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Influenced by legendary acts like Drexciya and The Exaltics, Hauff combines elements of electro with pulsating rhythms to create a truly unique sonic experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith support from esteemed artists like SHXCXCHCXSH and Actress, \u003ci\u003eHelena Hauff\u003c\/i\u003e continues to push boundaries within the electronic music genre. Her collaborations with Giant Swan and Andy Stott showcase her versatility as an artist while maintaining her signature style. Whether performing at underground clubs or major festivals worldwide, \u003ci\u003eHelena Hauff\u003c\/i\u003e's electrifying sets leave audiences\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"discreet-desires","title":"Discreet Desires","description":"\u003cp\u003eHelena Hauff releases her debut solo album via Werkdiscs \/ Ninja Tune. Titled 'Discreet Desires', it's the most in depth summation of the Golden Pudel resident DJ's improvised one-take machine-funk to date. Making her recording debut just two years ago in 2013, Helena's first release was a 3-track EP - 'Actio Reactio' - on Actress' Werkdiscs imprint. She has since partnered with PAN (as Black Sites alongside F#x), Lux Rec, Bunker sublabel Panzerkreuz and Texan cassette imprint Handmade Birds to share her overtly analogue excursions into techno's shadowy fringes, improvised and recorded in her bedroom studio in Hamburg. Fully embracing her love of hardware, Helena joined James Dean Brown's legendary electronic improv outfit Hypnobeat (founded back in 1983) in 2013, blazing a trail across Europe with their intense polyrhythmic jam sessions on the TB-303, TR-707 and TR-808. Ten tracks deep, 'Discreet Desires' is the embodiment of Helena's deep-seated beliefs about music as a radical force and unifying movement. 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The eect is no less thrilling than crucial, as it presents an essential DJ of our times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSettling into swift 150bpm groove, Hauff ploughs through shepherd-tone electro, ghetto bumps, and grizzled techno. A new collaborative track with Morah plays a rough game of meter, with Hauff's signature sound clear as ever ripping apart new dimensions with a brutal disorder over deceptive bass synths. The visceral crunch of the present is no more clear than at the halfway point, a threshold in which the breakneck electro falls apart, with the rabid foam of Nasenbluten's ballsy gabber anthem \u003ci\u003eIntellectual Killer\u003c\/i\u003e. Slowly more room to breathe comes into view, the pace drawn down revealing a strange sense of resolution, with expansive synths hinting at a beckoning euphoria. At this moment, Helena Hauff is clearly in full stride, uniquely melding fragile machinations against anarchic human interventions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tresor","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50404283711819,"sku":"1093107","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50404284432715,"sku":"1093106","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/d6f3543b-51f2-47cc-a794-c3ac5523d75b_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726567984"},{"product_id":"qualm-1","title":"Qualm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eQualm\u003c\/i\u003e is the new album by Helena Hauff via Ninja Tune. True to form, the record is unapologetically raw and finds her returning to her original modus operandi - jamming on her machines - “trying to create something powerful without using too many instruments and layers”. 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There’s the eccentric electro of ‘Jonas’, the travelling melody behind ‘Your Turn To Fly’, the stripped down pulsing techno of ‘Touching Plastic’ and the rich rolling acid techno of ‘Pinch’.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fabric Originals","offers":[{"title":"Black | 12\"","offer_id":50455703355723,"sku":"1166484","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50455701684555,"sku":"1166485","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/73872732-dc8e-4d48-b1ee-473bfb1d141c_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727193491"},{"product_id":"multiply-your-absurdities","title":"Multiply Your Absurdities","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith Multiply Your Absurdities, Helena Hauff delivers her long-awaited 12-inch debut on Tresor: a multi-coloured inauguration, masterfully crafted by the inimitable Hamburg producer and DJ.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe title track Multiplying My Absurdities opens the record, with a slow burn of magnetic synths and numbing acid drops. Through its simple yet thrilling dynamics, it occasionally falls into playful skepticism, creating something truly unique, uncompromised, and beautiful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePunks in the Gym is named after an infamous climbing route in Australia. As its namesake, the track mercilessly rises to a techno summit. It gets steeper and steeper with every bar, resembling a volcanic dance where 303 earthquakes shake the ground before eruptions. Once you're halfway in, there's no turning back; all you can do is keep moving forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe closing track, Humanoid Fruit, transports to an even darker prehistoric landscape. Synths bursts remind of fossilized Pterodactyls revived—a challenging but rewarding trip through acidic rain and the alleys of your mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally released as the soundtrack for Teslaism by artist and filmmaker Bahar Noorizadeh, a 3rd person musical racing game featuring Elon Musk and his self-driving car\/lover and life coach, as they drive towards a shareholder meeting in a post-gamified Berlin landscape. 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