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Hailing from St Albans, a city famed for the Abbey cathedral, 26 year old Sam Wren creates a mix of hip-hop & electronic music as Catalyst. Having amassed over 65,000+ streams on Spotify, 19,000 plays on SoundCloud and releasing 6 projects since 2017, he's performed 3 headline shows at The Horn, East London's Paper Dress Vintage in 2024, as well as Canterbury where he graduated from the University of Kent with a 2:1 in Media Studies - A performance at Keynestock 2019 was described as "fun, engaging, & entertaining" by the Kent Inquire, the uni's student publication.
His brother's girlfriend recently described Sam's sound as "a mix between <a href="spotify:artist:4GvOygVQquMaPm8oAc0vXi" data-name="The Streets">The Streets</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:5K4W6rqBFWDnAN6FQUkS6x" data-name="Kanye West">Kanye West</a>". Encouraging stuff, especially since the latter alongside <a href="spotify:artist:7A0awCXkE1FtSU8B0qwOJQ" data-name="Jamie xx">Jamie xx</a> are his biggest musical inspirations.
Born on November 23rd 1998, Sam grew up in a family of 3 older brothers and was surrounded by what they would listen to growing up, varying from <a href="spotify:artist:3MM8mtgFzaEJsqbjZBSsHJ" data-name="Bloc Party">Bloc Party</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2CIMQHirSU0MQqyYHq0eOx" data-name="deadmau5">deadmau5</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1G9G7WwrXka3Z1r7aIDjI7" data-name="Outkast">Outkast</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6UE7nl9mha6s8z0wFQFIZ2" data-name="Robyn">Robyn</a>, etc. As an 8 year old he set up his first YouTube channel in 2007 in a time of 240p videos and no Mr Beast, and from 2014 to '18 he made gaming videos as "Sam The English Gamer"... Those videos are still up, go check them out!!
A musical epiphany came when Kanye West performed <a href="spotify:album:6PMuXABPVPf11EgTxrjroO" data-name="All Day">All Day</a> at the 2015 BRIT Awards in London, which left an inspired Sam to take an interest in making his own music. Eight years later, and with 6 projects under his belt, the young Wren Boy is only getting started... Watch this space. #WrenBoys #WrenGirls
His brother's girlfriend recently described Sam's sound as "a mix between <a href="spotify:artist:4GvOygVQquMaPm8oAc0vXi" data-name="The Streets">The Streets</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:5K4W6rqBFWDnAN6FQUkS6x" data-name="Kanye West">Kanye West</a>". Encouraging stuff, especially since the latter alongside <a href="spotify:artist:7A0awCXkE1FtSU8B0qwOJQ" data-name="Jamie xx">Jamie xx</a> are his biggest musical inspirations.
Born on November 23rd 1998, Sam grew up in a family of 3 older brothers and was surrounded by what they would listen to growing up, varying from <a href="spotify:artist:3MM8mtgFzaEJsqbjZBSsHJ" data-name="Bloc Party">Bloc Party</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2CIMQHirSU0MQqyYHq0eOx" data-name="deadmau5">deadmau5</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1G9G7WwrXka3Z1r7aIDjI7" data-name="Outkast">Outkast</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6UE7nl9mha6s8z0wFQFIZ2" data-name="Robyn">Robyn</a>, etc. As an 8 year old he set up his first YouTube channel in 2007 in a time of 240p videos and no Mr Beast, and from 2014 to '18 he made gaming videos as "Sam The English Gamer"... Those videos are still up, go check them out!!
A musical epiphany came when Kanye West performed <a href="spotify:album:6PMuXABPVPf11EgTxrjroO" data-name="All Day">All Day</a> at the 2015 BRIT Awards in London, which left an inspired Sam to take an interest in making his own music. Eight years later, and with 6 projects under his belt, the young Wren Boy is only getting started... Watch this space. #WrenBoys #WrenGirls
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