SESSION #211 (Feat. Sonja)

SONJA ( Toronto, CANADA) Sonja, also known as Sofie Mikhaylova, is a DJ, electronic synth artist, music writer and editor, workshop organizer and facilitator, and creator of independent record label Biblioteka Records. She is the editor of Dive Music Magazine’s Toronto issue, a member of the Toronto Music Industry Advisory Committee and The JUNOS Awards Electronic Album of the Year Committee, and a Polaris Prize juror. As a DJ, she enjoys playing with genres touching leftfield techno and deep house, and has a monthly residency on Miami-based station Empty Plate Radio. She also curates DJ mix series Sonja and Friends. As a musician, she relies on analogue hardware and equipment for improvised, alien, and fleeting modular synthesizer sets that play with deconstructed club techno.