Ellen Allien

Ellen Allien, born Ellen Fraatz in 1969, operates from Berlin as both a producer and label owner. She founded BPitch Control, one of Germany's most influential techno imprints, and later established UFO Inc. as a secondary outlet for her releases. Her career spans over two decades in electronic music production, with releases documented from 2010 through 2025 across 42 different recordings.

Her sound moves between peak time driving techno and minimal deep tech, with occasional forays into tech house and straight house productions. BPitch Control serves as her primary release platform, though she has also appeared on Nonplus Records and releases under her own Ellen Allien imprint. Her productions typically maintain the harder edge of Berlin techno while incorporating the stripped-down aesthetics of minimal techno, creating tracks that work equally well in peak-hour club sets and more intimate underground venues. The tempo range varies from deep, hypnotic builds to driving peak-time material designed for large-scale techno events.