Helena Hauff in Los Angeles

Helena Hauff is a DJ and producer from Hamburg, Germany, who once held a residency at the city's Golden Pudel Club. She makes stripped-down techno and electro on analog equipment only, drawing on acid house, EBM and industrial music. Her albums include "Discreet Desires" (2015) and "Qualm" (2018), and in 2017 she was the first female DJ named BBC Radio 1's Essential Mix of the Year.