Top 5Has said they use
ARP
ARP 2600“I found a place with my all my favourite synths like arp 2600 in ibiza.”
Said in Nasty Magazine: Close encounters of the alien kind, Ellen Allien, March 2024
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Ellen Allien has named the ARP 2600 among her favourite synths. Her Turn Off Your Mind EP was made in her living room on a Roland TR-8 and a TB-303, and for DJing she has said she plays mostly from USB and started using rekordbox.
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TR-8“produced in her living room on a Roland Aira TR-8, Roland TB 303 and Jupiter Synth”
Seen in Dummy: Dummy Mix 321, Ellen Allien, April 2016
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TB-303 Bass LineSeen in Dummy: Dummy Mix 321, Ellen Allien, April 2016
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AlphaTheta
rekordbox“I just started with rekordbox, but I never do a playlist.”
Said in DJ TechTools: Interview, Ellen Allien shares a great DJ mixes the people into a dream, November 2020
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Phuture
Acid Tracks“The 'Cocaine Mix' by Phuture, on their Acid Trax EP.”
Said in Index Magazine: Ellen Allien interview, April 2004
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Has said they use
ARP
ARP 2600“I found a place with my all my favourite synths like arp 2600 in ibiza.”
Said in Nasty Magazine: Close encounters of the alien kind, Ellen Allien, March 2024
Seen using
Roland
TR-8“produced in her living room on a Roland Aira TR-8, Roland TB 303 and Jupiter Synth”
Seen in Dummy: Dummy Mix 321, Ellen Allien, April 2016
Seen using
Roland
TB-303 Bass LineSeen in Dummy: Dummy Mix 321, Ellen Allien, April 2016
DJ setup
Has said they use
AlphaTheta
rekordbox“I just started with rekordbox, but I never do a playlist.”
Said in DJ TechTools: Interview, Ellen Allien shares a great DJ mixes the people into a dream, November 2020
Records
Has said they love
Phuture
Acid Tracks“The 'Cocaine Mix' by Phuture, on their Acid Trax EP.”
Said in Index Magazine: Ellen Allien interview, April 2004
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What synth does Ellen Allien use?
She has named the ARP 2600 among her favourite synths, saying in 2024 that she found a place in Ibiza with it and wrote three tracks there. In 2016 she also named the ARP 2600 as an inspiration.
What drum machine did Ellen Allien use on Turn Off Your Mind?
Dummy reported in 2016 that the Turn Off Your Mind EP was produced in her living room on a Roland Aira TR-8, a Roland TB-303 and a Jupiter synth.
Does Ellen Allien DJ with vinyl or USB?
In a 2020 DJ TechTools interview she said she mostly plays from USB because turntables are often not stable, that she had just started with rekordbox, and that she does not use FX in her sets.
What records does Ellen Allien love?
Asked in 2004 which tracks she particularly loved, she named the Cocaine Mix by Phuture on their Acid Trax EP on Trax Records.
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Ellen Allien
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Ellen Allien is the Berlin DJ and producer who founded BPitch Control and UFO Records, with albums from Stadtkind and Thrills to AurAA and New Life. This guide covers the synths, drum machines and DJ software she has named in interviews, plus an acid house record she loves.
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