Biography
Hailing from Tel Aviv, DJ and producer Hilit Kolet fuses foundational house from early Chicago and New York scenes—including the languid, seductive sleaze style of the nineties—with a fresh perspective shaped by Britain’s club environment. Her career began on Israel’s national radio, where she developed into a prominent selector whose performances have graced Fabric and Ministry of Sound along with festivals spanning Lovebox to High Lights. Production work started in 2021 via the buoyant Defected single “Techno Disco,” after which she signed with Rekids and delivered the sleek “Hot Mess” and forceful “Snap Talk” in 2024.
Music filled her upbringing: she watched her mother give piano lessons—the instrument Kolet first studied—and absorbed jazz records collected by her father. Dance music drew her attention during her teenage years, prompting involvement in radio that later extended to television and magazines. At the outset of the 2000s she relocated from Israel to London, taking roles at MTV and the Soho retailer Black Market Records before managing a studio; throughout she broadened her grasp of both historic and contemporary dance music while DJing locally and mastering production on hardware and software.
Her Defected debut arrived in 2021 with “Techno Disco,” a joint effort alongside Black Orchids singer/songwriter Kay Elizabeth that gained BBC Radio 1 play from selectors including Pete Tong. She answered in 2023 with the tougher, more dramatic Faith release “POV Siren,” driven partly by Emma Sweeney’s commanding vocal. A remix of Terry Farley and Wade Teo’s “Why We Dance” opened her link to Radio Slave’s Rekids label, which issued her initial singles there—“Hot Mess” and “Snap Talk” featuring Kameelah Waheed—with Chicagoan Mike Dunn reworking the former; between those she placed “Everything Is Amazing” on Small Talk.
Music filled her upbringing: she watched her mother give piano lessons—the instrument Kolet first studied—and absorbed jazz records collected by her father. Dance music drew her attention during her teenage years, prompting involvement in radio that later extended to television and magazines. At the outset of the 2000s she relocated from Israel to London, taking roles at MTV and the Soho retailer Black Market Records before managing a studio; throughout she broadened her grasp of both historic and contemporary dance music while DJing locally and mastering production on hardware and software.
Her Defected debut arrived in 2021 with “Techno Disco,” a joint effort alongside Black Orchids singer/songwriter Kay Elizabeth that gained BBC Radio 1 play from selectors including Pete Tong. She answered in 2023 with the tougher, more dramatic Faith release “POV Siren,” driven partly by Emma Sweeney’s commanding vocal. A remix of Terry Farley and Wade Teo’s “Why We Dance” opened her link to Radio Slave’s Rekids label, which issued her initial singles there—“Hot Mess” and “Snap Talk” featuring Kameelah Waheed—with Chicagoan Mike Dunn reworking the former; between those she placed “Everything Is Amazing” on Small Talk.
Albums
Singles
