All hail the queen of minimal electro. Simply put, no one does it better than Berlin’s Ellen Allien. Whether it be on her artist records, her mix records or her epic live gigs, Ellen puts her contemporaries to shame with her consistency and quality in her output for the better part of the last fifteen years. On 18 May Allien will release a new record called Dust, the followup to 2008s SOOL. Word on the street is that this will be a more accessible record than the previous releases with a bit more pop to go along with those bleeps and blips. Something that tells me that won’t be a bad thing as long as Ellen is behind it.

Just add this to a growing list of 2010 releases that beg to scooped up. Ooontz oontz oontz! The party starts May 18 when the record is released via Allien’s B Picth Control label.

The tracklisting is…

01. Our Utopie
02. Flashy Flashy
03. My Tree
04. Sun The Rain
05. Should We Go Home
06. Ever
07. You
08. Dream
09. Huibuh
10. Schlumi

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And to tide you over for now, here is one of my personal favourite tracks from Ms. Allien.

“Push” by Ellen Allien, taken from the B Pitch Control release, “Berlinette”