Ben Klock

Ben Klock was born in 1972 in west Berlin and became a resident DJ at Cookies during the mid-1990s. After nearly retiring from DJing during the minimal/micro house wave of the early 2000s, he joined Berghain as a resident in 2005, which revitalized his passion for techno. He operates under the alias Klockworks and runs his own label of the same name.

His sound centers on peak time driving techno and raw, deep, hypnotic variations that work particularly well in extended sets. Klock releases primarily on his own Klockworks imprint and Berghain's Ostgut Ton label, with additional releases on LAYER Records, !K7 Records, and Mixmag Records. His productions span from minimal deep tech to 140 BPM deep dubstep explorations, maintaining the dark, hypnotic aesthetic that defines his Berghain residency. Since his first release in 2010, he has built a catalog of 17 releases that reflect the extended play time and total musical freedom of his club environment.