Hamburg native Helena Hauff is an in-demand DJ as well as an acclaimed producer of gritty, hard-edged electro-techno. Her music draws from influences such as acid house, EBM, and industrial, and she records her tracks strictly using analog equipment, usually in one take. Her full-length debut, 2015's Discreet Desires, contains some of her most melodic material, while 2018's Qualm is more stripped-down but no less energetic. Hauff has released a handful of EPs, including 2019's Living with Ants and 2022's Living with Ladybirds. As a DJ, she was the first woman to be awarded BBC's Essential Mix of the year (in 2017), and her major commercially issued mixes are 2020's Kern, Vol. 5 and 2023's Fabric Presents Helena Hauff.