DJ HELL RELEASES NEW ALBUM "TEUFELSWERK"

Visionary artist DJ Hell (real name Helmut Josef Geier) will release his new album Teufelswerk in April. Across 16 exquisite tracks divided into two themes, “Night” and “Day”, Hell weaves an intoxicating spell. The nocturnal side ("Night") offers a contemporary interpretation of Chicago house and Detroit techno. Its sunnier sister disc ("Day") finds Hell embracing the rich cosmic groove of his roots. A lush, narcotic odyssey, the album sounds unlike anything he’s produced in the past. But at the same time, Hell has drawn on his wealth of experience and put everything he knows into Teufelswerk.

Hell also hooked up once more with hip-hop superstar P. Diddy for freestyle jack-track and future single, “The DJ”. The pair had worked before on “Let’s Get Ill” and “Check This.” However, the most pleasant, eyebrow-raising moment here is the collaboration with Bryan Ferry, “U Can Dance”. This serpentine disco burner, a smouldering highlight of Teufelswerk, finally unites two of modern pop’s suavest outsiders.

For Hell, then, Teufelswerk rounds up his life’s work so far – and he has already led a remarkable life. It is dramatic, beautiful, dark and soulful, a milestone in German electronic music. “Teufelswerk represents the music in the best way: it’s the work of the devil,” he says, “and it’s the work of me, the work of Hell.”

DJ Hell's "Teufelwerk" (German for “Devil’s Work.”) is released on April 27 on International Deejay Gigolo Records.

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