Mia Dora’s After Hours Selections

With only a handful of releases under their belt, Glasgow duo Mia Dora have quickly become one of electronic music’s most talked about new names.

They’re closely affiliated with the esteemed High Sheen imprint and Jaymo & Andy George’s Moda Black but their biggest release to date is set to land on November 11th, the brilliant “You In The Future” for house legend Kerri Chandler’s Madtech label.

We caught up with Al and Rob from the duo and instead of going for the usual dull interview questions, we decided to find out about the tunes that find their way into theirs ears the day after the night before when they’d like to be taking things a little bit easier…

Read on for some rather fine tunes and find out what they mean to Mia Dora

Mia Dora’s Sunday Selections

Al:

Eryka Badu – The Healer

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Just a great track, really interesting. always been a big fan of Erykah Badu, ever since hearing her on “You Got Me” by The Roots.

Vector Lovers – Piano Dust

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My first exposure to dance music was around 2006 when I had a flatmate who used to listen to Silicone Soul, Miss Kittin, Aphex Twin and Vector Lovers constantly.

I warmed to Vector Lovers immediately. the whole album “Afterglow” is perfect hangover music.

Elliot Smith – Needle In The Hay

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I was torn between this and “Between The Bars”. What a fantastic artist he was.

Playradioplay! – Decipher Reflections From Reality

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This was a young lad who gained brief notoriety when Myspace was at its peak, he just wrote songs in his garage and uploaded them. They were always so infectious and this is one is still one of my favourite tracks.

Radiohead – Motion Picture Soundtrack

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I’ve always been a massive Radiohead fan. I went to see them on Glasgow Green after “Kid A” came out and they played this and “Idioteque”, two of my favourite tracks off the album. It was unbelievable to watch live.

Rob:

Plurato – Track 5

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A friend of mine did a series of tracks about 5 years ago under the name Plurato and this was only available to stream via Myspace. I had to upload the video myself as it’s very difficult to find online but it’s got an amazing feel to it.

Rhye – The Fall

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This track is becoming a bit of a modern classic for me and it’s also my girlfriend’s favourite song. Sunday’s would mostly be spent with her so this is perfect.

Richie Havens – Going Back To My Roots

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This is probably a bit obvious as the piano has been sampled endlessly but a Sunday for me isn’t all doom and gloom and there is a good chance I could still be up from the night before. Perfect after party tune.

Zero 7 – Destiny

My favourite chill out tune ever.

Wendy Rene – After Laughter Comes Tears

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Loved the Wu-Tang track “Tearz” which samples this, but the original is just an amazing song from start to finish.