Helena Hauff

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| origin = Hamburg, Germany

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• acid house}}

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• Werkdiscs
• Hypnobeat
• Solar One Music
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• Tresor Records

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Helena Hauff is a German DJ and record producer based in Hamburg, Germany. She is known for her "stripped-down techno and electro tracks" that are recorded using strictly analog equipment and draws influences from acid house, EBM and industrial music.{{Cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/helena-hauff-mn0003137631/biography |title=Helena Hauff |last=Simpson |first=Paul |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=13 January 2017}}

Hauff, who has studied fine art, physics and systematic music science,{{cite web|url=http://www.factmag.com/2015/03/07/i-want-to-destroy-society-helena-hauff-talks-philosophy-politics-and-expecting-the-unexpected/|title=Helena Hauff talks philosophy, politics and expecting the unexpected|date=7 March 2015|website=Factmag.com|accessdate=4 August 2018}} previously worked as a DJ at Hamburg's Golden Pudel Club, where she hosted a night called Birds and Other Instruments. She released her debut record, Actio Reactio EP, in 2013.{{Cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/15634-actio-reactio/ |title="Actio Reactio" by Helena Hauff Review |last=Fitzmaurice |first=Larry |date=21 June 2013|access-date=13 January 2017 |publisher=Pitchfork}} Following a series of releases from various different labels, including James Dean Brown's Hypnobeat record label,{{Cite web |url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/helena_hauff-discreet_desires |title=Helena Hauff – Discreet Desires |last=Keating |first=Daryl |date=2 September 2015 |publisher=Exclaim! |access-date=13 January 2017}} she released her debut full-length album, Discreet Desires, through Werkdiscs records in 2015.{{Cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/discreet-desires-mw0002860284 |title=Helena Hauff – Discreet Desires |last=Simpson |first=Paul |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=13 January 2017}} The album was listed as number 19 on Rolling Stone{{'}}s list of "20 Best EDM and Electronic Albums of 2015."{{Cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/20-best-edm-and-electronic-albums-of-2015-20151217/helena-hauff-discreet-desires-20151216 |title=20 Best EDM and Electronic Albums of 2015 |last=Battaglia |first=Andy |date=17 December 2015 |publisher=Rolling Stone |access-date=31 January 2017}}

In December 2017, she became the first ever female DJ to be named BBC Radio 1's Essential Mix of the year.{{cite web|url=https://www.youredm.com/2017/12/23/helena-hauff-named-first-ever-female-essential-mix-year-winner-bbc-radio-1/|title=First Female Ever Named Winner Of Essential Mix of the Year [Listen]|date=23 December 2017|website=Youredm.com|accessdate=4 August 2018}}

She runs her own label called "Return to Disorder".