Menja Mist

Radio Host for Binary Fusion on Di.Fm www.di.fm/shows/binary-fusion Under the name Menja Mist, she allows for all kinds of genres to be blended and experimented with to create a contemporary musical platform that is not restricted to any specific genre or style. Already at an early age, she had a fascination and passion for music that has since grown, deepened and evolved from a life of many travels and influences from different cultures around the world. As a musician ( classical flute), and a solid understanding of Jazz, rhythms and the unlimited possibilities that music has to transmit emotions, she took to Dj-ing some ten years ago, with a preference for the pronounced rhythms and bass-lines of the Deep House, Tech House and Techno Minimal genres. Her sets take the audience on a journey into groovy rhythms and 'feet-movin' beats. Born in Sweden, with the ¨Nordic sound¨ as a base, and early on in life introduced to different cultures, she has a varied and vast musical background. The name Menja Mist is a combination of two females found in Nordic mythology. Mist was a valkyrie, said to have been one of Odin's servants. The name meaning cloud, vapor or mist and reminds of the way valkyries can ride through air and water. Menja and her sister Fenja were giantesses. They were bought by King Frode to operate his magical mill, Grotte (Grottekvarn). It was said that the mill would produce whatever was sung by the grinders. Menja and Fenja were forced to sing about gold, happines