Mia Koden aka Sancha Ndeko (she/her) is a South London-based South Sudanese and British music producer and DJ. Initially growing up in Ghana and Nigeria soundtracked by her parents' lively stash of music from across the African continent and beyond, her formative years back in the UK had frequent sound system pilgrimages to spaces where roots reggae, drum & bass and dubstep could be heard. At some point during her London university days, two rusty Technics 1210’s arrived. Ndeko has since been creating and championing underground electronic music whilst building an arsenal of records traversing many sonic corners of the world
2023 first saw a heads-approved debut self-release ‘Hot Take / I Did’ followed by an EP for underground heroes Ilian Tape, both dipping into a familiar palette from her foundational Sicaria Sound days and their penchant for dynamic 140BPM but with a fresh injection of 2-step, steppas dub and other electronic realms. The arrival of her 2nd 100% productions mix ‘Made By Mia Koden Vol. 2’ and its accompanying community-choice voted EPs ‘34U’ + ‘34U.2’ in 2024 built more momentum for Ndeko as a forward thinking producer and to be selected as Resident Advisor’s Breakthrough Artist of the year and nominated for Breakthrough Producer by DJ Mag. Carrying the ethos of creating and selecting forward-thinking sounds that honour the foundations of sound system culture, expect music with bass-weight, groove and some heartfelt, unpredictable moments that hit you at the right frequencies
kayleigh.lawrence@unitedtalent.com (UK/ROW)
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hi@miakoden.com