Masaya  

Producer, Dj and label owner, Claudia Ayala likes playing with words in the same manner she manipulates sound. Her pseudonym Masaya refers to her surname, Ayala and also attests to her will to push forwards and explore the electronic world as “mas alla” means “further” in Spanish, which is the mother tongue of this young Chillean Swiss miss.



Hooked on clubbing from an early age, Masaya haunted all the major clubs between Geneva and Zurich. As the years passed she was captivated by new sounds, progressive house and then electro. On her return from a trip to Ibiza, she entered a DJ competition. After having only improvised only a few weeks behind the turntables, she wanted to test the feeling of playing to a dance floor. Paul Okenfold, member of the jury, gave her an enlightening pep talk before her set and her ensuing performance won her a residence at the famous D! Club, one of the most prestigious house clubs of all time.



It is now 5 years that Masaya’s been performing regularly in the old cinema reconverted into a temple of the night. 5 years marked by a progressive evolution towards minimal, liquid house, haunted by muffled, dubby vibrations. Her universe has seduced many, and today, she not only plays regularly throughout Switzerland but her charms have also spread internationally to places such as Trieste, Rome and Belgium.



Since 2005 Claudia Ayala started producing, and following a handful of maxis released on labels such as NUM, Perspectiv or Meerestief, she decided to create her own stable: Mina Records. “Mina means” girls” or “chicks” in Spanish, she explains “I wanted to nourish the feminine touch in music, be it produced by a man or a woman, and sustain the music I love by choosing and suggesting it to others” Among some of the artists she has signed are; René Breitbarth, Dana Ruh or Clara Moto. Mina Records has just brought out its 6th production.