Mia Dora
High Sheen
Biog:
Mia Dora are Glasgow based production duo Rob Etherson and Al Quinn. Having cut their teeth at different ends of the musical spectrum, they first came together at one of Glasgow’s many post Sub Club flat parties where a certain Claude VonStroke just happened to be playing the decks. Rob had been making house music and engineering for various Glasgow producers for a while and Al had found himself playing in metal bands and DJing old skool hip hop and electronic party sets when called upon but despite these disparate tastes and back grounds they shared a love for deep, bass heavy house music…just the sort Mr Vonstroke specialises in. Them too as it happens.
They started off by offering up free bootlegs to select Glasgow DJs, refixing the likes of Olive and Biggie Smalls and sending them out to be heard by those that would listen. This list was small at first. Now it’s not so small. Mia Dora was born and they set about developing a truly original house sound, drawing on hip hop and garage, brimming with energy and emotion and sounding like nobody else. Word soon spread and before long UK hip hop powerhouse Big Dada came looking for a remix for ‘Get The Get’, the lead single from Roots Manuva’s album 4EVEREVOLUTION. Achieved with devestating results, their remix has already been held up as one of the tracks of 2012 and has made massive fans of radio DJs like Mary Anne Hobbs, Giles Peterson, Rob Da Bank and Mash, with constant plays on BBC Radio 1, XFM and Capitol Radio. Support has continued to flood in with DJ Magazine declaring Mia Dora as one of the main artists to keep tabs on in 2012 with a full page spread covering their plans for the year ahead.
2012 will see their debut ‘Romanticise’ EP released on Glasgow’s fresh faced High Sheen label, a 4 track slice of club jamming house, garage and aqua beats that will see Mia Dora receive in return the love they give to us. There’s so much more to come from Mia Dora and it seems everyone is waiting to hear it first..
