'In my work, music, graphics, artwork, visuals and fashion merge'. 'Techno is still what I'm about. It's minimal, reduced, deep and rough at the same time. I would say that techno and I have developed together. Sensual'. 'I search for the fulfilling dance. Body, belly and brain start to swing and uplift me/us. Music is the drug - nothing else!' This is what Ellen Allien, born Ellen Fraatz, says of herself. And this is in fact true. But for the electronic audience she is also one of the most (or maybe the only?!) successful woman of both the artistic and the business networks, being at the same time a successful electronic musician, dj and label owner (first of Braincandy and now of BPitch Control). Regarding her style, her music is best described as a distinctive blend of abstract techno and deep electro, which is dance-floor oriented yet at the same time has diverse experimental elements. Regarding her inspirations, it seems that, although she travels extensively, the anarchic artistic culture of her reunified Berlin is what gave her the right atmosphere for her 3 solo albums. The last studio work, Orchestra of Bubbles, instead, is a collaboration with Apparat in which the two move their own artistic borders while interpenetrating and empathizing their discourses.
www.ellenallien.de
www.bpitchcontrol.de
