At midnight, on March 13th 1991, a basement door opened at Leipziger Strasse 126, Berlin, through this door, many passed, on their way to defining new terrains in electronic music.

As one of the most iconic artists of her generation, Ellen Allien embodies the core ethos of techno: a visionary who looks to the future for inspiration, carving out her own niche and presiding over an empire that has infused techno, rave, and dance music culture with her unique DNA.

Producer, occasional vocalist, and DJ Nina Kraviz hails from Irkutsk, Siberia, Kraviz fell under the spell of house music during the mid-'90s through radio. A few years later, she moved to Moscow for the sake of studying dentistry, and was briefly part of a trio called MySpaceRocket.