Mamiko Motto has scoured the planet for the good good sounds. Like the very best of DJs she is not a name assigned to genre or styles, but rather Mamiko is a taste-maker concerned with the pure idea at the core of music. The 'sensibility' that has carried from hard bop to hip hop and now, so much further. Born in Lithuania, she moved to Antwerp age 17, to follow her hunger for music. It wasn't long before her self-produced and self-hosted radio show 'Hepcat' became the top ranking show on Antwerp's "Radio Centraal” 106.7FM. The show maintained its success throughout it's 3 years. By 2003, her website was spotted by the net radio pioneers at
Samurai.fm, and she started her second foray, the legendary: 'didureally'.
Mamiko's devine search for music has drawn her around the world. She moved to London in 2005 to work with Samurai FM and the 'Other Worlds' crew, before becoming the international promotions manager to the Kindred Spirits and Rush Hour family in Amsterdam. She played regular shows on the national radio stations Lijn 5 and Radio 6, as well as running the Rednose Distrikt residency at the halcion 'dam venue Bitterzoet.
2009 saw her move back to London and re-start the Hepcat Radio brand (
www.hepcatradio.net). She collaborated with Hudson Mohawke, and recorded a remix of Jimi Tenor's 'Paint The Stars' under the alias 'Wednesday Nite' for the Warp 20th anniversary limited edition box set. As a result she spent 2009 as Hud Mo's highly acclaimed support DJ, playing everywhere from Japan to Australia to the United States.
This year she continues to expand Hepcat Radio alongside continued A&R duties for dutch Nod Navigators label. Besides developing the careers of artists like Dorian Concept and Mweslee, 2010 sees Mamiko working on her debut 12" release and continuing to play shows alongside her musical family. Despite her musical journey, it seems Mamiko has learnt that you carry the good good sounds with you where ever you may be called.