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about
Elladotnet explores hypnotic, driving sounds across techno, acid, and trance. Behind the decks she pays close attention to the crowd, building sets around movement, tension, and emotional release while making sure the dancefloor stays engaged and moving.
spotlight
When did you start DJing/producing? What sounds or scenes shaped your taste early on? What keeps you coming back to sound as a medium?
I started DJing in 2023, shaped by underground club culture, acid, trance, hard groove, and minimal wave. DJing allows me to build a feeling gradually - tension, nostalgia, release, intimacy and share it with people without needing to explain it in words.
What were some of your main creative challenges in the beginning and how have they changed over time?
At first, the challenge was turning instinct into a clear sonic identity but over time I stopped chasing perfection.
What does “a safer dancefloor” actually mean to you (before, during, after the night)?
A safer dancefloor is a temporary country where identity needs no defense, and for a few hours, war, climate collapse, and the danger outside loosen their grip. It means a collective relief.
When you’re not playing, where do you go to get inspired?
I find inspiration in unfamiliar cities - Paris, Antwerp, Tulum - motorcycles, buses, empty streets, art museums, swimming pools and strangers whose language I don’t speak, but somehow end up talking to until morning after a rave.
Where do you see electronic music helping people move through something?
I think electronic music always helped people survive history, from Berlin after the Wall to illegal raves in post-Thatcher Britain. For me, it is therapy.
How are you approaching the arc of your radio set — emotionally and conceptually?
I’m building the set through groovy techno, trance, house and acid. I usually restrained, then opening into something warmer, faster, and more euphoric. The arc moves from tension into release.