Sherelle

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Sherelle Camille Thomas (born 3 September 1993), known mononymously as Sherelle (stylized in all caps), is a British DJ and electronic musician. With a background in dancehall and rave music, Sherelle is best known for her DJ sets and mixes. Sherelle is also known for co-founding the label Hooversound with Naina and for founding Beautiful (stylized in all caps), a label and musical project for Black and LGBT musicians. Sherelle's breakthrough was with her 2019 Boiler Room DJ set, which went viral and allowed her to take up music full-time. In September 2019, she participated in the BBC Radio 1 residency series, featuring guestmixes and interviews from 4hero, Goldie, and Virgil Abloh. In 2020, she was recognized by DJ Mag as the year's best British DJ. Sherelle was also recognized as the 2020 BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix winner. In July 2021, her debut EP, 160 Down the A406, was met with positive reviews, and was acclaimed by Resident Advisor as "one of the year's most exciting production debuts." In October 2021, Sherelle released her first clothing collection, a collaboration with Boiler Room. She gained wider recognition with her recorded mix for fabric, fabric presents SHERELLE, released in November 2021. The mix was met with positive reviews, with particular praise for its high level of intensity and genre mixing. Pitchfork described the mix as "compressing decades of dancing to tightly woven two- and three-minute segments" which "catalogs a moment in which a new generat