Melvin HeinEPK
Electronic press kit · October 2026

Melvin Hein

A prey animal learns how to bite.

Based in
Berlin, Germany
For fans of
Charli xcx, Shygirl, Lynks
Latest album
HÆIN (Nov 2025)
New album
Bambi in the Headlights of Berlin Nightlife, Feb 2027
Live
Solo · duo · full band
Press text · October 2026

bio

Melvin Hein doesn’t make music that knocks politely. He kicks the door in.

The Berlin-based queer artist, songwriter and performer welds maximalist pop hooks to the hardness of Berlin techno, somewhere between a concert and a rave.

His debut album HÆIN (2025) built a world between euphoria and collapse: Berlin nights, queer community, hookups, longing, loss of control, the search for belonging. He released it with a show at Kantine am Berghain that turned the record into a raw live experience between rave, performance and emotional excess.

The follow-up, Bambi in the Headlights of Berlin Nightlife, rests on a single thesis: a prey animal learns how to bite. Where HÆIN treated the night as refuge, the new record turns the headlights back on the room itself, and on the violence of whatever is approaching. “STUD!”, “uppercut”, “dance til I drop dead” and “that bitch everywhere” are out now. The album follows in February 2027.

Live, the line between concert and club night disappears. Solo, as a duo or with his full band (live drums, electric guitar and bass against electronic productions), Hein builds shows that are less concert than collective state of emergency. In 2026 he played Pride main stages in Frankfurt, Leipzig, Hamburg, Nürnberg and Kaiserslautern.

HÆIN is pronounced simply as “Hein”.

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press photos

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Melvin Hein in a yellow and blue shirt, arms crossed in front of a revolving door at night
Press 2 · Photo: Shay VatandoustFull res
Melvin Hein on a concrete staircase, wide angle, in a ripped black top
Press 1 · Photo: Shay VatandoustFull res
Melvin Hein leaning into a steel revolving door, flash lit
Press 3 · Photo: Shay VatandoustFull res

Two more from the same shoot: Press 4 · Press 5. Please credit Shay Vatandoust (@thebluelithium).

Selected coverage

press

HÆIN sounds like Kylie Minogue hooking up with Charli xcx and Troye Sivan in the Panorama Bar.

Stefan Hochgesand, Berliner Zeitung (December 2025)

„HÆIN klingt so, als würde Kylie Minogue mit Charli xcx und Troye Sivan in der Panorama Bar abhotten.“

Berliner Zeitung · Feature

For the diva in all of us

“Melvin Hein is still considered an insider tip. That is likely to change.”

“Sonically, it is designed for the hottest dance floors, not only in this city.”

Three formats · technical riders

live

1travelling

Solo live set

Melvin on vocals with backing tracks. A live show, not a DJ set. Made for queer club nights, afterparties, support slots and small stages.

Rider · solo
2travelling

Duo

Vocals and electric guitar with backing tracks. For club stages, smaller festivals, support shows and cultural events.

Rider · duo
4travelling

Full band

Vocals, drums, electric guitar and bass against backing tracks. For festivals, Pride and CSD main stages and headline shows.

Rider · full band
Live history · 2023–2026
  • 18.10.2026Queers & Friends · Cassiopeia, Berlin (full band)
  • 17.10.2026CVNTY.VOL1 · Crack Bellmer, Berlin (duo)
  • 09.10.2026Späti Tour (“that bitch everywhere” release) · Spätis & bars across Friedrichshain, Kreuzberg, Neukölln, Berlin (duo)
  • 26.09.2026CSD Kaiserslautern · Schillerplatz, main stage, Kaiserslautern (duo)
  • 03.09.2026“dance til I drop dead” release party · Kleine Freiheit, Berlin (duo)
  • 08.08.2026CSD Nürnberg · Kornmarkt, main stage, Nürnberg (full band)
  • 02.08.2026CSD Hamburg · Rathausmarkt, main stage, Hamburg (full band)
  • 18.07.2026CSD Leipzig · Augustusplatz, main stage, Leipzig (full band)
  • 17.07.2026CSD Frankfurt · Konstablerwache, main stage, Frankfurt (full band)
  • 06.06.2026Queeres Straßenfest Neukölln · Reuterkiez, Berlin (duo)
  • 11.2025HÆIN album release show · Kantine am Berghain, Berlin (full band)
  • 09.2025Warsteiner Internationale Montgolfiade · Festival grounds, Warstein (duo)
  • 09.2025Dôme d’Amour – Day & Night Edition · Silodom, Saarbrücken (solo)
  • 08.2025Queeres Parkfest Friedrichshain · Freiluftkino Friedrichshain, Berlin (full band)
  • 06.2024Summer Pride Festival · Odonien, Cologne (full band)
  • 04.2024Queer Music Festival Leipzig · naTo, Leipzig (full band)
  • 01.2024Fritz Unsigned (radio session) · rbb Studio, Berlin (full band)
  • 08.2023Stage Night Baergarten · RSO Baergarten, Berlin (full band)
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booking & contact

Booking

Festivals, Pride stages, club nights, support slots.

booking@melvinhein.com
Press & everything else

Interviews, features, collaborations.

contact@melvinhein.com