Hanin Elias (born 31 May 1972) is a Syrian German industrial/

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artist. She was a member of

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and is now a solo artist. After Atari Teenage Riot's non-definitive break in 2000, and the subsequent death of

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from a

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, the members of ATR split up, and Elias set up her own record label, Fatal Recordings.

Background

Elias was born in

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, Germany to a

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father and a

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mother and spent three years of her early life living in

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. A member of a conservative family living under an

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father, when the family moved to

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she ran away from home and started

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in the city. Elias started participating in the Berlin

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and

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scenes, developing a musical career and ended up helping to found

Atari Teenage Riot

After a brief, unhappy spell with the

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record company, ATR set up their own label,

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, which became known for its distinctive sound – a hybrid of

, and heavy metal, also known as

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Fatal record company

After the members of ATR split, Elias' DHR spin-off company, 'Fatal', went

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, establishing itself in Berlin instead of London. Elias has since released several albums, and her Fatal label has boasted such artists as The Vanishing, Phallus Über Alles, Kunst and Tara Delong. Elias has also performed

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s and remixes with such artists as

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, and

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. In 2005, Elias began working with the industrial project

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, joining them on their US tour. In 2006, it was announced that Fatal Recordings was to close. Elias announced on her

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blog that she would be taking an indefinite hiatus from the music industry and relocating to

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with her family. In 2010, Hanin moved back to Berlin/Germany in order to prepare a new album for 2011.

New album and comeback

In June 2011, the new album ''Get It Back'' on Rustblade Recordings was released. In February 2014, Hanin Elias released an album under the name of 'Fantome', with her co-musician Marcel Zürcher who plays guitar and writes songs for

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. The album was titled ''It All Makes Sense''. In 2016, her collaboration with the French producer

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marks the release of the single ''Hold Me'' and ''Automatic People''.

Discography

* ''Parfum'' EP (Force Inc. 1992) * ''Show'' EP (DHR 1996) * ''In Flames (1995–1999)'' (DHR Fatal 1999) * "In Flames" EP (DHR Fatal 1999) * "In Flames" remix EP (DHR Fatal 2000) * ''No Games No Fun'' (Fatal 2003) * ''Future Noir'' (Fatal 2004) * ''Get It Back'' (Rustblade 2011) * ''Fatal Box'' (Limited Edition Box Set. Includes: "Future Noir," "No Games No Fun," Bonus CD of new tracks and remixes, plus postcards, sticker, cameo pin.) (Rustblade 2011) * ''Fatal Bag'' (50-copy Limited Edition Set. Includes: "Get It Back" on CD; "Future Noir" on LP – signed; Bonus CD of new tracks and remixes; plus postcards, sticker, cameo pin, deluxe glass butterfly pendant and earrings; certificate of authenticity.) (Rustblade 2011) * "Love"/"Fantome" Digital Single including

Remix (Snowhite 2014) * "It All Makes Sense"/"Fantome" (Snowhite 2014)
"Automatic People"
– with

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(Rock Machine Records)
"Hold Me"
/"Kraken" – featuring

(Fatal Recordings)

In popular culture

Her name appears in the lyrics of the

song "

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References

External links

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