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Infobox musical artist | | name = Ellen Allien| image = Ellen Allien (MAGMA 2006, Tenerife).jpg| caption = Ellen Allien in 2006| image_size = 250| landscape = yes| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Ellen Fraatz| alias =| origin = Berlin , Germany | instrument = Vocals| genre = Experimental techno Techno music|Techno Electroclash Electropop | occupation = Vocalist, Remixer, Producer| years_active = 1992 to present| label = BPitch Control Spectral Sound | associated_acts = Apparat (musician)|Apparat | website = http://www.ellenallien.de/ http://www.bpitchcontrol.de/| notable_instruments = Ellen Allien , born Ellen Fraatz , is a German electronic music ian, music producer and founder of BPitch Control music label . She lives in Berlin , Germany . She sings in both German language|German and English language|English . She has said that one of the main inspirations for her music is the culture of German reunification|reunified Berlin ;11th Hour Technology Interview. http://www.11-hour.com/features/archive/Ellen%20Allien.asp Access date: August 10, 2008. her album Stadtkind was dedicated to the city. Her music is best described as a blend of Intelligent dance music|IDM and electro (music)|electro music, which is dance-floor oriented, yet at the same time has noticeable experimental elements.
History
Ellen was born in Berlin. Her father played guitar and piano. During 1989, she lived in London where she first came into contact with electronic music. When she later returned to Berlin, electronic music had become increasingly popular in Germany. In 1992, she became resident DJ in the Bunker, Tresor and in E-Werk. She started her own show on the Berlin radio station Kiss-FM and created her own record label, calling them both "Braincandy". Due to discrepancies with disk sales, she gave Braincandy up in 1997 and instead, organized parties with the name, "B Pitch". Allien created the label BPitch Control in 1999. The label's releases from Sascha Funke and Tok Tok were particularly successful. Allien released her first album, Stadtkind ("city child"), in 2001, and Berlinette (Album)|Berlinette in 2003, After releasing Thrills (Ellen Allien)|Thrills , Allien created a BPitch sub-label for minimal tech and minimal house, called "Memo Musik", in 2005. Orchestra of Bubbles , in collaboration with Apparat (musician)|Apparat , featurings songs like "Way Out" and "Jet", was released in 2006.
During the same year, Ellen Allien launched her own fashion line, which can be seen as "an extension of her philosophy of life“. Ellen Allien Fashion http://fashion.ellenallien.de Ellen Allien Fashion website combines a smart perspective onto fashion, music, art, and traveling to an overarching existence, which is meant to be shared. Exploring the globe, street life, Ellen Allien develops her own intuition for materials, forms and designs. In her most recent collection, Night Flowers (Ellen Allien Fashion spring/summer 2010), she created a complete look made of a mixture of black floral lace, white and black floral stitched cotton and summer wool. Featuring hazy prints of dancing people on loose cut t-shirts, each detail transports the feeling of Night Flowers -- "we are the night flowers, and in those special moments, when the music and the crowd become one, we magically blossom at the turn of dusk…." http://ellenallien.de Ellen Allien
After the minimalistic Sool (album)|Sool in 2008, she released her fifth solo album Dust (Ellen Allien album)|Dust (BPC217) in May 2010.
Allien made a brief appearance in the 2009 electronic music documentary, Speaking In Code .International Film Series http://www.internationalfilmseries.com/event_detail.php? event_id=9520
2007 - Safety Scissors - "Where Is Germany And How Do I Get There (Ellen Allien Germany rmx)"
2009 - Uffie - "Pop The Glock (Ellen Allien Bang The Glock Mix 2009)"
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http://www.ellenallien.de Official Homepage
http://www.fashion.ellenallien.de Ellen Allien Fashion Homepage
http://www.bpitchcontrol.de Music Label Homepage
http://www.memomusik.de Memo Musik Label Homepage
http://www.berlin-calling.de Berlin Calling Webpage
http://www.orchestraofbubbles.com Orchestra of Bubbles Webpage
http://rbmaradio.com/ARCHIVE.153.0.php? extID=0& showID=512 RBMA Radio On Demand - Train Wreck Mix - Ellen Allien (BPitch Control, Berlin)
http://www.clubtransmediale.de/archive/ctm06/program/11/cannon-ball-bass.html Live at CTM06 festival in Berlin
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Persondata | NAME =Allien, Ellen | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = 1969 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Allien, Ellen Category:German electronic musicians Category:1969 births Category:Techno musicians Category:Living people Category:People from Berlin
