Dj Hell, Reka

Helmut Geier, internationally known as DJ Hell, has not only established himself as a style-defining figure in electronic music but, over recent decades, has also become a pivotal presence at the intersection of subculture, pop and high culture. His artistic practice transcends the conventional boundaries of DJing and music production, moving between advanced sound design, political engagement and visual art.

As early as the 1990s, DJ Hell laid the foundations for what would later become known as electroclash through his label International Deejay Gigolo Records: a hybrid of 1980s new wave, punk attitude, techno and a post-ironic camp aesthetic. Hell was not merely part of this movement but its conceptual architect and the person who coined its name. In this respect, his role can be compared to that of an art curator who brings together and transforms currents in style, visual culture and the history of ideas.

A pioneer and icon in fashion, music and art, he has collaborated with designers such as Hugo Boss, Vivienne Westwood and Rick Owens, standing out for a personal style that blends dandyism, punk and futurism. His recent work (Gesamtklärwerk Deutschland, 2025), created with action artist Jonathan Meese, also represents a synthesis of political sound art, post-Dadaist pathos and a techno-political avant-garde.

With Kraftwerk as the central conceptual blueprint for his own career, his music and his vision of club culture become forms of discourse expressed through sound. DJ Hell thus takes his place in the canon of contemporary cultural production not only as a producer but as an artistic and aesthetic thinker with profound semiotic insight.

Known for DJ sets and productions that move between dystopian aesthetics and illuminating energy, Reka has cultivated a distinctive approach to immersive electronic music. Her selections range from contemporary techno to the early foundations of electro and wave. Her sets are sensitively crafted journeys, navigating the many permutations of dance music with ease and weaving them into a narrative that ebbs and flows with her artistic vision and skill.

Now based in Berlin, Reka has toured clubs and festivals including Berghain, KHIDI in Tbilisi, De School in Amsterdam, Movement in Detroit and Vurt in Seoul, among others. She also previously held a five-year residency at Tresor. More recently, she released her debut record Diving The Innermost on BITE in 2018, followed by a collaborative EP with Imperial Black Unit on FLEISCH. Alongside her work as a producer and DJ, Reka has taken on a curatorial role, organising her own night, W.A.V.E.S., as well as other events in Berlin and across Europe.

Reka began collecting records at the age of 10 in Spain and developed an equally strong interest in science. It was only after completing her degree in Genetics that she decided to pursue her artistic career full-time. Just one year into her DJ career, Reka was discovered by DJ Hell and joined International Deejay Gigolo Records as part of the female duo leChic, releasing the mix CD leMix in 2008. Three years later, she was selected to participate in the Toronto edition of the Red Bull Music Academy. Eventually, she felt drawn to embark on a solo path—one that is darker and tends towards the more experimental territory she continues to explore today.