With beginnings in Toronto, Canada, performing at The Guvernment, Footwork Nightclub, and within the LGBTQ2S+ community, Sydney Blu now tours the globe, living life through music. In 2009, she founded her imprint Blu Music, built on a foundation of dancefloor-rich house and techno. The following year, she expanded the brand by launching the legendary Blu Party.
Sydney has released music on some of the most recognized labels in the industry, including Hot Since 82’s Knee Deep in Sound, HE.SHE.THEY, Desert Hearts Records, Deadmau5’s Mau5trap, Universal Music, Adam Beyer’s Drumcode & Truesoul, Yousef’s Circus Recordings, Kevin Saunderson’s KMS Records, Katermukke, and more. Her release ‘Give It Up For Me’ on Mau5trap earned her a #1 hit on Beatport for over three months, and in 2024, it was re-released with a fresh techno remix, soaring back to #1 once
again. With multiple Top 10 records since then, Sydney continues to chart year after year, including the recent “Mind Games” on Knee Deep in Sound, which was premiered by Billboard
Magazine.
Beyond her success as a producer, Sydney has maintained a relentless touring schedule as a DJ. Her North American performances have taken her to Output (Brooklyn), Stereo (Montreal), Space (Miami & Ibiza), Avalon, Sound, and Exchange (Los Angeles), CODA (Toronto), Sisyphos (Berlin), Club NL (Amsterdam), and many more. In November 2011, she performed at the Rogers Centre in Toronto for Deadmau5’s Meowingtons Hax Tour, playing in front of 35,000 fans—the largest solo headlining dance event in Canadian history. Since then, she has headlined festivals and clubs worldwide, including Electric Island (Toronto), The BPM Festival (Costa Rica & Mexico), Digital Dreams (Toronto), Evolve Festival (Halifax), Burning Man, Ultra Music Festival (Miami), and performances across Europe, South America, Asia, Tunisia, and Egypt.
In late 2021, Sydney launched the Non-Profit organization ‘Change the Beat’ in partnership with
Native Instruments, Beatport, and a roster of A-list dance labels. The initiative aims to empower electronic music artists, producers, and DJs by providing education, mentorship, workshops, and networking opportunities, focusing on women and underrepresented voices. Over the past two years, Change the Beat has signed over 85 female and gender-expansive artists while mentoring them on their production journeys. To support this mission, Change the Beat, has hosted remix competitions with major labels such as Mau5trap, Drumcode, Insomniac, HE.SHE.THEY, Anjunadeep, Hospital, Toolroom, Club Sweat, Realm (Gorgon City), Nervous, Desert Hearts, Poker Flat, Rawthentic, and Circus Recordings. In October 2023, Change the Beat was selected as a recipient of The Beatport Parity Fund, marking the next stage of its mission—expanding its global reach through club events, and showcases. They have now thrown events around the world in cities like Ibiza, Miami, Toronto and Montreal working with artists like Nicole Moudabar, Eli & Fur, Maya Jane Coles, Oona Dahl, and more.
One of Sydney Blu’s greatest accomplishments to date has been her successful advocacy for a new category at Canada’s largest music awards, the JUNO Awards—’Underground Dance Single of The Year.’ The category was officially accepted in June 2021 and made its debut in 2022, with Sydney serving as its Chair.
During the pandemic, she focused on completing her second full-length artist album, CONVICTION, which was released in March 2021 to critical acclaim and commercial success. The album amassed over one million streams, secured multiple sales chart placements on the industry-leading store Beatport, and earned a JUNO Award nomination in 2022 for Electronic Album of the Year.
With no signs of slowing down, 2025 promises new releases and a packed touring schedule as
Sydney Blu continues to push boundaries in electronic music.
