Reka Zalan

Reka Zalan is a Berlin-based Techno DJ and promoter, holding a local residency at the legendary Tresor club since early 2023. Her sets unfold with a keen sense of focus and shifting between hypnotic depth and percussive drive, whether spinning digitally or on vinyl. 

When navigating through different shades of techno with an open heart, she's weaving together trippy, sometimes psy-tinged tension, rattling groove, mental maelstrom as well as uplifting momentum. 

Off the dancefloor, Reka has been member of the Hard Wax record store team since 2019 and is involved with coppi—a cultural space in Lichtenberg hosting weekly, community-led studio sessions. For several years, she had also been co-running the ://elements series at ://about blank, when she was still part of the club’s booking structures. Prior to fully stepping into club culture, she worked with the Berlin Music Commission, supporting the city’s music industry network.

In this interview, she shares her journey from Bavaria to Berlin, how she has reconciled her various fields of activity in the scene over the past few years and offers practical tips on how to get noticed and booked as an emerging artist.