach to crafting a set.
I put on some comfy clothes, make a coffee and lock myself in my record room with no windows for hours.
What’s one track that’ll never leave your USB?
Underworld’s Dark & Long.
What track never fails to fill a dance floor?
Anthill Mob’s Things Just Started.
What makes a great DJ?
Trying ecstasy at least once.
What’s been the best night out of your life?
Body Movements festival 001 [in August 2021].
What’s a project you’ve worked on that you’re most proud of?
The Body Movements A New Playground festival [last year].
What does music mean to you?
Quite a bit really.
What shaped your musical tastes?
My ma.
What’s the craziest thing you’ve seen from behind the decks?
People not dancing to Underworld’s Dark & Long.
What makes a great night out?
Trying ecstasy at least once.
Taken from 10 Magazine Issue 74 – MUSIC, TALENT, CREATIVE – on newsstands now. Order your copy here.
THE FLOOR FILLERS
Creative Editor and Text PAUL TONER
Portrait BELLA MACGREGOR
Fashion assistant GEORGIA EDWARDS
Production ZAC APOSTOLOU and SONYA MAZURYK
