Record label @mottosono based in Finland managed by Miia Magia and Mr Barth. Representing deep emotional grooves for the demanding DJ and audience.

The only good system is a sound system.

Motto Sono Records Releases

Our guest on Line Noise this week Is Eddie Fowlkes: a man whose handprints are cemented on the Detroit Historical Museum's Legends Plaza as a techno music pioneer; a producer whose first record was released in 1986 and who has been DJing since the 1970s. He told Ben Cardew about clubbing with Frankie Knuckles, his role in Juan Atkins's legendary Deep Space DJ collective and being overlooked for his role in inventing techno.

Line Noise Episode 127 (Eddie Fowlkes)

Tresor Records is fortunate enough to be sitting on a catalogue of past releases that no other label in electronic music would turn down.
Three of the finest in this collection were contributed by Surgeon "Basictonalvocabulary", "Balance" and "Force + Form", which all came out between 1997 and 1999.

Surgeon's inimitable combination of Detroit techno and post-industrial sounds emanating from his British homeland found its fullest expression in these masterful trio of releases.

Following the release of Surgeon's first album in 5 years "Crash Recoil" earlier in 2023, Tresor Records have decided that it is high time to give these seminal albums another airing.

BANDCAMP

Surgeon - Preview

Next up as part of the Local Selection series is talented producer and DJ, Olympias. Her live and DJ sets are inspired by dub, deep house and techno, creating a warm and hypnotic sound which can be heard throughout this mix. 

Having grown up in Dublin, Olympias was drawn to the nightclub scene and began to learn about DJing at after-parties. She began playing piano from the age of 6, which saw her first foray into gigging playing piano bars in Dublin. 

Her skills behind the decks brought her to perform in clubs such as Radion and Sugarfactory in Amsterdam as well as shows in Hong Kong, Thailand, Germany, Italy, Spain and the US. She had a residency in Dublin with Division at Pygmalion and her radio show on InsomniaFM aired to thousands of listeners, earning her a spot after Chris Liebing’s AM/FM podcast.

In recent years, she decided to focus more on music production, taking on a course with Elevator Program, and releasing her first EP 'Black Bird' with their label. She kept her training going and started 1-1 sessions with producer, Subb-An, and mixing tips from Dope Choppa. Her hypnotic style is influenced by dance music from the late 2000s, where her live sets are inspired by chill-out, dub, deep house, minimal, techno, and a bit of blues, creating a warm and hypnotic sound. 

This is the perfect midweek musical mood enhancer. Catch her play this Friday in the Pawn Shop.

Olympias
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Local Selection 216: Olympias

Means&3rd - Character Ethic EP

Record number 3 from Unveiled Nuance brings a new confidence in the further developed sound of owner Means&3rd. A continued eye for detail as well as a roughness that breathes dark soul into the production aesthetic that we have yet to hear from the artist.

“Hardship Repackaged As Growth” Opens the EP with boomy, rugged low end and grainy driven synth lines with sharp hits of wide sonic impact and a depth of layered atmosphere, placed on a bed of dense percussion until its break point exposes contorted, abrasive stabs just surviving the crunch of their processing, that then take the forefront. “Countenance” replies to the previous track with a more calculated, rounder and organic palette of audio that focuses on a cadenced synth line that breaths with the arrangement, fizzing to break point and engaging the deeper listen. Swung percussion keeps the groove providing a propulsive backing that sits on gnarled bass hits before the focus returns on the charged lead line.

“Character Ethic” carries deep suspense from the off, with filtered menace being teased below the surface, warping atmospheres are stacked and build the apprehension against a militant 16th shaker before an almost vocal like modulated synth reveals itself and is left to dance prominently across the stereo field. Layers of energy providing percussion complete the picture for a mesmerising trip. “Desperate And Relevant” the most driving of the 4 cuts takes an effectively reduced stand where square wave accents build new levels of intensity. Propulsive low-end and cohesive percussion writhe through the track’s arrangement closing out the EP with a powerful ending, a blistering siren sees the track’s breakpoint provide a release worthy of the pressure built.

Pressed on 140g black Vinyl, reverse board full-colour print sleeve with poly-lined inner sleeve. 

Produced, Programmed and Mixed by Means&3rd 
Mastered by Neel @ Enisslab, Rome
Cut by Marco Pellegrino
Design by Means&3rd 
Pressed By AFG, Rome, Italy
Distributed by Rubadub, Glasgow & Readymade, Berlin

Character Ethic EP

Preview - Means&3rd - Character Ethic EP - NUANCE003

Motto Sono Records presents: (MOTTO38) Will-U-Be, by Beth Alana. With her third EP on Motto Sono, Beth is showing us a refreshing dive into the Garage & 2-step vibes. And to our great joy - Skudge decided to jump in as well with a dark and lean dubbed out Techno version of Will-U-Be.

https://soundcloud.com/bethalana

Cover art by Blue Falkholt
https://www.instagram.com/bluefalkholt

Will-U-Be

Babe, Goodbye, by Beth Alana (MOTTO38)

You'll Only Be This Way, by Beth Alana (MOTTO38)

Vinyl set

Techno DJ and producer from Brussels, Belgium, based in Chamonix, France

Owner of Knotweed Records and Decision Making Theory labels

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Tracklist:

1. Laurent Garnier - Tales From The Real World (feat.Alan Watts)
2. Shlømo - Poison River
3. Sterac - Teknitron
4. Future Beat Alliance - Discordant
5. Steve O'Sullivan feat. Vince Watson - Shadowplay
6. Sensurreal - Astral Black
7. Wedding Acid Group - Paprika Dye Acid
8. ?
9. Jaksa Pavicevic and Shane Robinson -  Foundation
10. ?
11. ?
12. Marco Bruno - Interstellar
13. Electronic Resistance - Boumtchicbam (Pedro Calli - Rmx)
14. THE CHOSEN - Visions Of Life (ORIGINAL MIX)
15. A Guy Called Gerald - Automatic (Derrick May-Rmx) 
16. Thomas Barnett - My Nude Photo
17.  Laurent Garnier - The Hoe (Nuthin' Mix)
18. Terrence Dixon - Midnight Hours
19. Aphrohead - Let's Prance (Radio Slave & Thomas Gander-Remix)
20. Diego - Innerfunk
21. Vince Watson -  Electris
22. Jel Ford - Split The Groove 
23. Stojche - Raison D'Etre (Don Williams' Espace Liminal Edit)
24. Funk D´Void - Desperado

TASCAM DR-05

Hi-Tech Soul ´Nov. 2023

Motto Sono Records by Miia Magia & Mr. Barth presents: (MOTTO44) Polku
EP, made by Selidos. From Turku in Finland, and with a history in the
Netherlands, is enhancing the Motto Sono catalog with his stripped back
grooves and creamy sounds.

https://soundcloud.com/selidos

Cover art by Oona Nakai
https://www.instagram.com/oonakai

Polku EP (MOTTO44)

Mass Appeal, by Selidos (MOTTO44)

Hold Me Up, Hold Me Down, by Selidos (MOTTO44)

Reginald - So Far Untitled (MOTTO45)

01. Reginald "Public Hair"
02. Reginald & Joedan "Tanking"
03. Reginald "Public Hair" (Beth Alana Remix)

Motto Sono Records by Miia Magia & Mr. Barth presents: (MOTTO45) So Far Untitled, by Reginald from Finland. With some co-piloting on the track "Tanking" by Joedan from the UK. Including a special remix by the Anglo-Saxon diamond Beth Alana. Reginald is also known under the alias "NiQW" and has under both pseudonymes delivered plenty of loopy, groove-driven and lo-fi sounding tracks.

https://soundcloud.com/reginaldtechno
https://soundcloud.com/joedan
https://soundcloud.com/bethalana

Cover art by Oona Nakai
https://www.instagram.com/oonakai

So Far Untitled (MOTTO45)

Public Hair (Beth Alana Remix), by Reginald (MOTTO45)

Tanking, by Reginald & Joedan (MOTTO45)

Public Hair, by Reginald (MOTTO45)

Bandcamp

klyNk - Swimming in a lake in a rain (Original Mix)

A single Moon

New joint with the man @blxxdbathsahara

@sinner-circle

@crem-wood

BY YOURSELF w/ SAHARA ULTRA

Bookings: linda(at)parabelmusic.se  / @parabelmusic

Managing https://soundcloud.com/mottosono

Miia Magia’s past two decades of exploring the dancefloor with her groovy and hypnotic sets has been a labour of love. The once passionate clubber, record collector and lover of the UK alternative rock sound today lights up her sets with dubbed out raw techno and classic deep house. Hailing from the LGBTQ+ scene where she is a staple figure and organizing various club concepts in Helsinki paved her way into entering the highschool of techno in Stockholm. A beautiful journey through festival stages, warehouse raves and club nights all over Finland, Sweden and Estonia with HALL, In To The Valley, Department and Kesärauha becoming some of her firm favourites. Miia is the owner of Motto Sono Records, actively running the label since 2020 with releases mainly focusing on Scandinavian deep house & dub techno. A rare gem of a label, keeping the underground culture alive and providing possibilities for artists to release uncompromised music for the demanding audience as well as DJs from up and coming producers to heavyweight pioneers.

Miia started out by playing at various Helsinki clubs and parties, which naturally led her to set up her own regular club night in Semifinal, a legendary local underground venue. “Club FF” became in 2004 the first club night in Semifinal's history run solely by female DJs, making Miia the pioneer that she is to this day. Miia continued trailblazing by gaining a residency in club DTM, the undisputed cornerstone or in their own words "institution of all things queer in the Helsinki nighttime", and eventually leading the massive Helsinki Pride parade for several years. At mbar, one of Helsinki’s most beloved cultural hangouts, Miia’s “Sound of Magic” concept became an instant classic. While DJing in the Finnish capital she has shared the stage with her local heroes Roberto Rodriguez and Orion to name but a few. Currently Miia hosts a resident bi-monthly club night “KICK” at DTM.

From 2015 to 2019 Miia was based in Sweden, making her way through the highly prestigious Stockholm underground techno scene. There Miia’s work was recognized with invitations coming in to warm up legends like Axel Boman, Cari Lekebusch and Dj Hell. Since 2022 Miia has been signed to Stockholm based booking agency Parabel Music.

After returning to Helsinki in 2020 Miia created the independent label Motto Sono Records together with Mr.Barth (aka Cari Lekebusch), following the principle of releasing distinctive and unique electronic music with the common definition “deep”. Releases by the likes of Alexi Delano, Joel Mull, Tm Shuffle and Tapani Rinne and collaborations with Scandinavian visual artists for the label’s cover art have made scrolling through Motto Sono’s catalogue feel like visiting an art gallery. Both Miia Magia's own and other Motto Sono masterpieces have earned plays and climbed up to best track lists on Finnish and Swedish national radios.

In addition to her main focus as a dj and label owner, during the past decade Miia has also been able to channel her creative talent and pursuit of beauty into make-up artistry and jewellery design. Often collaborating with performing artists, she has created looks for musicians like Jori Hulkkonen for his music video and the late great Prince's band members Cassandra O'Neil and John Blackwell prior to their concert in Helsinki. Miia Magia Design jewellery collaborations include several Finnish museums, Swedish record labels Drumcode and H-Productions and Helsinki Pride. Her jewellery has also made appearances on various red carpet events, out of which adorning Aki Kaurismäki's "Fallen Leaves" film crew members at the Cannes Film Festival in 2023 is one of Miia’s personal highlights.

Record label based in Finland managed by Miia Magia and Mr Barth. Representing deep emotional grooves for the demanding DJ and audience. 

The only good system is a sound system.

You'll Only Be This Way, by Beth Alana (MOTTO38)

Motto Sono Records

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