Born and raised in Vienna (Austria), Mari Ella has been a music fan and liner-notes reader since her early teens. After many years of training to become a professional dancer, she moved to New York in 2004 and immersed herself into NYC club dance and culture. In 2018, after a long lasting love to music as a dancer, she decided to start her journey as a DJ. With Hip Hop, Soul, Funk and R&B always being the foundation she especially enjoys setting the vibes with different genres of electronic music. She's been playing around NYC, Houston, Vienna (Austria), as well as at MiCasa Mexico, Charivari Detroit and at Djoon in Paris.