When Sidney Samson first picked up the guitar at 7, he knew then that he wanted to make music for the rest of his life. After catching a couple of DMC mix championships, however, Samson began spinning hip-hop and R&B at local clubs. He switched his style completely to house in ‘99 and became the resident DJ of the Exxellent nights at one of Holland’s biggest clubs, The Matrixx, in ‘03. Samson’s first solo club banger was “It’s All Funked Up!” More recently he teamed with The Skitzofrenix for the summer jam “You Don’t Love Me”. But all that came before pales to “Riverside (Let’s Go!)”, a supreme club hit that has producers from Benassi to Diplo to Guetta jealous.

by Mark Emge