Helena Hauff

Hamburg native Helena Hauff made her name as a DJ, spinning acid house, EBM/industrial, and electro at the Golden Pudel Club, where she hosted a night called Birds and Other Instruments. Her own productions draw from these influences, creating stripped-down techno and electro strictly recorded using analog equipment, usually in one take. In early 2015, Texan label Hand Made Birds released a collection (fittingly titled A Tape) of Hauff's early cassette-recorded experiments. Later that year, the label released Hauff's proper debut album, Discreet Desires, which marked a shift toward more melodic electro, but still retained the grittiness of her initial releases. ~ Paul Simpson