Ellen Allien is an unparalleled force in electronic music and matriarch of the Berlin techno underground. Her fearless journey through music is a blueprint for independence and a career without compromise, building community through passion and creativity. Her playful mind and openness to sharing knowledge imbues her art with an energy and inspiration that has been highly influential to the subculture across music, art, design and fashion. She has cultivated her own groove and creative identity while guiding the evolution of the electronic music community worldwide.

Ellen’s eternally creative mind has led to the production of ten solo albums since the iconic ‘Stadtkind’, and the acclaimed Orchestra of Bubbles with Apparat, joining her extensive back catalogue of singles, EPs and remix work for labels like Warp and Mute. A true music lover, she has collaborated with Italian band Ash Code to seamlessly marry darkwave and techno for the dancefloor, and remixed artists including Beck, Felix da Housecat, Kittin, Gudrun Gut, Audion, Malaria!, Aux 88, Uffie, Ben Klock and Lebanon Hanover, as well as curating numerous mixes and compilations. Her 2026 album ‘New Life’ is a provocation about collective action and what it means to create community in a time when these values are under devastating pressure. It’s emotional rave music weaving together elements of minimal techno, dark wave and hypnotic euphoria into a rich and rousing soundscape.

A dynamic selector who prides herself on her extensive knowledge of music and dancefloors, she has travelled the globe playing at every major club on the circuit and commanding stages at festivals from Europe to South America. She had a long running show on Germany’s Kiss FM called Braincandy, showcasing the best of global electronic music and Berlin’s club scene. Currently Ellen runs her days-long We Are Not Alone raves at RSO in her beloved hometown Berlin, bringing the party worldwide as UFO Rave in cities as diverse as Miami and Rotterdam, and she hosts in-store record shop gigs as Vinylism.

In her role as head of BPitch and UFO Inc., Ellen channels her ceaseless passion for digging into A&R, seeking and nurturing new talent alongside established artists and friends, with deep roots in the community. She has signed artists including German trans-media artist Rosa Anschütz, Dutch electronic producer Dollkraut/DJ Europarking and live hardware Berliner Sarah Sommers. BPitch operates in a league of its own, influencing the scene at home but with a global reach. UFO Inc., founded in 2018, is an incubator for rough, ravey, raw techno, providing an additional space for Ellen to release her toughest dancefloor productions.

Unable to tour during the pandemic, Ellen conceived the hugely successful Balcony Streaming sessions from her Berlin home, engaging her fanbase while supporting a wide range of artists. She channeled her curatorial experience into the We Are Not Alone compilation series, now at nine volumes, with volumes four to six released as AFTER DARK alongside a film and installation with longtime collaborator and director/photographer Stini Roehrs. The AFTER DARK exhibition premiered at Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin, with a new original soundtrack by Ellen, and was featured in Vogue, who premiered the film online.

In 2023 the French Minister of Culture appointed her Chevaliere de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in recognition of her contribution to electronic music. In 2026 she won the first Polyton Award for Electronic Music. She serves as an ambassador for the 30th anniversary of Hamburger Bahnhof Museum, recently performing live at the gala alongside the Berlin Philharmonie, and yearly at the free Berlin Beats events.

Ellen Allien’s comprehensive knowledge and intuitive approach to music is part of her inspirational impact. Her future-facing sound takes influence from the early pioneers of techno, while painting a vivid, prophetic image of where we’re going next. Her singular imagination keeps her endlessly flying, reaching for the sky.