Justin Pollnik

Justin Pollnik is one of the most followed hard dance DJs in eastern Germany, a producer from Leipzig who built his name by doing something the scene had mostly avoided: putting German-language vocals front and centre over hard kicks. That choice turned regional identity into a hook and made his tracks feel like anthems rather than imports.

German vocals over hard kicks

Pollnik was one of the first acts in the German market to fuse German vocals with the harder styles, and he leaned into where he is from. Hits like ‘Der Bass’ and the East German anthem ‘In der DDR’ are built around that identity, and they have run into the millions of streams by speaking directly to a home crowd that rarely heard itself in the music.

From Leipzig to the festival circuit

He committed early, leaving school young to chase the career, and grew a large, loyal following on the back of relentless output and his multi-part ‘48HOURS’ YouTube livestream. Along the way his single ‘Skyline’ won the German Songwriting Award in 2023, and a viral cover of the classic ‘Major Tom’ widened his reach. He has since played festivals including Ultra Europe, Airbeat One, World Club Dome, Open Beatz and Sputnik Spring Break.

Part of the German hard dance wave

His catalogue keeps growing with tracks like ‘In der DDR’, ‘Der Bass’, ‘Okay Garmin’, ‘Atom Drop’ and ‘Schließfächer’, blending hardstyle, hardtekk and uptempo energy. He sits within the Deutscher Krach surge of German-language hard dance, near acts like RAYZEN, while linking into the wider hardstyle scene alongside party-focused names such as Da Tweekaz.

Every new Justin Pollnik release lands on the Hardstyle Release Radar the day it hits Spotify. The full tracked catalogue is listed above.