Amiable (aka Amanda Astra)
dj / producer from Toronto, located in Spain

Giving away homemade mix tapes to her friends at school, Amanda Astra began growing as a DJ at the young age of 13 years old. With an obsession over sound and recording, she spent lots of time unnecessarily recording sounds of everyday life, indoors and outdoors which fascinated her as she played them back to herself. While her Barbies collected dust, Amanda began playing around with audio software that allowed her to manipulate those sounds and she soon began creating music of her own at the age of 16.

After graduating high school she enrolled into Trebas Institute for Music Production in Toronto and completed her diploma. Raised by eastern European parents, she was pushed to complete a university degree while pursuing her DJ career.

The name Amanda Astra has graced the flyers of Toronto's top electronic music night clubs such as The Guvernment and Footwork, rated as 33rd and 79th in Resident Advisor's top night clubs in the world as of 2009. She played at a wide variety of venues alongside Toronto's top DJs such as Carlo Lio, The Junkies, Manzone & Strong and many more.

Her sound is best described as deep tech-house with feel-good, groovy, funky undertones. Over the past few years she had branched out internationally, playing at the WMC in Miami and has become a seasonal resident in the Middle East.

Currently she resides in Spain, playing shows and producing music under her alias, Amiable.