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\u201cI guess when it came to my mind, I genuinely felt like I was going through a transformation,\u201d Oh tells New Times<\/i> from Los Angeles. <\/p>\n
With one other 12 months coming to a detailed, Oh will probably be taking on the decks at Club Space on December 30 \u2014 warming up for the DJ trio, Meduza<\/a>. \u201cNot to sound clich\u00e9, but if people have seen me before, they can expect a signature Sohmi<\/a>\u00a0set. I like to play dance music on the deep spectrum, so rather than being genre focused, it\u2019s just going to be deep, energetic, sexy, and groovy.”<\/p>\n Oh was born in the US and raised mostly in Korea. She is a classically trained pianist who devoted her life to music. But one fateful night, Oh saw R\u00fcf\u00fcs Du Sol<\/a> at Coachella, and their rich melodies led her into the underground. (Oh admits this was not the Berghain 145+ BPM hard techno set she had once thought.)<\/p>\n \u201cIt felt like an answer to a large gaping hole that I wasn\u2019t even aware of,\u201d she recollects. \u201cIt was as if there was a hole, and someone filled it with caulk, and it just explained so many things. It was like, \u2018Oh my God, this bridges so many things together.\u00a0 And it had this almost classical-like quality.’\u201d <\/p>\n Shortly after, the artist Sohmi was born \u2014 and in little time, went from DJing at mates\u2019 homes to being a resident at LA\u2019s Sound. She then started taking part in worldwide, together with Ultra Korea and Coachella, and based her label, Permission<\/a>. <\/p>\n Oh avoids generic style labeling as a lot as doable; as an alternative, she flies beneath the \u201cdeep\u201d banner. If it spins and makes the gang sway, Sohmi isn\u2019t one to query it. <\/p>\n \u201cI think you limit yourself a bit by sticking to just club music, and you miss out on people hearing you from different avenues and who you are sonically and different life contexts like yoga or a dinner playlist.\u201d <\/p>\n