The guest of this episode is the amazing Miia Magia!
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 organising 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, Into 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 RobertoRodriguez 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.
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.



Bunker Echo Episode 8 Guest Mix By Miia Magia

NRTTU is familiar with e.g. Club Borghain as well as his sets on Tritium Radio ever since he won the Rookie vote in 2018. Nrttu has made a name for himself as a DJ who combines sounds from Detroit to Berlin, from the master of darker sound Oscar Mulero to Ben Klock, always keeping his fingers on the pulse of newer artists as well.
Everyone who has seen the set knows the diversity of Nrttu's song list and his understanding of taking the space and the audience.

Techno & house. 
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https://www.twitch.tv/n_rttu/v/1429612485?sr=a&t=0s

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