Originally from Moscow, Xenia Beliayeva discovered her passion for music in the mid nineties and worked almost every angle of the music industry, including a traineeship at VIVA TV, a part time job in a CD rental agency in Cologne, as a freelance promoter for labels such as Playhouse, Klang Elektronik and Mute, label management for Lone Records and as product manager for Laudomat, before setting off as a DJ and producer. As a DJ, Xenia opened for Kraftwerk with Laurent Garnier in 1997 and for the centre for art and media technology (ZKM) in Karlsruhe. She then established herself as a club DJ in her new home town of Hamburg, in particular her resident event 'Kill Them All' in the Hamburg Gum Club and her performances in Waagenbau (a nightclub in Hamburg). Xenia seeks to 'mix it up' musically during her live sets: 'I see myself first and foremost as a DJ for electronic music, or techno to be more precise, but I don't want to limit myself to this role. I'm not scared of innovation, experiments and the conscious break from keeping expectations. In this way it's possible that in the middle of a techno set I will build in a Ministry record.' This attitude pushed Xenia to begin incorporating her own live vocals during her DJ performances and played a big role in the sound of her productions, most recently with 'Momentum' Maxi Single.