Ellen Allien

Musician

Forlisteners of electronic, minimal and experimental techno; djs and fans of the berlin scene.
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The Profile

Berlin-based German electronic musician, DJ and producer; founder of the BPitch Control label. Known for albums such as Stadtkind, Berlinette, Thrills and Dust and for a collaboration with Apparat (Orchestra Of Bubbles).

Founder of BPitch Control (label, 1999). Collaborated with Sascha Ring (Apparat) on the album Orchestra Of Bubbles (2006). Active in Berlin's electronic scene since the 1990s.

Three DeBaser reviews praise Ellen Allien's Berlin-rooted electronic production, highlighting Dust, Thrills and The Minimal Choice. Critics emphasize her minimal-techno, glitch and post-techno approaches and her dancefloor sensibility. A collaboration with Apparat (Orchestra Of Bubbles) is noted.

Notable Quotes

❝ a renowned Berlin DJ and producer, the girl has two albums under her belt and a beautiful collaboration with compatriot (and sound neighbor) Apparat: together, they have intelligently explored nuanced environments between glitch and electronic music more akin to the dancefloor in the recent "Orchestra Of Bubbles" (one of the ten albums of this year, always in my humble opinion).

❝ Seduction from the obscene pulpit of a mechanical console.

❝ Ellen Allien, also known as Ellen Fraatz, a German, is part of this unchanged underground realm where the nose of the major music industry fails to capture the most delicate fragrances and the most intoxicating scents.