Samuel Bashir Virji[1] was born in London, and moved to Oxfordshire when he was slightly older,[2] settling in Witney.
He started writing on piano and guitar, before making his own music on GarageBand, switching to Logic Pro when he had access to the computer at his father's house.
[8] Later that year, he released "Santorini", a collaboration with house musician Smokey Bubblin' B, which appeared on the 1Forty compilation EP 1FFNG005: Funky & Garage.
[9] In 2022, his track "Daga Da" was used in an out-of-home advertising campaign for a low calorie derivative of Strongbow, a brand of cider.
[11] In December 2022, Salute premiered their Sammy Virji collaboration "Peach" at a Boiler Room set in Melbourne.
[3] For this, he created a remix of "Counting" by Hamdi, which sampled Mason and Princess Superstar's "Perfect (Exceeder)", and a remix of "Goodums" by Unknown T.[4] In May 2024, Felicity Martin of Planet Woo wrote that across his set, Virji "dips between bassline and UKG, reggae and old school house, with a megawatt smile across his face".
[2] Several clips from the show went viral on TikTok including Virji cuing in "Hot in Here" with a rubber fish in reference to a pescetarian university friend and the fire alarm going off during "Peach" due to the amount of sweat in the air.