Born in the shadowy corners of Berlin’s legendary underground scene, Julia Louise KnifeFist carved her name in techno with a visceral blend of industrial grit and soaring melodic hooks. KnifeFist’s early years were spent in classical training before succumbing to the intoxicating pull of warehouse raves and broken-beat drum machines. Her first releases, self-produced on battered second-hand gear, found traction among tastemakers for their raw, kinetic energy and unapologetic flair.

KnifeFist’s DJ sets are notorious for their relentless momentum—gradually transforming pulsing dance floors into ecstatic, communal rituals. Shunning easy genre boundaries, she fuses acid, EBM, hard techno, and leftfield electronics with a surgical precision that nods to her moniker. Her 2021 live AV tour “Razorheart” sold out venues across Europe, reinforcing her reputation as both a technical innovator and performance provocateur.

A regular at Berghain, Printworks, and Tresor, Julia Louise KnifeFist has remixed artists from Helena Hauff to Arca, and her studio debut “Unchained Intricacies” was hailed by Mixmag as “a blistering manifesto for techno’s future.” Outside the booth, she mentors aspiring female and nonbinary producers, using her platform to amplify underrepresented voices in electronic music. Whether onstage or off, KnifeFist stands at the vanguard: uncompromising, ecstatic, and always in motion.