Berlin may receive the plaudits for its wealth of creative artists and nightlife, but Germany’s second city, Hamburg, has gained a reputation as one of the world’s dance capitals in recent years.

Hamburg-based producer and DJ Helena Hauff has had a slow but steady come-up. She started making a name for herself back in 2013, when her first release was picked up by Werkdiscs, the label started ...

“When I started, my ambition was only to play in this little bar around the corner every now and again,” she says. As a teenager in Hamburg, she was into Nirvana, the Stooges and her favourite band, ...

The word “dank” gets thrown around a lot in the club world, usually to play up the music’s psychotropic qualities. But Helena Hauff’s shadowy take on techno is dank in a different way: It’s cold and ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Helena Hauff is based in one of Europe’s rock-and-roll crucibles — Hamburg, the German port where The Beatles were ...

Released on August 3 via Ninja Tune, it will see the German DJ and producer try out a more stripped down sound, with fewer instruments and layers. Since the release of her first studio album, 2015’s ...