Niña Mendoza (pronounced “NEEN-ya”, like El Niño) is a Vancouver based music enthusiast/ DJ. She is armed with eclectic and discerning taste; an extensive rare-groove, 80’s funk, R&B classics, electro-boogie music library; and a magnetic je ne sais quoi.

As a wee lass, she gravitated to artists such as Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Madonna, The Police, Wham!, amongst many other Pop and New Wave artists that continue to have a rotation in her library today. She is known for her strong connection to music and demonstrates this through her passionate DJ sets. She takes special interest in all genres rooted in Soul and Funk, the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s eras in black music and pop, has a soft spot for locally based artists, and gets exited about old songs that are beyond their time and new songs that sound old.

Niña has been billed alongside a varied range of acts including the live concerts of India.Arie (Grammy Nominated), Jamie Lidell (Warp Records), Little Dragon, Esthero, Supreme Beings of Leisure; hip-hop heavy hitters Afrika Bambaataa (Godfather of Hip Hop/ Universal Zulu Nation), ?uestlove (The Roots), Ali Shaheed Muhammad (A Tribe Called Quest), Vinroc (Triple Threat DJs), Mixmaster Mike (Invisibl Skratch Piklz, Beastie Boys); and internationally known party-rockers DJ AM, Dave Nada, DJ Vice, Cosmo Baker, DJ Eleven & Ayres (The Rub).