Lena Willikens earned the enviable sobriquet ‘A DJ’s DJ’ by virtue of her endless versatility
and word of mouth adoration. Playing no two sets the same, Lena’s fathomless variation is
the tip of an iceberg-like record collection amassed over decades and constantly renewed
via daily practice of listening, joining the dots, and nurturing an ever-growing worldview of
dancefloor possibility.

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The naturally rare conviction in execution of her art is akin to an improvising musician,
painter, or skilled raconteur in the most classic DJ sense. Layering extended lines of
polyrhythmic thought that can only be properly understood in-the-flow - by bodies in motion
- Lena places a lifetime immersed in the club, on all sides of booth, bar and dancefloor, in
an effortless form of chronics edging on aerobic mysticism.

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A well-storied career arc from ‘90s raver, to rinsing records (and glasses) at Salon Des
Amateurs, thru racking up airmiles as global DJ, holding down the Homunkuli radio show
for NTS, and concurrently producing, remixing, compiling records, all feed into one another
with unparalleled results. Her circles bleed with experience in a holistic grasp of the groove
that just keeps on giving more than the sum of its parts.

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Lena’s revered ability to switch gears in the blink of an ear toys with muscle memory
anticipation in ways that defy codification. Instinctively quantising the meter between
upfront UK bass mutations, motorik offbeats, and nEuropean synth curios, her intuitive
bias prizes sensuality as much as cohesion between what were once termed mutually
exclusive bedfellows.

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It’s this type of fabled, discerning nous that continues to endure in the collective
imagination of adventurous ravers the world over, both in Lena’s role as consummate
collaborator of spiritual brethren Vladimir Ivkovic; in audio-visual project Phantom Kino
Ballet, with multi-disciplinary artist Sarah Szczesny; and the orgiastic experiences of
dancers she keeps writhing every weekend.