A new Eden Samara mix is out, and it’s a percussive club session from the Canadian vocalist, producer and songwriter. It starts in dark, cavernous bass and ends up somewhere groovy and calm. It lands about seven weeks after her second album, Odyssey, came out. In the interview that goes with it, Samara talks about the mythic energy behind the record, why she won’t avoid difficult subjects, and the pull she sometimes feels to vanish into the Canadian wilderness.
Inside the Eden Samara mix
The selections lean hard into the drums. The published tracklist includes DJ POLO’s ‘Currents’, Sir Hiss’s ‘Layer Cake’, DJ Swisha’s ‘MICRODOSE’ in an edited version, Byrell The Great, Will Hofbauer’s ‘8 Bar Baile’ and a Parris track. There’s also an unnamed ID credited to Eden Samara and Tim Reaper, which will catch the attention of jungle heads. Tim Reaper also co-produced parts of Odyssey.
From the mountains of BC to London’s underground
Samara was born in Toronto and grew up in Nelson, a rural mountain town in British Columbia. As a teenager she wrote alt-folk songs and did theatre. A trip to Europe gave her her first real clubbing experiences, and in 2019 she moved to London to be closer to the city’s underground. Her vocals soon turned up on tracks by Loraine James, Parris, TSVI and Call Super. Her debut album Rough Night came out on Local Action in 2022.
Odyssey: myth, memoir and a lot of genres
Odyssey came out on 4 September 2026 as a joint release between Barcelona’s Lapsus and London’s Local Action. It has 10 tracks. Producers include Loraine James, Tim Reaper, TSVI, Ryan Pierre, Comfort Zone, Dan Only, Ryan Cover and Lighght. Marysia Osu plays live harp and Fyn Dobson plays drums. The album draws on Homer’s Odyssey, The Alchemist and The Picture of Dorian Gray. It tells a personal quest story about healing after close relationships fell apart under the weight of addiction, mental illness and codependency.
Musically it moves between UKG, jungle, house, R&B, choral passages and avant-pop. The singles include ‘Punish Me’ and the harp-laced jungle track ‘Up the Mountain, Down the Stairs’. Samara has called herself an autobiographical artist who uses music to document her own life. She has also said that nights out in Toronto and London feed into her work, from DIY warehouse parties back home to the Free Movements parties at Club Cheek in Brixton.
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