Lemonella is a Berlin based DJ, producer and poet from South Africa. Growing up in a country of vast contrast shaped her eclectic taste and a sensitivity for music as a vessel for storytelling and therapeutic exploration.

As a teenager she was influenced by early hip hop, her father’s record collection and the folk counterculture, shaping her first mixtapes.

As a teen she was introduced to the electronic underground - instantly hooked on the freedom of the dance floor and its power to connect and unify beyond societal hierarchies. She began djing in 2014, inspiring other women around her to do the same. 

Lemonella’s creative language is diverse yet distinctive as she crafts transportive experiences that are intuitive responses to each environment.  Delving into the underground sides of techno, minimal and house music, her sets reflect an ever-evolving dance floor sound carried over long-form, hypnotic, ethereal and rolling grooves. She is seasoned in creating both sweaty nights dreamy ambient days, having a knack for elegantly balancing polarities of lightness with depth.

Her first EP ‘garden of delight’ is a poetic mediation on nature, followed the ‘plant poetry’ and ‘love & leisure’ radio shows.

Lemonella has toured clubs and festivals around Europe, the Americas and South Africa, including Frankhan Selectist (Istanbul) Wilderburg (NL) Giegling x MBR (São Paulo) Fusion Festival (DE), Watergate, Renante, Kater (BER), Garbicz (PL) dord du l’eau (CH), Château Perche (FR), Labyrintho (CR) Rùmu (PT) & Wolfkop Weekender (CT).